Northwestern vs. South Dakota

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

1. Northwestern’s biggest win1927: Northwestern 47, South Dakota 2by 45 points

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.

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  1927 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Oct 1, 1927

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Northwestern vs. Illinois119 meetings, Northwestern 55–⁠59–⁠5
• Northwestern vs. Wisconsin103 meetings, Northwestern 37–⁠62–⁠4
• Northwestern vs. Minnesota99 meetings, Northwestern 38–⁠56–⁠5
• Northwestern vs. Purdue90 meetings, Northwestern 36–⁠53–⁠1
• South Dakota vs. Nebraska16 meetings, South Dakota 0–⁠14–⁠2
• South Dakota vs. Northern Iowa15 meetings, South Dakota 5–⁠10
• South Dakota vs. North Dakota State15 meetings, South Dakota 3–⁠12
• South Dakota vs. Youngstown State13 meetings, South Dakota 4–⁠9