2015 Montana State Bobcats football team

2015 Montana State Bobcats football
Conference Big Sky Conference
2015 record 5–6 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach Rob Ash (9th season)
Offensive coordinator Tim Cramsey
Co-defensive coordinator Jamie Marshall
Co-defensive coordinator Kane Ioane
Home stadium Bobcat Stadium
(Capacity: 17,777)
2015 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#18 Southern Utah $^  7 –1     8 –4  
#10 Portland State ^  6 –2     9 –3  
#14 Montana ^  6 –2     8 –5  
North Dakota  5 –3     7 –4  
Northern Arizona  5 –3     7 –4  
Eastern Washington  5 –3     6 –5  
Weber State  5 –3     6 –5  
Northern Colorado  3 –5     6 –5  
Montana State  3 –5     5 –6  
Cal Poly  3 –5     4 –7  
UC Davis  2 –6     2 –9  
Idaho State  1 –7     2 –9  
Sacramento State  1 –7     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by ninth year head coach Rob Ash and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for eighth place.

On November 24, head coach Rob Ash was fired.[1] He finished at Montana State with a nine-year record of 70–38.

Coaching staff

Name Position
Rob AshHead coach
Jamie MarshallAssistant Head Coach/Co-Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
Tim CramseyOffensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Kane IoaneCo-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Bo BeckDefensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator
Daniel DaPratoTight Ends/Special Teams Coordinator
Michael RiderCornerbacks
Michael PitreRunning Backs
Garrett BeckerVideo Coordinator
Jason EckOffensive Line
Jody OwensLinebackers Assistant

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 7:05 PM Fort Lewis* No. 11 Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT CMM W 45–14   19,367
September 19 2:05 PM at No. 14 Eastern Washington* No. 11 Roos Field • Cheney, WA RTNW L 50–55   10,912
September 26 1:35 PM No. 20 Cal Polydagger No. 15 Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT CMM W 45–28   19,707
October 3 5:05 PM at Northern Arizona No. 11 Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ CMM L 41–49   9,431
October 10 5:05 PM Sacramento State No. 18 Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT RTNW W 35–13   19,407
October 17 1:35 PM at No. 17 Portland State No. 16 Providence Park • Portland, OR RTNW L 42–59   8,110
October 24 2:35 PM East Tennessee State* No. 21 Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT CMM W 63–7   18,617
October 31 12:00 PM at North Dakota No. 19 Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND CMM L 38–44   7,090
November 7 1:35 PM No. 20 Southern Utah Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT RTNW L 23–34   17,427
November 14 1:35 PM at Idaho State Holt Arena • Pocatello, ID CMM W 44–20   6,498
November 21 12:05 PM No. 17 Montana Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT (Brawl of the Wild) RTNW L 35–54   20,507
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Eastern Washington on September 19 is considered a non conference game.

Game summaries

Fort Lewis

1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 0 0 7 7 14
#11 Bobcats 0 14 14 17 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 2010 MSU, 59–20

at Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Bobcats 7 10 14 19 50
#14 Eagles 21 13 14 7 55
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–28 2014 EWU, 52–51

Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Mustangs 7 14 0 7 28
#15 Bobcats 21 10 14 0 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–10 2014 POLY, 35–27

at Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Bobcats 7 7 6 21 41
Lumberjacks 14 14 14 7 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–25 2013 MSU, 36–7

Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 7 3 3 0 13
#18 Bobcats 14 7 7 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–6 2014 MSU, 59–56

at Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Bobcats 14 7 21 0 42
#17 Vikings 14 21 21 3 59
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–9 2014 MSU, 29–22

East Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 0 7 7
#21 Bobcats 13 22 14 14 63
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Bobcats 7 17 7 7 38
North Dakota 21 10 7 6 44
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–13–1 2014 MSU, 29–18

Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Thunderbirds 0 7 19 8 34
Bobcats 7 3 7 6 23
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 2013 SUU, 22–14

at Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 17 10 14 3 44
Bengals 0 0 14 6 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
41–28 2014 MSU, 44–39

Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
#17 Grizzlies 17 20 7 10 54
Bobcats 7 7 8 13 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
37–71–5 2014 MONT, 34–7

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 11 11 11 15 11 18 16 21 19 RV RV RV RV NR 
Coaches 11 9 9 13 11 19 16 19 18 24 RV NR NR NR

References

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