South Dakota State vs. Wisconsin
South Dakota State and Wisconsin have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1916; Wisconsin leads the series 8–1 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Wisconsin 8–1, and Wisconsin has won the last 2. Share
- South Dakota State wins
- 1
- Wisconsin wins
- 8
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1916
- Longest streak
- 6 Wisconsin
- Current streak
- 2 Wisconsin
- Last 10 meetings
- Wisconsin 8–1
- Most recent
- 1937
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 23.2 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Wisconsin
- 8–1 Wisconsin’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- South Dakota State’s biggest win1935: South Dakota State 13, Wisconsin 6by 7 points
- Wisconsin’s biggest win1930: Wisconsin 58, South Dakota State 7by 51 points
- Upset1935: South Dakota State 13, Wisconsin 6South Dakota State had a 9% 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

1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 9, 1930

1934 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 18, 1934

1936 · Evening star, Sep 27, 1936
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 25, 1937 | Wisconsin 32, South Dakota State 0 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Sep 26, 1936 | Wisconsin 24, South Dakota State 7 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Sep 28, 1935 | South Dakota State 13, Wisconsin 6 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Oct 13, 1934 | Wisconsin 28, South Dakota State 7 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Nov 8, 1930 | Wisconsin 58, South Dakota State 7 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Sep 28, 1929 | Wisconsin 21, South Dakota State 0 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Oct 14, 1922 | Wisconsin 20, South Dakota State 6 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Oct 8, 1921 | Wisconsin 24, South Dakota State 3 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Oct 14, 1916 | Wisconsin 28, South Dakota State 3 | at Wisconsin |
Every game is listed as played on the field.