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Gatton — , a former Montana State football player from — A native of Iowa who was raised in Bozeman, Gatton enlisted in the U. The class of voted in that when the school built a new football field it should be named for Cyrus Gatton, and the request was honored ten years later.
Sonny Holland is considered the greatest Bobcat football player in school history. The Butte native joined the program in , and starting at center as a true freshman, helped lead Montana State to its first national title when it tied St.
Joseph’s in the first NAIA championship game 0—0. He would earn first team All-America honors in , and and is the only MSU player to do so three times. As a player, his teams never lost to rival Montana beating the Grizzlies 33—14, 22—13, 20—6, and 40—6, with Holland manning both the center and middle linebacker positions in most of those games. Holland returned to MSU as an assistant coach and became the head coach in After a disappointing 2—7—1 first season that included his only loss to Montana as a player or head coach, he went on to finish.
After a humiliating 30—0 loss to UM in , Holland’s teams rattled off wins of 21—3, 33—7, 43—29, 20—3, 21—12, and 24—19 against their rivals. In 11 games against Montana as a player and head coach Holland went 10—1 outscoring the Grizzlies — Holland’s No. Hass set the game , season 1, , and career 2, rushing records for the Bobcats during his four years. His yards in a single game in against Weber State is still the top single game performance in school history.
While that game stands out, his best performances were against the Grizzlies. He led them to wins in and In , he ran for yards for the first time in his career, and finished with yards in a 24—7 win. In he ran for yards in a 38—0 rout in Missoula. He ran for a Cat-Griz record yards against Montana in , leading the Bobcats to a 14—8 win. All told he had yards rushing in three games against Montana, all wins. The Montana State football jersey with number 21 is retired in his honor and hangs inside Bobcat Stadium.
Erickson was a MSU quarterback from to He was also a head coach in college and professional football from to In , Dennis Erickson engineered the greatest comeback, in what is considered by many as the most exciting game in the Cat-Griz series. In all, 34 points were scored in the final quarter.
Erickson, flanker Ron Bain, and running back Paul Schafer led the comeback, as the Bobcats clinched a tie for the Big Sky championship—their third straight. Bain’s brother, Doug of the Grizzlies, gave Montana a 17—9 lead early in the quarter on a pass from Ray Brum. After another UM touchdown made the score 24—9 with just over 10 minutes to go it looked as if the Grizzlies would win going away, but the Bobcats weren’t done.
Schaefer scored on a short run with to play and Erickson hit Bain for a touchdown with five minutes left cutting the lead to two at 24— The Grizzlies appeared to have the winning drive stopped at the MSU 32, but a facemask penalty gave the Cats new life on the Scoring 20 points in the last nine minutes, Montana State won 29—24 when Schafer, who had 58 carries for yards in the game, dove into the end zone with 12 seconds left.
After Schafer’s go-ahead touchdown with 12 seconds to play, the Grizzlies nearly spoiled things for MSU. After a touchback on the kickoff, UM takes over at the 20 with speedy receiver Ron Baines at quarterback. He gains 15, and another 15 are tacked on by an unnecessary roughness penalty to stop the clock with three seconds to go. Baines then makes a circus run of 37 yards from midfield before he’s dragged down at the MSU 13 after time expires. Bobcat QB Dennis Erickson was the difference.
Stenerud scored 82 points as a senior in He was inducted in and is the only pure kicker in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Stenerud’s name is in the Kansas City Chiefs’ ring of honor, and he is one of just four MSU players to have his number, “78” retired.
Five Montana State graduates have played in a Super Bowl. The Lions started the season 0—5 before winning 13 of their last 15 games to win the championship. Lulay threw for a league-high 32 touchdowns and passed for 4, yards to finish with the second best passer rating in the CFL. He also ran for yards 8. All three Big Sky Conference championships were taken in the last game of the season with wins over rival Montana.
Lulay led Montana State in rushing his senior year with yards. He left with school records for career passing yards 10,—11th in NCAA Division I-AA history , single-season total offense, and total offense in a career. He graduated with a 3. Kollar became one of just four Big Sky Conference players ever selected as an NFL first round draft choice when he was taken by the Cincinnati Bengals in He has been an NFL defensive line coach since and currently coaches in that capacity for the Denver Broncos.
