Date/Time/Location: Saturday, October 4 / 6 p.m. / Spearfish, S.D. / Lyle Hare Stadium

Parking: Implemented for the 2025 football season, both the Young Center Lot and the Creek Side Lot will now be paid parking. Both will be $10 and CASH ONLY. Yellow Jacket Club members must show their parking pass for a reserved spot in the Creek Side Lot. Lots will open three hours prior to kick off.

Tickets: Tickets can be purchased online at the link above.

Promotions: Fans are encouraged to wear Green & Gold for the Black Hills Brawl. Additionally, fans attending the game can stop by the ticket booth at the north entrance to receive a free raffle ticket and a chance to win a Yeti Cooler given away by game sponsor Monument Health Sports Medicine and Orthopedics.

RMAC Network: Beginning in the 2025-26 season the RMAC Network will now move to Pay-Per-View. Fans can purchase a single game pass ($10), monthly ($25) or annual subscription ($130). Individuals with bhsu.edu or yellowjackets.bhsu.edu email address can still take advantage of the Peak Pricing Promotion by using the code Y26-RMACEDU.

KDSJ Radio: Black Hills State football continues to air live on KDSJ Radio with the voice of the Yellow Jackets, Steve Ammerman, giving the play-by-play for all the action.

Food Trucks: Seven food trucks, including Black Hills Brats, Hangry’s, Kona Ice, Sergeant Poppers, CD’s Wings, All Fired Up, and Loud American, will be located around the track for fans to purchase food and drink items.

• Black Hills State currently sits at 1-4 (1-2 RMAC) on the season after a 36-27 loss to #RV/-- Colorado School of Mines last Saturday during Swarm Days, snapping a 5-game win streak during the Yellow Jackets’ homecoming games.
• Last week senior linebacker, Sebastian O’Farrell was announced as a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, otherwise known as the “Academic Heisman” for his work in the classroom and on the field.
• The Yellow Jacket’s two non-conference opponents are a combined 5-3 this season as Sioux Falls is 3-2 and No. 10/14 Grand Valley State is 2-1.
• The Yellow Jackets finished tied for fifth in the RMAC a year ago and are predicted to finish tied for fifth in the standings in 2025 in the preseason coaches’ poll.
• Black Hills State is coming off their third consecutive winning season in 2024, extending the longest stretch for the program in their NCAA Division II era (2011-present) and marking the longest stretch since they posted six straight from 2005-10.
• Returning starting quarterback Luke Duby has completed 120-of-177 passing attempts for 1,234 yards, 11 touchdowns, and just five interceptions this season. Against GVSU he completed 38-of-51 passing attempts for 359 yards and three touchdowns, setting new career-best marks for completions, attempts, yards, and touchdowns. After 283 yards through the air against the Orediggers last weekend, he has notched eight career 200-yard passing games and two 300-yard passing games in his career. Nationally he is tenth in NCAA Division II in completions per game (24.0), 11th in passing touchdowns (11), 12th in passing yards (1,234), 15th in completion percentage (0.678), 24th in points responsible for (72), and 25th in passing yards per game (246.8).
• Danny Davis and Cameron Goods provide a one-two punch at running back for the Yellow Jackets, rushing for 210 and 182 yards respectively on the season. Davis has averaged 4.3 yards per carry on 49 attempts and has found the end zone twice on the ground. He ran for a season-high 72 yards against Chadron State. Goods has averaged 4.4 yards per carry on 41 attempts and has found the end zone once. He ran for a season-high 75 yards in last week’s game against Mines. The pair has also been active in the passing game as Goods has hauled in 20 receptions for 130 yards, while Davis has caught 12 passes for 83 yards and two touchdowns.
• Black Hills State has shown the importance of TJ Chukwurah’s return at the wide receiver position as he notched three straight 100-yard receiving games to begin the year and remains tied for the lead in NCAA Division II and is tied for second among all divisions of NCAA football (FBS, FCS, DII, and DIII) with nine receiving touchdowns. Through just five games, his nine receiving touchdowns has already marked the Black Hills State single-season record in the DII era, breaking his own record of eight set in 2023. Against GVSU he set career-bests of 12 receptions and 182 receiving yards, while the three receiving touchdowns matched a career-high. He is the only player in the school’s DII history to have multiple three receiving touchdown games, having done so now three times. This year he has tallied 36 receptions for 558 yards, and nine touchdowns. He also ranks second in NCAA Division II in receiving yards (558), third in total points scored (54) and total touchdowns (9), fifth in receiving yards per game (111.6), seventh in receptions per game (7.2) and scoring (10.8).
• A young offensive line, anchored by redshirt senior and 2024 First Team All-RMAC selection, Jayson Rouse, stepped up to the task against Sioux Falls, not allowing a sack in the season opener. The game marked the fifth time since the start of the 2024 season that the Yellow Jacket o-line has not surrendered a sack in a game. In last week’s game against the Orediggers, the offensive line only gave up one sack.
• While the defensive line continues to be spearheaded by returners with Kellen Collier, a 2024 First Team All-RMAC selection, and Cooper Brown, the 2022 RMAC Defensive Freshman of the Year, both Isaiah Morales and Hershel Craig III have also made an impact. Collier currently has 20.0 total tackles, 4.5 tackles-for-loss, and three quarterback hurries. Morales is tied for the team with 5.0 tackles-for-loss and 4.0 sacks in addition to 12.0 total tackles on the year. Brown also has 5.0 tackles-for-loss and 3.0 sacks to go along with six quarterback hurries, while Craig has posted 3.0 tackles-for-loss, 1.0 sack, and five quarterback hurries. 
• Rune Tepolt has emerged as the player to watch on the defense from the linebacker position, totaling a team-high 38.0 tackles, 3.5 tackles-for-loss, and three quarterback hurries. In last week’s loss to Colorado School of Mines he notched a new career-high of 11.0 tackles in a game, becoming one of two Yellow Jackets to reach the double digit mark in tackles in the game, the first two this year.
• Jack Gentile leads the BHSU secondary with 26.0 total tackles, while he also adds 0.5 tackles-for-loss and a pair of pass break-ups. Against Mines last week he notched a season-high 10.0 total tackles, joining Tepolt as the only players to reach double digit tackles in a game this season. Other notable players in the secondary include Jaheim Roper and Terrence Curtis who each have 23.0 total tackles this year, while Roper also adds three pass break-ups and one interception.
• Joshua Faulkner has snagged a team-best two interceptions this season, both coming in the last two match-ups against Fort Lewis and Mines. The Yellow Jacket offense has gone on to find the end zone the ensuing drive after both of his interceptions, converting the turnovers into six points.
• Mason Crosby has played a key role on special teams, averaging 41.8 yards per punt, booting five over 50 yards, and pinning four inside the 20-yard line. Furthermore, of his four punts inside the 20-yard line, three of those have pinned the opposing offense’s starting position inside their own 5-yard line. Against Chadron State he recorded a 73-yard punt, which is tied for the eighth-longest in NCAA Division II this season, and pinned a pair of punts inside the 5-yard line, en route to being named the RMAC Special Teams Player of the Week on September 15.
• Josh Breske is in his sixth season as the head coach at his alma mater and is now tied as the third-longest active tenured coach in the RMAC. Additionally, he is just the tenth coach in school history to reach the 6-year threshold. His six wins in 2024 brought him into the top-10 all-time in Yellow Jacket history, and he now boasts a career record of 24-27 guiding the program, currently ranking ninth in victories. Last month’s win at Fort Lewis marked his 50th game at the helm of the program.

