South Dakota at Northwestern

Saturday, October 1, 1927

Northwestern beat South Dakota 47–⁠2. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 4–⁠0.

AwaySouth Dakota0–⁠1 in 1927
2
HomeNorthwestern4–⁠4 in 1927
47

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story: NORTHWESTERN BEATS COYOTES S0daks Lose, 47-2-Princeton Beats Amherst-Michigan Wins From Wesleyan

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, October 1, 1927, page 14

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    NORTHWESTERN BEATS COYOTES S0daks Lose, 47-2-Princeton Beats Amherst-Michigan Wins From Wesleyan Evanston, ILL.,, Oct. 3-Northwestern S versatile football team flashed q formidable early season attack against South Dakota and buried. inc visitors under a score Of AZ to z in Dyche stadium this afternoon. The Coyotes fought stubbornly. put never had chance against the long runs OF Lewis and Gustafson, star Purple backs, and the alert line play Of the Purple forwards whose work converted two Dakota errors INTO Purple touchdowns. Tiny Lew IS, brilliant Northwestern fullback. settied the issue in the first quarter with the help of perfect blocking by

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Northwestern 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Northwestern leads 5–⁠0 in five meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
2012Northwestern 38, South Dakota 7
1927Northwestern 47, South Dakota 2
1926Northwestern 34, South Dakota 0
1925Northwestern 14, South Dakota 7
1924Northwestern 28, South Dakota 0

Around this game

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