Don Haas, Holland and Stenerud are the others. It was the first such distinction for a Montana State player. He was also a consensus All-America in , the 20th Bobcat to attain that status. Schreibeis came to Montana State as a walk-on in , and after red-shirting for one season, eventually worked his way into a starting position for one game as a sophomore in He became a full-time starter in and was selected as an honorable mention to the All-Big Sky team.
The season was a breakout campaign for Schreibeis. In 10 regular-season games, the team captain collected 51 tackles and led the Big Sky with 12 sacks. He ranked first on his team in tackles for loss The Bobcats also won their third straight Big Sky Conference title that season.
Along with the two defensive player of the year awards, he was also a finalist for the Ted Hendricks Award, given to the best defensive end in all divisions of college football. He finished fifth in the final voting. He made an immediate impact as a true-freshman, despite playing sparingly, as he recorded two sacks and blocked two kicks, leaving observers to speculate that he would have a great career. Daly left football after that season, only to return a year later with a renewed vigor.
In his sophomore year, he proved his worth by leading the Big Sky Conference with As a junior he became a full-time defensive end, but suffered a severely sprained ankle, and dropped to just 5. A year later he bounced back, despite nagging injuries, to lead the nation in sacks with 14 sacks and For his career Daly finished with 34 sacks. He was also a unanimous first team All-America selection and the Big Sky Conference defensive player of the year as a senior.
Bobby Daly was sixth in the Buck Buchanan Award voting. After coming to MSU from Norway on a ski jumping scholarship, Stenerud starred on the varsity team with a then-NCAA record yard field goal against rival Montana and 82 points scored as a senior in He would later go on to play for the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings earning four trips to the Pro Bowl in his 19 seasons as a professional. He was inducted in and is one of only two pure kickers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the other being Morten Andersen.
Stenerud’s name is in the Kansas City Chiefs’ ring of honor and he is one of just four MSU players to have his number “78” retired. Wilson was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame on September 20, , following a long career as an offensive lineman with the British Columbia Lions. He played in two Grey Cup games and , and was a key member of B. The former Bobcat All-America was a standout defensive back and kick return specialist for nine years with Calgary.
Announced schedules as of December 21, [26]. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Football program of Montana State University. Main article: Brawl of the Wild. Main article: Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, Montana. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. August Learn how and when to remove this template message.
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All told he had yards rushing in three games against Montana, all wins. The Montana State football jersey with number 21 is retired in his honor and hangs inside Bobcat Stadium. Erickson was a MSU quarterback from to He was also a head coach in college and professional football from to In , Dennis Erickson engineered the greatest comeback, in what is considered by many as the most exciting game in the Cat-Griz series.
In all, 34 points were scored in the final quarter. Erickson, flanker Ron Bain, and running back Paul Schafer led the comeback, as the Bobcats clinched a tie for the Big Sky championship—their third straight. Bain’s brother, Doug of the Grizzlies, gave Montana a 17—9 lead early in the quarter on a pass from Ray Brum. After another UM touchdown made the score 24—9 with just over 10 minutes to go it looked as if the Grizzlies would win going away, but the Bobcats weren’t done. Schaefer scored on a short run with to play and Erickson hit Bain for a touchdown with five minutes left cutting the lead to two at 24— The Grizzlies appeared to have the winning drive stopped at the MSU 32, but a facemask penalty gave the Cats new life on the Scoring 20 points in the last nine minutes, Montana State won 29—24 when Schafer, who had 58 carries for yards in the game, dove into the end zone with 12 seconds left.
After Schafer’s go-ahead touchdown with 12 seconds to play, the Grizzlies nearly spoiled things for MSU. After a touchback on the kickoff, UM takes over at the 20 with speedy receiver Ron Baines at quarterback. He gains 15, and another 15 are tacked on by an unnecessary roughness penalty to stop the clock with three seconds to go.
Baines then makes a circus run of 37 yards from midfield before he’s dragged down at the MSU 13 after time expires. Bobcat QB Dennis Erickson was the difference. Stenerud scored 82 points as a senior in He was inducted in and is the only pure kicker in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Stenerud’s name is in the Kansas City Chiefs’ ring of honor, and he is one of just four MSU players to have his number, “78” retired.
