Denver vs. South Dakota
Denver and South Dakota first met in 1909 and have played 3 times; South Dakota leads the series 2–1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s South Dakota 2–1, and South Dakota has won the last 2. Share
- Denver wins
- 1
- South Dakota wins
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1909
- Longest streak
- 2 South Dakota
- Current streak
- 2 South Dakota
- Last 10 meetings
- South Dakota 2–1
- Most recent
- 1913
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 21 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Denver
- 1–2 Denver’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
1909 · Bismarck daily tribune, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], Oct 24, 1909
1911 · Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., Oct 30, 1911
1913 · Hot Springs weekly star, Hot Springs, S.D., Oct 31, 1913
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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Oct 25, 1913 | South Dakota 43, Denver 0 | at Denver | ||
| Oct 28, 1911 | South Dakota 10, Denver 0 | at Denver | ||
| Oct 23, 1909 | Denver 10, South Dakota 0 | at Denver |
Every game is listed as played on the field.