1911 South Dakota State football team

The 1911 South Dakota State football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now known as South Dakota State University—as an independent during the 1911 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Fred Johnson, the team compiled a 4–4 record and was outscored by opponents by a total of 89 to 60. Halfback Clayton Pence was elected team captain at the conclusion of the previous season.[1]

1911 South Dakota State football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
CaptainClayton Pence
Seasons
← 1910
1912 →
1911 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Marquette     7 0 2
Notre Dame     6 0 2
Fairmount     7 1 0
South Dakota     7 1 0
Michigan Agricultural     5 1 0
Northern Illinois State     8 2 1
Saint Louis     6 1 1
Lake Forest     5 1 1
Mount Union     7 2 0
Michigan     5 1 2
North Dakota Agricultural     3 1 0
St. Viator     4 2 0
Haskell     4 2 3
Iowa State Teachers     3 2 1
Ohio Northern     5 4 0
Detroit     4 4 0
Central Michigan     3 3 0
South Dakota State     4 4 0
St. Mary's (OH)     3 3 1
Wabash     3 3 1
Buchtel     3 4 1
Butler     3 4 1
Carthage     3 4 1
Doane     3 4 0
Michigan State Normal     3 4 0
Heidelberg     2 3 1
Western State Normal     2 3 0
Loyola (IL)     2 5 0

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 73:10 p.m.Northern NormalBrookings, SDW 12–0[2]
October 14South DakotaBrookings, SD (rivalry)L 6–15[3]
October 233:00 p.m.at HuronHuron, SDW 11–0[4][5]
October 28North Dakota AgriculturalBrookings, SD (rivalry)W 14–3[6][7]
November 3South Dakota MinesBrookings, SDW 17–3[8][9]
November 11at MarquetteMilwaukee, WIL 0–16[10]
November 20at YanktonYankton, SDL 0–30[11][12]
November 303:10 p.m.Dakota WesleyanMitchell, SDL 0–22[13][14][15]

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References edit

  1. ^ "State College Notes". The Brookings Register. Brookings, South Dakota. December 1, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  2. ^ "Wins First Game Of The Season". The Brookings Register. Brookings, South Dakota. October 12, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  3. ^ "South Dakota Beats Aggies". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, Iowa. October 15, 1911. p. 3, sporting section. Retrieved January 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Brookings-Huron Game Full Of Penalizing". The Daily Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. October 25, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Huron College". The Daily Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. October 27, 1911. p. 11. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "Brookings Wins Two Big Games". The Brookings Register. Brookings, South Dakota. November 2, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ "Brookings Wins Two Big Games (continued)". The Brookings Register. Brookings, South Dakota. November 2, 1911. p. 3. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ "S. D. S. C. Wins From Miners". The Brookings Register. Brookings, South Dakota. November 9, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  9. ^ "Miners Play Superb Football, Beaten In Last Fourth Period". The Black Hills Weekly Journal. Rapid City, South Dakota. November 10, 1911. p. 2. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  10. ^ "Marquette Eleven Victor". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 12, 1911. p. 2, part 3. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  11. ^ "Football News". The Daily Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. November 21, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  12. ^ "On To Mitchell Is The Slogan". The Brookings Register. Brookings, South Dakota. November 23, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  13. ^ "Mitchell, 22; Brookings, 0". The Daily Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. December 1, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  14. ^ "Sioux Falls Champions (continued)". The Daily Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. December 1, 1911. p. 7. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  15. ^ "College Loses To Wesleyan". The Brookings Register. Brookings, South Dakota. December 7, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  16. ^ "State College Football Dates". Pierre Weekly Free Press. Pierre, South Dakota. September 28, 1911. p. 2. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .
  17. ^ "2022 Football History and Record Book" (PDF). South Dakota State University Athletics. p. 4. Retrieved January 18, 2024.