North Dakota State University is a public land-grant research university in Fargo, North Dakota. It was founded as North Dakota Agricultural College in 1890 as the state's land-grant university. As of 2021, NDSU offers 94 undergraduate majors, 146 undergraduate degree programs, 5 undergraduate certificate programs, 84 undergraduate minors, 87 master's degree programs, 51 doctoral degree programs of study, and 210 graduate certificate programs. It is classified among "R1-Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity".
Dakota State University (DSU) is a public university in Madison, South Dakota, United States. The school was founded in 1881 as a normal school, or teacher training school. Education is still the university's heritage mission, but a signature mission of technology was added by the state legislature in 1984 to specialize in "programs in computer management, computer information systems, and other related undergraduate and graduate programs."
The Little Rock Trojans are the athletic teams representing the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The Trojans are a non-football member of the Ohio Valley Conference and a wrestling affiliate member of the Pac-12 Conference. The university offers 7 men's and 8 women's varsity sports. Little Rock has Sun Belt rivalries with all the West Division schools. Little Rock's primary in-state rival is Arkansas State.
Kalen Douglas DeBoer is an American college football coach who is currently the head coach at the University of Alabama. He also served as the head coach at the University of Sioux Falls from 2005 to 2009, Fresno State from 2020 to 2021, and the University of Washington from 2022 to 2023. At Sioux Falls, his teams won three NAIA Football National Championships, in 2006, 2008, and 2009. DeBoer’s record as head coach is 110–14.
Gary M. Buer is an American educator and former football coach. He served as the head football coach at Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota in 1977 to 1978, Southwest State University—now known as Southwest Minnesota State University—in Marshall, Minnesota from 1979 to 1992, and Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista, Virginia from 2003 to 2006, compiling a career college football coaching record of 92–102–5.
Trojan Field was an American football field located in Madison, South Dakota owned by Dakota State University. It served as the home field for the Dakota State Trojans from 1968 until 2022. The field was located at 1302 N Summit Ave., Madison, SD on the north side of Dakota State University's campus.
The Dakota State Trojans are the athletic teams that represent Dakota State University (DSU), located in Madison, South Dakota. The Trojans compete at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) level as a member of the North Star Athletic Association. The Trojans previously competed in the South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (SDIC) from 1917–18 to 1999–2000, then in the Dakota Athletic Conference (DAC) from 2000–01 to 2010–11. During the 2025–26 academic year, Dakota State will be joining the Frontier Conference. Dakota State's main rivalry is with the Dakota Wesleyan Tigers.
The Waldorf Warriors football team represents Waldorf University in college football, as part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics NAIA.
The 2024 Dakota State Trojans football team represents Dakota State University as a member of the North Star Athletic Association in the 2024 NAIA football season. The Trojans are led by 16th year head coach Josh Anderson. They play their home games at Brian Kern Family Stadium in Madison, South Dakota.
Brian Kern Family Stadium is an American football field located in Madison, South Dakota. It is home to the Dakota State University Trojans football team. The inaugural game was held on August 29, 2024, against Dakota Wesleyan University, in which the Trojans won by a score of 34–3. The stadium is also home to Madison High School.
The Dan Beacom Track Complex is a multi-sport facility located at Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota. The facility is currently home to the Dakota State Trojans track and field teams and will eventually be home to Dakota State's future soccer team. The stadium was also home to Dakota State's football team during the 2023 season while Brian Kern Family Stadium was being built.
The 2023 Dakota State Trojans football team represented Dakota State University as a member of the North Star Athletic Association during the 2023 NAIA football season. The Trojans were led by 15th year head coach Josh Anderson. They played their home games at the Dan Beacom Track Complex in Madison, South Dakota. They finished the season with a 1–9 record (1–7) and finished 5th in the conference standings
The 2022 Dakota State Trojans football team represented Dakota State University as a member of the North Star Athletic Association during the 2022 NAIA football season. The Trojans were led by 14th year head coach Josh Anderson. They played their home games at Trojan Field in Madison, South Dakota. They finished the season with a 6–4 record and finished tied for 2nd in the conference standings.
The 2021 Dakota State Trojans football team represented Dakota State University as a member of the North Star Athletic Association during the 2021 NAIA football season. The Trojans were led by 13th year head coach Josh Anderson. They played their home games at Trojan Field in Madison, South Dakota. They finished the season with a 6–4 record and finished tied for 3rd in the conference standings.
The 2020 Dakota State Trojans football team represented Dakota State University as a member of the North Star Athletic Association during the 2020–21 NAIA football season. The Trojans were led by 12th year head coach Josh Anderson. They played their home games at Trojan Field in Madison, South Dakota. They finished the season with a 4–5 record and finished 4th in the conference standings.
Sam Sather is an American football offensive lineman for the Dakota State Trojans.
The Chamber of Commerce Traveling Cup is a traveling trophy continuously awarded to the winner of the American college football rivalry game between the Dakota State Trojans and the Dakota Wesleyan Tigers. The Trojans currently are in the North Star Athletic Association and the Tigers are currently in the Great Plains Athletic Conference.
The 2018 Dakota State Trojans football team represented Dakota State University as a member of the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) during the 2018 NAIA football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Josh Anderson, the Trojans compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, placing fifth in the NSAA. Dakota State played home games at Trojan Field in Madison, South Dakota.
The 2017 Dakota State Trojans football team represented Dakota State University as a member of the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) during the 2017 NAIA football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Josh Anderson, the Trojans compiled an overall record of 8–3 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, placing second in the NSAA. Dakota State played home games at Trojan Field in Madison, South Dakota. The Trojans finished the season ranked No. 23 in the NAIA.
The 2016 Dakota State Trojans football team represented Dakota State University as a member of the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) during the 2016 NAIA football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Josh Anderson, the Trojans compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the NSAA. Dakota State played home games at Trojan Field in Madison, South Dakota.
