South Dakota State football, 1889–1909

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The South Dakota State Jackrabbits football program represents South Dakota State University in American football. This article covers the history of the program in the first two decades. Prior to 1904, the school was known as the South Dakota Agricultural College. In 1904, the school was renamed South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The team played its home games at Brookings, South Dakota.

Significant milestones in the period covered include the following:

  • After a seven-year hiatus, the program resumed intercollegiate play in 1897 with a game against the University of Sioux Falls, ending in a 22–0 loss.[1]
  • The 1899 team compiled the progam's first winning record of 3–1, including shut out victories over Huron College (55–0) and Madison Normal (23–0) and ending with a 57–0 loss to Mitchell University.[1]
  • In 1903, the team commenced its rivalry with North Dakota State, now known for the Dakota Marker trophy. North Dakota State won the inaugural game by an 85–0 score. It remains the worst loss in program history, followed by an 81–0 loss to Minnesota in 1905 and an 86–6 loss to Kansas in 1947.[1]
  • In 1908, the team won its first rivalry game with North Dakota State, prevailing by an 11–5 score.[1]

Regular opponents during the first two decades included the Flandreau Indian School, the Yankton College, the Huron University, Madison Normal School (now known as Dakota State University), and Dakota University at Mitchell (now known as Dakota Wesleyan University).

1889[edit]

1889 South Dakota Agricultural football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–0–1
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
1897 →
1889 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (OH)   –   4 – 0 – 0
Butler   –   2 – 0 – 0
Washington University   –   2 – 0 – 0
Iowa College   –   1 – 0 – 0
Lake Forest   –   1 – 0 – 0
Notre Dame   –   1 – 0 – 0
South Dakota   –   1 – 0 – 1
Minnesota   –   3 – 1 – 0
Purdue   –   2 – 1 – 0
South Dakota Agricultural   –   0 – 0 – 1
Northwestern   –   2 – 2 – 0
Cincinnati   –   1 – 1 – 0
Wabash   –   1 – 1 – 0
Michigan   –   1 – 2 – 0
Indiana   –   0 – 1 – 1
Iowa   –   0 – 1 – 0
Wisconsin   –   0 – 2 – 0

The 1889 South Dakota Agricultural football team represented South Dakota Agricultural College as an independent during the 1889 college football season. In their first season of existence, they played in one game, a 6–6 tie against the University of South Dakota.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResult
1889South Dakota(rivalry)T 6–6

1897[edit]

1897 South Dakota Agricultural football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–1
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
← 1889
1898 →
1897 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Butler   –   3 – 0 – 0
Fairmount   –   1 – 0 – 0
Washburn   –   7 – 1 – 0
Cincinnati   –   9 – 1 – 1
Iowa State Normal   –   5 – 1 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan   –   7 – 1 – 1
Indiana   –   6 – 1 – 1
Ohio   –   7 – 2 – 0
Carthage   –   3 – 1 – 0
Iowa Agricultural   –   3 – 1 – 0
Notre Dame   –   4 – 1 – 1
Michigan Agricultural   –   4 – 2 – 1
Central Michigan   –   2 – 1 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace   –   2 – 1 – 1
Chicago Dental Infirmary   –   2 – 2 – 1
Missouri   –   5 – 6 – 0
Lake Forest   –   4 – 5 – 1
Drake   –   2 – 3 – 0
Heidelberg   –   2 – 3 – 0
Detroit College   –   1 – 2 – 0
Indiana Normal   –   1 – 4 – 0
Kansas State   –   1 – 2 – 1
Mount Union   –   2 – 4 – 1
Rush Medical College   –   1 – 4 – 1
DePauw   –   2 – 6 – 0
Wittenberg   –   2 – 6 – 0
Haskell   –   1 – 4 – 0
Indiana State Normal   –   1 – 4 – 0
Ohio State   –   1 – 7 – 1
South Dakota Agricultural   –   0 – 1 – 0
Washington University   –   0 – 2 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1897 South Dakota Agricultural football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota Agricultural College as an independent during the 1897 college football season. In their first season since 1889, they played in one game, a 22–0 loss against Sioux Falls.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResult
1897Sioux FallsL 0–22

1898[edit]