Five Montana State graduates have played in a Super Bowl. The Lions started the season 0—5 before winning 13 of their last 15 games to win the championship. Lulay threw for a league-high 32 touchdowns and passed for 4, yards to finish with the second best passer rating in the CFL.
He also ran for yards 8. All three Big Sky Conference championships were taken in the last game of the season with wins over rival Montana. Lulay led Montana State in rushing his senior year with yards. He left with school records for career passing yards 10,—11th in NCAA Division I-AA history , single-season total offense, and total offense in a career.
He graduated with a 3. Kollar became one of just four Big Sky Conference players ever selected as an NFL first round draft choice when he was taken by the Cincinnati Bengals in He has been an NFL defensive line coach since and currently coaches in that capacity for the Denver Broncos. Don Haas, Holland and Stenerud are the others.
It was the first such distinction for a Montana State player. He was also a consensus All-America in , the 20th Bobcat to attain that status. Schreibeis came to Montana State as a walk-on in , and after red-shirting for one season, eventually worked his way into a starting position for one game as a sophomore in He became a full-time starter in and was selected as an honorable mention to the All-Big Sky team.
The season was a breakout campaign for Schreibeis. In 10 regular-season games, the team captain collected 51 tackles and led the Big Sky with 12 sacks. He ranked first on his team in tackles for loss The Bobcats also won their third straight Big Sky Conference title that season. Along with the two defensive player of the year awards, he was also a finalist for the Ted Hendricks Award, given to the best defensive end in all divisions of college football. He finished fifth in the final voting.
He made an immediate impact as a true-freshman, despite playing sparingly, as he recorded two sacks and blocked two kicks, leaving observers to speculate that he would have a great career. Daly left football after that season, only to return a year later with a renewed vigor. In his sophomore year, he proved his worth by leading the Big Sky Conference with As a junior he became a full-time defensive end, but suffered a severely sprained ankle, and dropped to just 5.
A year later he bounced back, despite nagging injuries, to lead the nation in sacks with 14 sacks and For his career Daly finished with 34 sacks. He was also a unanimous first team All-America selection and the Big Sky Conference defensive player of the year as a senior.
Bobby Daly was sixth in the Buck Buchanan Award voting. After coming to MSU from Norway on a ski jumping scholarship, Stenerud starred on the varsity team with a then-NCAA record yard field goal against rival Montana and 82 points scored as a senior in He would later go on to play for the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings earning four trips to the Pro Bowl in his 19 seasons as a professional.
He was inducted in and is one of only two pure kickers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the other being Morten Andersen. Stenerud’s name is in the Kansas City Chiefs’ ring of honor and he is one of just four MSU players to have his number “78” retired.
Wilson was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame on September 20, , following a long career as an offensive lineman with the British Columbia Lions. He played in two Grey Cup games and , and was a key member of B.
The former Bobcat All-America was a standout defensive back and kick return specialist for nine years with Calgary. Announced schedules as of December 21, [26]. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Football program of Montana State University. Main article: Brawl of the Wild. Main article: Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, Montana. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.
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Retrieved December 19, Retrieved March 29, Montana State University Athletics. Retrieved November 24, Retrieved January 9, Berg Of Basalt, Killed in Action”. Post Register. Idaho Falls, Idaho. July 19, Retrieved March 7, — via newspapers.
Berg Killed in Action cont’d “. Associated Press. December 12, November 28, Lewiston Morning Tribune. Lewiston, Idaho. December 5, I-AA Playoffs”.
Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. December 16, Retrieved May 6, — via newspapers. Retrieved May 6, Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Retrieved 17 November Retrieved Montana State University. Retrieved June 9, Even three nonconference flops could be erased by a Big Sky title and Montana is hunting its first since its co-championship in was vacated. University of Utah Libraries. September 15, Spokane, Washington. June 3, Archived from the original on Retrieved December 21, Montana State Bobcats football.
Sales Stadium — Bobcat Stadium —present. Bowl games Montana. Spirit of the West Marching Band. Head coaches NFL draftees.
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The program began in and has won three national championships , , and Through the season, the Bobcats had played in 1, games with an all-time record of —— The Bobcats were members of the RMAC from to , after being an independent from to MSC rejoined the NCAA College Division in , and had one of its most successful runs as an independent from to with six straight winning seasons, including an 8—2 mark in and 8—1 in In , Montana State became a charter member of the Big Sky Conference and has since won two national championships.
