South Dakota State football, 1889–1909

The South Dakota State Jackrabbits football program represents South Dakota State University in American football. This article covers the history of the program in the first two decades. Prior to 1904, the school was known as the South Dakota Agricultural College. In 1904, the school was renamed South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The team played its home games at Brookings, South Dakota.

Significant milestones in the period covered include the following:

• South Dakota Agricultural began competing in intercollegiate football in 1889, eight years after the school was founded. The team played a single game against the University of South Dakota in 1889, ending in a 6–6 tie. It was the first game in the South Dakota–South Dakota State football rivalry. South Dakota State did not win a game in that rivalry until 30 years later in 1919.^[1]
• After a seven-year hiatus, the program resumed intercollegiate play in 1897 with a game against the University of Sioux Falls, ending in a 22–0 loss.^[1]
• In 1898, South Dakota Agricultural won its first football game, a 62–0 victory over a team from Watertown, South Dakota.^[1]
• The 1899 team compiled the program's first winning record of 3–1, including shut out victories over Huron College (55–0) and Madison Normal (23–0) and ending with a 57–0 loss to Mitchell University.^[1]
• In 1903, the team commenced its rivalry with North Dakota State, now known for the Dakota Marker trophy. North Dakota State won the inaugural game by an 85–0 score. It remains the worst loss in program history, followed by an 81–0 loss to Minnesota in 1905 and an 86–6 loss to Kansas in 1947.^[1]
• In 1908, the team won its first rivalry game with North Dakota State, prevailing by an 11–5 score.^[1]

Regular opponents during the first two decades included the Flandreau Indian School, the Yankton College, the Huron University, Madison Normal School (now known as Dakota State University), and Dakota University at Mitchell (now known as Dakota Wesleyan University).

1889

1889 South Dakota Agricultural football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–0–1
Head coach	None
Seasons 1897 →

1889 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Miami (OH)			–					4	–	0	–	0
Butler			–					2	–	0	–	0
Washington University			–					2	–	0	–	0
Iowa College			–					1	–	0	–	0
Lake Forest			–					1	–	0	–	0
Notre Dame			–					1	–	0	–	0
South Dakota			–					1	–	0	–	1
Minnesota			–					3	–	1	–	0
Purdue			–					2	–	1	–	0
South Dakota Agricultural			–					0	–	0	–	1
Northwestern			–					2	–	2	–	0
Cincinnati			–					1	–	1	–	0
Wabash			–					1	–	1	–	0
Michigan			–					1	–	2	–	0
Indiana			–					0	–	1	–	1
Iowa			–					0	–	1	–	0
Wisconsin			–					0	–	2	–	0

The 1889 South Dakota Agricultural football team represented South Dakota Agricultural College as an independent during the 1889 college football season. In their first season of existence, they played in one game, a 6–6 tie against the University of South Dakota.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
	South Dakota	(rivalry)	T 6–6

1897

1897 South Dakota Agricultural football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–1
Head coach	None
Seasons ← 1889 1898 →

1897 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Butler			–					3	–	0	–	0
Fairmount			–					1	–	0	–	0
Washburn			–					7	–	1	–	0
Cincinnati			–					9	–	1	–	1
Iowa State Normal			–					5	–	1	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan			–					7	–	1	–	1
Indiana			–					6	–	1	–	1
Ohio			–					7	–	2	–	0
Carthage			–					3	–	1	–	0
Iowa Agricultural			–					3	–	1	–	0
Notre Dame			–					4	–	1	–	1
Michigan Agricultural			–					4	–	2	–	1
Central Michigan			–					2	–	1	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					2	–	1	–	1
Chicago Dental Infirmary			–					2	–	2	–	1
Missouri			–					5	–	6	–	0
Lake Forest			–					4	–	5	–	1
Drake			–					2	–	3	–	0
Heidelberg			–					2	–	3	–	0
Detroit College			–					1	–	2	–	0
Indiana Normal			–					1	–	4	–	0
Kansas State			–					1	–	2	–	1
Mount Union			–					2	–	4	–	1
Rush Medical College			–					1	–	4	–	1
DePauw			–					2	–	6	–	0
Wittenberg			–					2	–	6	–	0
Haskell			–					1	–	4	–	0
Indiana State Normal			–					1	–	4	–	0
Ohio State			–					1	–	7	–	1
South Dakota Agricultural			–					0	–	1	–	0
Washington University			–					0	–	2	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					0	–	3	–	0