1898 South Dakota Agricultural football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–1–1
Head coach
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
1898 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington University   –   6 – 0 – 0
Detroit College   –   5 – 0 – 0
Carthage   –   3 – 0 – 0
Iowa State Normal   –   4 – 0 – 1
Washburn   –   4 – 0 – 1
Kansas   –   7 – 1 – 0
Cincinnati   –   5 – 1 – 3
Indiana   –   4 – 1 – 2
Nebraska   –   8 – 3 – 0
Drake   –   4 – 2 – 0
Lake Forest   –   2 – 1 – 0
Notre Dame   –   4 – 2 – 0
Western Reserve   –   5 – 3 – 0
Butler   –   2 – 1 – 1
Heidelberg   –   4 – 3 – 0
Michigan Agricultural   –   4 – 3 – 0
Iowa State   –   3 – 2 – 0
Kansas State   –   1 – 1 – 2
Miami (OH)   –   1 – 1 – 0
South Dakota Agricultural   –   1 – 1 – 1
DePauw   –   3 – 4 – 2
Iowa   –   3 – 4 – 2
Ohio   –   1 – 2 – 1
Ohio State   –   3 – 5 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace   –   2 – 4 – 0
Central Michigan   –   1 – 2 – 0
Indiana State Normal   –   1 – 2 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   1 – 2 – 0
Wabash   –   2 – 5 – 1
Ohio Wesleyan   –   2 – 5 – 0
Haskell   –   2 – 7 – 0
Missouri   –   1 – 4 – 1
Wittenberg   –   1 – 5 – 1
Fairmount   –   0 – 1 – 0

The 1898 South Dakota Agricultural football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota Agricultural College as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In its first season under head coach Bert H. Morrison, the team compiled a 1–1–1 record.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
WatertownW 62–0
YanktonT 0–0
Sioux Falls (city)L 6–11

1899[edit]

1899 South Dakota Agricultural football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–1
Head coach
Seasons
← 1898
1900 →
1899 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Kansas   –   10 – 0 – 0
North Dakota   –   6 – 0 – 0
Detroit College   –   5 – 0 – 0
Ohio State   –   9 – 0 – 1
Iowa   –   8 – 0 – 1
Washington University   –   5 – 1 – 0
Missouri   –   9 – 2 – 0
Chicago P&S   –   4 – 1 – 0
Mount Union   –   5 – 1 – 1
Indiana   –   6 – 2 – 0
South Dakota Agricultural   –   3 – 1 – 0
Wabash   –   1 – 0 – 1
Cincinnati   –   5 – 2 – 0
Drake   –   5 – 2 – 0
Heidelberg   –   5 – 2 – 0
Buchtel   –   2 – 1 – 0
Doane   –   2 – 1 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   1 – 0 – 2
Notre Dame   –   6 – 3 – 1
Central Michigan   –   3 – 2 – 0
Fairmount   –   2 – 1 – 2
Carthage   –   3 – 2 – 1
Western Reserve   –   5 – 4 – 0
Wittenberg   –   5 – 4 – 0
Iowa State   –   5 – 4 – 1
Rush Medical   –   3 – 3 – 1
Ohio   –   2 – 2 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan   –   5 – 5 – 0
Haskell   –   4 – 5 – 0
Lake Forest   –   4 – 6 – 2
Kansas State   –   2 – 3 – 0
Michigan Agricultural   –   2 – 4 – 1
Iowa State Normal   –   1 – 3 – 2
Washburn   –   2 – 5 – 2
Butler   –   1 – 3 – 0
Miami (OH)   –   1 – 5 – 0
Nebraska   –   1 – 7 – 1
North Dakota Agricultural   –   0 – 1 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1899 South Dakota Agricultural football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota Agricultural College as an independent during the 1899 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Bert H. Morrison, the team compiled a 3–1 record.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
Madison NormalW 12–5
HuronW 55–0
Madison NormalW 23–0
November 20at MitchellMitchell, South DakotaL 0–57

1900[edit]