The Bobcats have won conference titles in eight of the past nine decades and have won multiple conference titles in seven of the last eight decades. Through the season, the Bobcats are 13—9—2 in postseason play. Their primary rival is Montana , whom they meet in the annual Brawl of the Wild , more commonly referred to as the Cat-Griz game by MSU students, alumni and supporters. The Bobcats did not record a winning season between and , MSC’s last pre-war squad.
The ‘Cats were 1—10 in that stretch against Montana, and were shut out for eight consecutive years. In , however, things began to change. Composed of war-hardened veterans, Clyde Carpenter and the Bobcats rolled up a 5—3—1 regular season record, impressive enough to land the team its first-ever bowl bid.
The Bobcats tied New Mexico, 13— Although it would be seven more seasons until Montana State would again win more than it lost, that season helped chart the course into what would become an unbelievably successful period in Montana State’s football history as the Bobcats would take 22 of the next 30 games from to from the Grizzlies and would win all three of their national championships during that same span. The team was special for more than its accomplishments, however.
The only pre-war regular to play in the Harbor Bowl was Bill Zupan, whose brother Al was among those ‘Cat gridders making the ultimate sacrifice. Joseph’s College from Rensselaer, Indiana. The game was nationally aired on CBS television and radio. It was played on a rain-soaked field that thwarted MSU’s offense, which had run for an average of The Bobcats of head coach Tony Storti were the fourth, and last, Montana State football team to go undefeated.
The game is the only blemish on the record of the team as it finished at 9—0—1. Upon the establishment of Division II in , a full playoff system was introduced to determine the national champion. The Bobcats finished the season at 7—4. MSU led 17—0 in the third quarter before Akron cut the lead to 17— Running back Tom Kostrba scored from seven yards out in the fourth quarter to seal the win.
The Bobcats advanced to the championship game with a 17—16 quarterfinal win over the New Hampshire in Bozeman. The extra-point attempt to tie the game with seven minutes remaining missed wide right, and the remainder of the game was scoreless. Montana State finished the season with ten consecutive wins and a 12—1 record; the lone loss at Fresno State came in September. Montana State, behind head coach Dave Arnold , beat Arkansas State 31—14, after falling behind 14—0, in the quarterfinals and Rhode Island 32—20, after trailing 20—12 entering the fourth quarter, in the semifinals.
Quarterback Kelly Bradley threw for over yards in each playoff game and had eight touchdown passes in the postseason. Tight end Joe Bignell hauled in 10 passes for yards and two touchdowns in the championship game. Montana State holds the distinction of being the only college football program with national championships in three levels of college football.
Joseph’s Indiana. In the history of college football, including the NAIA, there have been just 11 quarterbacks that have gone over 10, yards passing and 1, yards rushing for their career. Two of those quarterbacks were produced by Montana State. Travis Lulay accomplished the feat in when he finished with 10, passing and 1, rushing.
DeNarius McGhee hit those milestones on consecutive weeks in when he went over 1, rushing against Northern Arizona, then hit 10, passing against Weber State. He finished his career with 1, yards rushing and 11, yards passing. Lulay started the sixth game of his freshman year against Idaho State. After a 2—4 start, he led the Bobcats to the Big Sky regular season championship and their first trip to the playoffs in 18 years.
McGhee started the first game of his frosh season and has only missed two games — both in his senior year. MSU is one of just three schools to have repeat winners of the Buck Buchanan Award, which is given out annually by The Sports Network to the most outstanding defensive player in the Football Championship Subdivision.
Both players manned the defensive end Bandit position for MSU and racked up big numbers playing in defensive line coach Bo Beck’s system. The two players took completely different routes to the award as Schreibeis, a walk-on out of Billings West, didn’t get on the list until the last week of the season and Daly, a highly touted prospect out of Helena Capital, was on the list all season.
On November 17, at approximately in the afternoon at Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula with Montana State clinging to a lead after rallying from a deficit and rival Montana sitting within one foot of the Bobcats goal line with 14 seconds to play, defensive tackle Tucker Yates of Colstrip, Mont.
Bobcat fans have since referred to the play as The Stuff or The Montana Stuff in reference to the four Montana natives who played key roles in the play. Earlier in the quarter Collins had forced and recovered a fumble in UM territory to set up the go-ahead touchdown.
