List of South Dakota State Jackrabbits football seasons

The following is a list of seasons completed by the South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team. The Jackrabbits compete in the Missouri Valley Football Conference at the NCAA Division I FCS level. Representing South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota, SDSU has played their home games at the 19,300-seat Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium since 2016.[1]

South Dakota State began playing football in 1889, competing as an independent. They joined the now-defunct North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1922, competing as a member for 82 years at the NCAA Division II (formerly College Division) level. The Jackrabbits moved up to the FCS ranks in 2004, joining the Great West Conference, before finding their current home in the MVFC in 2008.

South Dakota State has claimed 18 conference titles in their history, including three in the Missouri Valley. The Jackrabbits won their first national championship in 2022, defeating rival North Dakota State.[2] After the season, longtime head coach John Stiegelmeier announced his retirement after 36 years coaching at the university. He was replaced by current head coach Jimmy Rogers.[3]

Seasons

Legend
† National champions   ^† Conference champions    ^ Bowl game berth / playoff result

List of South Dakota State Jackrabbits football seasons[4]

Season	Team	Head coach	Conference	Regular season results							Postseason results	Final ranking
				Overall			Conference				Bowl game/Playoff result	STATS/NCAA Poll[a]	Coaches' Poll
				Win	Loss	Tie	Win	Loss	Tie	Finish
South Dakota State Jackrabbits
1889	1889	No coach	Independent	0	0	1				—	—	—	—
1897	1897			0	1	0				—	—	—	—
1898	1898			1	1	1				—	—	—	—
1899	1899			3	1	0				—	—	—	—
1900	1900	Morrison		4	1	0				—	—	—	—
1901	1901	Leon L. Gilkey		3	2	0				—	—	—	—
1902	1902	No coach		3	2	0				—	—	—	—
1903	1903	J. Harrison Werner		1	2	0				—	—	—	—
1904	1904	William Blaine		4	2	1				—	—	—	—
1905	1905	William Juneau		2	3	0				—	—	—	—
1906	1906			3	1	0				—	—	—	—
1907	1907			5	2	0				—	—	—	—
1908	1908			3	3	1				—	—	—	—
1909	1909	Jason M. Saunderson		1	3	0				—	—	—	—
1910	1910			4	2	2				—	—	—	—
1911	1911	Fred Johnson		4	4	0				—	—	—	—
1912	1912	Harry W. Ewing		2	3	1				—	—	—	—
1913	1913			5	3	0				—	—	—	—
1914	1914			5	2	0				—	—	—	—
1915	1915			5	1	1				—	—	—	—
1916	1916			4	2	0				—	—	—	—
1917	1917			5	1	0				—	—	—	—
1918						No Games — World War I
1919	1919	Charles A. West		4	1	1				—	—	—	—
1920	1920			4	2	1				—	—	—	—
1921	1921			7	1	0				—	—	—	—
1922	1922^†		North Central	5	2	1	4	1	1	1st^†	—	—	—
1923	1923			3	4	0	2	3	0	4th	—	—	—
1924	1924^†			6	1	0	5	0	0	1st^†	—	—	—
1925	1925			2	3	2	1	1	2	5th	—	—	—
1926	1926^†			8	0	3	3	0	2	1st^†	—	—	—
1927	1927			5	3	1	2	2	0	3rd	—	—	—
1928	1928	Cy Kasper		9	1	0	3	1	0	2nd	—	—	—
1929	1929			5	4	1	2	1	1	2nd	—	—	—
1930	1930			2	6	1	1	3	0	4th	—	—	—
1931	1931				6	3	0	2	2	0	2nd	—	—	—
1932	1932				2	5	1		2	1	5th	—	—	—
1933	1933^†				6	3	0	4	0	0	1st^†	—	—	—
1934	1934	Red Threlfall		6	4	0	2	2	0	4th	—	—	—
1935	1935			4	4	1	1	3	1	3rd	—	—	—
1936	1936				3	6	1	1	4	1	7th	—	—	—
1937	1937				4	5	0	2	3	0	6th	—	—	—
1938	1938	Jack V. Barnes		3	5	0	2	3	0	4th	—	—	—
1939	1939^†			7	2	0	4	1	0	1st^†	—	—	—
1940	1940				4	3	1	2	3	1	5th	—	—	—
1941	1941	Thurlo McCrady		2	5	0	1	5	0	7th	—	—	—
1942	1942			4	4	0	3	3	0	4th	—	—	—
1943				No Games — World War II
1944	1944				1	1	0				—	—	—	—
1945	1945				1	4	1				—	—	—	—
1946	1946				3	3	2	2	1	2	3rd	—	—	—
1947	1947	Ralph Ginn		4	5	0	3	1	0	3rd	—	—	—
1948	1948			4	6	0	2	4	0	4th	—	—	—
1949	1949^†			7	3	0	5	1	0	1st^†	—	—	—
1950	1950^†			9	0	1	5	0	1	1st^†	—	—	—
1951	1951			8	1	1	4	1	1	2nd	—	—	—
1952	1952			4	4	1	3	2	1	3rd	—	—	—
1953	1953^†			5	3	1	5	0	1	1st^†	—	—	—
1954	1954^†			7	2	0	5	1	0	1st^†	—	—	—
1955	1955^†			6	2	1	5	0	1	1st^†	—	—	—
1956	1956			4	5	0	3	3	0	4th	—	—	—
1957	1957^†			6	2	1	5	0	1	1st^†	—	—	—
1958	1958				4	5	0	3	3	0	3rd	—	—	—
1959	1959				2	7	0	2	4	0	6th	—	—	—
1960	1960				5	4	1	2	3	1	4th	—	—	—
1961	1961^†				8	2	0	5	1	0	1st^†	—	—	—
1962	1962^†				7	2	1	5	0	1	1st^†	—	—	—
1963	1963^†					9	1	0	6	0	0	1st^†	—	—	—
1964	1964					2	8	0	2	4	0	4th	—	—	—
1965	1965					1	8	1	1	4	1	5th	—	—	—
1966	1966					3	7	0	2	4	0	4th	—	—	—
