The Bobcats advanced to the championship game with a 17-16 quarterfinal win over the New Hampshire in Bozeman and a 10-3 semifinal win in the Grantland Rice Bowl over North Dakota State, after trailing 3-0 at halftime in Fargo. No. 2022 Montana State Bobcats Roster - College Football Players It was beginning to appear that everything leading up to that moment was going to be forgotten. In 1917 Montana State joined the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and in 1924 Montana joined the Pacific Coast Conference, the predecessor of today's Pac-12. And the Bobcats are back in the lead!. They have qualified for the NCAA playoffs seven times, once as a Division II member and six times as a Division I-AA/FCS member. The University of Montana Department of Intercollegiate Athletics promotes its football teams each season with a printed media guide, which outlines current rosters (at time of print), schedules, results, and often included player and coach bios and statistics. Fellows arrived from Nevada with his wife and daughter wearing a yellow polo shirt resembling the color on the helmets and pants the 1984 team wore. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Friday, March 3, 6:02AM. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? . 2014 Football Roster - Montana State University Athletics 1989 -- Cut Bank 18, Choteau 7. . Do you have a sports website? In all, 34 points are scored in the final quarter. The 1987 team posted a 10-3 overall record and tied for first in the Big Sky at 7-1. "Erickson killed us," UM head coach Jack Swarthout said. Go To Coaching Staff. 1986-87 Montana State Bobcats Men's Roster and Stats Previous Season Next Season Record: 21-8 (12-2, 1st in Big Sky MBB ) Coach: Stu Starner PS/G: 86.2 (10th of 289) PA/G: 79.5 (262nd of 288) SRS: 3.11 (100th of 290) SOS: -1.81 (172nd of 290) Big Sky Reg Season Champ Montana State (Men's) School History Roster & Stats Polls, Schedule & Results The 1976 Montana State Bobcats football team represented the Montana State University in the 1976 NCAA Division II football season. The 1987 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Find out more. Kyle Sample can be reached at ksample@dailychronicle.com or 582-2690. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. He graduated with a 3.91 GPA. UM takes over at the 20 with speedy receiver Ron Baines at quarterback. In 1963, Montana State became a charter member of the Big Sky Conference, where it has won two national championships. Bill Lamberty. Through the 2011 season, the Bobcats are 9-6-2 in postseason play. The Bobcats play their home games at Bobcat Stadium, located at the south end of campus in Bozeman. He has been an NFL defensive line coach since 1990 and currently coaches in that capacity for the Houston Texans. He received the 2011 FCS Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award that same month. You can cancel at any time. 's 1985 championship team. In 2011, quarterback Travis Lulay was named the Most Outstanding Player in the Canadian Football League and led the British Columbia Lions to the Grey Cup title garnering the game's Most Valuable Player award in the 34-23 win over Winnipeg. MSU marks 30th anniversary of improbable championship. The spirit of 1984 | Bobcats Football | bozemandailychronicle.com The Lions started the season 0-4 before winning 13 of their last 17 games to win the championship. Montana State has won 19 conference titles, including 14 in the Big Sky Conference and five in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The championship was the first for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and the 1956 team is a member of the RMAC Hall of Fame. The 1956 Bobcats of head coach Tony Storti were the fourth, and last, Montana State football team to go undefeated. They had a great love for each other and they still do to this day, Arnold said. Erickson went on to coach the Miami Hurricanes to two NCAA Division I-A national championships. The field was named for Cyrus J. Gatton (18941918), a former Montana State football player from 1913-16. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. The call from play-by-play announcer Dean Alexander: Bradley to throw the blitz is on over the middle to Jesse Jones out of the backfield. Year Letter Hgt. Fletcher, Ken Amato of the Tennessee Titans and Mike Person of the San Francisco 49ers. He was a fierce competitor. Montana State, behind head coach Dave Arnold, beat Arkansas State 31-14, after falling behind 14-0, in the quarterfinals and Rhode Island 32-20, after trailing 20-12 entering the fourth quarter, in the semifinals. Find out the latest on your favorite NCAAF players on . FCS Football Championship History | NCAA.com 2023 Conference USA college football preview, part 1. Kollar became one of just four Big Sky Conference players ever selected as an NFL first round draft choice when he was taken by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1974. 