The 1897 South Dakota Agricultural football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota Agricultural College as an independent during the 1897 college football season. In their first season since 1889, they played in one game, a 22–0 loss against Sioux Falls.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
	Sioux Falls		L 0–22

1898

1898 South Dakota Agricultural football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–1–1
Head coach	Bert H. Morrison (1st season)
Seasons ← 1897 1899 →

1898 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington University			–					6	–	0	–	0
Detroit College			–					5	–	0	–	0
Carthage			–					3	–	0	–	0
Lincoln (MO)			–					1	–	0	–	0
Iowa State Normal			–					4	–	0	–	1
Washburn			–					4	–	0	–	1
Kansas			–					7	–	1	–	0
Cincinnati			–					5	–	1	–	3
Indiana			–					4	–	1	–	2
Nebraska			–					8	–	3	–	0
Drake			–					4	–	2	–	0
Lake Forest			–					2	–	1	–	0
Notre Dame			–					4	–	2	–	0
Western Reserve			–					5	–	3	–	0
Butler			–					2	–	1	–	1
Heidelberg			–					4	–	3	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					4	–	3	–	0
Iowa State			–					3	–	2	–	0
Kansas State			–					1	–	1	–	2
Miami (OH)			–					1	–	1	–	0
South Dakota Agricultural			–					1	–	1	–	1
DePauw			–					3	–	4	–	2
Iowa			–					3	–	4	–	2
Ohio			–					1	–	2	–	1
Ohio State			–					3	–	5	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					2	–	4	–	0
Central Michigan			–					1	–	2	–	0
Indiana State Normal			–					1	–	2	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					1	–	2	–	0
Wabash			–					2	–	5	–	1
Ohio Wesleyan			–					2	–	5	–	0
Haskell			–					2	–	7	–	0
Missouri			–					1	–	4	–	1
Wittenberg			–					1	–	5	–	1
Fairmount			–					0	–	1	–	0

The 1898 South Dakota Agricultural football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota Agricultural College as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In its first season under head coach Bert H. Morrison, the team compiled a 1–1–1 record.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
	Watertown		W 62–0
	Yankton		T 0–0
	Sioux Falls (city)		L 6–11

1899

1899 South Dakota Agricultural football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–1
Head coach	Bert H. Morrison (2nd season)
Seasons ← 1898 1900 →

1899 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Kansas			–					10	–	0	–	0
North Dakota			–					6	–	0	–	0
Detroit College			–					5	–	0	–	0
Lincoln (MO)			–					1	–	0	–	0
Ohio State			–					9	–	0	–	1
Iowa			–					8	–	0	–	1
Washington University			–					5	–	1	–	0
Missouri			–					9	–	2	–	0
Chicago P&S			–					4	–	1	–	0
Mount Union			–					5	–	1	–	1
Indiana			–					6	–	2	–	0
South Dakota Agricultural			–					3	–	1	–	0
Wabash			–					1	–	0	–	1
Cincinnati			–					5	–	2	–	0
Drake			–					5	–	2	–	0
Heidelberg			–					5	–	2	–	0
Buchtel			–					2	–	1	–	0
Doane			–					2	–	1	–	0
Northern Illinois State			–					1	–	0	–	2
Notre Dame			–					6	–	3	–	1
Central Michigan			–					3	–	2	–	0
Fairmount			–					2	–	1	–	2
Carthage			–					3	–	2	–	1
Western Reserve			–					5	–	4	–	0
Wittenberg			–					5	–	4	–	0
Iowa State			–					5	–	4	–	1
Rush Medical			–					3	–	3	–	1
Ohio			–					2	–	2	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan			–					5	–	5	–	0
Haskell			–					4	–	5	–	0
Lake Forest			–					4	–	6	–	2
Kansas State			–					2	–	3	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					2	–	4	–	1
Iowa State Normal			–					1	–	3	–	2
Washburn			–					2	–	5	–	2
Butler			–					1	–	3	–	0
Miami (OH)			–					1	–	5	–	0
Nebraska			–					1	–	7	–	1
North Dakota Agricultural			–					0	–	1	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1899 South Dakota Agricultural football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota Agricultural College as an independent during the 1899 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Bert H. Morrison, the team compiled a 3–1 record.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
	Madison Normal		W 12–5
	Huron		W 55–0
	Madison Normal		W 23–0
November 20	at Mitchell	Mitchell, South Dakota	L 0–57