1900 South Dakota Agricultural football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2
Head coach
Seasons
← 1899
1901 →
1900 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central Michigan   –   1 – 0 – 0
Lake Forest   –   1 – 0 – 0
Haskell   –   9 – 1 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   8 – 1 – 1
Ohio State   –   8 – 1 – 1
Nebraska   –   6 – 1 – 1
Beloit   –   7 – 1 – 2
Kirksville Osteopaths   –   7 – 2 – 1
Washburn   –   6 – 2 – 0
Wittenberg   –   5 – 2 – 1
Drake   –   6 – 3 – 0
Doane   –   2 – 1 – 0
Notre Dame   –   6 – 3 – 1
Fairmount   –   5 – 3 – 0
Detroit College   –   3 – 2 – 0
South Dakota Agricultural   –   3 – 2 – 0
Washington University   –   3 – 2 – 1
Carthage   –   4 – 3 – 0
Wabash   –   5 – 4 – 0
Missouri   –   4 – 4 – 1
Northern Illinois State   –   2 – 2 – 2
Iowa State Normal   –   3 – 4 – 1
Buchtel   –   2 – 3 – 1
Cincinnati   –   3 – 5 – 1
Ohio   –   2 – 4 – 1
Kansas State   –   2 – 4 – 0
Kansas   –   2 – 5 – 2
Ohio Wesleyan   –   2 – 5 – 2
Iowa State   –   2 – 5 – 1
Butler   –   0 – 1 – 3
Heidelberg   –   0 – 2 – 2
Michigan Agricultural   –   1 – 3 – 0
Chicago P&S   –   1 – 3 – 0
Mount Union   –   1 – 4 – 1
Miami (OH)   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1900 South Dakota Agricultural football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota Agricultural College as an independent during the 1900 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach James Hutchinson, they compiled a 3–2 record.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 3Flandreau Indian School
  • S.D.A.C. athletic grounds
  • Brookings, SD
W 23–0[2]
YanktonW 17–0
HuronW 38–0
MitchellL 5–22
November 16South Dakota
  • Athletic Park
  • Brookings, SD (rivalry)
L 0–17[3]

1901[edit]

1901 South Dakota Agricultural football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
← 1900
1902 →
1901 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Louis   –   10 – 0 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   7 – 0 – 0
Marquette   –   4 – 0 – 1
Northern Illinois State   –   6 – 1 – 0
Notre Dame   –   8 – 1 – 1
Ohio Wesleyan   –   8 – 2 – 0
Kirksville Osteopaths   –   10 – 3 – 0
Nebraska   –   6 – 2 – 0
Ohio   –   6 – 1 – 2
Doane   –   3 – 1 – 0
Haskell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Lake Forest   –   10 – 5 – 0
Ohio State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Washington University   –   5 – 3 – 1
Ohio Medical   –   5 – 3 – 1
Iowa State Normal   –   5 – 3 – 2
South Dakota Agricultural   –   3 – 2 – 0
Beloit   –   5 – 3 – 3
Washburn   –   3 – 2 – 3
Carthage   –   1 – 1 – 0
Drake   –   4 – 4 – 0
Detroit College   –   3 – 3 – 0
Mount Union   –   5 – 5 – 1
Wittenberg   –   4 – 4 – 0
Kansas State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Michigan Agricultural   –   3 – 4 – 1
Iowa State   –   2 – 6 – 2
Kansas   –   3 – 5 – 2
Wabash   –   4 – 7 – 0
Fairmount   –   3 – 6 – 0
Heidelberg   –   1 – 3 – 1
Miami (OH)   –   1 – 3 – 1
Cincinnati   –   1 – 4 – 1
Case   –   2 – 7 – 0
Missouri   –   1 – 6 – 1
Butler   –   0 – 1 – 0
Chicago Eclectic Medical   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1901 South Dakota Agricultural football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota Agricultural College as an independent during the 1901 college football season. The team compiled a 3–2 record.[4]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 19at HuronHuron, SDW 38–0[5][6]
November 5Yankton
  • Athletic park
  • Brookings, SD
W 17–0[7]
November 9Flandreau Indian School
  • Athletic park
  • Brookings, SD
W 42–0[8]
November 21at South DakotaVermillion, SD L 0–22 (rivalry)[9]
November at MitchellMitchell, SDL 5–22[10]

1902[edit]