1983-84 Montana State Bobcats Men's Roster and Stats Previous Season Next Season Record: 14-15 (7-7, 3rd in Big Sky MBB ) Coach: Stu Starner PS/G: 65.5 (188th of 275) PA/G: 64.4 (74th of 275) SRS: -2.89 (161st of 275) SOS: -1.16 (158th of 275) Montana State (Men's) School History Roster & Stats Polls, Schedule & Results On this page: Roster The NCAA Western Regional was one of four regionals that led up to the selection of the NCAA College Division champion by poll. It was played on a rain-soaked field that thwarted MSU's offense, which had run for an average of 323.1 yards rushing and 31.2 points per game. The Bobcats have won conference titles in eight of the past nine decades and have won multiple conference titles in seven of the last eight decades. Before World War II, Montana State football tasted success often, but in small doses. 1987 Montana State Bobcats football team The 1987 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Another comeback followed a week later in Missoula before the Bobcats wrapped up their first outright league crown since 1979 with a 41-3 drubbing of Northern Arizona. Montana-Montana State football: Memorable moments, all-time history of After coming to MSU from Norway on a ski jumping scholarship, Stenerud starred on the varsity team with a then-NCAA record 59-yard field goal against rival Montana and 82 points scored as a senior in 1965. ); The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. The official 2014 Football Roster for the Montana State University Bobcats. The complete list of NCAA Football FCS champions from the first season to today. Wgt. I just took a gamble and got it, Roberts said after MSU completed its eighth comeback win of the season on the strength of his 97-yard return and Eric Millers 40-yard touchdown run less than a minute later. The Idaho game in 84 we were down and we came back at Idaho not easy to do. UM Football Roster Search - Bentley Historical Library MSU strong safety Joe Roberts was waiting. The only pre-war regular to play in the Harbor Bowl was Bill Zupan, whose brother Al was among those 'Cat gridders making the ultimate sacrifice. 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997-2002 Box 2B (FBC540-2B) Alabama (University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa AL) The 49ers won the division for the second consecutive season, and ended the season as the top seed in the NFC playoffs. MSU, fresh off a 1-10 season in 1983 marred by injuries and infighting the offense and defense rode on separate buses and hardly interacted was predicted to finish at the bottom of the conference. Download. Join us for a March Madness Webinar on Tuesday, March 7 at 8pm ET. The Big Sky era shows Montana with a 28-21 lead. [1] The Bobcats played their home games on campus in Bozeman at Reno H. Sales Stadium . Search the complete digital archives for all papers in the Pioneer News Group. MSU also lost both of its coordinators in the offseason and didnt fill the vacancies until August, when Carson was hired to take over for Ed Schmidt, who bolted for San Diego State. Fittingly, the third-seeded Cats used another comeback two weeks later to top Arkansas State, 31-14, to set up a matchup with Rhode Island. 2023 Football Roster - Montana State University Northern Athletics Montana State won the 1976 NCAA Division II championship at the Pioneer Bowl in Wichita Falls, Texas, beating the Akron Zips 24-13 with head coach Sonny Holland at the helm. Missoula, MT. Both teams play for The Great Divide Trophy. The '87 squad will be recognized as the first Weber State team to advance to the FCS Playoffs and will be honored during Weber State's home game on Oct. 28 against Montana. Weber State team the Vandals 59-30 in the first round before falling at Marshall in the second round. MSU ended the drought by winning three of four, while UM holds a 6-4 edge after "The Streak" with Montana winning the most recent game 36-10 in Bozeman. From 1897 to 1916 the teams didn't belong to a conference and at times would play twice per year. A disappointing loss at home against Idaho State ensued, but it was the last time the Bobcats would come up short. His 215 wins rank him 17th among active NCAA coaches. He is a member of the MSU Hall of Fame and his number "77" is one of only four football numbers retired by MSU. The program began in 1897 and has won three national championships (1956, 1976, and 1984). They finished at 9-0-1. MSC rejoined the NCAA (College Division) in 1957, and had one of its most successful runs as an independent from 1957 to 1962 with six straight winning seasons, including an 8-2 mark in 1957 and 8-1 in 1958. Scoreboard. (); : The new end zone seating holds over 7,200 fans. