1983 Montana State Bobcats football team

1983 Big Sky Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; * – Nevada was given a win on the Fremont Cannon after UNLV was forced to forfeit the game after an investigation found that ineligible players had participated in the 1983 and 1984 seasons. ; Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll

1983 Montana State Bobcats football
1983 Montana State Bobcats football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
1983 record	1–10 (1–6 Big Sky)
Head coach	Dave Arnold (1st season);
Home stadium	Sales Stadium
	Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

The 1983 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their first season under head coach Dave Arnold, the Bobcats compiled a 1–10 record (1–6 against Big Sky opponents) and finished last in the Big Sky.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at Washington State*	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA	L 7–27	21,750
September 10	at North Dakota*	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND	L 3–21
September 17	Idaho	Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	L 0–23
September 24	at Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 16–33
October 1	Weber State	Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	L 20–23
October 8	at No T–14 Idaho State	ASISU MiniDome Pocatello, ID	L 3–26
October 15	Fresno State*	Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	L 12–31	6,467
October 22	at Boise State	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	L 0–42	16,974
October 29	Montana	Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT (rivalry)	W 28–8	15,197	^[2]
November 5	Eastern Washington	Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	L 17–22
November 19	at No. 14 Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	L 3–33	7,011
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^ "Bobcat Record Book" (PDF). Montana State University. 2018. p. 59. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
^ George Geise (October 30, 1983). "Bobcats boot Griz". Great Falls Tribune. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.

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1983 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 11 Nevada* $^	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	4	–	0
No. 12 Idaho State ^	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Idaho	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Boise State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Weber State	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Montana	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Northern Arizona	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Montana State	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant * – Nevada was given a win on the Fremont Cannon after UNLV was forced to forfeit the game after an investigation found that ineligible players had participated in the 1983 and 1984 seasons. Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll