List of Dakota State Trojans football seasons

Dakota State University first fielded a football team in 1908. They participated as members of the South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference from 1917–2000, then as members of the Dakota Athletic Conference from 2000–2011, then they were an NAIA independent from 2011–2013, then they served as founding members of the North Star Athletic Association in 2013 and stayed in that conference until its closure in 2025, and finally they joined the Frontier Conference as members of the East Division in 2025.^[1]^[2]

The Trojans have accumulated an overall record of 322–519–15 and have won 5 conference championships and 1 bowl game.^[3]

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Year	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	NAIA^#
Charles C. Wagner (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1923)
1923	Eastern Normal	1–5	1–5	8th
George E. Thompson (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1924–1927)
1924	Eastern Normal	2–5	2–4	7th
1925	Eastern Normal	4–3	4–3	7th
1926	Eastern Normal	3–4–1	3–4	7th
1927	Eastern Normal	0–6–1	0–5–1	11th
J. Elbridge Curtis (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1928–1930)
1928	Eastern Normal	2–6	1–5	10th
1929	Eastern Normal	2–6	1–6	8th
1930	Eastern Normal	2–2–2	2–2–1	6th
unknown (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1931–1932)
1931	Eastern Normal	0–3–1	0–3–1	10th
1932	Eastern Normal	1–4	0–4	9th
Chuck Reynolds (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1933–1941)
1933	Eastern Normal	3–2–1	2–2	6th
1934	Eastern Normal	1–4	0–4	9th
1935	Eastern Normal	0–5	0–4	9th
1936	Eastern Normal	0–5	0–4	9th
1937	Eastern Normal	1–5	0–3	10th
1938	Eastern Normal	1–6	0–3	9th
1939	Eastern Normal	0–4–1	0–2	10th
1940	Eastern Normal	1–5	1–2	4th
1941	Eastern Normal	1–4	1–2	4th
Bill Bulfer (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1946–1954)
1946	Eastern Normal	0–5	0–3	5th
1947	General Beadle	2–5	1–2	4th
1948	General Beadle	4–3–1	2–2–1	4th
1949	General Beadle	2–7	1–5	8th
1950	General Beadle	4–2	3–2	5th
1951	General Beadle	1–5	1–4	7th
1952	General Beadle	1–4	1–4	8th
1953	General Beadle	0–6	0–5	9th
1954	General Beadle	1–6	0–6	9th
Neal Tremble (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1955)
1955	General Beadle	1–6	0–6	8th
Homer Englehorn (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1956–1961)
1956	General Beadle	3–4–1	1–3–1	7th
1957	General Beadle	6–1–1	4–1	3rd
1958	General Beadle	2–6	2–6	7th
1959	General Beadle	5–2–1	5–2–1	3rd
1960	General Beadle	2–6–1	0–5–1	T-6th
1961	General Beadle	2–7	0–6	7th
George Blankley (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1962–1969)
1962	General Beadle	5–4	3–3	T-3rd
1963	General Beadle	3–5	2–4	5th
1964	General Beadle	1–7	1–5	T-6th
1965	General Beadle	6–3	4–2	T-2nd
1966	General Beadle	5–4	3–3	4th
1967	General Beadle	4–5	2–4	T-4th
1968	General Beadle	2–5–1	1–4–1	6th
1969	Dakota State	1–7	1–5	6th
Lee Moran (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1970–1972)
1970	Dakota State	5–4	3–3	4th
1971	Dakota State	9–2	4–2	2nd	w Boot Hill Bowl	12
1972	Dakota State	4–5	3–3	T-3rd
Joel Swisher (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1973–1976)
1973	Dakota State	6–3	5–0	1st		17
1974	Dakota State	6–4	3–2	T-3rd
1975	Dakota State	6–3–1	4–1	T-1st
1976	Dakota State	8–2	4–1	T-1st		9
Gary Buer (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1977–1978)
