1938 South Dakota Mines Hardrockers football team

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1938 South Dakota Mines Hardrockers football
SDIC champion
Conference South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference
Record8–0 (5–0 SDIC)
Head coach
Home stadium O'Harra Stadium
Seasons
 1937
1939 
1938 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
South Dakota Mines $ 5 0 08 0 0
Dakota Wesleyan 4 1 05 3 0
Yankton 4 2 05 3 0
Southern Normal 3 2 04 2 0
Augustana (SD) 2 2 15 2 1
Huron 3 3 05 3 0
Northern Normal 2 3 12 4 2
Sioux Falls 1 4 01 7 0
Eastern Normal 0 3 01 6 0
Spearfish 0 4 03 4 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Yankton initially won the conference title with a 5–1 mark, but later forfeited and their win over South Dakota Mines and the title because of an ineligible player.

The 1938 South Dakota Mines Hardrockers football team was an American football team that represented the South Dakota School of Mines (now known as the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology) as a member of the South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (SDIC) in the 1938 college football season. Led by Lem Herting in his fifth season as head coach, the team compiled an overall record of 8–0, with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, and finished as SDIC champion.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16 South Dakota State *W 18–74,000 [1]
September 23 Dickinson State *
  • O'Harra Stadium
  • Rapid City, SD
W 35–0 [2]
September 30 Eastern Normal
  • O'Harra Stadium
  • Rapid City, SD
W 66–0 [3]
October 8at Northern Normal Aberdeen, SD W 20–0 [4]
October 14 Southern Normal
  • O'Harra Stadium
  • Rapid City, SD
W 39–6 [5]
October 21 Chadron State *
  • O'Harra Stadium
  • Rapid City, SD
W 14–7 [6]
November 4 Yankton
  • O'Harra Stadium
  • Rapid City, SD
W 0–19 (forfeit win) [7] [8]
November 11at Spearfish Spearfish, SD W 20–0 [9]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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  6. "Miners stop powerful Chadron eleven, 14–7". The Rapid City Daily Journal. October 22, 1938. Retrieved March 27, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
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