Black Hills Brawl

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Black Hills Brawl
Sport Football
Teams
First meetingNovember 28, 1895 (disputed) [1]
1900 (official)
Black Hills State 18–0 (disputed)
South Dakota Mines 1–0 (official)
Latest meetingOctober 5, 2024
Black Hills State, 22-20
Next meeting2025, Spearfish
StadiumsBlack Hills State: Lyle Hare Stadium
South Dakota Mines: Dunham Field at O'Harra Stadium
TrophyHomestake Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total139
All-time seriesSouth Dakota Mines leads, 66–62–11
Largest victoryBlack Hills State, 58–0 on October 6, 2007
Longest win streakSouth Dakota Mines, 9 (November 29, 1906, to October 7, 1916)
Current win streakBlack Hills State, 1 (2024–present)
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Black Hills State
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South Dakota Mines

The Black Hills Brawl is an annual football game between Black Hills State University and South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. [1] Also known as The Battle for the Homestake Trophy [2] [3] [4] or rarely called the West River Rivalry,[ citation needed ] the winner of the game receives the Homestake Trophy. [5] [6] [7] The current venues the game is played in are Lyle Hare Stadium since 1960 (Black Hills State) and O'Harra Stadium since 1938 (South Dakota Mines). First played in 1895 and played 138 times, the Black Hills Brawl is the most played in NCAA Division II and tied for the oldest rivalry in DII (alongside the Battle of the Ravine); it is the 4th most played rivalry nationwide in any division (behind only The Game, Princeton–Yale, and The Rivalry).

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First game

The first meeting in November 28, 1895, was between SDSM&T (then known as the Dakota School of Mines) and a now-defunct and unrelated Methodist college in Hot Springs known as Black Hills College, after BHSU (then known as Spearfish Normal) turned Black Hills College down. Despite this, both current schools generally include this game in the rivalry's chronology, but do not count it against their records; the first official meeting did not come until 1900. [1]

Game results

Black Hills State victoriesSouth Dakota Mines victoriesTie games
Notes


Men's Basketbrawl

Black Hills BasketBrawl
Sport Football
Teams
First meeting1948
Latest meetingFebruary 01,2025
Black Hills State, 68-40
Next meetingDecember 2, 2025, Rapid City
StadiumsBlack Hills State: Donald E. Young Center
South Dakota Mines: King Center
Occasional Neutral Site: Ice Arena at The Monument
Statistics
Meetings total211
All-time seriesBlack Hills State leads, 116-95
Current win streakBlack Hills State, 1

The men's basketball rivalry currently stands at 116–95, in favor of Black Hills State. Below are results where the score is known. The two have played each other since 1948.

Black Hills State victoriesSouth Dakota Mines victoriesTie games

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Black Hills Brawl". SB Nation. November 6, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  2. staff, Jeff Easton Journal. "Yellow Jackets jump out to early lead, hold off rival Hardrockers". Rapid City Journal Media Group. SPEARFISH — A fast start and two critical second-half turnovers led the Black Hills State University football team past South Dakota Mines on Saturday at Lyle Hare Stadium in the Battle for the Homestake Trophy.
  3. staff, Journal. "Gibbs-Janke connection boosts SDSU to win". Rapid City Journal Media Group. The Yellow Jackets will next return home for The Battle for the Homestake Trophy. BHSU will host South Dakota School of Mines Saturday at 6 p.m.
  4. "Football set for 134th Battle for the Homestake Trophy". Black Hills State University Athletics.
  5. "FB: 130th Battle for the Homestake Trophy to be Featured on ESPN3". Black Hills State University Athletics. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  6. "FB: Yellow Jackets Prepare for 130th "Battle for the Homestake Trophy" Saturday on ESPN3". Black Hills State University Athletics. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  7. "129th Battle for the Homestake Trophy". Rapid City Journal. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  8. "Black Hills State vs South Dakota Tech". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 6, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  9. "Football – Past Seasons". South Dakota School of Mines. Archived from the original on October 6, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.