1916 South Dakota

0–⁠2. The season’s Wikipedia article records 1–⁠5–⁠2, over eight games to the two on file here.

Schedule and results

South Dakota in 1916, game by game: lost at Minnesota 0–81; lost at Notre Dame 0–21+7−81Lost 0–81 at Minnesota-81MinnesotaLost 0–21 at Notre Dame-21Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 21atMinnesotaL 0–⁠814%
Nov 11atNotre DameL 0–⁠214%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 21–⁠0.

In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 86 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists six games of South Dakota’s 1916 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.

Record
0–⁠2
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
0–⁠102
Coach
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Elo
1133 −5 this season
SP+ rating
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Recruiting class
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