2015 Montana State Bobcats football team

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.

2015 Montana State Bobcats football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2015 record5–6 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coachRob Ash (9th season)
Offensive coordinatorTim Cramsey (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJamie Marshall
Co-defensive coordinatorKane Ioane
Home stadiumBobcat Stadium
(Capacity: 17,777)
2015 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 18 Southern Utah $^  7 –1     8 –4  
No. 10 Portland State ^  6 –2     9 –3  
No. 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 Poll

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
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:05 PMFort Lewis*No. 11
CMMW 45–1419,367
September 192:05 PMat No. 14 Eastern Washington*No. 11
RTNWL 50–5510,912
September 261:35 PMNo. 20 Cal PolyNo. 15
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
CMMW 45–2819,707
October 35:05 PMat Northern ArizonaNo. 11
CMML 41–499,431
October 105:05 PMSacramento StateNo. 18
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
RTNWW 35–1319,407
October 171:35 PMat No. 17 Portland StateNo. 16
RTNWL 42–598,110
October 242:35 PMEast Tennessee State*No. 21
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
CMMW 63–718,617
October 3112:00 PMat North DakotaNo. 19
CMML 38–447,090
November 71:35 PMNo. 20 Southern Utah
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
RTNWL 23–3417,427
November 141:35 PMat Idaho State
CMMW 44–206,498
November 2112:05 PMNo. 17 Montana
RTNWL 35–5420,507

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
See also: Fort Lewis Skyhawks
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
See also: 2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football team
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
See also: 2015 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
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
See also: 2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
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
See also: 2015 Sacramento State Hornets football team
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
See also: 2015 Portland State Vikings football team
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
See also: 2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
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
See also: 2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team
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
See also: 2015 Idaho State Bengals football team
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
See also: 2015 Montana Grizzlies football team and Brawl of the Wild
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. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = 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
  1. http://billingsgazette.com/sports/college/big-sky-conference/montana-state-university/football/rob-ash-montana-state-bobcats-coaches-fired/article_78e5207a-9659-5a69-8e0a-7858d13ded90.html
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