2018 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team
| 2018 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 6–5 |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Paul Rudolph (5th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Pistol |
| Defensive coordinator | Eric Schmidt (5th season) |
| Base defense | 3–4 |
| Home stadium | Alerus Center |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Alabama | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hampton | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | – | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2018 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team represented the University of North Dakota during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Bubba Schweigert and played their home games at the Alerus Center. The Fighting Hawks competed as an FCS independent. They finished the season 6–5.
North Dakota left the Big Sky Conference for all sports except football in 2018 and join the Summit League. The football program joined the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020. Although being classified as an independent for football in 2018 and 2019, the Fighting Hawks continued to play a full Big Sky schedule, and their game counted in the conference standings for their opponents, North Dakota was ineligible to win the conference championship.