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Don Haas, Holland and Stenerud are the others. 1987-88 Montana State Roster and Stats | College Basketball at Sports Scoreboard. All rights reserved. Coach of the Year,Dave Arnold, 2nd season, Kodak Division 1-AA and Football News National Coach of the Year. Rhode Island was lined up 13 yards shy of the end zone and leading Montana State 20-18 with a little more than four minutes remaining in the 1-AA semifinals. After a 2-2 start, the 1984 team finished 12-2 following a 1-10 season in 1983. 1988 Big Sky Conference football standings, NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1988_Montana_State_Bobcats_football_team&oldid=1084496545, Pages using CFB schedule with rivalry after location, Pages using CFB schedule with nowrap or nbsp opponent, Pages using CFB schedule with unnamed parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant, This page was last edited on 24 April 2022, at 21:02. Both schools entered the Big Sky Conference as charter members in 1963 with Montana holding a 42-15-2 series lead. In 1956, the Bobcats won a share of the NAIA title at the Aluminum Bowl in Little Rock, Arkansas, playing to a scoreless tie with the Pumas of St. Joseph's College from Rensselaer, Indiana. The Bobcats remained in the RMAC through 1956, while the Grizzlies continued in the PCC through 1949 and joined the Skyline (aka Mountain States) Conference, which also competed in the NCAA University (large) Division, from 1951-1961. Among other 2011 upgrades were an 18' x 37' LED video board, two scoreboards and sound system. He played briefly for the Seattle Seahawks and New Orleans Saints of the NFL and also played in the NFL Europa for two seasons. Montana State Bobcats Roster | ESPN Dave Arslanian was the offensive coordinator with Mike Zimmer, the current head coach of the Minnesota Vikings, as the defensive coordinator. Lulay threw for a league-high 32 touchdowns and passed for 4,815 yards to finish with the second best passer rating in the CFL. 1987-88 Montana State Roster and Stats Previous Season Next Season Record: 19-11 (10-6, 3rd in Big Sky ) Coach: Stu Starner PS/G: 74.9 (126th of 289) PA/G: 68.8 (63rd of 289) SRS: 1.68 (110th of 290) SOS: -1.21 (159th of 290) Montana State School History Roster & Stats Polls, Schedule & Results On this page: Roster Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Brody Grebe - Football - Montana State University Athletics 2022 Football Roster 10 Brody Grebe Position Defensive End Height 6-2 Weight 250 Class Sophomore Hometown Melstone, MT Highschool Melstone/Roundup Bio Stats Historical Biography The team also included Hall of Fame quarterback Jeff Carlson. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round of the AFL's 1966 draft and scored 11 points, including a then-Super Bowl record 48-yard field goal, in Kansas City's 23-7 Super Bowl IV win. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Baines then makes a circus run of 37 yards from midfield before he's dragged down at the MSU 13 after time expires. The former Bobcat All-America was a standout defensive back and kick return specialist for nine years with Calgary. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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Still going, hes inbounds and gets another block. We present them here for purely educational purposes. This years Bobcats will don similar uniforms this afternoon against North Dakota in a homecoming celebration of the mythical championship squad. His overall record at Drake was 125-63-2. [1] The team excelled on both offense and defense. After defensive end Mark Fellows decided not to leave the team and Sikora came to an understanding with new defensive line coach Joe Yanowsky that he wasnt a three-point-stance type of lineman, it appeared the Bobcats were ready. Ash has led Montana State to the Big Sky Conference championship and NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoffs his last two seasons. Former players interested in attending the event or getting more information can contact Jerry Graybeal at 801-626-8114, or jgraybeal@weber.edu. Do you have a blog? All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC.