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Minnesota vs. South Dakota

Minnesota and South Dakota have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1904; Minnesota leads the series 9–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Minnesota 8–⁠2.

Minnesota wins
9
South Dakota wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1904
Longest streak
5 Minnesota
Current streak
1 South Dakota
Last 10 meetings
Minnesota 8–⁠2
Most recent
2010

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s2–⁠0
1910s6–⁠1
1930s1–⁠0
2010s0–⁠1
Average margin
35.3 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Minnesota
9–⁠2 Minnesota’s record at home
Shutouts
9

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Minnesota’s biggest win1916: Minnesota 81, South Dakota 0by 81 points
  2. South Dakota’s biggest win1912: South Dakota 10, Minnesota 0by 10 points
  3. Upset1912: South Dakota 10, Minnesota 0South Dakota had a 4% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2010: South Dakota 41, Minnesota 38South Dakota had a 15% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Minnesota and South Dakota, 1904 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 Minneapolis journal's story of the 1905 game: GOPHERS STRIKE LIKE AVALANCHE Bury South Dakota Under 81 to @ Score-Record Should Have Been Better.

    1905 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Nov 12, 1905

  • The Evening star's story of the 1911 game: Ursinus. BY CLOSE MARGIN. Minnesota Barely Beats South Da- kota College, 5 to 0.

    1911 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 8, 1911

  • The The Brookings register's story of the 1912 game

    1912 · The Brookings register, Brookings, Brookings County, S.D., Oct 3, 1912

  • The The daily Gate City's story of the 1913 game: MINNESOTA WINS OPENING GAME Univ. Of Minnesota Wins First Game Of Season From South Dakota by Score of ID to o.

    1913 · The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, Sep 28, 1913

  • The Bismarck daily tribune's story of the 1914 game: SOUTH DAKOTA FALLS BEFORE The G0PHERS Minnesota Uses Forward Passes to OverWhelm Dakotans Who Only Score Once.

    1914 · Bismarck daily tribune, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], Oct 18, 1914

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 11, 2010South Dakota 41, Minnesota 38at Minnesota
Nov 8, 1930Minnesota 59, South Dakota 0at Minnesota
Oct 21, 1916Minnesota 81, South Dakota 0at Minnesota
Oct 16, 1915Minnesota 19, South Dakota 0at Minnesota
Oct 17, 1914Minnesota 29, South Dakota 7at Minnesota
Sep 27, 1913Minnesota 14, South Dakota 0at Minnesota
Sep 28, 1912South Dakota 10, Minnesota 0at Minnesota
Oct 7, 1911Minnesota 5, South Dakota 0at Minnesota
Oct 1, 1910Minnesota 17, South Dakota 0at Minnesota
Nov 11, 1905Minnesota 81, South Dakota 0at Minnesota
Sep 24, 1904Minnesota 77, South Dakota 0at Minnesota

Every game is listed as played on the field.