Crowds marked the occasion by filling streets for the parade, parking lots for the tailgating and the Alerus Center for the football game
Saturday’s parade in downtown Grand Forks featured a great turnout by spectators, UND organizations and parade participants alike. Photo by Shawna Schill/UND Today.
The Grand Forks Herald said it best: “A year ago Saturday, the Alerus Center was barren and the UND football team’s fall season was suspended as COVID-19 cases continued to rise dramatically,” the newspaper reported.
“This Saturday, though, was a much different story: thousands of tailgaters packed the center’s parking lot, blaring music, drinking, eating barbecue, and playing lawn games as they waited for the Fighting Hawks to play Drake inside at the annual Potato Bowl, a Grand Forks tradition that spans decades.”
Top that off with a 38-0 shutout against Drake University in Saturday’s Potato Bowl game, and you’ve got a UND weekend to remember.
Below are a selection of photos from Saturday’s Potato Bowl events.
Glorious weather and crowded sidewalks greeted participants in downtown Grand Forks’ Potato Bowl Paratde. Photo by Shawna Schill/UND Today.
Photo by Shawna Schill/UND Today.
The UND Fighting Hawk mascot leads the way during Saturday’s Potato Bowl parade in downtown Grand Forks. Photo by Shawna Schill/UND Today.
Kaelan Reedy (center), UND Student Body President, was among the UND Student Government officers who took part in Saturdays Potato Bowl Parade. Photo by Shawna Schill/UND Today.
The UND Pride of the North Marching Band performs during tailgating festivities in advance of Saturday’s football game at the Alerus Center. Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today.
The tailgating tradition made a welcome return to the Alerus Center parking lot in advance of Saturday’s football game. Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today.
Fans at the Alerus Center expressed their excitement about watching the UND Fighting Hawks face Drake. Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today.
In front of 10,143 fans at the Alerus Center, UND shut out Iowa’s Drake University, 38-0. Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today.
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Tom Dennis
is the editor of UND Today and the associate director of communications for UND. A graduate of Williams College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Dennis served for 20 years as the Grand Forks Herald's editorial-page editor before coming to UND.
