2022 — The 2022 Season

North Dakota's 2022 season (7-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-5
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -6.4 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L @ Nebraska 17-38 W vs Nort Iow 29-27 W @ Nort Ari 27-24 L @ Sout Ill 17-34 W vs Miss Sta 48-31 W @ Youn Sta 35-30 L vs Sout Sta 35-49 W vs Abil Chr 34-31 W @ Indi Sta 42-7 W vs Sout Dak 28-19 L @ Nort Sta 21-42 L @ Webe Sta 31-38
Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2022 season's largest margin: North Dakota 42, Indiana State 7. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: North Dakota 17, Nebraska 38. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Hawks"
— North Dakota fanbase voice · 2022· synthesized
What It Meant

2022 is a middle chapter for North Dakota — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.