• South Dakota Mines enters the game with a record of 1-4 (1-2 RMAC) on the year following their first win of the season last weekend on a last second field goal against Fort Lewis (22-21).
• After ending last season 6-5 (5-4 RMAC) for a fifth place tie in the conference standings, the Hardrockers have been picked to finish tied for fifth in the coaches’ preseason poll.
• Gage Baker has been the primary quarterback for SDM, completing 129-of-200 passing attempts for 1,136 yards, eight touchdowns, and eight interceptions. He enters this weekend with two straight 300-yard passing games, throwing for 317 yards and four touchdowns at New Mexico Highlands and 310 yards and two touchdowns against Fort Lewis.
• Dawson Dunbar and Ty Harris have led the rushing attack for the Hardrockers, rushing for 141 and 138 yards respectively. Finding the end zone for the only two rushing touchdowns of the year have been Baker and Gunner Rohloff with one apiece.
• Jacoby Ogbonna leads a balanced wide receiver group that has seen five players surpass 100-yards on the season already. Ogbonna has hauled in a team-high 29 receptions for 304 yards and three touchdowns. He’s caught a receiving touchdown in each of the last three contests.
• Will Lester leads the Hardrocker defense with 42.0 total tackles as a defensive back, going along with his 1.0 total tackles and three pass break-ups. He’s recorded double digit tackles in two games this year, notching ten against Michigan Tech and 11 against New Mexico Highlands.
• The player to watch at the linebacker position is Charlie Johnson, who has totaled 36.0 tackles on the year to go along with 1.0 tackle-for-loss, one pass break-up and one fumble recovery. He has posted a season-high of nine tackles twice this year, doing so against Upper Iowa and New Mexico Highlands.
• Aiden Werlinger leads the defensive line for South Dakota Mines, finding his way into the backfield for 2.0 tackles-for-loss and 1.5 sacks this season. 
• Charlie Flohr is in his sixth season as the head coach at South Dakota Mines, guiding the Hardrockers to a 27-26 record during his tenure.

SERIES HISTORY

• Saturday marks the 140th Black Hills Brawl featuring Black Hills State and South Dakota Mines, with the Hardrockers holding the narrow 66-62-11 advantage in the series.
• The Yellow Jackets extending the streak to four consecutive games won by the visiting team last year on October 5, 2024, defeating the Hardrockers 22-20 at O’Harra Stadium in Rapid City. In what was a low scoring first half, BHSU kicker Ryan Ewing set the school-record with a 58-yard field goal, helping himself earn D2Football National Special Teams Player of the Week following the contest.