Drake vs. South Dakota State
Drake and South Dakota State have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1945; South Dakota State leads the series 7–4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s South Dakota State 7–3, and South Dakota State has won the last 7. Share
- Drake wins
- 4
- South Dakota State wins
- 7
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1945
- Longest streak
- 7 South Dakota State
- Current streak
- 7 South Dakota State
- Last 10 meetings
- South Dakota State 7–3
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–2 |
- Average margin
- 30.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Drake
- 4–1 Drake’s record at home
- At South Dakota State
- 5–0 South Dakota State’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Drake first
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Drake’s biggest win1948: Drake 47, South Dakota State 0by 47 points
- South Dakota State’s biggest win2023: South Dakota State 70, Drake 7by 63 points
- Upset1958: South Dakota State 12, Drake 6South Dakota State had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1983: South Dakota State 20, Drake 3South Dakota State had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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
1949 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Sep 17, 1949
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
| Sep 13, 2025 | South Dakota State 37, Drake 21 | at South Dakota State | ||
| Sep 16, 2023 | South Dakota State 70, Drake 7 | Target Field | ||
| Sep 14, 2019 | South Dakota State 38, Drake 10 | at South Dakota State | ||
| Sep 16, 2017 | South Dakota State 51, Drake 10 | at South Dakota State | ||
| Sep 10, 2016 | South Dakota State 56, Drake 28 | at South Dakota State | ||
| Sep 10, 1983 | South Dakota State 20, Drake 3 | at Drake | ||
| Sep 13, 1958 | South Dakota State 12, Drake 6 | at South Dakota State | ||
| Sep 28, 1957 | Drake 25, South Dakota State 7 | at Drake | ||
| Sep 17, 1949 | Drake 40, South Dakota State 0 | at Drake | ||
| Sep 18, 1948 | Drake 47, South Dakota State 0 | at Drake | ||
| Oct 13, 1945 | Drake 34, South Dakota State 0 | at Drake |
Every game is listed as played on the field.