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1973 Montana State Bobcats football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record7–4 (5–1 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDon Christensen (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorSonny Lubick (3rd season)
Home stadiumSales Stadium
Seasons← 19721974 →
1973 Big Sky Conference football standings
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 AP small college 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.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8Idaho State*W 42–78,350
September 15at North Dakota State*L 17–346,700–7,100
September 22at No. 10 Boise StateL 17–2714,521
September 29Fresno State*
  • Sales Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 38–69,253–9,257
October 6at Idaho StateW 43–2111,000
October 13Weber State
  • Sales Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 33–09,837
October 20MontanaW 33–712,335
October 27at IdahoW 35–147,068
November 3at Northern ArizonaW 45–03,100
November 10North Dakota*No. 15
  • Sales Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
L 30–415,600
November 17at Santa Clara*L 6–104,220
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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. "MSU crushes Idaho State, 42–7". The Independent-Record. September 9, 1973. Retrieved December 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "MSU loses free-for-all". The Billings Gazette. September 16, 1973. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Autele leads Boise victory". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. September 23, 1973. p. 2, sports. Retrieved December 15, 2024 – via Google News Archive.
  6. "Cats' ground attack blasts Fresno 38–6". Great Falls Tribune. September 30, 1973. Retrieved December 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Mike Dunbar guides Bobcat steamroller". The Billings Gazette. October 7, 1973. Retrieved December 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Bobcats bury Weber, 33–0". The Missoulian. October 14, 1973. Retrieved December 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Cats tumble Tips, 33–7". The Daily Inter Lake. October 21, 1973. Retrieved December 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Emerson, Paul (October 28, 1973). "Classy Montana State punishes Vandals, 35–14". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 19. Retrieved December 15, 2024 – via Google News Archive.
  11. "'Cats blast Axers, 45–0". Idaho State Journal. November 4, 1973. p. 9. Retrieved December 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Sioux end Bobcat win streak". The Independent-Record. November 11, 1973. Retrieved December 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Santa Clara clips MSU eleven, 10–6". The Montana Standard. November 18, 1973. p. 7. Retrieved December 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Final 1973 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Montana State)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
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