Minnesota vs. South Dakota State
Minnesota and South Dakota State have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1916; Minnesota leads the series 7–0 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Minnesota 7–0, and Minnesota has won the last 7. Share
- Minnesota wins
- 7
- South Dakota State wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1916
- Longest streak
- 7 Minnesota
- Current streak
- 7 Minnesota
- Last 10 meetings
- Minnesota 7–0
- Most recent
- 2019
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 25.9 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Minnesota
- 7–0 Minnesota’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Minnesota’s biggest win1917: Minnesota 64, South Dakota State 0by 64 points
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

1930 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Sep 29, 1930

1932 · Evening star, Oct 2, 1932
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
| Aug 29, 2019 | Minnesota 28, South Dakota State 21 | at Minnesota | ||
| Nov 14, 2009 | Minnesota 16, South Dakota State 13 | at Minnesota | ||
| Sep 30, 1933 | Minnesota 19, South Dakota State 6 | at Minnesota | ||
| Oct 1, 1932 | Minnesota 12, South Dakota State 0 | at Minnesota | ||
| Sep 27, 1930 | Minnesota 48, South Dakota State 0 | at Minnesota | ||
| Oct 20, 1917 | Minnesota 64, South Dakota State 0 | at Minnesota | ||
| Oct 7, 1916 | Minnesota 41, South Dakota State 7 | at Minnesota |
Every game is listed as played on the field.