2012 Montana State Bobcats football team

2012 Montana State Bobcats football
Big Sky co-champion
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals, L 16–34 vs. Sam Houston State
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network No. 2
FCS Coaches No. 2
2012 record 11–2 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach Rob Ash (6th season)
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* No. 4 Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT Max Media/Big Sky TV W 33–6   20,767
September 8 5:05 PM at Drake* No. 4 Drake Stadium • Des Moines, IA W 34–24   3,558
September 15 1:35 PM No. 23 Stephen F. Austin* No. 3 Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT Max Media/Big Sky TV W 43–35   17,147
Conference Schedule
September 22 2:05 PM Northern Coloradodagger No. 2 Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT Max Media/Big Sky TV W 41–16   18,637
September 29 1:35 PM at Southern Utah No. 2 Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT RTNW [1] W 24–17   8,417
October 6 5:05 PM at UC Davis No. 2 Aggie Stadium • Davis, CA RTNW W 48–41   9,877
October 13 1:35 PM No. 6 Eastern Washington No. 2 Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT RTNW L 24–27   20,477
October 27 2:05 PM North Dakota No. 4 Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT Max Media/Big Sky TV W 55–10   17,137
November 3 5:05 PM at Sacramento State No. 3 Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, CA RTNW W 20–17   7,143
November 10 1:35 PM Portland State No. 2 Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT RTNW W 65–30   15,177
November 17 1:35 PM at Montana No. 2 Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild) RTNW W 16–7   26,210
2012 FCS Playoffs
December 1 5:00 PM No. 10 Stony Brook* No. 2 Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT (FCS Playoffs Second Round) ESPN3 W 16–10   15,257
December 7 6:00 PM No. 5 Sam Houston State* No. 2 Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals) ESPN2 L 16–34   16,417
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Game summaries

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

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