2019 Montana State Bobcats football team

The 2019 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by fourth-year head coach Jeff Choate[1] and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 11–4, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Albany in the second round and Austin Peay in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to North Dakota State.

2019 Montana State Bobcats football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 4
FCS CoachesNo. 4
2019 record11–4 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Miller (2nd as OC, 4th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorKane Ioane (1st season)
Home stadiumBobcat Stadium
(Capacity: 17,777)
2019 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 3 Weber State +^  7 –1     11 –4  
No. 9 Sacramento State +^  7 –1     9 –4  
No. 6 Montana ^  6 –2     10 –4  
No. 4 Montana State ^  6 –2     11 –4  
Eastern Washington  6 –2     7 –5  
UC Davis  3 –5     5 –7  
Idaho  3 –5     5 –7  
Portland State  3 –5     5 –7  
Cal Poly  2 –6     3 –8  
Southern Utah  2 –6     3 –9  
Northern Arizona  2 –6     4 –8  
Northern Colorado  2 –6     2 –10  
Idaho State  2 –6     3 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Although North Dakota was classified as an independent, games against them still counted as Big Sky Conference games.
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season
Main article: 2018 Montana State Bobcats football team

The Bobcats finished the 2018 season 8–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Incarnate Word in the first round before losing in the second round to North Dakota State.

Preseason

Big Sky preseason poll

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.[2]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Eastern Washington536 (25)
2UC Davis510 (13)
3Weber State472 (4)
4Montana State417
5Montana396 (1)
6Northern Arizona302
7Idaho State285
8Idaho248
9Cal Poly196
10Portland State178
11Southern Utah160
12Sacramento State125
13Northern Colorado90
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Eastern Washington140 (10)
2UC Davis127 (2)
3Weber State124
4Montana104 (1)
5Montana State100
6Northern Arizona88
7Idaho State72
8Idaho65
9Cal Poly56
10Portland State42
11Sacramento State40
12Southern Utah38
13Northern Colorado19

Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Bobcats had five players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[3]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
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
RTNW W 48–14 19,827
December 7 1:00 p.m. No. 25 Albany* No. 5
ESPN3 W 47–21 12,947
December 13 6:00 p.m. No. 18 Austin Peay* No. 5
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

[4]

Game summaries

at Texas Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Bobcats 0 7 0 3 10
Red Raiders 14 14 3 14 45
See also: 2019 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

Southeast Missouri State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Redhawks 0 10 0 7 17
No. 13 Bobcats 10 0 28 0 38
See also: 2019 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

at Western Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Bobcats 7 0 10 6 23
Leathernecks 0 7 7 0 14
See also: 2019 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

Norfolk State
1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 7 7 7 0 21
No. 8 Bobcats 14 14 14 14 56
See also: 2019 Norfolk State Spartans football team

Northern Arizona
1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 14 14 3 0 31
No. 7 Bobcats 0 14 7 28 49
See also: 2019 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

at Cal Poly
1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 6 Bobcats 0 14 14 06 34
Mustangs 7 0 0 210 28
See also: 2019 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Sacramento State
1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 7 14 13 0 34
No. 6 Bobcats 7 7 0 7 21
See also: 2019 Sacramento State Hornets football team

at North Dakota
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Bobcats 3 3 0 6 12
Fighting Hawks 7 0 3 6 16
See also: 2019 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

Southern Utah
1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0 0 0 7 7
No. 14 Bobcats 21 21 0 0 42
See also: 2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

at Northern Colorado
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Bobcats 7 17 14 7 45
Bears 7 0 0 7 14
See also: 2019 Northern Colorado Bears football team

at UC Davis
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Bobcats 7 7 0 13 27
Aggies 0 10 7 0 17
See also: 2019 UC Davis Aggies football team

Montana
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Grizzlies 0 14 0 0 14
No. 8 Bobcats 17 14 3 14 48
See also: 2019 Montana Grizzlies football team

FCS Playoffs

The Bobcats entered the postseason tournament as the number five seed, with a first-round bye.[5]

Albany–Second Round
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Great Danes 7 0 0 14 21
No. 5 Bobcats 16 10 14 7 47
See also: 2019 Albany Great Danes football team

Austin Peay–Quarterfinals
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Governors 0 3 0 7 10
No. 5 Bobcats 10 0 14 0 24
See also: 2019 Austin Peay Governors football team

at North Dakota State–Semifinals
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Bobcats 0 7 7 0 14
No. 1 Bison 7 22 7 6 42
See also: 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team

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 
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
  1. "Jeff Choate - Football Coach". Montana State University Athletics. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  2. "Scoreboard: Big Sky Conference preseason football polls". 406 MT SPORTS. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. "Big Sky Conference announces preseason all-conference teams". MTSPX. 15 July 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  4. "2019 Montana State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  5. "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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