North Dakota State·MVFC

2023 — The Ten-Win Year

North Dakota State's 2023 season (11-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 11-4
Final result 11-win season
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +1.2 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs East Was 35-10 W vs Maine 44-7 W vs Cent Ark 49-31 L vs Sout Dak 19-24 W @ Miss Sta 38-10 L @ Nort Dak 24-49 W vs West Ill 52-7 W vs Murr Sta 38-6 L @ Sout Sta 16-33 W vs Sout Ill 34-10 W @ Nort Iow 48-27 W vs Drake 66-3 Bowl W @ Mont Sta 35-34 Bowl W @ Sout Dak 45-17 Bowl L @ Montana 29-31 Bowl
Defining moments
The statement

The 2023 season's largest margin: North Dakota State 66, Drake 3. A 63-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: North Dakota State 24, North Dakota 49. A 25-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: North Dakota State fell to Montana 29-31 in the postseason.

"Go Bison"
— North Dakota State fanbase voice · 2023· synthesized
What it meant

2023 is a middle chapter for North Dakota State — 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.