1938 South Dakota Mines Hardrockers football team

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1938 South Dakota Mines Hardrockers football
SDIC champion
ConferenceSouth Dakota Intercollegiate Conference
Record8–0 (5–0 SDIC)
Head coach
Home stadiumO'Harra Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
South Dakota Mines $ 5 0 0 8 0 0
Dakota Wesleyan 4 1 0 5 3 0
Yankton 4 2 0 5 3 0
Southern Normal 3 2 0 4 2 0
Augustana (SD) 2 2 1 5 2 1
Huron 3 3 0 5 3 0
Northern Normal 2 3 1 2 4 2
Sioux Falls 1 4 0 1 7 0
Eastern Normal 0 3 0 1 6 0
Spearfish 0 4 0 3 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Yankton initially won the conference title with a 5–1 mark, but later forfeited and their win over South Dakota Mines and the title because of an ineligible player.

The 1938 South Dakota Mines Hardrockers football team was an American football team that represented the South Dakota School of Mines (now known as the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology) as a member of the South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (SDIC) in the 1938 college football season. Led by Lem Herting in his fifth season as head coach, the team compiled an overall record of 8–0, with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, and finished as SDIC champion.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16South Dakota State*W 18–74,000[1]
September 23Dickinson State*
  • O'Harra Stadium
  • Rapid City, SD
W 35–0[2]
September 30Eastern Normal
  • O'Harra Stadium
  • Rapid City, SD
W 66–0[3]
October 8at Northern NormalAberdeen, SDW 20–0[4]
October 14Southern Normal
  • O'Harra Stadium
  • Rapid City, SD
W 39–6[5]
October 21Chadron State*
  • O'Harra Stadium
  • Rapid City, SD
W 14–7[6]
November 4Yankton
  • O'Harra Stadium
  • Rapid City, SD
W 0–19 (forfeit win)[7][8]
November 11at SpearfishSpearfish, SDW 20–0[9]
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Miners beat S.D. State 18–7". The Daily Argus-Leader. September 17, 1938. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Hardrockers batter North Dakotans, 35–0". The Rapid City Daily Journal. September 24, 1938. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Miners swamp Madison, 66–0". Deadwood Pioneer-Times. October 1, 1938. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "School of Mines beats Northern". The Daily Argus-Leader. October 9, 1938. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "School of Mines downs Southern by 39-to-6 score". The Daily Argus-Leader. October 15, 1938. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Miners stop powerful Chadron eleven, 14–7". The Rapid City Daily Journal. October 22, 1938. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Greyhounds doom Hardrockers' Conference title hopes with 19 to 0 defeat". Evening Huronite. November 5, 1938. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Yankton voluntarily forfeits state conference football title". The Daily Argus-Leader. December 15, 1938. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Hardrockers cut loose to blast Jackets, 20–0". The Rapid City Daily Journal. November 12, 1938. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.