Black Hills Brawl

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).

Black Hills Brawl

Sport	Football
Teams	Black Hills State Yellow Jackets South Dakota Mines Hardrockers
First meeting	November 28, 1895 (disputed)[1] 1900 (official) Black Hills State 18–0 (disputed) South Dakota Mines 1–0 (official)
Latest meeting	October 4, 2025 South Dakota Mines, 27–13
Next meeting	2026, Rapid City
Stadiums	Black Hills State: Lyle Hare Stadium South Dakota Mines: Dunham Field at O'Harra Stadium
Trophy	Homestake Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total	140
All-time series	South Dakota Mines leads, 67–62–11
Largest victory	Black Hills State, 58–0 on October 6, 2007
Longest win streak	South Dakota Mines, 9 (November 29, 1906, to October 7, 1916)
Current win streak	South Dakota Mines, 1 (2025–present)

Black Hills State

South Dakota Mines

Locations in South Dakota

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 victories

South Dakota Mines victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 1900 Unknown South Dakota Mines 27–0 2 1901 Unknown South Dakota Mines 22–6 3 October 24, 1903 Unknown South Dakota Mines 10–0 4 October 21, 1905 Unknown South Dakota Mines 15–0 5 November 3, 1906 Unknown Tie 0–0 6 November 29, 1906 Unknown South Dakota Mines 5–0 7 October 24, 1908 Unknown South Dakota Mines 2–0 8 November 14, 1908 Unknown South Dakota Mines 13–0 9 October 16, 1909 Unknown South Dakota Mines 30–6 10 October 12, 1912 Unknown South Dakota Mines 13–3 11 October 18, 1913 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 25–0 12 October 17, 1914 Unknown South Dakota Mines 33–0 13 November 7, 1914 Unknown South Dakota Mines 6–0 14 October 7, 1916 Unknown South Dakota Mines 8–2 15 November 18, 1916 Unknown Black Hills State 13–0 16 October 6, 1917 Unknown South Dakota Mines 36–6 17 October 19, 1917 Unknown South Dakota Mines 27–0 18 November 17, 1917 Unknown South Dakota Mines 19–0 19 October 11, 1919 Unknown South Dakota Mines 26–0 20 October 9, 1920 Unknown South Dakota Mines 13–7 21 October 1, 1921 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 13–6 22 November 5, 1921 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 7–6 23 October 18, 1922 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 20–0 24 November 4, 1922 Rapid City, SD Tie 0–0 25 October 27, 1923 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 12–0 26 November 17, 1923 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 13–0 27 October 25, 1924 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 26–6 28 November 22, 1924 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 14–3 29 October 23, 1925 Unknown South Dakota Mines 14–7 30 November 21, 1925 Unknown Black Hills State 7–0 31 October 8, 1926 Unknown South Dakota Mines 13–9 32 October 30, 1926 Deadwood, SD Tie 0–0 33 October 22, 1927 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 28–0 34 October 29, 1927 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 12–0 35 October 13, 1928 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 6–0 36 October 27, 1928 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 13–7 37 October 19, 1929 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 7–0 38 November 11, 1929 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 6–0 39 October 24, 1930 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 44–7 40 September 9, 1932 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 7–0 41 October 22, 1932 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 27–7 42 October 13, 1933 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 21–0 43 November 18, 1933 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 20–0 44 1934 Unknown Black Hills State 33–0 45 1934 Unknown Black Hills State 25–0 46 October 25, 1935 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 46–6 47 October 17, 1936 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 19–6 48 October 24, 1936 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 13–12 49 November 11, 1937 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 7–6 50 November 11, 1938 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 30–0 51 November 11, 1939 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 3–0 52 November 11, 1940 Spearfish, SD Tie 0–0 53 November 11, 1941 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 32–7 54 October 4, 1946 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 6–0 55 November 11, 1946 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 13–0 56 October 3, 1947 Spearfish, SD Tie 0–0 57 November 11, 1947 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 7–0 58 November 11, 1948 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 7–0 59 November 11, 1949 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 38–6 60 November 11, 1950 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 19–7 61 November 12, 1951 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 20–7 62 November 11, 1952 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 26–21 63 November 11, 1953 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 19–6 64 November 11, 1954 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 32–26 65 November 11, 1955 Rapid City, SD Tie 6–6 66 November 12, 1956 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 47–7 67 November 11, 1957 Rapid City, SD Tie 7–7 68 November 11, 1958 Spearfish, SD Tie 7–7 69 November 11, 1959 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 20–19 70 November 11, 1960 