1902 South Dakota Agricultural football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2
Head coach
Home stadiumAthletic Park
Seasons
← 1901
1903 →
1902 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nebraska   –   9 – 0 – 0
South Dakota   –   9 – 0 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   4 – 0 – 0
Central Michigan   –   4 – 0 – 0
Ohio Medical   –   9 – 1 – 0
Marquette   –   6 – 1 – 1
Knox   –   9 – 2 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   5 – 1 – 1
Haskell   –   8 – 2 – 1
Notre Dame   –   6 – 2 – 1
Drake   –   5 – 2 – 1
Mount Union   –   6 – 3 – 0
Iowa State   –   6 – 3 – 1
Carthage   –   2 – 1 – 1
Cincinnati   –   4 – 2 – 2
Missouri   –   5 – 3 – 0
Miami (OH)   –   5 – 3 – 1
Kansas   –   6 – 4 – 0
South Dakota Agricultural   –   3 – 2 – 0
Fairmount   –   4 – 3 – 1
Detroit College   –   3 – 3 – 0
Lake Forest   –   4 – 4 – 1
Western Illinois   –   2 – 2 – 0
Michigan Agricultural   –   4 – 5 – 0
Wittenberg   –   3 – 4 – 2
Washburn   –   3 – 4 – 0
Doane   –   2 – 3 – 0
Heidelberg   –   3 – 5 – 1
Wabash   –   2 – 4 – 2
Buchtel   –   2 – 5 – 0
Washington University   –   2 – 6 – 1
Butler   –   1 – 3 – 0
Kansas State   –   2 – 6 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   1 – 5 – 1
Iowa State Normal   –   1 – 6 – 1
Ohio   –   0 – 5 – 1

The 1902 South Dakota Agricultural football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota Agricultural College as an independent during the 1902 college football season. The team compiled a 3–2 record.[1]

The team began the season with L. L. Gilkey as its coach, but he was released in late October due to the lack of funds in the Athletic Association. Gilkey then returned to his regular work purchasing chickens for the Huron Produce Co.[11]

The 1902 football season in South Dakota witnessed the death of Harry Jordan, a young man from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and led to the cancellation of games in that city.[12] At the end of the season, an editorial was published in The Daily Argus-Leader from a correspondent in Britton, South Dakota, proposing a bill "to abolish football within the precincts of South Dakota." The appeal was based on the loss of life and "mutilation" during the prior football season, the loss of study time, and the game's tendency to promote "immorality", including betting, rioting, debauchery, and "the refinement of cruelty, needless senseless cruelty." The author denounced: "That so savage and barbarious a game can meet with the approval of Christian educators and ministers of the gospel in the year of our Lord 1902 is one of the amazing exhibitions of the century."[13]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
OctoberHuronW 17–0
October 18Flandreau Indian School
L 5–6[14]
November 7South Dakota MinesW 17–5[15]
November 8Flandreau Indian School
  • College gridiron
  • Brookings, SD
W 28–0[16]
November 20South DakotaBrookings, SD (rivalry)L 0–10[17]

[1]

1903[edit]

1903 South Dakota Agricultural football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–2
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumAthletic Park
Seasons
← 1902
1904 →
1903 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nebraska   –   11 – 0 – 0
North Dakota   –   7 – 0 – 0
Central Michigan   –   6 – 0 – 0
Notre Dame   –   8 – 0 – 1
Iowa State   –   8 – 1 – 0
Marquette   –   7 – 1 – 0
Lake Forest   –   6 – 1 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   5 – 1 – 0
Haskell   –   7 – 2 – 0
St. Xavier   –   7 – 2 – 0
Fairmount   –   6 – 2 – 0
Wabash   –   9 – 3 – 0
Wittenberg   –   5 – 2 – 1
Doane   –   2 – 1 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   4 – 2 – 0
American Medical   –   6 – 3 – 0
Kansas   –   6 – 3 – 0
Drake   –   5 – 3 – 0
Kirksville Osteopaths   –   5 – 3 – 0
Iowa State Normal   –   4 – 3 – 1
Ohio Medical   –   5 – 4 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   4 – 4 – 0
Washington University   –   4 – 4 – 2
Heidelberg   –   3 – 4 – 2
Kansas State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Detroit College   –   3 – 4 – 0
Shurtleff   –   2 – 4 – 1
Ohio   –   2 – 4 – 0
South Dakota Agricultural   –   1 – 2 – 0
Mount Union   –   2 – 5 – 1
DePauw   –   2 – 6 – 1
Miami (OH)   –   1 – 4 – 0
Missouri   –   1 – 7 – 1
Western Illinois   –   0 – 3 – 1
Cincinnati   –   1 – 8 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace   –   0 – 1 – 0
Buchtel   –   0 – 2 – 0
Butler   –   0 – 3 – 0
Chicago P&S   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1903 South Dakota Agricultural football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota Agricultural College as an independent during the 1903 college football season. The team compiled a 1–2 record.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 19at North Dakota AgricultralFargo, ND (rivalry)L 0–85[18]
November 7Flandreau Indian School
W 22–0[19]
November 13at HuronHuron, SDL 0–11[20]

