2018 Montana State Bobcats football team

2018 Montana State Bobcats football
Conference Big Sky Conference
2018 record 3–2 (1–1 Big Sky)
Head coach Jeff Choate (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Brian Armstrong (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Ty Gregorak (3rd season)
Home stadium Bobcat Stadium
(Capacity: 17,777)
2018 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Eastern Washington  3 –0     5 –1  
Idaho State  3 –0     4 –1  
No. 14 UC Davis  2 –0     4 –1  
No. 22 Montana  2 –1     4 –2  
Northern Arizona  2 –1     3 –3  
Montana State  1 –1     3 –2  
No. 13 Weber State  1 –1     3 –2  
Idaho  1 –2     2 –3  
Cal Poly  1 –2     2 –4  
Portland State  1 –2     2 –4  
Sacramento State  0 –2     2 –3  
Southern Utah  0 –2     0 –5  
Northern Colorado  0 –3     0 –6  
  • *Although North Dakota is classified as an independent, games against them still count as Big Sky conference games.
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Montana State Bobcats football team represents Montana State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats are led by third-year head coach Jeff Choate and play their home games at Bobcat Stadium. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

The Bobcats finished the 2017 season 5–6, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

Preseason

Polls

On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Bobcats were predicted to finish in eighth place in both the coaches and media poll.[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 134 (6)
2 Weber State 124 (3)
3 Northern Arizona 121 (3)
4 Idaho 101 (1)
5 Sacramento State 94
6 Southern Utah 91
7 Montana 82
8 Montana State 76
9 UC Davis 64
10 Cal Poly 40
11 Northern Colorado 30
12 Idaho State 29
13 Portland State 21
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 651 (27)
2 Weber State 636 (19)
3 Northern Arizona 535 (1)
4 Montana 496 (2)
5 Idaho 483 (3)
6 Southern Utah 449 (1)
7 Sacramento State 415
8 Montana State 391 (1)
9 UC Davis 331 (1)
10 Idaho State 170
11 Cal Poly 169
12 Northern Colorado 166
13 Portland State 103

Preseason All-Conference Team

The Bobcats had one player selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[2]

Tucker Yates – Sr. DT

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.Western Illinois*
SWXW 26–2318,507
September 85:00 p.m.at No. 3 South Dakota State*
SWXL 14–4514,614
September 151:00 p.m.Wagner*
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
SWXW 47–2418,037
September 223:00 p.m.at Portland State
SWXW 43–234,135
September 291:00 p.m.No. 5 Eastern Washington
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
RTNWL 17–3418,667
October 132:00 p.m.Idahodagger
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
RTNW
October 204:00 p.m.at Weber State
RTNW
October 273:30 p.m.at Idaho State
ELVN
November 32:00 p.m.Cal Poly
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
SWX
November 101:00 p.m.Northern Colorado
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
RTNW
November 1712:00 p.m.at Montana
RTNW

Game summaries

Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 7 6 7 3 23
Bobcats 3 3 14 6 26
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 1993 MSU, 29–16

at South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 0 0 8 6 14
No. 3 Jackrabbits 7 17 14 7 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–4 2017 SDSU, 31–27

Wagner

1 2 3 4 Total
Seahawks 7 14 3 0 24
Bobcats 14 16 10 7 47
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 6 20 17 0 43
Vikings 3 13 7 0 23
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–10 2017 MSU, 30–22

Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Eagles 14 10 3 7 34
Bobcats 10 0 0 7 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–31 2017 EWU, 31–19

Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 0
Bobcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–25–1 2016 ID, 20–17

at Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 0
Wildcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
31–21–1 2017 WEB, 25–17

at Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 0
Bengals 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
47–31–3 2017 MSU, 28–14

Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 0
Bobcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–10 2015 MSU, 45–28

Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0
Bobcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–11–1 2017 MSU, 27–24

at Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 0
Grizzlies 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
39–72–5 2017 MSU, 31–23

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 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV  
Coaches NR RV RV RV RV RV RV

References

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