American college football season

1971 South Dakota Coyotes football

Conference| North Central Conference
Record| 3–7 (3–3 NCC)
Head coach|

* Joe Salem (6th season)

Home stadium| Inman Field

Seasons

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1972 ->

1971 North Central Conference football standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
North Dakota $  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 1
North Dakota State | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Northern Iowa | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Morningside | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
South Dakota | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
South Dakota State | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Augustana (SD) | 0  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 1

* $ - Conference champion

The 1971 South Dakota Coyotes football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season. In its sixth season under head coach Joe Salem, the team compiled a 3–7 record (3–3 against NCC opponents), tied for fourth place out of seven teams in the NCC, and was outscored by a total of 191 to 172.[1] The team played its home games at Inman Field in Vermillion, South Dakota.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 4| at Montana*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Great Falls, MT

| L 7–14| 8,000|
September 11| at Wyoming*|

* War Memorial Stadium
* Laramie, WY

| L 28–42| 20,899|
September 18| Idaho State*|

* Inman Field
* Vermillion, SD

| L 6–10| 9,700|
September 25| at No. 1 North Dakota State|

* Dacotah Field
* Fargo, ND

| L 15–16| 11,000| [2]
October 2| at Northern Iowa|

* O. R. Latham Stadium
* Cedar Falls, IA

| L 0–8| 5,300|
October 9| Morningside|

* Inman Field
* Vermillion, SD

| L 35–6 (forfeit)| 10,700|
October 16| at South Dakota State|

* Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
* Brookings, SD (rivalry)

| W 37–18| 10,000|
October 23| at Drake*|

* Drake Stadium
* Des Moines, IA

| L 7–49| 6,800|
October 30| Augustana (SD)|

* Inman Field
* Vermillion, SD

| W 8–7| 800|
November 6| North Dakota|

* Inman Field
* Vermillion, SD (Sitting Bull Trophy)

| W 29–21| 1,200|

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "2017 Coyote Football Media Guide". University of South Dakota. 2017. p. 49.
2. ^ "North Dakota State slips past Coyotes". Argus-Leader. September 26, 1971. Retrieved October 4, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Final 1971 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 23, 2022.

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South Dakota Coyotes football

Venues|

* Darwin Inman Memorial Stadium (1926–1978)
* DakotaDome (1979–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Sitting Bull Trophy (North Dakota)
* South Dakota State

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* "Hail, South Dakota!"
* Charlie Coyote
* Dakota Days

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