Watch North Dakota Fighting Hawks vs Nebraska Cornhuskers live on BTN or stream the game on FOX One from Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, NE on Saturday, Sep. 19, 2026 at 7:15 p.m. ET / 4:15 p.m. PT during CFB Week 3 of the 2026 college football season. Nebraska is 2-0 after a 49-21 win over Ohio and a 56-7 rout of Bowling Green, and North Dakota arrives from the Missouri Valley off a second-round FCS playoff run.

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This is Nebraska's third consecutive non-conference game against a MAC or FCS opponent to open the season, and Eric Schmidt is in his first year in Grand Forks after serving as North Dakota's defensive coordinator. You can stream North Dakota vs Nebraska live on FOX One. FOX One brings together live FOX College Football games, highlights, expert coverage, and live and on-demand FOX programming, all in one place. Start your 3-day free trial and stream on supported devices.

FOX + ESPN College Football Schedule 2026 — Week 3

Friday, Sept. 18, 2026
Week 3 — Watch Houston vs Texas Tech — 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT
Week 3 — Watch Portland State vs Oregon — 10:30 p.m. ET / 7:30 p.m. PT

Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026
Week 3 — Watch Arizona State vs Kansas — 12:00 p.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. PT
Week 3 — Watch Kent State vs Ohio State — 12:00 p.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. PT
Week 3 — Watch Akron vs Minnesota — 12:00 p.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. PT
Week 3 — Watch Buffalo vs Penn State — 12:00 p.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. PT
Week 3 — Watch Utah State vs Utah — 3:30 p.m. ET / 12:30 p.m. PT
Week 3 — Watch UTEP vs Michigan — 3:30 p.m. ET / 12:30 p.m. PT
Week 3 — Watch Northern Iowa vs Iowa — 4:00 p.m. ET / 1:00 p.m. PT
Week 3 — Watch Eastern Washington vs Washington — 7:15 p.m. ET / 4:15 p.m. PT
Week 3 — Watch North Dakota vs Nebraska — 7:15 p.m. ET / 4:15 p.m. PT
Week 3 — Watch Colorado vs Northwestern — 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT
Week 3 — Watch Virginia Tech vs Maryland — 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT
Week 3 — Watch LSU vs Ole Miss — 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT
Week 3 — Watch Fresno State vs San Jose State — 11:00 p.m. ET / 8:00 p.m. PT
Week 3 — Watch Purdue vs UCLA — 11:00 p.m. ET / 8:00 p.m. PT

Nebraska and North Dakota have played once, on Sept. 3, 2022 at Memorial Stadium, and Nebraska won 38-17 in a game closer than the final suggests. North Dakota trailed only 7-7 at halftime and scored 10 points in the third quarter. Nebraska pulled away with 17 in the third and 14 in the fourth. North Dakota's own recap of it carried the headline "Nebraska holds off pesky North Dakota."

The Fighting Hawks have played football since 1894 and are 694-446-30 all time, with a Division II national championship in 2001, 26 conference titles across five different leagues, and a 4-0 record in bowl games from their College Division years. Nebraska leads the series 1-0 and the 2026 game is the second meeting.