1900

1900 South Dakota Agricultural football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–2
Head coach	James Hutchinson (1st season)
Seasons ← 1899 1901 →

1900 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Central Michigan			–					1	–	0	–	0
Lake Forest			–					1	–	0	–	0
Haskell			–					9	–	1	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					8	–	1	–	1
Ohio State			–					8	–	1	–	1
Nebraska			–					6	–	1	–	1
Beloit			–					7	–	1	–	2
Kirksville Osteopaths			–					7	–	2	–	1
Washburn			–					6	–	2	–	0
Wittenberg			–					5	–	2	–	1
Drake			–					6	–	3	–	0
Doane			–					2	–	1	–	0
Notre Dame			–					6	–	3	–	1
Fairmount			–					5	–	3	–	0
Detroit College			–					3	–	2	–	0
South Dakota Agricultural			–					3	–	2	–	0
Washington University			–					3	–	2	–	1
Carthage			–					4	–	3	–	0
Wabash			–					5	–	4	–	0
Missouri			–					4	–	4	–	1
Northern Illinois State			–					2	–	2	–	2
Iowa State Normal			–					3	–	4	–	1
Buchtel			–					2	–	3	–	1
Cincinnati			–					3	–	5	–	1
Ohio			–					2	–	4	–	1
Kansas State			–					2	–	4	–	0
Kansas			–					2	–	5	–	2
Ohio Wesleyan			–					2	–	5	–	2
Iowa State			–					2	–	5	–	1
Butler			–					0	–	1	–	3
Heidelberg			–					0	–	2	–	2
Michigan Agricultural			–					1	–	3	–	0
Chicago P&S			–					1	–	3	–	0
Mount Union			–					1	–	4	–	1
Miami (OH)			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1900 South Dakota Agricultural football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota Agricultural College as an independent during the 1900 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach James Hutchinson, they compiled a 3–2 record.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
November 3	Flandreau Indian School	S.D.A.C. athletic grounds Brookings, SD	W 23–0	[2]
	Yankton		W 17–0
	Huron		W 38–0
	Mitchell		L 5–22
November 16	South Dakota	Athletic Park Brookings, SD (rivalry)	L 0–17	[3]

1901

1901 South Dakota Agricultural football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–2
Head coach	None
Seasons ← 1900 1902 →

1901 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Louis			–					10	–	0	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					7	–	0	–	0
Marquette			–					4	–	0	–	1
Northern Illinois State			–					6	–	1	–	0
Notre Dame			–					8	–	1	–	1
Ohio Wesleyan			–					8	–	2	–	0
Kirksville Osteopaths			–					10	–	3	–	0
Nebraska			–					6	–	2	–	0
Ohio			–					6	–	1	–	2
Doane			–					3	–	1	–	0
Haskell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Lake Forest			–					10	–	5	–	0
Ohio State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Washington University			–					5	–	3	–	1
Ohio Medical			–					5	–	3	–	1
Iowa State Normal			–					5	–	3	–	2
South Dakota Agricultural			–					3	–	2	–	0
Beloit			–					5	–	3	–	3
Washburn			–					3	–	2	–	3
Carthage			–					1	–	1	–	0
Drake			–					4	–	4	–	0
Detroit College			–					3	–	3	–	0
Mount Union			–					5	–	5	–	1
Wittenberg			–					4	–	4	–	0
Kansas State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Michigan Agricultural			–					3	–	4	–	1
Iowa State			–					2	–	6	–	2
Kansas			–					3	–	5	–	2
Wabash			–					4	–	7	–	0
Fairmount			–					3	–	6	–	0
Heidelberg			–					1	–	3	–	1
Miami (OH)			–					1	–	3	–	1
Cincinnati			–					1	–	4	–	1
Case			–					2	–	7	–	0
Missouri			–					1	–	6	–	1
Butler			–					0	–	1	–	0
Chicago Eclectic Medical			–					0	–	3	–	0

