1978 Montana State Bobcats football team
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Conference | Big Sky Conference |
Record | 8–2 (4–2 Big Sky) |
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Home stadium | Sales Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Northern Arizona $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. T–9 Montana State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boise State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weber State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their first season under head coach Sonny Lubick, the Bobcats compiled an 8–2 record (4–2 against Big Sky opponents) and tied for second place in the Big Sky.[1]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 9 | at North Dakota* | W 21–13 | ||||||
September 16 | North Dakota State* | W 28–18 | 7,650 | [2] | ||||
September 23 | Texas A&I* | No. 6 |
| W 42–21 | ||||
September 30 | No. 3 Boise State | No. 6 |
| W 31–29 | 12,850 | [3] | ||
October 7 | at Weber State | No. 2 | W 21–14 | |||||
October 14 | Idaho State![]() | No. 2 |
| W 23–12 | ||||
October 21 | at Idaho | No. 1 | W 57–21 | 9,000 | ||||
October 28 | Northern Arizona | No. 1 |
| L 22–43 | ||||
November 4 | at Montana | No. T–5 |
| L 8–24 | 13,044 | [4] | ||
November 11 | at Fresno State* | W 35–14 | 7,258 | |||||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Bobcat Record Book" (PDF). Montana State University. 2018. p. 59. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- ^ "Bobcats belt North Dakota St". Great Falls Tribune. September 17, 1978. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Montana State shocks Boise". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 1, 1978. p. 3B.
- ^ Warren Wintrode (November 5, 1978). "Grizzlies ambush Bobcats, 24-8". The Montana Standard. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.