American college football season
The 2019 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by fourth-year head coach Jeff Choate , the Bobcats compiled an overall record of 11–4 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the Big Sky. Montana State received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where, after a first round bye, the Bobcats defeated Albany in the second round and Austin Peay in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to the eventual national champion, North Dakota State . The team played home games at Bobcat Stadium in Bozeman, Montana .
Preseason [ edit ] Big Sky preseason poll [ edit ] The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Bobcats were picked to finish in fourth place by the media, and in fifth place by the coaches.[1]
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Eastern Washington 536 (25) 2 UC Davis 510 (13) 3 Weber State 472 (4) 4 Montana State 417 5 Montana 396 (1) 6 Northern Arizona 302 7 Idaho State 285 8 Idaho 248 9 Cal Poly 196 10 Portland State 178 11 Southern Utah 160 12 Sacramento State 125 13 Northern Colorado 90
Coaches poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Eastern Washington 140 (10) 2 UC Davis 127 (2) 3 Weber State 124 4 Montana 104 (1) 5 Montana State 100 6 Northern Arizona 88 7 Idaho State 72 8 Idaho 65 9 Cal Poly 56 10 Portland State 42 11 Sacramento State 40 12 Southern Utah 38 13 Northern Colorado 19
Preseason All–Big Sky team [ edit ] The Bobcats had five players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]
Offense
Mitch Brott – OL
Troy Andersen – FB
Defense
Bryce Sterk – OLB
Greg Filer – CB
Brayden Konkol – S
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 2:00 p.m. at Texas Tech * No. 14 FSN L 10–45 54,183 September 7 6:00 p.m. No. 12 Southeast Missouri State * No. 13 SWX W 38–17 19,497 September 14 2:00 p.m. at Western Illinois * No. 10 ESPN+ W 23–14 4,728 September 21 1:00 p.m. Norfolk State * No. 8 Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT SWX W 56–21 17,647 September 28 1:00 p.m. Northern Arizona No. 7 Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT SWX W 49–31 19,257 October 5 6:05 p.m. at Cal Poly No. 6 SWX W 34–28 OT 8,236 October 12 2:00 p.m. Sacramento State No. 6 Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT SWX L 21–34 19,437 October 26 11:00 a.m. at North Dakota No. 9 SWX/Pluto TV L 12–16 8,594 November 2 12:00 p.m. Southern Utah No. 14 Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT RTNW W 42–7 15,617 November 9 12:00 p.m. at Northern Colorado No. 12 SWX W 45–14 4,442 November 16 5:00 p.m. at UC Davis No. 10 SWX W 27–17 8,284 November 23 12:00 p.m. No. 3 Montana No. 8 Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT (rivalry ) RTNW W 48–14 19,827 December 7 1:00 p.m. No. 25 Albany * No. 5 ESPN3 W 47–21 12,947 6:00 p.m. No. 18 Austin Peay * No. 5 Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal) ESPN3 W 24–10 14,017 December 21 12:00 p.m. at No. 1 North Dakota State * No. 5 ESPN2 L 14–42 18,077
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Game summaries [ edit ] At Texas Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 14 Bobcats 0 7 0 3 10 Red Raiders 14 14 3 14 45
Southeast Missouri State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 12 Redhawks 0 10 0 7 17 No. 13 Bobcats 10 0 28 0 38
At Western Illinois [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 10 Bobcats 7 0 10 6 23 Leathernecks 0 7 7 0 14
Norfolk State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Spartans 7 7 7 0 21 No. 8 Bobcats 14 14 14 14 56
Northern Arizona [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Lumberjacks 14 14 3 0 31 No. 7 Bobcats 0 14 7 28 49
At Cal Poly [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total No. 6 Bobcats 0 14 14 0 6 34 Mustangs 7 0 0 21 0 28
Sacramento State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Hornets 7 14 13 0 34 No. 6 Bobcats 7 7 0 7 21
At North Dakota [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 9 Bobcats 3 3 0 6 12 Fighting Hawks 7 0 3 6 16
Southern Utah [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 0 0 7 7 No. 14 Bobcats 21 21 0 0 42
At Northern Colorado [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 12 Bobcats 7 17 14 7 45 Bears 7 0 0 7 14
At UC Davis [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 10 Bobcats 7 7 0 13 27 Aggies 0 10 7 0 17
Montana [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 3 Grizzlies 0 14 0 0 14 No. 8 Bobcats 17 14 3 14 48
FCS Playoffs [ edit ] The Bobcats entered the postseason tournament as the number five seed, with a first-round bye.[5]
Albany–Second Round [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 25 Great Danes 7 0 0 14 21 No. 5 Bobcats 16 10 14 7 47
Austin Peay–Quarterfinals [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 18 Governors 0 3 0 7 10 No. 5 Bobcats 10 0 14 0 24
At North Dakota State–Semifinals [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 5 Bobcats 0 7 7 0 14 No. 1 Bison 7 22 7 6 42
Ranking movements [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final STATS FCS 14 13 10 8 7 6 6 12 9 14 12 10 8 5 4 Coaches 15 19 15 14 11 7 6 12 9 15 14 10 8 5 4
References [ edit ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold