Black Hills Brawl
| Sport | Football |
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| Teams | |
| 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) |
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).
First game
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]| Black Hills State victories | South Dakota Mines victories | Tie games |
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- 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
[edit | edit source]| Sport | Football |
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| Teams | |
| 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 |
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See also
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