1904[edit]

1904 South Dakota State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumAthletic Park
Seasons
← 1903
1905 →
1904 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Louis   –   10 – 0 – 0
Bethany (KS)   –   7 – 0 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   5 – 0 – 0
Missouri State Normal   –   2 – 0 – 0
Haskell   –   8 – 1 – 0
Michigan Agricultural   –   8 – 1 – 0
Cincinnati   –   7 – 1 – 0
Butler   –   6 – 1 – 0
Doane   –   5 – 1 – 0
Kansas   –   8 – 1 – 1
DePauw   –   8 – 2 – 0
Iowa State   –   7 – 2 – 0
Ohio Northern   –   7 – 2 – 1
Michigan State Normal   –   6 – 2 – 0
Wittenberg   –   6 – 2 – 0
Marquette   –   5 – 2 – 0
Nebraska   –   7 – 3 – 0
Detroit College   –   4 – 2 – 0
South Dakota State   –   4 – 2 – 1
Notre Dame   –   5 – 3 – 0
Iowa State Normal   –   5 – 3 – 1
Western Illinois   –   6 – 4 – 0
Heidelberg   –   6 – 4 – 1
Drake   –   5 – 4 – 0
Carthage   –   0 – 0 – 2
North Dakota Agricultural   –   3 – 3 – 0
Wabash   –   4 – 4 – 0
Fairmount   –   4 – 5 – 0
Lake Forest   –   3 – 5 – 1
Ohio Medical   –   2 – 4 – 2
Washington University   –   4 – 7 – 0
Ohio   –   2 – 4 – 1
Missouri   –   3 – 6 – 0
Mount Union   –   2 – 6 – 0
Miami (OH)   –   1 – 5 – 0
Kansas State   –   1 – 6 – 0
American Medical   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1904 South Dakota State football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In its first and only year under head coach J. Harrison Werner, the team compiled a 4–2–1 record.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 13:07 p.m.Flandreau Indian SchoolBrookings, SDW 15–0[21]
October 8 Madison NormalBrookings, SDW 11–5[22]
October 213:00 p.m.Mitchell
  • Athletic Park
  • Brookings, SD
L 5–6[23]
October 29vs. HuronDeSmet, SDW 15–0[24]
November 4at South DakotaVermillion, SD (rivalry)T 6–6[25][26]
November 18Pipestone High School
  • Athletic Park
  • Brookings, SD
W 38–0[27]
November 252:30 p.m.at Mitchell
L 0–101,000[28][29]

1905[edit]

1905 South Dakota State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–3
Head coach
Seasons
← 1904
1906 →
1905 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Detroit College   –   1 – 0 – 0
Kansas   –   10 – 1 – 0
Central Michigan   –   7 – 1 – 0
Doane   –   5 – 1 – 0
Nebraska   –   9 – 2 – 0
Saint Louis   –   7 – 2 – 0
Butler   –   7 – 2 – 1
Kansas State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   3 – 1 – 1
Carthage   –   4 – 2 – 0
Western Illinois   –   4 – 2 – 0
Iowa State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Washington University   –   7 – 3 – 2
Wittenberg   –   7 – 4 – 0
Heidelberg   –   6 – 4 – 0
Iowa State Normal   –   5 – 3 – 2
Cincinnati   –   5 – 3 – 0
Miami (OH)   –   4 – 3 – 0
Missouri   –   5 – 4 – 0
Notre Dame   –   5 – 4 – 0
Fairmount   –   5 – 4 – 1
Haskell   –   5 – 4 – 1
Lake Forest   –   6 – 5 – 0
Wabash   –   6 – 5 – 0
Drake   –   4 – 4 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   4 – 4 – 0
Marquette   –   3 – 4 – 0
South Dakota State   –   2 – 3 – 0
Ohio   –   2 – 5 – 2
DePauw   –   3 – 6 – 0
Mount Union   –   2 – 6 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   1 – 4 – 1
Baldwin–Wallace   –   0 – 1 – 0
Chicago P&S   –   0 – 1 – 0
St. Mary's (OH)   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1905 South Dakota State football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts as an independent during the 1905 college football season. In its first and only year under head coach William Blaine, the team compiled a 2–3 record.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 72:00 p.m.Flandreau Indian School
W 46–0[30][31]
October 21 Madison High School
  • Athletic Park
  • Brookings, SD
W 28–0[32]
October 272:30 p.m.MitchellBrookings, SDL 0–24[33]
November 11Minnesota
L 0–811,000[34]
November 21South Dakota
  • College field
  • Brookings, SD (rivalry)
L 0–17[35]

