Southern Illinois at South Dakota

Saturday, November 7, 2015

South Dakota beat Southern Illinois 34–⁠31. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwaySouthern Illinois3–⁠8 in 2015
31
HomeSouth Dakota5–⁠6 in 2015
34

Final at DakotaDome, VermillionIndoorsAttendance 8,012

Officials
Referee Rich Edwards; umpire Scott Jones; head linesman Paul Janus; line judge G. Schildmeyer; side judge Patrick Brown; field judge Paul Stout; back judge Justin StaehrGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Southern Illinois7147331
South Dakota7137734

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Southern Illinois 54% to win. South Dakota won as Elo’s underdog.

South Dakota leads 8–⁠4 in 12 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026South Dakota 31, Southern Illinois 10
2025South Dakota 53, Southern Illinois 51
2024South Dakota 42, Southern Illinois 13
2023South Dakota 14, Southern Illinois 7
2022South Dakota 27, Southern Illinois 24
2021Southern Illinois 22, South Dakota 10FCS Championship – First Round

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