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 21–7 71 November 11, 1961 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 28–0 No. Date Location Winner Score 72 October 6, 1962 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 6–0 73 October 5, 1963 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 27–13 74 October 17, 1964 Rapid City, SD Tie 20–20 75 October 16, 1965 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 20–0 76 October 22, 1966 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 13–7 77 October 21, 1967 Unknown South Dakota Mines 43–14 78 November 2, 1968 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 27–19 79 November 1, 1969 Unknown Black Hills State 30–3 80 September 19, 1970 Unknown Black Hills State 35–14 81 September 18, 1971 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 10–3 82 September 30, 1972 Unknown South Dakota Mines 13–6 83 September 29, 1973 Unknown South Dakota Mines 24–7 84 October 5, 1974 Spearfish, SD Tie 7–7 85 October 4, 1975 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 24–6 86 October 9, 1976 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 17–7 87 October 8, 1977 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 41–14 88 September 30, 1978 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 35–21 89 September 29, 1979 Rapid City, SD Tie 14–14 90 September 20, 1980 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 31–0 91 September 19, 1981 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 35–0 92 September 25, 1982 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 13–9 93 September 24, 1983 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 19–7 94 October 6, 1984 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 14–7 95 September 21, 1985 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 31–8 96 October 26, 1985 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 31–14 97 October 25, 1986 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 26–18 98 October 17, 1987 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 13–6 99 October 22, 1988 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 27–5 100 October 28, 1989 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 33–6 101 November 3, 1990 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 34–31OT 102 November 2, 1991 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 40–18 103 October 31, 1992 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 34–28 104 October 23, 1993 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 41–14 105 October 22, 1994 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 29–27 106 October 14, 1995 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 42–34 107 October 5, 1996 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 27–24 108 October 4, 1997 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 36–10 109 October 10, 1998 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 27–17 110 October 9, 1999 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 26–16 111 October 21, 2000 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 23–6 112 October 20, 2001 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 30–17 113 October 19, 2002 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 47–41OT 114 October 18, 2003 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 29–28 115 September 2, 2004 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 10–9 116 October 9, 2004 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 21–10 117 September 1, 2005 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 43–13 118 October 8, 2005 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 34–17 119 September 30, 2006 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 47–0 120 October 6, 2007 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 58–0 121 September 20, 2008 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 33–13 122 November 8, 2008 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 24–23 123 October 31, 2009 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 26–0 124 October 30, 2010 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 23–202OT 125 September 17, 2011 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 37–21 126 November 12, 2011 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 48–21 127 November 17, 2012 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 35–6 128 September 14, 2013 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 43–35 129 September 13, 2014 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 42–30 130 September 12, 2015 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 28–26 131 September 24, 2016 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 46–17 132 September 23, 2017 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 25–24 133 October 6, 2018 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 62–14 134 October 12, 2019 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 48–28 135 October 10, 2020 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 34–17 136 October 30, 2021 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 13–10 137 October 1, 2022 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 24–17 138 September 30, 2023 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 49–14 139 October 5, 2024 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 22–20 140 October 4, 2025 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 27–13 Series: South Dakota Mines leads 67–62–11[8][9]

