2010 Montana State Bobcats football team

American college football season

2010 Montana State Bobcats football
Big Sky co-champion
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 11
FCS CoachesNo. 11
Record9–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach
  • Rob Ash (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorBrian Wright (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJamie Marshall (4th season)
Home stadiumBobcat Stadium
Seasons
← 2009
2011 →
2010 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Eastern Washington +^   7 1     13 2  
No. 11 Montana State +^   7 1     9 3  
No. 20 Montana   5 3     7 4  
Weber State   5 3     6 5  
Sacramento State   5 3     6 5  
Northern Arizona   4 4     6 5  
Northern Colorado   2 6     3 8  
Portland State   1 7     2 9  
Idaho State   0 8     1 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2010 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Rob Ash and played its home games at Bobcat Stadium. The team finished the regular season with an 8–3 record, making them Big Sky Conference co-champions alongside Eastern Washington. The team qualified for the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, in which they were eliminated in the second round by the North Dakota State Bison.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultSource
September 4Fort Lewis*No. 24
W 59–10
September 11at Washington State*No. 24L 22–23
September 18Drake*No. 22
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 48–21
September 25No. 9 Eastern WashingtonNo. 17
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 30–7
October 2at Sacramento StateNo. 10
W 64–61
October 9Portland StateNo. 10
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 44–31
October 16at Northern ArizonaNo. 9L 7–34
October 23Northern ColoradoNo. 15
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 37–35
October 30at Idaho StateNo. 13W 23–20
November 6Weber StateNo. 12
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 24–10
November 20at No. 11 MontanaNo. 8W 21–16
December 4No. 25 North Dakota State*No. 6
L 17–42[2]

References

  1. ^ "Montana State Yearly Results 2010-2014". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  2. ^ "Bison run over Bobcats". Great Falls Tribune. December 5, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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