South Dakota–South Dakota State football rivalry

The South Dakota–South Dakota State football rivalry (also the South Dakota Showdown Series or the Interstate Series) between the South Dakota Coyotes and the South Dakota State Jackrabbits is a yearly rivalry match-up in football between the two largest public universities in the state of South Dakota: the University of South Dakota in Vermillion and South Dakota State University in Brookings.

Firstmeeting1889
South Dakota 6, South Dakota State 6

LatestmeetingNovember 8, 2025
South Dakota 24, South Dakota State 17

NextmeetingOctober 31, 2026

Totalmeetings118

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South Dakota–South Dakota State football rivalry
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South Dakota Coyotes South Dakota State Jackrabbits
First meeting	1889 South Dakota 6, South Dakota State 6
Latest meeting	November 8, 2025 South Dakota 24, South Dakota State 17
Next meeting	October 31, 2026
Total meetings	118
All-time series	South Dakota State leads, 58–53–7
Largest victory	South Dakota, 73–6 (1912)
Longest win streak	South Dakota State, 10 (2001–2018)
Current win streak	South Dakota, 1 (2025–present)

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Locations of South Dakota and South Dakota State

History

South Dakota and South Dakota State are both members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference in the FCS. The football series began in 1889 and has been played a total of 118 times as of 2025. Previously, both schools were long-time members of the Division II North Central Conference where the rivalry game played almost yearly. With the upgrade of both programs to Division I FCS (SDSU in 2004 and USD in 2008), the rivalry halted between 2003 until 2012. The series has returned to being a yearly game with both teams playing each other as part of MVFC play. Since 2012, the game has traditionally been played in the last week of the season in November. It is also the oldest rivalry in college football, between two public universities, in the same state, that have a game named "University of _ vs. _ State University."

Stadiums

The majority of the series' games have been played in either team's home stadiums in Vermillion (South Dakota) or Brookings (South Dakota State). Three games (1919, 1920, and 1933) played on a neutral field in Sioux Falls. Since the 1979 season, the Coyotes have hosted their games at the DakotaDome (9,100 seats); previously, they played at Darwin Inman Memorial Stadium. The Jackrabbits played home games at Coughlin–Alumni Stadium from 1962 until the 2015 season. South Dakota State's football team has played in its new stadium Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium (19,340 seats) since 2016.

Game results

The numbers represent what national ranking each team was at the time of the game. ^[1]

South Dakota victories	South Dakota State victories	Tie games

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No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	1889	Sioux Falls, SD	Tie	6–6
2	November 16, 1900	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	17–0
3	November 21, 1901	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	22–0
4	November 20, 1902	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	10–0
5	November 4, 1904	Vermillion, SD	Tie	6–6
6	November 21, 1905	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	17–0
7	November 22, 1906	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	22–0
8	November 7, 1910	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	33–0
9	October 14, 1911	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	15–6
10	October 26, 1912	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	73–6
11	October 3, 1914	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	12–0
12	November 6, 1915	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	7–0
13	November 22, 1919	Sioux Falls, SD	South Dakota State	13–6
14	November 13, 1920	Sioux Falls, SD	South Dakota	7–3
15	November 12, 1921	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	9–0
16	October 28, 1922	Brookings, SD	Tie	7–7
17	October 27, 1923	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	7–0
18	November 1, 1924	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	10–3
19	October 31, 1925	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	7–0
20	October 30, 1926	Brookings, SD	Tie	0–0
21	October 29, 1927	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	16–12
22	October 27, 1928	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	13–0
23	October 26, 1929	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	6–0
24	October 25, 1930	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	13–6
25	October 31, 1931	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	10–0
26	October 22, 1932	Brookings, SD	Tie	0–0
27	October 28, 1933	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	14–0
28	November 18, 1933	Sioux Falls, SD	South Dakota	6–0
29	October 27, 1934	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	19–0
30	October 26, 1935	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	7–2
31	October 31, 1936	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	6–0
32	October 30, 1937	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	12–2
33	October 29, 1938	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	7–0
34	October 28, 1939	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	21–7
35	October 26, 1940	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	26–0
36	October 25, 1941	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	40–0
37	October 24, 1942	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	7–0
38	October 26, 1946	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	20–0
39	October 25, 1947	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	26–7
40	October 30, 1948	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	33–0
41	October 29, 1949	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	27–25
42	October 28, 1950	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	54–28
43	October 27, 1951	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	26–6
44	October 25, 1952	Vermillion, SD	Tie	21–21
45	October 31, 1953	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	25–0
46	October 30, 1954	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	20–19
47	October 29, 1955	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	27–7
48	October 20, 1956	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	19–14
49	October 19, 1957	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	21–13
50	October 18, 1958	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	28–7
51	October 17, 1959	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	12–7
52	October 15, 1960	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	28–7
53	October 21, 1961	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	34–6
54	October 20, 1962	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	24–0
55	October 19, 1963	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	61–0
56	October 17, 1964	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	10–7
57	October 16, 1965	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	30–14
58	October 22, 1966	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	22–18
59	October 21, 1967	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	42–14
60	October 19, 1968	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	55–32

