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Northwestern vs South Dakota Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Northwestern and South Dakota.

PROGRAM ONENorthwestern5 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD5–0WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOSouth Dakota0 recorded wins
5Recorded meetings
1924Earliest documented
2012Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

5 games
  1. 1924
    Northwestern28 — 0South Dakota
    Oct 4, 1924Northwestern won
  2. 1925
    Northwestern14 — 7South Dakota
    Oct 3, 1925Northwestern won
  3. 1926
    Northwestern34 — 0South Dakota
    Oct 2, 1926Northwestern won
  4. 1927
    Northwestern47 — 2South Dakota
    Oct 1, 1927Northwestern won
  5. 2012
    Northwestern38 — 7South Dakota
    Sep 22, 2012Northwestern wonRyan Field
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2012Northwestern vs South Dakota38–7Northwestern won
1927Northwestern vs South Dakota47–2Northwestern won
1926Northwestern vs South Dakota34–0Northwestern won
1925Northwestern vs South Dakota14–7Northwestern won
1924Northwestern vs South Dakota28–0Northwestern won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.