1979 Montana State Bobcats football team
American college football season
1979 Montana State Bobcats football | |
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Big Sky champion | |
Conference | Big Sky Conference |
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AP | No. 9 (I-AA) |
Record | 6–4 (6–1 Big Sky) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Reno H. Sales Stadium |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boise State * | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Montana State $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Nevada ^ | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. T–10 Northern Arizona | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weber State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 Montana State Bobcats football team represented the Montana State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach Sonny Lubick, the Bobcats compiled an overall record of 6–4 and a mark of 6–1 in conference play. They were named the Big Sky champion after Boise State was ruled ineligible.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 8 | North Dakota* |
| L 16–20 | 7,070 | [1] | |
September 15 | Fresno State* |
| L 20–22 | 8,143 | ||
September 22 | at Idaho State | W 31–14 | ||||
September 29 | at Boise State | L 0–14 | 20,712 | [2] | ||
October 6 | Weber State |
| W 40–21 | |||
October 13 | at No. T–8 Nevada | W 12–10 | 9,215 | |||
October 20 | at No. 6 Northern Arizona | W 10–7 | ||||
October 27 | Idaho | No. 9 |
| W 28–20 | 7,127 | [3] |
November 3 | Montana | No. 8 |
| W 38–21 | [4] | |
November 10 | North Dakota State* | No. 6 | L 7–21 | [5] | ||
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Roster
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Offense
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References
- ^ "Final 1979 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- ^ "Tough defenses". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 30, 1979. p. 3D.
- ^ Emerson, Paul (October 28, 1979). "Bad day at Bozeman". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 2D.
- ^ "Bobcats clinch 'Sky title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 4, 1979. p. 4D.
- ^ "Cats fall to Bison". The Billings Gazette. November 11, 1979. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2015 football media guide" (PDF). Montana State University Athletics. 2015.