The 1901 South Dakota Agricultural football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota Agricultural College as an independent during the 1901 college football season. The team compiled a 3–2 record.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 19	at Huron	Huron, SD	W 38–0	[5][6]
November 5	Yankton	Athletic park Brookings, SD	W 17–0	[7]
November 9	Flandreau Indian School	Athletic park Brookings, SD	W 42–0	[8]
November 21	at South Dakota	Vermillion, SD	L 0–22 (rivalry)	[9]
November	at Mitchell	Mitchell, SD	L 5–22	[10]

1902

1902 South Dakota Agricultural football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–2
Head coach	L. L. Gilkey (1st season)
Home stadium	Athletic Park
Seasons ← 1901 1903 →

1902 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Nebraska			–					9	–	0	–	0
South Dakota			–					9	–	0	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					4	–	0	–	0
Central Michigan			–					4	–	0	–	0
Ohio Medical			–					9	–	1	–	0
Marquette			–					6	–	1	–	1
Knox			–					9	–	2	–	0
Northern Illinois State			–					5	–	1	–	1
Haskell			–					8	–	2	–	1
Notre Dame			–					6	–	2	–	1
Drake			–					5	–	2	–	1
Lincoln (MO)			–					2	–	1	–	0
Mount Union			–					6	–	3	–	0
Iowa State			–					6	–	3	–	1
Carthage			–					2	–	1	–	1
Cincinnati			–					4	–	2	–	2
Missouri			–					5	–	3	–	0
Miami (OH)			–					5	–	3	–	1
Kansas			–					6	–	4	–	0
South Dakota Agricultural			–					3	–	2	–	0
Fairmount			–					4	–	3	–	1
Detroit College			–					3	–	3	–	0
Lake Forest			–					4	–	4	–	1
Lincoln (MO)			–					1	–	1	–	0
Western Illinois			–					2	–	2	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					4	–	5	–	0
Wittenberg			–					3	–	4	–	2
Washburn			–					3	–	4	–	0
Doane			–					2	–	3	–	0
Heidelberg			–					3	–	5	–	1
Wabash			–					2	–	4	–	2
Buchtel			–					2	–	5	–	0
Washington University			–					2	–	6	–	1
Butler			–					1	–	3	–	0
Kansas State			–					2	–	6	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					1	–	5	–	1
Iowa State Normal			–					1	–	6	–	1
Ohio			–					0	–	5	–	1

The 1902 South Dakota Agricultural football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota Agricultural College as an independent during the 1902 college football season. The team compiled a 3–2 record.^[1]

The team began the season with L. L. Gilkey as its coach, but he was released in late October due to the lack of funds in the Athletic Association. Gilkey then returned to his regular work purchasing chickens for the Huron Produce Co.^[11]

The 1902 football season in South Dakota witnessed the death of Harry Jordan, a young man from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and led to the cancellation of games in that city.^[12] At the end of the season, an editorial was published in The Daily Argus-Leader from a correspondent in Britton, South Dakota, proposing a bill "to abolish football within the precincts of South Dakota." The appeal was based on the loss of life and "mutilation" during the prior football season, the loss of study time, and the game's tendency to promote "immorality", including betting, rioting, debauchery, and "the refinement of cruelty, needless senseless cruelty." The author denounced: "That so savage and barbarious a game can meet with the approval of Christian educators and ministers of the gospel in the year of our Lord 1902 is one of the amazing exhibitions of the century."^[13]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October	Huron		W 17–0
October 18	Flandreau Indian School	Athletic Park Brookings, SD	L 5–6	[14]
November 7	South Dakota Mines		W 17–5	[15]
November 8	Flandreau Indian School	College gridiron Brookings, SD	W 28–0	[16]
November 20	South Dakota	Brookings, SD (rivalry)	L 0–10	[17]

