1902 South Dakota Coyotes football
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nebraska   –   9 – 0 – 0
South Dakota   –   9 – 0 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   4 – 0 – 0
Central Michigan   –   4 – 0 – 0
Ohio Medical   –   9 – 1 – 0
Marquette   –   6 – 1 – 1
Knox   –   9 – 2 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   5 – 1 – 1
Haskell   –   8 – 2 – 1
Notre Dame   –   6 – 2 – 1
Drake   –   5 – 2 – 1
Mount Union   –   6 – 3 – 0
Iowa State   –   6 – 3 – 1
Carthage   –   2 – 1 – 1
Cincinnati   –   4 – 2 – 2
Missouri   –   5 – 3 – 0
Miami (OH)   –   5 – 3 – 1
Kansas   –   6 – 4 – 0
South Dakota Agricultural   –   3 – 2 – 0
Fairmount   –   4 – 3 – 1
Detroit College   –   3 – 3 – 0
Lake Forest   –   4 – 4 – 1
Western Illinois   –   2 – 2 – 0
Michigan Agricultural   –   4 – 5 – 0
Wittenberg   –   3 – 4 – 2
Washburn   –   3 – 4 – 0
Doane   –   2 – 3 – 0
Heidelberg   –   3 – 5 – 1
Wabash   –   2 – 4 – 2
Buchtel   –   2 – 5 – 0
Washington University   –   2 – 6 – 1
Butler   –   1 – 3 – 0
Kansas State   –   2 – 6 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   1 – 5 – 1
Iowa State Normal   –   1 – 6 – 1
Ohio   –   0 – 5 – 1

The 1902 South Dakota Coyotes football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Dakota as an independent during the 1902 college football season. In its first season under head coach Arthur H. Whittemore, the team compiled a 9–0 record, shut out every opponent, and outscored them by a total of 204to 0.

The 1902 football season in South Dakota witnessed the death of Harry Jordan, a young man from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and led to the cancellation of games in that city.[1] At the end of the season, an editorial was published in The Daily Argus-Leader from a correspondent in Britton, South Dakota, proposing a bill "to abolish football within the precincts of South Dakota." The appeal was based on the loss of life and "mutilation" during the prior football season, the loss of study time, and the game's tendency to promote "immorality", including betting, rioting, debauchery, and "the refinement of cruelty, needless senseless cruelty." The author denounced: "That so savage and barbarious a game can meet with the approvaal of Christian educators and ministers of the gospel in the year of our Lord 1902 is one of the amazing exhibitions of the century."[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Sioux Falls
W 33–0[3]
Missouri MinesW 23–0
October 9at Yankton
W 39–0[4]
October 14at Omaha Medical CollegeOmaha, NEW 12–0[5]
October 25vs. South Dakota Mines
W 23–0[6]
November 12YanktonVermillion, SDW 23–0[7]
November 14Omaha Medical CollegeVermillion, SDW 34–0[8]
November 20at South Dakota AgriculturalBrookings, SD (rivalry)W 10–0[9]
November 27Morningside
  • Woodland Park
  • Sioux City, IA
W 6–01,000[10]

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References

  1. ^ "No Football Games Here: Death of Harry Jordan Produces Strong Sentiment Against It". The Daily Argus-Leader. October 2, 1902. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Denunciation of Football: A Britton Correspondent Writes a Scathing Criticism; Is a Brutal Game". The Daily Argus-Leader. December 15, 1902. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Football At Sioux Falls—Vermillion Beats Local Team by Score of 33 to 0". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, Iowa. September 26, 1902. p. 7. Retrieved January 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Vermillion Defeats Yankton At Football". The Daily Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. October 11, 1902. p. 11. Retrieved January 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Only One Man Hurt: Vermillion is None the Worse From Omaha Game". The Daily Argus-Leader. October 16, 1902. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "University Is Victorious: Rapid City School of Mines Is Defeated, 23 to 0". Sioux City Journal. October 26, 1902 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Yankton Was Easy for The Vermillion Eleven". The Argus-Leader. November 12, 1902 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Vermillion Won Again". The Daily Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. November 15, 1902. p. 9. Retrieved January 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Swift Game Of Football". The Daily Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. November 21, 1902. p. 9. Retrieved January 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "South Dakota Wins, 5 to 0". The Sioux City Journal. November 28, 1902 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "South Dakota 2023 Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of South Dakota Athletics. p. 49. Retrieved January 16, 2024.


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