College Football Team Details: South Dakota
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South Dakota FCS : MVFC

Location
Vermillion, SD

Spirit Name
Coyotes

Mascot
Charlie Coyote
Stadium:
DakotaDome: FCS Rank 76
Capacity: 10,000
Surface: AstroTurf

Offense Data | Defense Data

University Snapshot

Year Annual
Record
Coach Head Coach Record Overall Record Total Win Rank / Winning % Returning Letterman Returning
Starters
Attendance
2009 5-5 Ed Mieirkort @ USD 44-23 Winning Percentage 65.67 502-469-36 Winning Percentage 51.64 Total Win Rank 36 Winning Percentage Rank 69 Total NA Off. NA Def. NA S.T. NA Offense 6 Defense 5 8,117 FCS Rk 45
2010 4-7 Ed Mieirkort @ USD 48-30 Winning Percentage 68.57 506-476-36 Winning Percentage 51.47 Total Win Rank 36 Winning Percentage Rank 67 Total 44 Off. 20 Def. 22 S.T. 2 Offense 6 Defense 5 8,352 Increase FCS Rank 51
2011 6-5 Ed Meierkort @ USD 54-35 Winning Percentage 60.67 512-481-36 Winning Percentage 51.51 Total Win Rank 36 Winning Percentage Rank 70 Total NA Off. NA Def. NA S.T. NA Offense 8* Defense 10 8,071 Decrease FCS Rank 59
2012 1-10 Joe Glenn @ USD 1-10 Winning Percentage 09.09 513-491-36 Winning Percentage 51.06 Total Win Rank 35 Winning Percentage Rank 68 Total 35 Off. 18 Def. 14 S.T. 3 Offense 3 Defense 8 8,868 Increase FCS Rank 41
2013 5-7 Joe Glenn @ USD 6-17 Winning Percentage 26.08 518-498-36 Winning Percentage 50.95 Total Win Rank 36 Winning Percentage Rank 69 Total NA Off. NA Def. NA S.T. NA Offense NA Defense NA 8,095 Decrease FCS Rank 50
2014 2-10 Joe Glenn @ USD 8-27 Winning Percentage 26.08 520-508-36 Winning Percentage 50.56 Total Win Rank 36 Winning Percentage Rank 73 Total NA Off. NA Def. NA S.T. NA Offense NA Defense NA 8,409 Increase FCS Rank 44
2015 5-6 Joe Glenn @ USD 13-33 Winning Percentage 26.08 525-514-36 Winning Percentage 50.51 Total Win Rank 36 Winning Percentage Rank 73 Total NA Off. NA Def. NA S.T. NA Offense NA Defense NA 9,028 Increase FCS Rank 33
2016 4-7 Bob Nielson @ USD 4-7 Winning Percentage 26.08 529-521-36 Winning Percentage 50.37 Total Win Rank 36 Winning Percentage Rank 77 Total NA Off. NA Def. NA S.T. NA Offense NA Defense NA 8,835 Decrease FCS Rank 35
2017 6-5 Bob Nielson @ USD 10-12 Winning Percentage 45.45 535-526-36 Winning Percentage 50.41 Total Win Rank 39 Winning Percentage Rank 75 Total NA Off. NA Def. NA S.T. NA Offense NA Defense NA 9,347 Increase FCS Rank 32
2018 4-7 Bob Nielson @ USD 14-19 Winning Percentage 42.42 539-533-36 Winning Percentage 50.27 Total Win Rank 41 Winning Percentage Rank 75 Total NA Offense NA Defense NA S.T. NA Offense NA Defense NA 9,420 Increase FCS Rank 23
2019 5-7 Bob Nielson @ USD 19-26 Winning Percentage 42.22 544-540-36 Winning Percentage 50.18 Total Win Rank 41 Winning Percentage Rank 76 Total NA Offense NA Defense NA S.T. NA Offense NA Defense NA 5,083 Decrease FCS Rank 78
2020 1-3 Bob Nielson @ USD 20-29 Winning Percentage 40.82 545-543-36 Winning Percentage 50.22 Total Win Rank 42 Winning Percentage Rank 77 Total NA Offense NA Defense NA S.T. NA Offense NA Defense NA Covid 19
2021 7-5 Bob Nielson @ USD 27-34 Winning Percentage 44.26 552-548-36 Winning Percentage 50.18 Total Win Rank 42 Winning Percentage Rank 77 Total NA Offense NA Defense NA S.T. NA Offense NA Defense NA 5,816 Increase FCS Rank 60
2022 3-8 Bob Nielson @ USD 30-42 Winning Percentage 41.67 555-556-36 Winning Percentage 49.96 Total Win Rank 42 Winning Percentage Rank 79 Total NA Offense NA Defense NA S.T. NA Offense NA Defense NA 6,354 Increase FCS Rank 60
2023 10-3 Bob Nielson @ USD 40-45 Winning Percentage 47.06 565-559-36 Winning Percentage 50.26 Total Win Rank 38 Winning Percentage Rank 74 Total NA Offense NA Defense NA S.T. NA Offense NA Defense NA 6,890 Increase FCS Rank 56
2024 0-0 Bob Nielson @ USD 40-45 Winning Percentage 47.06 565-559-36 Winning Percentage 50.26 Total Win Rank 38 Winning Percentage Rank 74 Total NA Offense NA Defense NA S.T. NA Offense NA Defense NA TBD
* = Returning Quarterback

