Dakota Marker

North Dakota State Bison

South Dakota State Jackrabbits

Sport

Football

First meeting

1903
NDSU 85, SDSU 0

Latest meeting

October 15, 2016
SDSU 19, NDSU 17

Trophy

Dakota Marker

Statistics

Meetings total

105

All-time series

North Dakota State leads, 59–41–5

Largest victory

North Dakota State, 85–0 (1903)

Longest win streak

North Dakota State, 17 (1976–89)

Current win streak

South Dakota State, 1 (2016–present)

The Dakota Marker is the trophy awarded to the winner of the annual football game played between the rival Division I Championship Subdivision North Dakota State University Bison and the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits. Both schools are members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

The Marker

The trophy is a model replica of the quartzite monuments that marked the border between North and South Dakota when Dakota Territory was split into 2 states along the Seventh Standard Parallel (45°56'07" N). The monuments were seven feet tall and ten inches square at the top, and were mined and inscribed near Sioux Falls. 720 markers were placed at half-mile intervals along the border by Charles Bates in the summers of 1891 and 1892. The monuments were inscribed with the initials "N.D." on the north side and "S.D." on the south side.^[1]

Dakota Marker
Awarded for	Winning the annual NDSU/SDSU regular season football game
Sponsored by	NDSU Chapter Blue Key National Honor Society & SDSU Student Association
Location	Fargo, ND or Brookings, SD
Country	United States
First awarded	2004
Currently held by	South Dakota State

The trophy itself was proposed by Adam Jones, then-President of the NDSU Chapter of Blue Key National Honor Society, and was unveiled to the public on April 21, 2004 at a ceremony just outside Hankinson, North Dakota, a community near the North Dakota/South Dakota border.^[2]

The inscriptions include: N.D., S.D., and 190 M (the distance between Fargo, ND and Brookings, SD along Interstate 29). The trophy weighs nearly 75 pounds and is commonly carried around the field immediately after the game's conclusion by the winning team.

Rivalry History

NDSU and SDSU had regularly played each other for several decades as members of the Division II North Central Conference. In 2004, the move by both schools to Division I FCS prompted the creation of the trophy, as both schools lost their primary in-state rivals (NDSU/UND and SDSU/USD) who both remained in Division II at the time. Both teams became members of the newly formed Great West Football Conference, and the annual NDSU/SDSU game took on more importance from a regional bragging rights standpoint as the "closest neighbor" football rivalry. The series continued when both teams joined the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2008.

The Dakota Marker series currently stands in favor of NDSU 8–5. SDSU is currently in possession of the trophy after winning the latest game in the regular season series (a 19–17 victory in Fargo on 10/15/16). Prior to the recent win by the Jackrabbits, NDSU had won the last six trophy meetings (and the last eight games against SDSU overall). Since the inception of the series, the home team has won eight of the thirteen Marker games.

The two teams have now met 105 times in their history, and the Bison lead the overall series 59–41, with 5 ties. Their 100th meeting was the first time they met in the playoffs (2012), with the Bison claiming a 28–3 victory. Overall, the Bison are 35–14 vs SDSU in Fargo with 3 ties (including the playoff victories in 2012 and 2014), and the Jackrabbits are 27–24 against NDSU in Brookings, with 2 ties. The series includes 17 straight wins by the Bison from 1976–1992.

