South Dakota at Notre Dame
Saturday, October 30, 1915 Share
Notre Dame beat South Dakota 6–0. It was their third meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 41°F
In the newspapers

The Madison daily leader. (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, South Dakota, November 1, 1915, page 1
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BIG FOOTBALL GAMES NOTRE DAME DEFEATS SOUTH DAKOTA Ute BETWEEN NORTH DAKOTA u AND STATE COLLEGE. Notre Dame, Ind, Nov. 1.-Notre Dame defeated South Dakota, 6 to 0. in a hard fought game here Saturday. Four substitutes were used by Notre Dame in the first half, but reg ulars were played throughout the second half. The only touchdown of the game was scored in the third quarter. when Bergman circled left end OIL a criss-cross play for fifteen yards and a touchdown. Hansen and Duncan, South Dakota ends, broke up most of Notre DANES end runs. Miller, fullbaek, starred with line plunges for Notre Dame. South Dakota did not seriously threaten Notre Danes goal. Grand Forks, n. D., Nov. 1.-The South Dakota State college and North Dakota university football teams bat tied to a 0 to 0 score here Saturday afternoon. Each team was within easy striking distance of the goal several times, but each lacked the punch to put the ball across. Once South Dakota had a touchdown within its grasp, but Skinner fumbled as he was crossing the goal line and North Dakota recovered the ball. After that the Aggies did not threaten. Once before, early in the game, Skinner intercepted a forward pass and raced to the very shadow of the Flickertail goal. 1t looked like a touchdown, but Mckay made a brill liant tackle and a moment later kick ed the ball out of danger.
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)
Notre Dame 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every South Dakota–Notre Dame gameNotre Dame leads 5–0 in five meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1917 | Notre Dame 40, South Dakota 0 | |
| 1916 | Notre Dame 21, South Dakota 0 | |
| 1915 | Notre Dame 6, South Dakota 0 | |
| 1914 | Notre Dame 33, South Dakota 0 | |
| 1913 | Notre Dame 20, South Dakota 7 |
Around this game
South Dakota
- Next gameat MinnesotaOct. 21, 1916
- SeasonSouth Dakota in 1915
- ProgramSouth Dakota history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gameat ArmyNov. 6, 1915
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1915
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records

