Michigan vs. South Dakota

Michigan won their only meeting, in 1912.

Michigan wins
1
South Dakota wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1912
Longest streak
1 Michigan
Current streak
1 Michigan
Last 10 meetings
Michigan 1–⁠0
Most recent
1912

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Michigan and South Dakota, 1912 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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

  • The The Mitchell capital's story of the 1912 game: SOUTH DAKOTA ALMOST WINNER NERMILLION ELENEN HOLDS MICHIGAN TEAM DOWN TO Z TO & SCORE IN SATUR- DAYS GAME.

    1912 · The Mitchell capital, Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.], Nov 7, 1912

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

Nov 2, 1912Michigan 7, South Dakota 6at Michigan

Every game is listed as played on the field.