Game results

North Dakota State victories
South Dakota State victories
Tie games

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score		Series
#	Date	Location	Winner	NDSU	SDSU	Overall	Trophy
1	1903	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	85	0	NDSU 1–0
2	1908	Fargo, ND	South Dakota State	0	11	Tied 1–1
3	1909	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	11	5	NDSU 2–1
4	1910	Fargo, ND	South Dakota State	3	6	Tied 2–2
5	October 28, 1911	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	3	14	SDSU 3–2
6	1913	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	6	7	SDSU 4–2
7	November 13, 1915	Watertown, SD	South Dakota State	0	21	SDSU 5–2
8	November 16, 1917	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	14	21	SDSU 6–2
9	October 25, 1919	Fargo, ND	Tied	0	0	SDSU 6–2–1
10	October 23, 1920	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	7	28	SDSU 7–2–1
11	October 22, 1921	Fargo, ND	South Dakota State	0	54	SDSU 8–2–1
12	November 11, 1922	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	0	13	SDSU 9–2–1
13	October 13, 1923	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	14	13	SDSU 9–3–1
14	October 4, 1924	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	0	14	SDSU 10–3–1
15	October 17, 1925	Brookings, SD	Tied	3	3	SDSU 10–3–2
16	October 16, 1926	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	0	21	SDSU 11–3–2
17	October 15, 1927	Fargo, ND	South Dakota State	0	33	SDSU 12–3–2
18	November 10, 1928	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	6	27	SDSU 13–3–2
19	October 19, 1929	Fargo, ND	Tied	0	0	SDSU 13–3–3
20	November 15, 1930	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	24	0	SDSU 13–4–3
21	October 24, 1931	Fargo, ND	South Dakota State	0	7	SDSU 14–4–3
22	October 8, 1932	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	12	6	SDSU 14–5–3
23	October 14, 1933	Fargo, ND	South Dakota State	7	13	SDSU 15–5–3
24	November 10, 1934	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	0	38	SDSU 16–5–3
25	October 12, 1935	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	7	6	SDSU 16–6–3
26	November 14, 1936	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	7	0	SDSU 16–7–3
27	October 9, 1937	Fargo, ND	South Dakota State	6	13	SDSU 17–7–3
28	November 12, 1938	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	13	6	SDSU 17–8–3
29	October 14, 1939	Fargo, ND	South Dakota State	0	6	SDSU 18–8–3
30	November 1, 1940	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	0	7	SDSU 19–8–3
31	October 11, 1941	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	25	0	SDSU 19–9–3
32	October 31, 1942	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	0	14	SDSU 20–9–3
33	October 12, 1946	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	6	0	SDSU 20–10–3
34	November 1, 1947	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	0	7	SDSU 21–10–3
35	October 16, 1948	Fargo, ND	South Dakota State	6	7	SDSU 22–10–3
36	November 4, 1949	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	13	33	SDSU 23–10–3
37	October 14, 1950	Fargo, ND	South Dakota State	0	60	SDSU 24–10–3
38	October 20, 1951	Brookings, SD	Tied	7	7	SDSU 24–10–4
39	October 11, 1952	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	48	14	SDSU 24–11–4
40	October 24, 1953	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	14	32	SDSU 25–11–4
41	October 16, 1954	Fargo, ND	South Dakota State	13	50	SDSU 26–11–4
42	October 22, 1955	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	7	33	SDSU 27–11–4
43	October 27, 1956	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	26	9	SDSU 27–12–4
44	October 26, 1957	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	14	32	SDSU 28–12–4
45	October 25, 1958	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	33	20	SDSU 28–13–4
46	October 24, 1959	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	8	6	SDSU 28–14–4
47	October 22, 1960	Fargo, ND	Tied	14	14	SDSU 28–14–5
48	October 28, 1961	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	12	41	SDSU 29–14–5
49	October 27, 1962	Fargo, ND	South Dakota State	6	17	SDSU 30–14–5
50	October 26, 1963	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	25	40	SDSU 31–14–5
51	October 3, 1964	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	20	13	SDSU 31–15–5
52	October 2, 1965	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	41	13	SDSU 31–16–5
53	October 1, 1966	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	35	6	SDSU 31–17–5
54	September 30, 1967	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	34	14	SDSU 31–18–5
55	September 21, 1968	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	21	3	SDSU 31–19–5
56	November 8, 1969	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	20	13	SDSU 31–20–5
57	October 31, 1970	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	35	0	SDSU 31–21–5
58	October 30, 1971	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	13	20	SDSU 32–21–5
59	October 28, 1972	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	34	16	SDSU 32–22–5
60	October 27, 1973	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	24	14	SDSU 32–23–5
61	October 5, 1974	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	28	0	SDSU 32–24–5
62	October 4, 1975	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	8	13	SDSU 33–24–5
63	October 2, 1976	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	13	0	SDSU 33–25–5
64	October 1, 1977	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	27	14	SDSU 33–26–5
65	November 4, 1978	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	28	26	SDSU 33–27–5
66	October 27, 1979	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	38	14	SDSU 33–28–5
67	October 18, 1980	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	23	16	SDSU 33–29–5
68	October 10, 1981	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	48	24	SDSU 33–30–5
69	October 2, 1982	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	10	3	SDSU 33–31–5
70	October 15, 1983	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	24	12	SDSU 33–32–5
71	October 13, 1984	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	55	30	Tied 33–33–5
72	October 12, 1985	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	41	7	NDSU 34–33–5
73	October 11, 1986	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	49	7	NDSU 35–33–5
74	September 19, 1987	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	43	7	NDSU 36–33–5
75	September 17, 1988	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	55	26	NDSU 37–33–5
76	September 23, 1989	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	33	12	NDSU 38–33–5
77	September 22, 1990	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	40	28	NDSU 39–33–5
78	September 28, 1991	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	35	0	NDSU 40–33–5
79	September 26, 1992	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	47	10	NDSU 41–33–5
80	October 9, 1993	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	30	42	NDSU 41–34–5
81	October 8, 1994	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	52	39	NDSU 42–34–5
82	October 14, 1995	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	26	17	NDSU 43–34–5
83	October 19, 1996	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	31	7	NDSU 44–34–5
84	October 25, 1997	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	27	34	NDSU 44–35–5
85	October 24, 1998	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	35	32	NDSU 45–35–5
86	October 16, 1999	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	28	7	NDSU 46–35–5
87	October 14, 2000	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	21	3	NDSU 47–35–5
88	October 20, 2001	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	45	38	NDSU 48–35–5
89	October 26, 2002	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	20	25	NDSU 48–36–5
90	September 27, 2003	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	24	0	NDSU 49–36–5
91	October 9, 2004	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	21	24	NDSU 49–37–5	SDSU 1–0
92	November 12, 2005	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	41	17	NDSU 50–37–5	Tied 1–1
93	November 18, 2006	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	41	28	NDSU 51–37–5	NDSU 2–1
94	November 17, 2007	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	24	29	NDSU 51–38–5	Tied 2–2
95	November 22, 2008	Fargo, ND	South Dakota State	24	25	NDSU 51–39–5	SDSU 3–2
96	October 17, 2009	Brookings, SD	South Dakota State	13	28	NDSU 51–40–5	SDSU 4–2
97	November 13, 2010	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	31	24	NDSU 52–40–5	SDSU 4–3
98	October 22, 2011	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	38	14	NDSU 53–40–5	Tied 4–4
99	November 10, 2012	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	20	17	NDSU 54–40–5	NDSU 5–4
100	December 1, 2012	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	28	3	NDSU 55–40–5
101	September 28, 2013	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	20	0	NDSU 56–40–5	NDSU 6–4
102	November 1, 2014	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	37	17	NDSU 57–40–5	NDSU 7–4
103	December 6, 2014	Fargo, ND	North Dakota State	27	24	NDSU 58–40–5
104	October 3, 2015	Brookings, SD	North Dakota State	28	7	NDSU 59–40–5	NDSU 8–4
105	October 15, 2016	Fargo, ND	South Dakota State	17	19	NDSU 59–41–5	NDSU 8–5
	Totals			2178	1710	NDSU 59–41–5	NDSU 8–5

