2012 Montana State Bobcats football team

2012 Montana State Bobcats football

Big Sky Conference Co–Champions
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals vs. Sam Houston State, L 16–34
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	#2
FCS Coaches	#2
2012 record	11–2 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Rob Ash (6th year)
Defensive coordinator	Jamie Marshall
Home stadium	Bobcat Stadium (Capacity: 17,777)

2012 Big Sky football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#4 Eastern Washington +^		7	–	1		11	–	3
#2 Montana State +^		7	–	1		11	–	2
#12 Cal Poly +^		7	–	1		9	–	3
#20 Northern Arizona		6	–	2		8	–	3
Sacramento State		4	–	4		6	–	5
Northern Colorado		4	–	4		5	–	6
Southern Utah		4	–	4		5	–	6
North Dakota		3	–	5		5	–	6
Montana		3	–	5		5	–	6
UC Davis		3	–	5		4	–	7
Portland State		2	–	6		3	–	8
Weber State		2	–	6		2	–	9
Idaho State		0	–	8		1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant As of December 15, 2012 ; Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2012 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by sixth 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 11–2, 7–1 in Big Sky play to share the conference championship with Cal Poly and Eastern Washington. The received an at–large bid into the FCS playoffs where they defeated Stony Brook in the second round before falling to Sam Houston State in the quarterfinals. It was the second straight year the Bobcats were knocked out of the playoffs by Sam Houston State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Non-Conference Schedule
August 30	7:05 PM	Chadron State*	#4	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT	Max Media/Big Sky TV	W 33–6	20,767
September 8	5:05 PM	at Drake*	#4	Drake Stadium • Des Moines, IA		W 34–24	3,558
September 15	1:35 PM	#23 Stephen F. Austin*	#3	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT	Max Media/Big Sky TV	W 43–35	17,147
Conference Schedule
September 22	2:05 PM	Northern Colorado	#2	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT	Max Media/Big Sky TV	W 41–16	18,637
September 29	1:35 PM	at Southern Utah	#2	Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT	RTNW ^[1]	W 24–17	8,417
October 6	5:05 PM	at UC Davis	#2	Aggie Stadium • Davis, CA	RTNW	W 48–41	9,877
October 13	1:35 PM	#6 Eastern Washington	#2	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT	RTNW	L 24–27	20,477
October 27	2:05 PM	North Dakota	#4	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT	Max Media/Big Sky TV	W 55–10	17,137
November 3	5:05 PM	at Sacramento State	#3	Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, CA	RTNW	W 20–17	7,143
November 10	1:35 PM	Portland State	#2	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT	RTNW	W 65–30	15,177
November 17	1:35 PM	at Montana	#2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	RTNW	W 16–7	26,210
2012 FCS Playoffs
December 1	5:00 PM	#10 Stony Brook*	#2	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 16–10	15,257
December 7	6:00 PM	#5 Sam Houston State*	#2	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals/Pecan Bowl)	ESPN2	L 16–34	16,417
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Game notes

Chadron State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	0	3	0	6
#4 Bobcats	6	13	7	7	33

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2006	CHAD, 35–24

@ Drake

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Bobcats	7	7	7	13	34
Bulldogs	0	17	7	0	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2010	MSU, 48–21

Stephen F. Austin

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Lumberjacks	10	10	3	12	35
#3 Bobcats	14	7	7	15	43

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2005	MSU, 42–6

Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	13	3	0	16
#2 Bobcats	21	10	7	3	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–11–1	2011	MSU, 31–21

@ Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Bobcats	7	7	3	7	24
Thunderbirds	0	7	0	10	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2007	MSU, 7–3

@ UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Bobcats	7	24	0	17	48
Aggies	14	0	24	3	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2011	MSU, 38–14

Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Eagles	0	3	10	14	27
#2 Bobcats	0	10	7	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–25	2011	MSU, 36–21

North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Dakota	7	0	3	0	10
#4 Bobcats	14	14	7	20	55

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–13–1	1983	UND, 21–3

@ Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Bobcats	7	3	3	7	20
Hornets	3	7	7	0	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–6	2011	MSU, 31–21

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	7	3	10	10	30
#2 Bobcats	24	35	6	0	65

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–9	2011	MSU, 38–36

@ Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Bobcats	3	7	3	3	16
Grizzlies	7	0	0	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
36–70–5	2011	MONT, 36–10

FCS Playoffs

Stony Brook–FCS Playoffs Second Round

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Seawolves	0	3	0	7	10
#2 Bobcats	7	3	3	3	16

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Sam Houston State–FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Bearkats	3	17	7	7	34
#2 Bobcats	3	0	6	7	16

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	2011	SHS, 49–13

This is the second straight year the Bobcats and Bearkats have met in the FCS quarterfinals. Last years game was in Huntsville, Texas.

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Sports Network	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	5	4	3	2	2	2
Coaches	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	5	4	3	2	2	2

References

↑ "DIRECTV Sports Networks and Big Sky Conference Announce Inaugural 2012 Football Schedule on ROOT SPORTS". Rootsports.com. Retrieved 2012-04-10.

Montana State Bobcats football

Venues	Gatton Field (1930–1971) Van Winkle Stadium (1972) Reno H. Sales Stadium (1973–1997) Bobcat Stadium (1998–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Brawl of the Wild (Montana)

Culture & lore	Spirit of the West Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

2012 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Appalachian State Bethune-Cookman Cal Poly Central Arkansas Coastal Carolina Colgate Eastern Illinois Eastern Washington Georgia Southern Illinois State Montana State New Hampshire North Dakota State Old Dominion Sam Houston State South Dakota State Stony Brook Villanova Wagner Wofford

Champion – North Dakota State

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