American college football season
The 2014 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Bobcats were led by eighth 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 8–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to South Dakota State.
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 5:00 pm at Arkansas State * No. 18 ESPN3 L 10–3726,143 September 6 7:00 pm Black Hills State * No. 20 CMM /ALT2 W 57–1019,187 September 13 1:30 pm Central Arkansas * No. 17 Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT CMM/ALT2 W 43–3317,777 September 20 1:00 pm No. 2 Eastern Washington * No. 14 Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT RTNW L 51–5219,377 September 27 2:00 pm North Dakota No. 13 Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT CMM W 29–1819,477 October 4 7:00 pm at Sacramento State No. 13 CMM W 59–566,473 October 11 5:00 pm at UC Davis No. 11 RTNW W 77–377,152 October 18 3:30 pm Weber State No. 9 Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT CMM W 23–1319,677 November 1 7:05 pm at Cal Poly No. 8 CMM L 27–358,909 November 8 1:30 pm Portland State No. 15 Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT CMM W 29–2216,627 November 15 1:30 pm Idaho State No. 12 Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT RTNW W 44–3916,577 November 22 3:00 pm at No. 13 Montana No. 12 RTNW L 7–3426,352 November 29 2:00 pm No. 14 South Dakota State * No. 17 Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT (FCS Playoffs First Round ) ESPN3 L 40–477,747 *Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Eastern Washington on September 20 is considered a non conference game.
Game summaries [ ] @ Arkansas State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#18 Bobcats
7
0
3
0
10
Red Wolves
10
3
10
14
37
Black Hills State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Yellow Jackets
0
0
10
0
10
#20 Bobcats
18
24
8
7
57
Central Arkansas [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
6
7
20
33
#17 Bobcats
10
13
14
6
43
Eastern Washington [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#2 Eagles
14
13
10
15
52
#14 Bobcats
23
7
14
7
51
North Dakota [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
0
7
3
8
18
#13 Bobcats
3
23
0
3
29
@ Sacramento State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#13 Bobcats
21
0
17
21
59
Hornets
14
0
14
28
56
@ UC Davis [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#11 Bobcats
14
21
28
14
77
Aggies
10
0
20
7
37
Weber State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
3
0
10
13
#9 Bobcats
0
7
7
9
23
@ Cal Poly [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#8 Bobcats
7
10
10
0
27
Mustangs
7
7
14
7
35
Portland State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Vikings
10
3
2
7
22
#15 Bobcats
15
7
0
7
29
Idaho State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bengals
14
16
0
9
39
#12 Bobcats
7
16
14
7
44
@ Montana [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#12 Bobcats
0
0
0
7
7
#13 Grizzlies
17
10
0
7
34
FCS Playoffs [ ] First Round–South Dakota State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#14 Jackrabbits
14
10
7
16
47
#17 Bobcats
6
14
6
14
40
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
Poll
Pre
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
Sports Network
18
20
17
14
13
13
11
9
10
8
15
12
12
17
20
Coaches
19
23
18
16
17
15
14
11
11
9
16
13
12
17
20
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People National championship seasons in bold