Notes

• SDSM&T was known at the Dakota School of Mines until 1889, when it became the South Dakota School of Mines; it became SDSM&T in 1943.
• BHSU was known as Spearfish Normal until 1941, when it became the Black Hills Teachers College; it would be renamed Black Hills State College in 1964 and BHSU in 1989.

Men's Basketbrawl

Black Hills BasketBrawl

Sport	Football
Teams	Black Hills State Yellow Jackets South Dakota Mines Hardrockers
First meeting	1948
Latest meeting	February 01,2025 Black Hills State, 68-40
Next meeting	December 2, 2025, Rapid City
Stadiums	Black Hills State: Donald E. Young Center South Dakota Mines: King Center Occasional Neutral Site: Ice Arena at The Monument
Statistics
Meetings total	211
All-time series	Black Hills State leads, 116-95
Current win streak	Black 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 victories

South Dakota Mines victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 January 7, 1982 Mitchell, SD South Dakota Mines 93–88 2 January 18, 1982 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 94–88 3 February 23, 1982 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 76–72 4 January 3, 1983 Mitchell, SD South Dakota Mines 92–85 5 January 18, 1983 Rushmore Plaza Civic Center South Dakota Mines 99–84 6 February 15, 1983 Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Black Hills State 80–76 7 January 5, 1984 Mitchell, SD South Dakota Mines 56–48 8 January 17, 1984 Rushmore Plaza Civic Center South Dakota Mines 103–89 9 February 8, 1984 Rushmore Plaza Civic Center South Dakota Mines 74–66 10 January 2, 1985 Mitchell, SD South Dakota Mines 71–62 11 January 22, 1985 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 81–57 12 February 12, 1985 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 98–77 13 January 2, 1986 Mitchell, SD South Dakota Mines 67–65 14 January 24, 1986 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 69–67 15 February 14, 1986 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 98–90 16 January 2, 1987 Mitchell, SD South Dakota Mines 85–79 17 January 8, 1987 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 93–78 18 February 5, 1987 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 68–56 19 December 4, 1987 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 65–61 20 January 21, 1988 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 76–74 21 February 11, 1988 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 73–57 22 February 28, 1988 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 95–77 23 January 26, 1989 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 98–93 24 February 16, 1989 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 71–70 25 February 22, 1989 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 84–64 26 January 4, 1990 Mitchell, SD Black Hills State 92–76 27 January 25, 1990 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 100–76 28 February 15, 1990 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 85–69 29 February 25, 1990 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 65–64 30 January 3, 1991 Mitchell, SD Black Hills State 99–97 31 January 24, 1991 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 87–69 32 February 14, 1991 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 69–67 33 March 25, 1991 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 75–71 34 January 2, 1992 Mitchell, SD South Dakota Mines 68–60 35 January 23, 1992 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 73–66 36 February 1, 1992 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 82–77 37 January 20, 1993 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 81–55 38 January 28, 1993 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 73–51 39 December 29, 1993 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 75–72 40 January 15, 1994 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 87–57 41 February 3, 1994 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 80–69 42 December 30, 1994 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 66–59 43 January 7, 1995 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 68–66 44 February 11, 1995 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 75–71 45 January 30, 1996 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 77–69 46 February 21, 1996 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 89–77 47 January 28, 1997 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 74–70 48 February 26, 1997 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 79–76 49 March 1, 1997 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 68–67 50 January 20, 1998 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 61–58 51 February 24, 1998 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 61–60 52 December 30, 1998 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 79–73 53 January 27, 1999 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 93–75 54 February 24, 1999 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 85–75 55 January 27, 2000 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 90–80 No. Date Location Winner Score 56 February 23, 2000 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 90–89 57 January 6, 2001 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 72–64 58 February 1, 2001 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 84–60 59 January 5, 2002 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 93–82 60 January 31, 2002 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 89–75 61 February 23, 2002 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 86–66 62 January 4, 2003 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 63–54 63 January 30, 2003 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 71–59 64 January 3, 2004 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 69–45 65 January 29, 2004 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 50–49 66 December 9, 2004 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 67–65 67 January 20, 2005 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 66–64 68 December 8, 2005 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 93–74 69 January 19, 2006 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 75–65 70 December 6, 2006 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 71–59 71 February 15, 2007 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 85–67 72 December 5, 2007 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 70–57 73 February 20, 2008 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 81–70 74 January 15, 2009 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 64–57 75 February 11, 2009 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 71–53 76 February 25, 2009 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 77–67 77 December 3, 2009 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 63–62 78 January 28, 2010 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 81–71 79 December 1, 2010 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 80–61 80 January 27, 2011 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 76–74 81 March 1, 2011 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 75–63 82 January 24, 2012 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 76–60 83 February 15, 2012 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 64–58 84 November 20, 2012 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 69–61 85 November 20, 2013 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 72–68 86 January 11, 2014 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 61–49 87 November 17, 2014 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 72–67 88 January 9, 2015 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 73–70 89 December 3, 2015 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 78–73 90 February 24, 2016 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 55–53 91 January 17, 2017 Rushmore Plaza Civic Center South Dakota Mines 65–54 92 February 11, 2017 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 78–59 93 January 16, 2018 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 92–69 94 February 6, 2018 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 66–65 95 December 1, 2018 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 57–56 96 March 1, 2019 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 69–61 97 November 26, 2019 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 70–66 98 February 28, 2020 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 59–58 99 March 3, 2020 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 80–71 100 January 23, 2021 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 79–78 101 January 20, 2022 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 86–65 102 February 19, 2022 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 79–65 103 November 28, 2022 Rapid City, SD Black Hills State 78–58 104 January 24, 2023 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 76–60 105 November 27, 2023 Spearfish, SD South Dakota Mines 77–69 106 January 31, 2024 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 59–54 107 December 03, 2024 Rapid City, SD South Dakota Mines 58–50 108 February 01,2024 Spearfish, SD Black Hills State 68–40 109 Series: Tied 54–54

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games