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
61	October 18, 1969	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	20–14
62	October 17, 1970	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	26–0
63	October 16, 1971	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	37–18
64	October 21, 1972	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	42–27
65	October 20, 1973	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	36–10
66	October 19, 1974	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	20–6
67	October 18, 1975	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	24–22
68	October 23, 1976	Vermillion, SD	Tie	17–17
69	October 22, 1977	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	15–10
70	October 14, 1978	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	24–7
71	October 6, 1979	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	26–21
72	November 10, 1979	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	33–28
73	September 27, 1980	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	21–13
74	November 8, 1980	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	16–7
75	September 19, 1981	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	21–20
76	November 7, 1981	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	28–16
77	September 11, 1982	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	20–7
78	October 30, 1982	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	31–6
79	October 29, 1983	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	48–23
80	October 27, 1984	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	45–42
81	September 14, 1985	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	33–18
82	October 19, 1985	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	24–12
83	September 13, 1986	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	26–14
84	October 18, 1986	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	51–39
85	September 26, 1987	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	30–21
86	September 24, 1988	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	22–21
87	September 9, 1989	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	14–7
88	October 7, 1989	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	35–13
89	September 8, 1990	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	24–3
90	October 6, 1990	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	16–14
91	September 14, 1991	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	19–7
92	October 12, 1991	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	21–18
93	September 12, 1992	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	13–0
94	October 10, 1992	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	31–21
95	October 23, 1993	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	29–7
96	October 22, 1994	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	26–10
97	October 7, 1995	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	31–3
98	October 12, 1996	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	28–17
99	October 4, 1997	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	21–3
100	October 3, 1998	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	24–10
101	November 6, 1999	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	43–30
102	November 4, 2000	Brookings, SD	South Dakota	41–28
103	October 27, 2001	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	20–3
104	November 2, 2002	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	27–20
105	October 25, 2003	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota State	22–11
106	November 17, 2012	Brookings, SD	#21 South Dakota State	31–8
107	November 16, 2013	Vermillion, SD	#19 South Dakota State	27–12
108	November 22, 2014	Brookings, SD	#16 South Dakota State	37–14
109	November 14, 2015	Vermillion, SD	#5 South Dakota State	30–23
110	November 16, 2016	Brookings, SD	#11 South Dakota State	28–21
111	November 18, 2017	Vermillion, SD	#6 South Dakota State	31–28
112	November 17, 2018	Brookings, SD	#5 South Dakota State	49–27
113	November 23, 2019	Vermillion, SD	South Dakota	24–21
114	November 13, 2021	Vermillion, SD	#19 South Dakota	23–20
115	October 8, 2022	Brookings, SD	#2 South Dakota State	28–3
116	October 28, 2023	Vermillion, SD	#1 South Dakota State	37–3
117	October 26, 2024	Brookings, SD	#3 South Dakota State	20–17^OT
118	November 8, 2025	Vermillion, SD	#22 South Dakota	24–17
Series: South Dakota State leads 58–53–7

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