1906[edit]

1906 South Dakota State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumBall base park
Seasons
← 1905
1907 →
1906 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Louis   –   11 – 0 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   5 – 0 – 0
Butler   –   1 – 0 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   5 – 0 – 1
Iowa State   –   9 – 1 – 0
Ohio   –   7 – 1 – 0
Notre Dame   –   6 – 1 – 0
St. Mary's (OH)   –   5 – 1 – 0
Fairmount   –   7 – 1 – 2
Wabash   –   5 – 1 – 1
South Dakota State   –   3 – 1 – 0
Kansas   –   7 – 2 – 2
Michigan Agricultural   –   7 – 2 – 2
Kansas State   –   5 – 2 – 0
Missouri   –   5 – 2 – 1
Detroit College   –   4 – 2 – 1
Northern Illinois State   –   4 – 2 – 1
Carthage   –   3 – 2 – 0
Lake Forest   –   3 – 2 – 0
Nebraska   –   6 – 4 – 0
Wittenberg   –   5 – 4 – 1
Heidelberg   –   3 – 3 – 1
Washington University   –   2 – 2 – 2
Beloit   –   3 – 4 – 1
Franklin   –   3 – 4 – 0
Doane   –   2 – 3 – 0
Shurtleff   –   2 – 4 – 2
Western State Normal (MI)   –   1 – 2 – 0
Mount Union   –   2 – 5 – 1
Drake   –   2 – 5 – 0
Haskell   –   2 – 5 – 0
Marquette   –   1 – 4 – 2
Chicago P&S   –   0 – 1 – 1
Cincinnati   –   0 – 7 – 2
Western Illinois   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1906 South Dakota State football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts as an independent during the 1906 college football season. In its first year under head coach William Juneau, the team compiled a 3–1 record.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 13Huron
W 36–4[36]
November 2North Dakota
  • Ball base park
  • Brookings, SD
W 5–4500[37]
November 15at Dakota Wesleyan Mitchell, SDW 11–4[38]
November 22at South DakotaVermillion, SD (rivalry)L 0–22[39]

1907[edit]

1907 South Dakota State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2
Head coach
CaptainCharles Coughlin
Home stadiumFair grounds
Seasons
← 1906
1908 →
1907 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Marquette   –   6 – 0 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   3 – 0 – 0
Notre Dame   –   6 – 0 – 1
Miami (OH)   –   6 – 1 – 0
Michigan   –   5 – 1 – 0
Mount Union   –   9 – 2 – 0
Fairmount   –   8 – 2 – 0
Iowa State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Lake Forest   –   4 – 1 – 1
South Dakota State   –   5 – 2 – 0
St. Vincent's (IL)   –   5 – 2 – 0
Wabash   –   5 – 2 – 0
Saint Louis   –   7 – 3 – 0
Michigan Agricultural   –   4 – 2 – 1
Western State Normal   –   4 – 2 – 1
Kansas State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   3 – 2 – 0
Wittenberg   –   5 – 4 – 0
Central Michigan   –   3 – 3 – 0
Drake   –   3 – 4 – 1
Ohio   –   3 – 4 – 1
Western Illinois   –   2 – 3 – 0
Franklin   –   3 – 5 – 1
Heidelberg   –   2 – 4 – 1
Butler   –   1 – 3 – 2
Carthage   –   2 – 5 – 0
Haskell   –   2 – 6 – 1
Chicago P&S   –   1 – 3 – 0
Detroit College   –   1 – 3 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   1 – 4 – 1
Doane   –   1 – 5 – 0
St. Mary's (OH)   –   0 – 4 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace   –   0 – 6 – 0

The 1907 South Dakota State football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts as an independent during the 1907 college football season. In its second and final year under head coach William Juneau, the team compiled a 5–2 record.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 12HuronBrookings, SDL 0–4[40]
October 19Flandreau Indian School
  • Fair grounds
  • Brookings, SD
W 46–0[41]
October 26Toland's Business College
  • Fair grounds
  • Brookings, SD
W 29–0[42]
November 1at North DakotaGrand Forks, NDL 6–24[43]
November 8Dakota Wesleyan
  • Fair grounds
  • Brookings, SD
W 5–0[44][45]
November 16at YanktonYankton, SDW 12–10[46]
November 22 (?)HuronW 8–4[47]

