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South Dakota Mines

Hardrockers

Overall5-4
Northern Sun conference0-0
D2CFB Power Ranking · Week 10No. 59

Division II Northern Sun Super Region 3 D2CFB Power Rankings School website

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Result	Where
Thu Aug 27	at Drake	W 38-35	Des Moines, Iowa, Drake Stadium
Sat Sep 5	vs Southwest Baptist University	W 38-17	Rapid City, S.D., O'Harra Stadium
Sat Sep 12	vs Colorado Mesa University	L 24-30 OT	Rapid City, SD, O'Harra Stadium
Sat Sep 19	at Adams State University	W 45-15	Rex Stadium, Alamosa, CO
Sat Sep 26	vs New Mexico Highlands University	W 34-23	O'Harra Stadium, Rapid City, S.D.
Sat Oct 3	at Fort Lewis College	W 30-16	Ray Dennison Memorial Field, Durango, Colo.
Sat Oct 17	vs Black Hills State University (S.D.)	L 13-21	O'Harra Stadium, Rapid City, S.D.
Sat Oct 24	at Colorado School of Mines	L 10-17	Alumni Field at Marv Kay Stadium, Golden, Colo.
Sat Oct 31	at Western Colorado University	L 6-37	Mojo Field at Mountaineer Bowl at the Rady Family Sports Complex, Gunnison, Colo.
Sat Nov 7	vs Colorado State University Pueblo	3:00 PM CT	Rapid City, SD
Sat Nov 14	at Chadron State College	2:00 PM CT	Chadron Neb., Elliott Field at Don Beebe Stadium

Source: each school's published schedule (gorockers.com) and live-stats feed. Scores updated Nov 5, 4:16 AM CT. Schedules checked Nov 5, 4:16 AM CT.

Statistical leaders, 2026

Passing yards

1 Baker, Gage 1688

Rushing yards

1 Dunbar, Dawson 831
2 Harris, Ty 423
3 Baker, Gage 170

Receiving yards

1 Morales, Joshua 393
2 Koehn, Kooper 220
3 Dunbar, Dawson 210

Total tackles

1 Johnson, Charlie 73.0
2 Frerichs, Gabe 53.0
3 Gappelberg, Lang 46.0

Source: South Dakota Mines's cumulative statistics (opens in a new tab). Snapshot fetched Nov 4, 6:36 PM CT.

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Player awards

Northern Sun · D2CFB Frerichs,Gabe, Defensive Player of the Week, Week 8 2026
Northern Sun · D2CFB Dunbar,Dawson, Offensive Player of the Week, Week 8 2026
Northern Sun · D2CFB Allen,Jarin, Special Teams Player of the Week, Week 8 2026
Northern Sun · D2CFB Johnson,Charlie, Defensive Player of the Week, Week 1 2026

History

National titles0
Playoff appearances0
Conference titles0
Division II seasons14

Division II member 2013-2026, per the NCAA records book.

Seasons since 2021

Source: results as published by the schools on their season pages, 2021–2025. “vs.” marks a neutral site.

2025 3-8

Date	Opponent	Result
Thu Aug 28	at Colorado State Pueblo	L 0-43
Thu Sep 4	vs Michigan Tech	L 9-45
Sat Sep 13	at Upper Iowa	L 14-58
Sat Sep 20	at New Mexico Highlands	L 42-48
Sat Sep 27	at Fort Lewis	W 22-21
Sat Oct 4	at Black Hills State	W 27-13
Sat Oct 11	vs Colorado School of Mines	L 14-24
Sat Oct 18	vs Western Colorado	L 13-34
Sat Nov 1	vs Chadron State	L 10-35
Sat Nov 8	at Colorado Mesa	L 12-38
Sat Nov 15	vs Adams State	W 45-21

2024 6-5

Date	Opponent	Result
Thu Aug 29	vs Colorado State Pueblo	L 6-35
Thu Sep 5	at Michigan Tech	L 50-52
Sat Sep 14	vs Upper Iowa	W 17-10
Sat Sep 21	vs New Mexico Highlands	W 40-19
Sat Sep 28	at Fort Lewis	W 49-33
Sat Oct 5	vs Black Hills State	L 20-22
Sat Oct 12	at Colorado School of Mines	L 20-45
Sat Oct 19	at Western Colorado	L 24-35
Sat Nov 2	at Chadron State	W 24-17
Sat Nov 9	vs Colorado Mesa	W 17-14
Sat Nov 16	at Adams State	W 44-6

2023 4-6

Date	Opponent	Result
Sat Sep 9	at Truman State	L 24-28
Sat Sep 16	vs Colorado Mesa	L 30-38
Sat Sep 23	at New Mexico Highlands	W 42-7
Sat Sep 30	at Black Hills State	W 49-14
Sat Oct 7	vs Western Colorado	L 20-43
Sat Oct 14	at Colorado School of Mines	L 22-45
Sat Oct 21	vs Fort Lewis	W 48-10
Sat Oct 28	at Adams State	W 63-9
Sat Nov 4	vs Colorado State Pueblo	L 28-35
Sat Nov 11	at Chadron State	L 19-27

2022 7-4

Date	Opponent	Result
Thu Sep 1	at Missouri S&T	W 43-20
Sat Sep 10	vs Truman State	L 20-27
Sat Sep 17	at Colorado Mesa	W 31-17
Sat Sep 24	vs New Mexico Highlands	W 41-27
Sat Oct 1	vs Black Hills State	L 17-24
Sat Oct 8	at Western Colorado	W 38-10
Sat Oct 15	vs Colorado School of Mines	L 20-48
Sat Oct 22	at Fort Lewis	W 65-20
Sat Oct 29	vs Adams State	W 23-20
Sat Nov 5	at Colorado State Pueblo	L 20-45
Sat Nov 12	vs Chadron State	W 28-7

2021 5-5

Date	Opponent	Result
Thu Sep 2	vs Missouri S&T	W 34-31
Sat Sep 18	at Chadron State	L 20-31
Sat Sep 25	vs Colorado State Pueblo	L 7-49
Sat Oct 2	at Adams State	W 45-42
Sat Oct 9	vs Fort Lewis	W 42-7
Sat Oct 16	at Colorado School of Mines	L 24-44
Sat Oct 23	vs Western Colorado	L 21-42
Sat Oct 30	at Black Hills State	W 13-10
Sat Nov 6	at New Mexico Highlands	W 40-17
Sat Nov 13	vs Colorado Mesa	L 10-13

Source: NCAA conference standings records (Standings.pdf); NCAA Division II championship records (D2champs.pdf), through 2025; NCAA Division II football records book (D2.pdf), through 2025. Loaded Sep 25, 5:21 PM CT. Checked for a newer edition Oct 31, 7:15 AM CT.