1911 South Dakota

1–⁠1. The season’s Wikipedia article records 7–⁠1, over eight games to the two on file here.

Schedule and results

South Dakota in 1911, game by game: lost at Minnesota 0–5; won at Denver 10–0+10−5Lost 0–5 at Minnesota-5MinnesotaWon 10–0 at Denver+10Denver
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 7atMinnesotaL 0–⁠53%
Oct 28atDenverW 10–⁠05%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Denver 10–⁠0.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 86 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article and Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide (1912) list six games of South Dakota’s 1911 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Sep 29vsYanktonW 35–⁠0South Dakota’s article
Oct 14atSouth Dakota StateW 15–⁠6South Dakota’s article
Oct 21vsBellevue CollegeW 45–⁠0South Dakota’s article
Nov 4atCreightonW 31–⁠3South Dakota’s article
Nov 13vsDakota WesleyanW 3–⁠0South Dakota’s article, Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide, 1912
Nov 30atMorningsideW 22–⁠0South Dakota’s article, Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide, 1912Spalding’s guide gives South Dakota 3–⁠0.
Record
1–⁠1
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
10–⁠5
Coach
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Elo
1156 +58 this season
SP+ rating
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Recruiting class
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Captain
Clifford Coffey