1908[edit]

1908 South Dakota State football
1908 South Dakota State football team
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFair grounds
Seasons
← 1907
1909 →
1908 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Kirksville Normal   –   8 – 0 – 0
Miami (OH)   –   7 – 0 – 0
Iowa State Normal   –   5 – 0 – 0
St. Mary's (OH)   –   7 – 0 – 1
DePaul   –   6 – 0 – 1
Butler   –   5 – 0 – 1
Ohio Northern   –   9 – 1 – 0
Fairmount   –   8 – 1 – 0
Notre Dame   –   8 – 1 – 0
Michigan Agricultural   –   6 – 0 – 2
Lake Forest   –   4 – 1 – 1
Saint Louis   –   6 – 2 – 2
Kansas State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Michigan   –   5 – 2 – 1
Marquette   –   4 – 2 – 1
St. Viator   –   5 – 3 – 0
Central Michigan   –   4 – 3 – 0
Mount Union   –   5 – 4 – 1
Doane   –   4 – 4 – 0
South Dakota State   –   3 – 3 – 1
Western State Normal (MI)   –   3 – 3 – 0
Buchtel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Western Illinois   –   2 – 3 – 1
Carthage   –   2 – 3 – 0
Haskell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Wittenberg   –   3 – 5 – 1
Ohio   –   3 – 5 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   2 – 3 – 0
Cincinnati   –   1 – 4 – 1
Wabash   –   2 – 6 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   1 – 5 – 1
Michigan State Normal   –   1 – 4 – 0
Heidelberg   –   1 – 6 – 0
Franklin   –   0 – 9 – 1
Baldwin–Wallace   –   0 – 2 – 0
Chicago P&S   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1908 South Dakota State football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In its first year under head coach Jason M. Saunderson, the team compiled a 3–3–1 record.[1][48]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 10at Northern Normal
W 16–0[49]
October 23at North Dakota AgriculturalFargo, ND (rivalry)W 11–5[50]
October 30Madison Normal
  • Fair grounds
  • Brookings, SD
T 0–0[51]
November 7St. Thomas (MN)
  • Fair grounds
  • Brookings, SD
W 29–12[52][53]
November 13YanktonBrookings, SDL 0–21[54][55]
Dakota WesleyanL 0–6[1]
November 26at HuronHuron, SDL 0–17[56]

1909[edit]

1909 South Dakota State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–3
Head coach
Home stadiumFair grounds
Seasons
← 1908
1910 →
1909 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Iowa State Normal   –   6 – 0 – 0
Notre Dame   –   7 – 0 – 1
Michigan Agricultural   –   8 – 1 – 0
Carthage   –   6 – 1 – 0
Michigan   –   6 – 1 – 0
Western State Normal (MI)   –   6 – 1 – 0
Mount Union   –   8 – 2 – 0
Lake Forest   –   5 – 1 – 1
Haskell   –   7 – 2 – 0
Detroit College   –   3 – 1 – 2
Butler   –   5 – 3 – 0
Central Michigan   –   4 – 3 – 0
St. Mary's (OH)   –   4 – 3 – 0
Cincinnati   –   4 – 3 – 1
Doane   –   3 – 2 – 3
Buchtel   –   4 – 4 – 0
Rose Poly   –   4 – 4 – 0
Marquette   –   2 – 2 – 1
North Dakota Agricultural   –   2 – 2 – 1
Wabash   –   3 – 4 – 1
Miami (OH)   –   3 – 4 – 0
Ohio   –   2 – 4 – 2
Saint Louis   –   3 – 5 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   2 – 4 – 0
Western Illinois   –   1 – 2 – 0
Fairmount   –   2 – 5 – 1
Northern Illinois State   –   2 – 6 – 0
South Dakota State   –   1 – 3 – 0
Heidelberg   –   0 – 7 – 2

The 1909 South Dakota State football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In its second year under head coach Jason M. Saunderson, the team compiled a 1–3 record.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 22North Dakota Agricultural
L 5–11[57][58]
October 29Dakota Wesleyan
  • Fair grounds
  • Brookings, SD
L 0–3[59]
November 4at YanktonYankton, SDL 12–14[60]
November 25Huron
  • Fair grounds
  • Brookings, SD
W 44–0[61]

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