South Dakota at Denver
Saturday, October 23, 1909 Share
Denver beat South Dakota 10–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Denver led the series 1–0.
Final
In the newspapers

Bismarck daily tribune, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], October 24, 1909, page 1
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DENVER did Things TO South DAKOTA 4 Denver, Oct. 23.--Denver university defeated the University of South Dakota eleven here today by a score 81 10 to 0. ~&z. ., = The game was an unfortunate one for the Dakota team in that 1t gain ed near touchdown on several oc. casions only to be fought back BY the superior playing of the Denver team. IS Es$s -. ? .:38 s5 l:ss’.. In the first few minutes of play the Denver eleven was forced inside its own ten yard line, but escaped BY punting and later scored a tonch. down. but failed of goal In the second half Denver showed superior generalship. After anothe, touchdown for Denver, South Dakots fought desperately for the remainder of the game without seriously endan. gering the advantage gained by thu Denver eleven. “ =, ,;S S3#sBs n II

Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, October 25, 1909, page 1
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oLENwooD OMAHA SOUTH DAKOTA HUMBLED Denver Piles Up score Of 10 to Z on Visitors. on Visitors. DENVER, Oct. A-Denver university defeated the University Of South Dakota eleven here Saturday by a score Of 10 to 0. The game was an unfortunate one for the Dakota team In that 1t gained a near touchdown on several occasions only to be fought back by the superior playing Of the Denve team. In the first few minutes OF play the Denver eleven was forced inside its own lO-yard line, but escaped by puntinE and later scored a touchdown. but failed OF a goal In the second half Denver showed sup erior generalship. After another touch down for Denver the South Dakota eleven fought desperately for he remainder Of

The Salt Lake herald-Republican, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 24, 1909, page 10
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DENVER U. AND SOUTH DAKOTA ABOUT EVEN Denver. Oct 23.-Denver university defeated the South Dakota University eleven here today by a score OF 10 to 0. The game was an unfortunate one for thu Dakota team in that it gained a near touchdown on several occasions. only to be fought back by the superior playing of the Denver team.
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)
Denver 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every South Dakota–Denver gameSouth Dakota leads 2–1 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1913 | South Dakota 43, Denver 0 | |
| 1911 | South Dakota 10, Denver 0 | |
| 1909 | Denver 10, South Dakota 0 |
Around this game
South Dakota
- Next gameat MinnesotaOct. 1, 1910
- SeasonSouth Dakota in 1909
- ProgramSouth Dakota history and records
Denver
- Next gameat Colorado School of MinesNov. 6, 1909
- SeasonDenver in 1909
- ProgramDenver history and records
