South Dakota State will play seven home games during the upcoming 2025 football season, officials from Jackrabbit Athletics announced Thursday.
For the second year in a row, the Jackrabbits’ schedule features a 12-game regular season, starting with the Aug. 30 season opener against Sacramento State at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium. Other nonconference home games are slated for Sept. 13 versus Drake and Sept. 27 against Football Championship Subdivision newcomer Mercyhurst. The Sept. 13 game has been designated as the Beef Bowl.
SDSU’s lone nonconference road game will feature the Jackrabbits traveling to Montana State for a Sept. 6 matchup. Both SDSU and Montana State are competing in this weekend’s FCS semifinals.
Missouri Valley Football Conference play begins Oct. 4, when the Jackrabbits make the trek to Youngstown State.
The league home opener for SDSU is slated for Oct. 11 against Northern Iowa, a game that will also be the annual Hobo Day contest. The Jackrabbits close out the month with the Dakota Marker game against North Dakota State on Oct. 25, followed by home games Nov. 1 against Indiana State and Nov. 15 versus Illinois State.
Rounding out the eight-game MVFC slate are road games Oct. 18 at Murray State, Nov. 8 at South Dakota and the regular season finale Nov. 22 at North Dakota. With the league membership dropping to 10 teams following the departure of Missouri State, the lone MVFC squad not on the Jackrabbits’ 2025 schedule is Southern Illinois.
Game times will be announced at a later date, as will the dates for other special home events including Dairy Drive, Precision Ag Bowl, Hall of Fame Game and Military Appreciation Day.
Season tickets for the 2025 home slate will go on sale Jan. 14 online at gojacks.evenue.net. Existing season ticket holders will have until April 7 to renew their tickets, while Tickets for the Junior Jacks program will go on sale June 3.
South Dakota State is the two-time defending FCS champion and advanced to at least the semifinal round in seven of the last eight seasons.
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