The 2011 season marked the 50th year of South Dakota State University football at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium.
To mark the golden anniversary, a 50-member Coughlin-Alumni Stadium All-Time Team was selected. Fan balloting determined roughly half the team by position, with the remaining at-large players selected by a panel of former coaches, administrators and media who have had a long association with Jackrabbit football.
* Players with an asterisk (*) were selected by fan voting.
Offense
QB: *Ryan Berry, Mike Busch, Gary Maffett, Ron Meyer, Ted Wahl
RB: *Kyle Minett, *Josh Ranek, Darwin Gonnerman, Dan Sonnek, Les Tuma
WR: *Josh Davis, *Jeff Tiefenthaler, Mike Ethier, Lionel Macklin
TE: *Steve Heiden, Colin Cochart, Clyde Hagen, Monte Mosiman, Dennis Thomas
OL: *Matt Berry, *Mitch Erickson, *Jim Langer, *Ryan McKnight, *Adam Timmerman, Lynn Boden, Chuck Loewen, Jerry Ochs
Defense
DL: *Danny Batten, *Bill Matthews, *Eric Schroeder, *Kevin Tetzlaff, Joey Abell, Zach Carter, Phil Engle, Tim Roth
LB: *Derek Domino, *Doug Miller, *Jimmy Rogers, Chris Coauette, Rick Reese
DB: *Cole Brodie, *Scott Connot, *Conrad Kjerstad, *Wayne Rasmussen, Dan Dummermuth, Charlie Clarksean, Dave Peterson
Special Teams
K: *Adam Vinatieri, Parker Douglass
P: *Adam Vinatieri, Tom O’Brien