Schedule (2009)

Record 2009

Overall: W:5 L:5 T:0
Conf: W:5 L:5 T:0
Division: W:5 L:5 T:0

Game Date Home VS Away Score Game Stats
Other Sep-05 2009 South Dakota
 -VS- 
William Penn
WIN
52 - 0
Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions
South Dakota 4-45 197 309 506 1 10 4
William Penn 1-5 67 80 147 0 19 5
FCS (FCS AQ's) Sep-12 2009 Northern Iowa
 -VS- 
South Dakota
LOSS
66 - 7
Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions
Northern Iowa 5-55 234 478 712 0 9 6
South Dakota 3-25 113 202 315 5 15 5
FCS (FCS AQ's) Sep-19 2009 South Dakota
 -VS- 
Drake
WIN
51 - 21
Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions
South Dakota 4-61 208 238 446 1 14 8
Drake 5-35 63 170 233 2 10 2
FCS (FCS AQ's) Sep-26 2009 South Dakota
 -VS- 
Southeastern Louisiana
WIN
44 - 13
Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions
South Dakota 4-31 277 259 536 2 16 9
Southeastern Louisiana 5-78 42 205 247 3 13 4
Same Conference Oct-03 2009 North Dakota
 -VS- 
South Dakota
LOSS
27 - 12
Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions
North Dakota 9-68 184 270 454 0 12 8
South Dakota 7-64 201 173 374 1 12 6
Same Conference Oct-10 2009 South Dakota
 -VS- 
UC Davis
LOSS
23 - 24
Overtime
Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions
South Dakota 4-35 165 311 476 1 12 4
UC Davis 5-43 62 380 442 2 15 8
FCS (FCS AQ's) Oct-17 2009 Montana State
 -VS- 
South Dakota
LOSS
31 - 24
Overtime
Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions
Montana State 6-55 36 249 285 0 13 3
South Dakota 5-40 45 263 308 1 17 8
BYE WEEK!
FCS (FCS AQ's) Oct-31 2009 Northern Colorado
 -VS- 
South Dakota
LOSS
21 - 17
Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions
Northern Colorado 17-177 114 281 395 0 14 7
South Dakota 9-120 197 212 409 2 13 7
Same Conference Nov-07 2009 South Dakota
 -VS- 
Southern Utah
WIN
45 - 21
Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions
South Dakota 6-92 334 235 569 2 14 8
Southern Utah 5-50 47 278 325 5 7 0
Same Conference Nov-14 2009 Cal Poly
 -VS- 
South Dakota
WIN
48 - 50
Penalties Rushing Yards Passing Yards Total Yards Turnovers 3rd Down Attempts 3rd Down Coversions
Cal Poly 12-79 126 407 533 0 16 10
South Dakota 3-20 140 413 553 1 10 5

Record 2009

Overall: W:5 L:5 T:0
Conf: W:5 L:5 T:0
Division: W:5 L:5 T:0

Totals

Penalties Rushing
Yards
Passing
Yards
Total
Yards
Turnovers 3rd Down
Attempts
3rd Down
Coversions
South Dakota 49 - 533 Yards 1877 2615 4492 17 133 64
Opponents 70 - 645 Yards 975 2798 3773 12 128 53
KEY

Colored Dots Indicate that the game is outside of their division.

  • Other = Same Conference
  • BCS = Non Conf. BCS
  • FBS = Non Conf. FBS
  • FCS = non Conf. FCS
  • FCS Non AQ = Other

Offense Data   Back To Top


Offense Total Yards

Games Yards Avg. Yards Per Game
10 4492 449

Offense Passing

Games Yards Avg. Passing Yards Per Game
10 2615 262

Offense Rushing

Games Yards Avg. Rushing Yards Per Game
10 1877 188

Offense Scoring

Games Total Points Avg. Points Per Game
10 325 33

Offense Turnovers

Games Turnovers Avg. Turnovers Per Game
10 17 1.7

Offense Third Down Conversion

Third Down Attempts Third Down Coversions Third Down Conversion Percentage
133 64 48.1%

Offense Red Zone

Games RZ Drives RZ Scores RZ Points RZ Rushing TD RZ Passing TD RZ TD Total RZ Field Goals RZ Scoring Percentage RZ TD Percentage

Defense Data   Back To Top


Defense Total Yards

Games Opponent Total Yards Opponent Avg. Yards Per Game
10 3773 377

Defense Passing

Games Opponent Total Passing Yards Opponent Avg. Passing Yards Per Game
10 2798 280

Defense Rushing

Games Opponent Total Rushing Yards Opponent Avg. Passing Yards Per Game
10 975 98

Defense Scoring

Games Opponent Total Points Opponent Avg. Points Per Game
10 272 27

Defense Turnovers

Games Opponent Turnovers Opponent Avg. Turnovers Per Game
10 12 1.2

Defense Third Down Stops

Opponent Third Down Attempts Opponent Third Down Coversions Opponent Third Down Conversion Percentage
128 53 41.4%

Defense Red Zone

Games Opponent RZ Drives Opponent RZ Scores Opponent RZ Points Opponent RZ Rushing_TD Opponent RZ Passing_TD Opponent RZ Zone TD Opponent RZ Field Goals Opponent RZ Scoring Percentage Opponent RZ TD Percentage

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