1916 South Dakota Coyotes football team

1916 South Dakota Coyotes football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–5–2
Head coach	Blaine McKusick (1st season)

1916 Midwestern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
St. Xavier			–					5	–	0	–	0
Notre Dame			–					8	–	1	–	0
Western State Normal (MI)			–					5	–	1	–	0
Northern Illinois State			–					6	–	1	–	1
Heidelberg			–					8	–	2	–	0
Michigan			–					7	–	2	–	0
Wabash			–					7	–	2	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					4	–	2	–	1
North Dakota Agricultural			–					3	–	2	–	1
Detroit			–					3	–	2	–	2
St. Mary's (OH)			–					4	–	3	–	0
Marquette			–					4	–	3	–	1
Saint Louis			–					4	–	4	–	0
Haskell			–					3	–	6	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					1	–	2	–	1
South Dakota			–					1	–	5	–	2
Akron			–					2	–	7	–	0
Central Michigan			–					1	–	5	–	0
Iowa State Teachers			–					1	–	7	–	0
Lake Forest			–					1	–	7	–	0

The 1916 South Dakota Coyotes football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1916 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 7	vs. Montana	Aberdeen, SD	L 0–11
October 14	Dakota Wesleyan	Vermillion, SD	W 60–0
October 21	at Minnesota	Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN	L 0–81
October 28	at North Dakota	Grand Forks, ND	L 0–20
November 4	at Michigan Agricultural	College Field East Lansing, MI	T 3–3
November 11	vs. Notre Dame	Sioux Falls, SD	L 0–21 or 0–20
November 18	at Morningside	Sioux City, IA	T 0–0
November 30	at Creighton	Omaha, NE	L 13–20