^[1]

1903

1903 South Dakota Agricultural football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–2
Head coach	None
Home stadium	Athletic Park
Seasons ← 1902 1904 →

1903 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Nebraska			–					11	–	0	–	0
North Dakota			–					7	–	0	–	0
Central Michigan			–					6	–	0	–	0
Notre Dame			–					8	–	0	–	1
Iowa State			–					8	–	1	–	0
Marquette			–					7	–	1	–	0
Lake Forest			–					6	–	1	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					5	–	1	–	0
Haskell			–					7	–	2	–	0
St. Xavier			–					7	–	2	–	0
Fairmount			–					6	–	2	–	0
Wabash			–					9	–	3	–	0
Wittenberg			–					5	–	2	–	1
Doane			–					2	–	1	–	0
Northern Illinois State			–					4	–	2	–	0
American Medical			–					6	–	3	–	0
Kansas			–					6	–	3	–	0
Drake			–					5	–	3	–	0
Kirksville Osteopaths			–					5	–	3	–	0
Iowa State Normal			–					4	–	3	–	1
Ohio Medical			–					5	–	4	–	0
Lincoln (MO)			–					1	–	1	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					4	–	4	–	0
Washington University			–					4	–	4	–	2
Heidelberg			–					3	–	4	–	2
Kansas State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Detroit College			–					3	–	4	–	0
Shurtleff			–					2	–	4	–	1
Ohio			–					2	–	4	–	0
South Dakota Agricultural			–					1	–	2	–	0
Mount Union			–					2	–	5	–	1
DePauw			–					2	–	6	–	1
Miami (OH)			–					1	–	4	–	0
Missouri			–					1	–	7	–	1
Western Illinois			–					0	–	3	–	1
Cincinnati			–					1	–	8	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					0	–	1	–	0
Buchtel			–					0	–	2	–	0
Butler			–					0	–	3	–	0
Chicago P&S			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1903 South Dakota Agricultural football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota Agricultural College as an independent during the 1903 college football season. The team compiled a 1–2 record.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 19	at North Dakota Agricultral	Fargo, ND (rivalry)	L 0–85	[18]
November 7	Flandreau Indian School	Athletic Park Brookings, SD	W 22–0	[19]
November 13	at Huron	Huron, SD	L 0–11	[20]

1904

1904 South Dakota State football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–2–1
Head coach	J. Harrison Werner (1st season)
Home stadium	Athletic Park
Seasons ← 1903 1905 →

1904 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Louis			–					10	–	0	–	0
Bethany (KS)			–					7	–	0	–	0
Northern Illinois State			–					5	–	0	–	0
Missouri State Normal			–					2	–	0	–	0
Haskell			–					8	–	1	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					8	–	1	–	0
Cincinnati			–					7	–	1	–	0
Butler			–					6	–	1	–	0
Doane			–					5	–	1	–	0
Kansas			–					8	–	1	–	1
DePauw			–					8	–	2	–	0
Iowa State			–					7	–	2	–	0
Ohio Northern			–					7	–	2	–	1
Michigan State Normal			–					6	–	2	–	0
Wittenberg			–					6	–	2	–	0
Marquette			–					5	–	2	–	0
Nebraska			–					7	–	3	–	0
Detroit College			–					4	–	2	–	0
South Dakota State			–					4	–	2	–	1
Notre Dame			–					5	–	3	–	0
Iowa State Normal			–					5	–	3	–	1
Western Illinois			–					6	–	4	–	0
Heidelberg			–					6	–	4	–	1
Drake			–					5	–	4	–	0
Carthage			–					0	–	0	–	2
North Dakota Agricultural			–					3	–	3	–	0
Wabash			–					4	–	4	–	0
Fairmount			–					4	–	5	–	0
Lake Forest			–					3	–	5	–	1
Ohio Medical			–					2	–	4	–	2
Washington University			–					4	–	7	–	0
Ohio			–					2	–	4	–	1
Missouri			–					3	–	6	–	0
Mount Union			–					2	–	6	–	0
Miami (OH)			–					1	–	5	–	0
Kansas State			–					1	–	6	–	0
American Medical			–					0	–	3	–	0