1967	1967					4	6	0	2	4	0	4th	—	—	—
1968	1968					4	6	0	2	4	0	4th	—	—	—
1969	1969	Dave Kragthorpe			3	7	0	3	3	0	3rd	—	—	—
1970	1970	Dean Pryor			2	8	0	1	5	0	6th	—	—	—
1971	1971					3	7	0	2	4	0	6th	—	—	—
1972	1972	John Gregory			6	5	0	2	5	0	6th	—	—	—
1973[b]	1973				5	5	1	2	4	1	4th	—	—	—
1974	1974				6	5	0	4	3	0	3rd	—	—	—
1975	1975				7	4	0	4	3	0	4th	—	—	—
1976	1976				5	4	1	4	1	1	2nd	—	—	—
1977	1977					5	4	1	3	3	1	4th	—	—	—
1978	1978					5	6	0	3	3	0	3rd	—	—	—
1979	1979					9	3	0	4	2	0	2nd	NCAA Division II Playoffs — First Round ^	—	—
1980	1980					3	8	0	1	5	0	7th	—	—	—
1981	1981					4	6	0	2	5	0	6th	—	—	—
1982	1982	Wayne Haensel			4	6	0	2	5	0	5th	—	—	—
1983	1983				5	6	0	3	6	0	8th	—	—	—
1984	1984				3	8	0	2	7	0	8th	—	—	—
1985	1985				7	4	0	7	2	0	2nd	—	—	—
1986	1986			6	5	0	5	4	0	4th	—	—	—
1987	1987				5	5	0	4	5	0	7th	—	—	—
1988	1988				7	4	0	6	3	0	2nd	—	—	—
1989	1989				5	6	0	3	6	0	8th	—	—	—
1990	1990				3	8	0	2	7	0	9th	—	—	—
1991	1991	Mike Daly		7	3	0	5	3	0	4th	—	—	—
1992	1992			7	3	0	5	4	0	5th	—	—	—
1993	1993			7	4	0	6	3	0	3rd	—	—	—
1994	1994				7	4	0	5	4	0	5th	—	—	—
1995	1995				6	5	0	4	5	0	6th	—	—	—
1996[c]	1996				7	4		6	3		2nd	—	—	—
1997	1997	John Stiegelmeier		4	6		3	6		6th	—	—	—
1998	1998			6	5		5	4		5th	—	—	—
1999	1999			8	3		6	3		4th	—	—	—
2000	2000			6	5		4	5		6th	—	—	—
2001	2001			5	6		4	4		4th	—	—	—
2002	2002			6	4		4	4		4th	—	—	—
2003	2003			7	4		4	3		4th	—	—	—
2004[d]	2004		Great West	6	5		2	3		3rd	—	—	—
2005	2005			6	5		3	2		3rd	—	—	—
2006	2006				7	4		3	1		2nd	—	22	—
2007	2007^†				7	4		4	0		1st^†	—	19	22
2008	2008		Missouri Valley	7	5		6	2		3rd	—	—	—
2009	2009			8	4		7	1		2nd	NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs — First Round ^	11	11
2010	2010				5	6		4	4		3rd	—	—	—
2011	2011				5	6		4	4		4th	—	—	—
2012	2012				9	4		6	2		2nd	NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs — Second Round ^	14	17
2013	2013				9	5		5	3		2nd	NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs — Second Round ^	13	14
2014	2014				9	5		5	3		4th	NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs — Second Round ^	12	13
2015	2015				8	4		5	3		3rd	NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs — First Round ^	15	16
2016	2016^†					9	4		7	1		1st^†	NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs — Quarterfinals ^	6	7
2017	2017					11	3		6	2		2nd	NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs — Semifinals ^	3	4
2018	2018					10	3		6	2		2nd	NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs — Semifinals ^	3	3
2019	2019					8	5		5	3		3rd	NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs — Second Round ^	10	12
2020[e]	2020^†					8	2		5	1		1st^†	NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs — National Championship Game ^	2	2
2021	2021					11	4		5	3		3rd	NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs — Semifinals ^	4	5
2022	2022†					14	1		8	0		1st^†	NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs — National Champions ^	1	1
2023	2023	Jimmy Rogers			15	0		8	0		—	—	—	—
Totals				All-time: 644–475–38 (.573)			Conference: 356–268–24 (.568)				Postseason: 18–12 (.600)

Notes

1. Since Division I was split into subdivisions, the NCAA poll was the major poll used at the I-AA (FCS) level until 1992, when it was replaced by The Sports Network poll. Beginning in 2015, the FCS now uses the STATS poll.
2. The NCAA switched to its current divisional system in 1973. South Dakota State was classified as a Division II program (formerly College Division).
3. Overtime rules were added for NCAA football in 1996, thereby eliminating ties.
4. South Dakota State moved up to the NCAA Division I FCS level in 2004.
5. The Fall 2020 MVFC football season was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with league play resuming in a shortened Spring 2021 season.

References

1. "Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium". GoJacks.com. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
2. "South Dakota State crowned 2022 FCS champions defeating North Dakota State". NCAA. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
3. "Jimmy Rogers introduced as South Dakota State's new head football coach". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
4. "2022 Football History and Record Book" (PDF). GoJacks.com. Retrieved June 20, 2023.