2019 — The Winning Chapter

South Dakota State's 2019 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-5
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -1.4 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L @ Minnes 21-28 W vs Long Uni 38-3 W vs Drake 38-10 W vs Sout Uta 43-7 W vs Sout Ill 28-10 W @ Youn Sta 38-28 W @ Indi Sta 42-23 L vs Nort Sta 16-23 W @ Miss Sta 35-14 L vs Illi Sta 18-27 W vs Nort Iow 38-7 L @ Sout Dak 21-24 L vs Nort Iow 10-13
Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2019 season's largest margin: South Dakota State 43, Southern Utah 7. A 36-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: South Dakota State 18, Illinois State 27. A 9-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Jacks"
— South Dakota State fanbase voice · 2019· synthesized
What It Meant

2019 is a middle chapter for South Dakota State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.