The Bobcats trailed by 15 points in the fourth quarter and outscored the Grizzlies after falling behind The overall comeback is the greatest in Cat-Griz Game history and the fourth quarter comeback matched the comeback from a deficit by the Bobcats, which ended in a win over UM.
Montana State is 12—10 all time in the FCS playoffs and has won the natioanl championship once, in Both teams play for The Great Divide Trophy. As of , Montana holds a healthy 72—41—5 lead in the series, but the series has been tight since with UM holding just a 32—31 lead; however, there was a notable losing record in the ‘s where MSU failed to win a single game.
The series has three distinct periods. From to the teams didn’t belong to a conference and at times would play twice per year. Early seasons had seven games or less with one season seeing the Grizzlies play just one game. Four of the five ties in the series came during this era. Montana won 12 games to Montana State’s 7. During this period UM enjoyed a 30—8—1 edge in Cat-Griz games. Both schools entered the Big Sky Conference as charter members in with Montana holding a 42—15—2 series lead, but the Bobcats winning five of the previous seven.
From to Montana State enjoyed its most successful period of the Cat-Griz rivalry. MSU won 17 games to just six for UM. Following that Montana started “The Streak” when it won 16 straight games from to Prior to that UM had a 40—10—5 advantage.
Montana State has seen 29 players receive First Team All-America recognition, with 22 of those earning consensus All-America status based on being selected to the first team of three or more recognized All-America teams. In , Jim Argeris became the first player selected as a first team All-America. Center Sonny Holland is the only three-time honoree and running back Don Hass the only two-time honoree.
MSU had seven first team selections from to , which is the most of any four-year span in school history. McGhee is the first quarterback, Owens is the third linebacker, and Schreibeis the fifth defensive end in MSU history to receive the honor. The other time it occurred was when ‘s national championship team saw defensive end Mark Fellows , punter Dirk Nelson, and offensive tackle Bill Schmidt selected.
In , Brad Daly became the seventh defensive lineman to earn All-America status. Daly also joined punter Matthew Peot as the only unanimous All-America selections in school history. The Bobcats play their home games at Bobcat Stadium , located at the south end of campus in Bozeman. In , the stadium’s parking lots were paved, landscaped, and had lighting installed to enhance the pre-game tailgating experience.
During and following the season, stadium lighting was added and its first night game was in against Chadron State on Thursday, August MSU renovated the south end zone in , adding 5, seats to bring the official seating capacity to 17, The Cat-Griz game against Montana in set a stadium record with an attendance of 21, The new end zone seating holds over 7, fans.
Included in the upgrades were an 18′ x 37′ LED video board, two scoreboards, and sound system. In , the natural grass playing surface was replaced with FieldTurf. In the late fall of , Montana State raised funds for stadium lighting in order to extend the hours it can practice and play night games. Seven light standards were erected around the stadium. MSU currently has plans to renovate the east grandstand to include matching sky suites of the west grandstand and erect seating in the north end zone.
These additions would increase seating capacity to approximately 24, Fund-raising isn’t expected to go public until Prior to the addition, Bobcat Stadium was renovated in when the west grandstand was removed and replaced with a new grandstand with luxury sky suites, indoor stadium seating, press box, and club room. The north bleachers were also removed at this time and replaced with locker rooms for visitors, game officials, and an auxiliary locker room for the Bobcats.
The name of the stadium was changed from Reno H. Sales Stadium to Bobcat Stadium at this time. The stadium capacity dropped from 15, to 12, due to the reconfiguration. Reno H. Sales Stadium was erected in and replaced Gatton Field. Through the football season, the Bobcats played home games for four decades at Gatton Field.
It was located directly south of the Romney Gym, across Grant Street and northeast of the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse , which opened in The playing field ran east—west and had lighting as far back as the s.
Bobcat Stadium is approximately a half mile 0. The field was named for Cyrus J. Gatton — , a former Montana State football player from — A native of Iowa who was raised in Bozeman, Gatton enlisted in the U. The class of voted in that when the school built a new football field it should be named for Cyrus Gatton, and the request was honored ten years later.
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The name of the stadium was changed from Reno H. Sam Houston State. For his career Daly finished with 34 sacks.
