1947 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 1947 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1947 college football season. In its second season under head coach Clyde Carpenter, the team compiled a 4–5 record.[1]
| 1947 Montana State Bobcats football | |
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| Conference | Rocky Mountain Conference |
| 1947 record | 4–5 (1–0 RMC) |
| Head coach | Clyde Carpenter (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Gatton Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State $ | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado College | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ? | – | ? | – | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State–Greeley | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Mines | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western State | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bobcats defeated cross-state rival Montana on October 18 to win the Copper Bowl trophy. The game drew a crowd of 13,350, the largest crowd to see any sporting event in the state of Montana up to that point.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 20 | at Oregon* |
| L 14–27 | 11,500 | [3] | ||
| September 26 | at BYU* | Provo, UT | L 14–19 | [4] | |||
| October 3 | at Colorado State–Greeley | Greeley, CO | W 32–13 | [5] | |||
| October 11 | Hawaii* | Billings, MT | L 0–14 | 10,000 | [6] | ||
| October 18 | vs. Montana* |
| W 13–12 | 10,350 | [2] | ||
| October 25 | Idaho State* | Bozeman, MT | W 34–12 | [7] | |||
| November 1 | Utah State* | Bozeman, MT | L 13–28 | 7,000 | [8] | ||
| November 8 | Portland* |
| W 20–13 | 3,000 | [9] | ||
| November 15 | at Nevada* |
| L 0–55 | [10] | |||
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References
- "Bobcat Record Book" (PDF). Montana State University. 2018. p. 57. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
- "Bobcats Skin Grizzlies by 13 to 12". The Montana Standard. October 19, 1947. pp. 1, 26 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Bobcats Lead Oregon Most of Way Only to Lose by 27 to 14". Montana Standard. September 21, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- Demar Teuscher (September 28, 1947). "Cougars Win Over Bobcats". The Sunday Herald (Provo, Utah). p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Long Run Sparks Bobcats to Greeley Victory". The Independent-Record. October 4, 1947. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- "University of Hawaii Gridders Down Bobcats by 14-to-0 Score". The Billings Gazette. October 12, 1947. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Montana State Bobcats Turn Back Idaho State Bengals by 34-12 Triumph". Great Falls Tribune. October 26, 1947. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Utags Spoil Bobcat Homecoming". The Missoulian. November 2, 1947. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Bobcats Score Early To Win 20-13". The Missoulian. November 9, 1947. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Nevada's Last-Half Surge Buries Montana State 55-0". Nevada State Journal. November 16, 1947. p. S-1 – via Newspapers.com.
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