1973 Montana State Bobcats football team

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1973 Montana State Bobcats football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
1973 record7–4 (5–1 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadiumSales Stadium
Seasons
← 1972
1974 →
1973 Big Sky Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Boise State $^ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 3 – 0
Montana State 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Idaho 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Northern Arizona 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Montana 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Weber State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Idaho State 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA College Division AP Poll

The 1973 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season. In their third season under head coach Sonny Holland, the Bobcats compiled a 7–4 record (5–1 against Big Sky opponents) and finished second in the Big Sky.[1]

The team played its home games in the newly-constructed, 10,000-seat Reno H. Sales Stadium in Bozeman, Montana.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8Idaho State
W 42–7
September 15at North Dakota State
L 17–346,700[4]
September 22at Boise State
L 17–2714,521[5]
September 29Fresno State
  • Sales Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 38–6
October 6at Idaho State
W 43–21
October 13Weber Statedagger
  • Sales Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 33–0
October 20Montana
W 33–7
October 27at Idaho
W 35–147,068[6]
November 3at Northern ArizonaFlagstaff, AZW 45–0[7]
November 10North Dakota
  • Sales Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
L 30–41
November 17at Santa ClaraSanta Clara, CAL 6–10[8]
  • daggerHomecoming

References[]

  1. ^ "Bobcat Record Book" (PDF). Montana State University. 2018. p. 59. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  2. ^ "New year, new stadium for Cats". Great Falls Tribune. September 6, 1973. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ First game played in the newly-built Sales Stadium.
  4. ^ "MSU loses free-for-all". The Billings Gazette. September 16, 1973. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Autele leads Boise victory". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. September 23, 1973. p. 2, sports.
  6. ^ Emerson, Paul (October 28, 1973). "Classy Montana State punishes Vandals, 35-14". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 19.
  7. ^ "'Cats Blast Axers, 45-0". Idaho State Journal. November 4, 1973. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Santa Clara clips MSU eleven, 10-6". The Montana Standard. November 18, 1973. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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