2014 Montana State Bobcats football team

The 2014 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by eighth 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 8–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to South Dakota State.

2014 Montana State Bobcats football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 20
FCS CoachesNo. 20
2014 record8–5 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Cramsey (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJamie Marshall
Home stadiumBobcat Stadium
(Capacity: 17,777)
2014 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Eastern Washington $^  7 1     11 3  
No. 13 Montana ^  6 2     9 5  
No. 20 Montana State ^  6 2     8 5  
No. 25 Idaho State  6 2     8 4  
Cal Poly  5 3     7 5  
Northern Arizona  5 3     7 5  
Sacramento State  4 4     7 5  
North Dakota  3 5     5 7  
Southern Utah  3 5     3 9  
Northern Colorado  2 6     3 8  
Portland State  2 6     3 9  
Weber State  2 6     2 10  
UC Davis  1 7     2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 305:00 pmat Arkansas State*No. 18ESPN3L 10–3726,143
September 67:00 pmBlack Hills State*No. 20CMM/ALT2W 57–1019,187
September 131:30 pmCentral Arkansas*No. 17
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
CMM/ALT2W 43–3317,777
September 201:00 pmNo. 2 Eastern Washington*No. 14
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
RTNWL 51–5219,377
September 272:00 pmNorth DakotaNo. 13
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
CMMW 29–1819,477
October 47:00 pmat Sacramento StateNo. 13CMMW 59–566,473
October 115:00 pmat UC DavisNo. 11RTNWW 77–377,152
October 183:30 pmWeber StateNo. 9
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
CMMW 23–1319,677
November 17:05 pmat Cal PolyNo. 8CMML 27–358,909
November 81:30 pmPortland StateNo. 15
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
CMMW 29–2216,627
November 151:30 pmIdaho StateNo. 12
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
RTNWW 44–3916,577
November 223:00 pmat No. 13 MontanaNo. 12RTNWL 7–3426,352
November 292:00 pmNo. 14 South Dakota State*No. 17
ESPN3L 40–477,747

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Eastern Washington on September 20 is considered a non conference game.

Game summaries

@ Arkansas State

1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Bobcats 7 0 3 0 10
Red Wolves 10 3 10 14 37

Black Hills State

1 2 3 4 Total
Yellow Jackets 0 0 10 0 10
#20 Bobcats 18 24 8 7 57

Central Arkansas

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 6 7 20 33
#17 Bobcats 10 13 14 6 43

Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Eagles 14 13 10 15 52
#14 Bobcats 23 7 14 7 51

North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
North Dakota 0 7 3 8 18
#13 Bobcats 3 23 0 3 29

@ Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Bobcats 21 0 17 21 59
Hornets 14 0 14 28 56

@ UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Bobcats 14 21 28 14 77
Aggies 10 0 20 7 37

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 3 0 10 13
#9 Bobcats 0 7 7 9 23

@ Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Bobcats 7 10 10 0 27
Mustangs 7 7 14 7 35

Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 10 3 2 7 22
#15 Bobcats 15 7 0 7 29

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 14 16 0 9 39
#12 Bobcats 7 16 14 7 44

@ Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
#12 Bobcats 0 0 0 7 7
#13 Grizzlies 17 10 0 7 34

FCS Playoffs

First Round–South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
#14 Jackrabbits 14 10 7 16 47
#17 Bobcats 6 14 6 14 40

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
Sports Network 18 20 17 14 13 13 11 9 10 8 15 12 12 17 20 
Coaches 19 23 18 16 17 15 14 11 11 9 16 13 12 17 20

References

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