The 1904 South Dakota State football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In its first and only year under head coach J. Harrison Werner, the team compiled a 4–2–1 record.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1	3:07 p.m.	Flandreau Indian School	Brookings, SD	W 15–0		[21]
October 8		Madison Normal	Brookings, SD	W 11–5		[22]
October 21	3:00 p.m.	Mitchell	Athletic Park Brookings, SD	L 5–6		[23]
October 29		vs. Huron	DeSmet, SD	W 15–0		[24]
November 4		at South Dakota	Vermillion, SD (rivalry)	T 6–6		[25][26]
November 18		Pipestone High School	Athletic Park Brookings, SD	W 38–0		[27]
November 25	2:30 p.m.	at Mitchell	Athletic Park Mitchell, SD	L 0–10	1,000	[28][29]

1905

1905 South Dakota State football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–3
Head coach	William Blaine (1st season)
Seasons ← 1904 1906 →

1905 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Lincoln (MO)			–					3	–	0	–	0
Detroit College			–					1	–	0	–	0
Kansas			–					10	–	1	–	0
Central Michigan			–					7	–	1	–	0
Doane			–					5	–	1	–	0
Nebraska			–					9	–	2	–	0
Saint Louis			–					7	–	2	–	0
Butler			–					7	–	2	–	1
Kansas State			–					6	–	2	–	0
Northern Illinois State			–					3	–	1	–	1
Carthage			–					4	–	2	–	0
Western Illinois			–					4	–	2	–	0
Iowa State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Washington University			–					7	–	3	–	2
Wittenberg			–					7	–	4	–	0
Heidelberg			–					6	–	4	–	0
Iowa State Normal			–					5	–	3	–	2
Cincinnati			–					5	–	3	–	0
Miami (OH)			–					4	–	3	–	0
Missouri			–					5	–	4	–	0
Notre Dame			–					5	–	4	–	0
Fairmount			–					5	–	4	–	1
Haskell			–					5	–	4	–	1
Lake Forest			–					6	–	5	–	0
Wabash			–					6	–	5	–	0
Drake			–					4	–	4	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					4	–	4	–	0
Marquette			–					3	–	4	–	0
South Dakota State			–					2	–	3	–	0
Ohio			–					2	–	5	–	2
DePauw			–					3	–	6	–	0
Mount Union			–					2	–	6	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					1	–	4	–	1
Baldwin–Wallace			–					0	–	1	–	0
Chicago P&S			–					0	–	1	–	0
St. Mary's (OH)			–					0	–	3	–	0

The 1905 South Dakota State football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts as an independent during the 1905 college football season. In its first and only year under head coach William Blaine, the team compiled a 2–3 record.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 7	2:00 p.m.	Flandreau Indian School	City base ball park Brookings, SD	W 46–0		[30][31]
October 21		Madison High School	Athletic Park Brookings, SD	W 28–0		[32]
October 27	2:30 p.m.	Mitchell	Brookings, SD	L 0–24		[33]
November 11		Minnesota	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	L 0–81	1,000	[34]
November 21		South Dakota	College field Brookings, SD (rivalry)	L 0–17		[35]

1906

1906 South Dakota State football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–1
Head coach	William Juneau (1st season)
Home stadium	Ball base park
Seasons ← 1905 1907 →

