North Dakota State University and South Dakota State University have played for the Dakota Marker trophy annually since 2004 when the two football teams began NCAA Division I competition.
The trophy was proposed by the NDSU chapter of Blue Key National Honor Society, co-sponsored by the SDSU Student Association, and unveiled to the public on April 21, 2004, at a ceremony just outside of Hankinson, N.D., near the North Dakota/South Dakota border.
The trophy is a 75-pound model replica of the original quartzite monuments that were 7 feet long and 10 inches square and placed at half-mile intervals along the border in the summers of 1891 and 1892. Â It is inscribed with N.D. and S.D. on opposite sides and 190 M, the number of miles between Fargo, N.D., and Brookings, S.D.
Total Games:Â 21
Series Record:Â NDSUÂ 11, SDSU 10
Current Streak:Â 1 by NDSU
Longest NDSU Streak:Â 6 from 2010-2015
Longest SDSU Streak:Â 4 from 2020-2023
Closest Margin:Â 1 point by SDSU in 2008
Largest Margin:Â 24 points by NDSU in 2005 and 2011
Largest Crowd:Â 19,431 at SDSU in 2023
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Date |
Location |
Attendance |
Score |
10/9/2004 |
Brookings |
12,323 |
L, 21-24 |
11/12/2005 |
Fargo |
15,777 |
W, 41-17 |
11/18/2006 |
Fargo |
19,053 |
W, 41-28 |
11/17/2007 |
Brookings |
16,345 |
L, 24-29 |
11/22/2008 |
Fargo |
18,428 |
L, 24-25 |
10/17/2009 |
Brookings |
14,188 |
L, 13-28 |
11/13/2010 |
Fargo |
17,037 |
W, 31-24 |
10/22/2011 |
Brookings |
14,823 |
W, 38-14 |
11/10/2012 |
Fargo |
18,721 |
W, 20-17 |
9/28/2013 |
Brookings |
16,498 |
W, 20-0 |
11/1/2014 |
Fargo |
18,832 |
W, 37-17 |
10/3/2015 |
Brookings |
17,348 |
W, 28-7 |
10/15/2016 |
Fargo |
18,828 |
L, 17-19 |
11/4/2017 |
Brookings |
18,130 |
L, 21-33 |
9/29/2018 |
Fargo |
18,846 |
W, 21-17 |
10/26/2019 |
Brookings |
19,371 |
W, 23-16 |
4/17/2021 |
Fargo |
8,762 |
L, 17-27 |
11/6/2021 |
Brookings |
18,122 |
L, 19-27 |
10/15/2022 |
Fargo |
18,603 |
L, 21-23 |
11/4/2023 |
Brookings |
19,431 |
L, 16-33 |
10/19/2024 |
Fargo |
18,807 |
W, 13-9 |