1977	Dakota State	10–0	5–0	1st		6
1978	Dakota State	8–2	6–0	1st		20
unknown (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1979–1980)
1979	Dakota State	7–3	5–1	2nd
1980	Dakota State	5–4	3–3	4th
Tom Shea (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1981–1983)
1981	Dakota State	3–7	2–4	5th
1982	Dakota State	5–5	4–3	4th
1983	Dakota State	5–4–1	5–1–1	2nd
Al Weisbecker (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1984)
1984	Dakota State	2–4	2–6	5th
Larry Traetow (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1985–1988)
1985	Dakota State	0–10	0–6	6th
1986	Dakota State	1–9	1–4	6th
1987	Dakota State	0–10	0–5	6th
1988	Dakota State	1–9	0–5	6th
Gary Roach (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1989–1995)
1989	Dakota State	1–9	0–5	6th
1990	Dakota State	4–5	1–4	5th
1991	Dakota State	8–3	3–2	3rd
1992	Dakota State	5–5	1–4	5th
1993	Dakota State	8–2	4–1	2nd		25
1994	Dakota State	3–7	1–4	T-5th
1995	Dakota State	1–9	1–4	T-4th
Scott Hoffman (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1996–1999)
1996	Dakota State	2–7	1–5	6th
1997	Dakota State	2–8	1–5	6th
1998	Dakota State	7–3	3–2	3rd
1999	Dakota State	5–5	3–2	3rd
Marc Bergan (Dakota Athletic Conference) (2000–2001)
2000	Dakota State	3–7	3–6	T-7th
2001	Dakota State	2–8	2–7	T-7th
Gene Wockenfuss (Dakota Athletic Conference) (2002–2003)
2002	Dakota State	1–9	1–8	10th
2003	Dakota State	2–8	2–7	9th
Nate Holtz (Dakota Athletic Conference) (2004–2006)
2004	Dakota State	4–6	3–6	8th
2005	Dakota State	4–6	3–4	4th
2006	Dakota State	3–8	2–5	6th
Tom Shea (Dakota Athletic Conference) (2007–2008)
2007	Dakota State	3–6	2–5	6th
2008	Dakota State	3–7	1–6	7th
Josh Anderson (Dakota Athletic Conference) (2009–2010)
2009	Dakota State	2–7	2–6	7th
2010	Dakota State	0–10	0–8	8th
Josh Anderson (NAIA independent) (2011–2012)
2011	Dakota State	1–10
2012	Dakota State	2–9
Josh Anderson (North Star Athletic Association) (2013–2024)
2013	Dakota State	2–8	2–2	T–3rd
2014	Dakota State	6–5	2–4	5th
2015	Dakota State	6–5	4–2	T–2nd
2016	Dakota State	6–4	3–3	T–3rd
2017	Dakota State	8–3	6–2	2nd		23
2018	Dakota State	3–8	2–5	5th
2019	Dakota State	5–5	3–4	4th
2020	Dakota State	4–5	4–5	4th
2021	Dakota State	6–4	5–3	T–3rd
2022	Dakota State	6–4	4–2	T–2nd
2023	Dakota State	1–9	1–7	5th
2024	Dakota State	6–4	4–4	2nd
Josh Anderson (Frontier Conference) (2025–present)
2025	Dakota State	8–2	5–1	2nd (East)		25
Total:		322–519–15
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. ^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

v t e Dakota State Trojans football
Venues	Trojan Field (1968–2022) Dan Beacom Track Complex (2023) Brian Kern Family Stadium (2024–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Dakota Wesleyan: Chamber of Commerce Traveling Cup
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918–1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e Frontier Conference football
Current members	Carroll Fighting Saints Dakota State Trojans Dickinson State Blue Hawks Mayville State Comets Montana State–Northern Lights Montana Tech Orediggers Montana Western Bulldogs Rocky Mountain Battlin' Bears Valley City State Vikings
Affiliate members	Arizona Christian Firestorm College of Idaho Coyotes Eastern Oregon Mountaineers Simpson Red Hawks Southern Oregon Raiders

List of Dakota State Trojans football seasons

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