1906 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Louis			–					11	–	0	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					5	–	0	–	0
Butler			–					1	–	0	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					5	–	0	–	1
Iowa State			–					9	–	1	–	0
Ohio			–					7	–	1	–	0
Notre Dame			–					6	–	1	–	0
St. Mary's (OH)			–					5	–	1	–	0
Fairmount			–					7	–	1	–	2
Wabash			–					5	–	1	–	1
South Dakota State			–					3	–	1	–	0
Kansas			–					7	–	2	–	2
Michigan Agricultural			–					7	–	2	–	2
Kansas State			–					5	–	2	–	0
Missouri			–					5	–	2	–	1
Detroit College			–					4	–	2	–	1
Northern Illinois State			–					4	–	2	–	1
Carthage			–					3	–	2	–	0
Lake Forest			–					3	–	2	–	0
Nebraska			–					6	–	4	–	0
Wittenberg			–					5	–	4	–	1
Heidelberg			–					3	–	3	–	1
Washington University			–					2	–	2	–	2
Beloit			–					3	–	4	–	1
Franklin			–					3	–	4	–	0
Doane			–					2	–	3	–	0
Shurtleff			–					2	–	4	–	2
Western State Normal (MI)			–					1	–	2	–	0
Mount Union			–					2	–	5	–	1
Drake			–					2	–	5	–	0
Haskell			–					2	–	5	–	0
Marquette			–					1	–	4	–	2
Chicago P&S			–					0	–	1	–	1
Cincinnati			–					0	–	7	–	2
Western Illinois			–					0	–	3	–	0

The 1906 South Dakota State football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts as an independent during the 1906 college football season. In its first year under head coach William Juneau, the team compiled a 3–1 record.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 13	Huron	Ball base park Brookings, SD	W 36–4		[36]
November 2	North Dakota	Ball base park Brookings, SD	W 5–4	500	[37]
November 15	at Dakota Wesleyan	Mitchell, SD	W 11–4		[38]
November 22	at South Dakota	Vermillion, SD (rivalry)	L 0–22		[39]

1907

1907 South Dakota State football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2
Head coach	William Juneau (2nd season)
Captain	Charles Coughlin
Home stadium	Fair grounds
Seasons ← 1906 1908 →

1907 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Marquette			–					6	–	0	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					3	–	0	–	0
Notre Dame			–					6	–	0	–	1
Miami (OH)			–					6	–	1	–	0
Michigan			–					5	–	1	–	0
Mount Union			–					9	–	2	–	0
Fairmount			–					8	–	2	–	0
Iowa State			–					6	–	2	–	0
Lake Forest			–					4	–	1	–	1
South Dakota State			–					5	–	2	–	0
St. Vincent's (IL)			–					5	–	2	–	0
Wabash			–					5	–	2	–	0
Saint Louis			–					7	–	3	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					4	–	2	–	1
Western State Normal			–					4	–	2	–	1
Kansas State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					3	–	2	–	0
Wittenberg			–					5	–	4	–	0
Central Michigan			–					3	–	3	–	0
Drake			–					3	–	4	–	1
Ohio			–					3	–	4	–	1
Western Illinois			–					2	–	3	–	0
Franklin			–					3	–	5	–	1
Heidelberg			–					2	–	4	–	1
Butler			–					1	–	3	–	2
Carthage			–					2	–	5	–	0
Haskell			–					2	–	6	–	1
Chicago P&S			–					1	–	3	–	0
Detroit College			–					1	–	3	–	0
Northern Illinois State			–					1	–	4	–	1
Doane			–					1	–	5	–	0
St. Mary's (OH)			–					0	–	4	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					0	–	6	–	0

The 1907 South Dakota State football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts as an independent during the 1907 college football season. In its second and final year under head coach William Juneau, the team compiled a 5–2 record.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 12	Huron	Brookings, SD	L 0–4	[40]
October 19	Flandreau Indian School	Fair grounds Brookings, SD	W 46–0	[41]
October 26	Toland's Business College	Fair grounds Brookings, SD	W 29–0	[42]
November 1	at North Dakota	Grand Forks, ND	L 6–24	[43]
November 8	Dakota Wesleyan	Fair grounds Brookings, SD	W 5–0	[44][45]
November 16	at Yankton	Yankton, SD	W 12–10	[46]
November 22 (?)	Huron		W 8–4	[47]

1908

1908 South Dakota State football
1908 South Dakota State football team
Conference	Independent
Record	3–3–1
Head coach	Jason M. Saunderson (1st season)
Home stadium	Fair grounds
Seasons ← 1907 1909 →