NOTE: The Marker was not at stake in the December 1, 2012 playoff game, a 28–3 NDSU win in Fargo, or in the December 6, 2014 playoff game, a 27–24 NDSU win in Fargo.^[3]

References

↑ https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/ndnotes/Boundaries/Boundaries.asp
↑ http://www.ndsuspectrum.com/sports/marking-your-territory-1.3067425
↑ "North Dakota State vs South Dakota St.". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Retrieved 2013-12-17.

North Dakota State Bison football

Venues	Dacotah Field (1910–1992) Fargodome (1993–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Dakota Marker (South Dakota State) Nickel Trophy (North Dakota)

Culture & lore	Thundar "On Bison" Gold Star Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 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

National championship seasons in bold

South Dakota State Jackrabbits football

Venues	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium (1962–2015) Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium (2016–present)

Bowls & rivalries	South Dakota Dakota Marker (North Dakota State)

Culture & lore	Jack Rabbit "Ring the Bell"

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 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

South Dakota State University

Athletics	Football Men's basketball Women's basketball 2015–16

Facilities	Coughlin Campanile Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Frost Arena McCrory Gardens and South Dakota Arboretum South Dakota State University Innovation Campus Wenona Hall and Wecota Hall

Related	Dakota Marker Hobo Day

Missouri Valley Football Conference rivalries

Conference	Dakota Marker (North Dakota State–South Dakota State) South Dakota–South Dakota State

Non-conference	Blue Key Victory Bell (Ball State–Indiana State) Mid-America Classic (Eastern Illinois–Illinois State) Nickel Trophy (North Dakota–North Dakota State) Sitting Bull Trophy (North Dakota–South Dakota) Steel Tire (Akron–Youngstown State)

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