1908 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Kirksville Normal			–					8	–	0	–	0
Miami (OH)			–					7	–	0	–	0
Iowa State Normal			–					5	–	0	–	0
St. Mary's (OH)			–					7	–	0	–	1
DePaul			–					6	–	0	–	1
Butler			–					5	–	0	–	1
Ohio Northern			–					9	–	1	–	0
Fairmount			–					8	–	1	–	0
Notre Dame			–					8	–	1	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					6	–	0	–	2
Lake Forest			–					4	–	1	–	1
Saint Louis			–					6	–	2	–	2
Kansas State			–					6	–	2	–	0
Michigan			–					5	–	2	–	1
Marquette			–					4	–	2	–	1
St. Viator			–					5	–	3	–	0
Central Michigan			–					4	–	3	–	0
Mount Union			–					5	–	4	–	1
Doane			–					4	–	4	–	0
South Dakota State			–					3	–	3	–	1
Western State Normal (MI)			–					3	–	3	–	0
Buchtel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Western Illinois			–					2	–	3	–	1
Carthage			–					2	–	3	–	0
Haskell			–					3	–	5	–	1
Wittenberg			–					3	–	5	–	1
Ohio			–					3	–	5	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural			–					2	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati			–					1	–	4	–	1
Wabash			–					2	–	6	–	0
Northern Illinois State			–					1	–	5	–	1
Michigan State Normal			–					1	–	4	–	0
Heidelberg			–					1	–	6	–	0
Franklin			–					0	–	9	–	1
Baldwin–Wallace			–					0	–	2	–	0
Chicago P&S			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1908 South Dakota State football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In its first year under head coach Jason M. Saunderson, the team compiled a 3–3–1 record.^[1][48]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 10	at Northern Normal	College grounds Brookings, SD	W 16–0	[49]
October 23	at North Dakota Agricultural	Fargo, ND (rivalry)	W 11–5	[50]
October 30	Madison Normal	Fair grounds Brookings, SD	T 0–0	[51]
November 7	St. Thomas (MN)	Fair grounds Brookings, SD	W 29–12	[52][53]
November 13	Yankton	Brookings, SD	L 0–21	[54][55]
	Dakota Wesleyan		L 0–6	[1]
November 26	at Huron	Huron, SD	L 0–17	[56]

1909

1909 South Dakota State football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–3
Head coach	Jason M. Saunderson (2nd season)
Home stadium	Fair grounds
Seasons ← 1908 1910 →

1909 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Iowa State Normal			–					6	–	0	–	0
Notre Dame			–					7	–	0	–	1
Michigan Agricultural			–					8	–	1	–	0
Carthage			–					6	–	1	–	0
Michigan			–					6	–	1	–	0
Western State Normal (MI)			–					6	–	1	–	0
Mount Union			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lake Forest			–					5	–	1	–	1
Haskell			–					7	–	2	–	0
Detroit College			–					3	–	1	–	2
Butler			–					5	–	3	–	0
Central Michigan			–					4	–	3	–	0
St. Mary's (OH)			–					4	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati			–					4	–	3	–	1
Doane			–					3	–	2	–	3
Buchtel			–					4	–	4	–	0
Rose Poly			–					4	–	4	–	0
Marquette			–					2	–	2	–	1
North Dakota Agricultural			–					2	–	2	–	1
Wabash			–					3	–	4	–	1
Miami (OH)			–					3	–	4	–	0
Ohio			–					2	–	4	–	2
Saint Louis			–					3	–	5	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					2	–	4	–	0
Western Illinois			–					1	–	2	–	0
Fairmount			–					2	–	5	–	1
Northern Illinois State			–					2	–	6	–	0
South Dakota State			–					1	–	3	–	0
Heidelberg			–					0	–	7	–	2

The 1909 South Dakota State football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In its second year under head coach Jason M. Saunderson, the team compiled a 1–3 record.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 22	North Dakota Agricultural	Fair grounds Brookings, SD (rivalry)	L 5–11	[57][58]
October 29	Dakota Wesleyan	Fair grounds Brookings, SD	L 0–3	[59]
November 4	at Yankton	Yankton, SD	L 12–14	[60]
November 25	Huron	Fair grounds Brookings, SD	W 44–0	[61]

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61. "Close Season With a Victory: College Football Team Wins From Huron on Thanksgiving Day". The Brookings Register. December 2, 1909. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.