Search the complete digital archives for all papers in the Pioneer News Group. You could see that we were going to be pretty good.. He also had college head coaching stints with the Idaho Vandals, Wyoming Cowboys, Washington State Cougars, Oregon State Beavers and Arizona State Sun Devils. MSU currently has plans to renovate the east grandstand to include matching sky suites of the west grandstand and erect seating in the north end zone. At the snap, Erhardt took a step back and then fired to his left. Hall of Fame running back Fine Unga, senior linebacker Robb Akey and senior linebacker Vernell Quinn all earned First Team All-Big Sky honors. The new end zone seating holds over 7,200 fans. They are the only college football program in the nation to win national championships on three different levels of competition, NAIA, NCAA Division II, and NCAA Division I-AA (now FCS). Get any of our free daily email newsletters news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The national championship was the first ever for the RMAC and was also the first time the NAIA had a football champion. Montana has won 22 of the last 26 meetings. Perhaps the most unexpected result came Nov. 17 in Fresno, Calif. Fresno, led by former MSU coach Jim Sweeney, was routing the Cats, 28-7, in the third quarter, a margin so comfortable the entire home coaching staff removed their headsets. The Bobcats remained in the RMAC through 1956, while the Grizzlies continued in the PCC through 1949 and joined the Skyline (aka Mountain States) Conference, which also competed in the NCAA University (large) Division, from 1951-1961. The Brawl of the Wild is the game between MSU and their primary rival; the University of Montana Grizzlies. The 1987 team posted a 10-3 overall record and tied for first in the Big Sky at 7-1. MSU ended the drought by winning three of four, while UM holds a 6-4 edge after "The Streak" with Montana winning the most recent game 36-10 in Bozeman. Kollar became one of just four Big Sky Conference players ever selected as an NFL first round draft choice when he was taken by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1974. The 49ers won the division for the second consecutive season, and ended the season as the top seed in the NFC playoffs. The call from play-by-play announcer Dean Alexander: Bradley to throw the blitz is on over the middle to Jesse Jones out of the backfield. After Schafer's touchdown, the Grizzlies nearly spoil things for MSU. Main Navigation Menu. After a 7-1 record in conference play, the Wildcats were selected for the then-Division I-AA Playoffs and were sent to take on Big Sky rival Idaho in Moscow. The Montana and Montana State football rivalry, known as "The Brawl of the Wild," is the fourth-oldest rivalry in the FCS. Plus, explore all of your favorite teams' player rosters on FOXSports.com today! Rams quarterback Tom Ehrhardt dropped back, looking for the touchdown that would finally put an end to MSUs string of improbable wins and send 12,367 fans home unfulfilled on an unseasonably warm December 1984 day. Al Wilson was elected to the CFL Hall of Fame on September 20, 1997, following a long career as an offensive lineman with the British Columbia Lions. Athletics Diversity & Inclusion Committee, TicketSmarter - Ticket Resale Marketplace. Others were Orin Beller, Newell Berg, Dana Bradford, John Burke, Bernard Cluzen, William Coey, Karl Fye, John Hall, Joseph McGeever, John Phelan, Richard Roman, Wendell Scabad and Alton Zempel, according to the outstanding centennial history of MSU, "In the People's Interest". MSU marks 30th anniversary of improbable championship. Since MSU won its first national championship in 1956, the series shows UM with a 30-26 edge. Year Letter Hgt. Introductory offer for new subscribers only. One Montana State Bobcat has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, this was Jan Stenerud. He gains 15 and another 15 are tacked on by an unnecessary roughness penalty. 1986-87 Montana State Bobcats Men's Roster and Stats Previous Season Next Season Record: 21-8 (12-2, 1st in Big Sky MBB ) Coach: Stu Starner PS/G: 86.2 (10th of 289) PA/G: 79.5 (262nd of 288) SRS: 3.11 (100th of 290) SOS: -1.81 (172nd of 290) Big Sky Reg Season Champ Montana State (Men's) School History Roster & Stats Polls, Schedule & Results Fletcher, Ken Amato of the Tennessee Titans and Mike Person of the San Francisco 49ers. Prior to Drake he was the head coach at Division III Juniata for nine years. Schaefer scored on a short run with 8:15 to play and Erickson hit Bain for a touchdown with five minutes left cutting the lead to two at 24-22. Still going, hes inbounds and gets another block. All rights reserved. We won't share it with anyone else. MSU is one of just two Big Sky Conference schools, along with Boise State, to win a Camellia Bowl game. Do you have a sports website? We had to hit bottom and when we did everybody kind of said, This is bigger than me, its bigger than him and I want to win, so what do we have to do?, We never quit. If you value these stories, please consider subscribing. The RMAC included several teams that would become Mountain West members. 1902 -- Helena and Fort Shaw (Best records, no game), 1906 -- Great Falls and Livingston (Both undefeated, no game), 1908 -- Butte 49, Miles City 0 (Butte won the Western United States Championship and lost to Chicago in the National Title 11 -- - 4 -- in Butte), 1914 -- Billings and Butte (The game was unable to be scheduled), 1917 -- Bozeman (Unbeaten during regular season), 1965 -- Great Falls 24, Great Falls Central 21, 1994 -- Missoula Big Sky 39, Missoula Hellgate 13, 2008 -- Miles City 20, Billings Central 7, 2009 -- Frenchtown 28, Billings Central 6, 1974 -- Thompson Falls 60, Huntley Project 22, 2000 -- Wibaux 36, Medicine Lake/Froid 32, 1999 -- Blue Sky-KG 46, West Yellowstone 8, 2001 -- Geraldine 45, Joplin-Inverness 42, 2013 -- Geraldine-Highwood 50, Stanford-Geyser-Denton 18. The Montana State Bobcats football program competes in the Big Sky Conference of the NCAA's Division I Football Championship Subdivision for Montana State University. [1] The team excelled on both offense and defense. Football Football: Facebook Football: . Go To Coaching Staff. It was located directly south of the Romney Gym, across Grant Street and northeast of the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, which opened in 1957. He went on to play eight seasons in the NFL, including five with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (); : The 1988 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. His 2007 team was 6-5, followed by a 7-5 mark in 2008, 7-4 in 2009, 9-3 in 2010 and 10-3 in 2011. Print. Bill Lamberty. He is just eight wins away from the school record of 47 wins held by Sonny Holland (19711977). Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. The series has three distinct periods. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Montana won 12 games to Montana State's 7. 1988 Big Sky Conference football standings, NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1988_Montana_State_Bobcats_football_team&oldid=1084496545, Pages using CFB schedule with rivalry after location, Pages using CFB schedule with nowrap or nbsp opponent, Pages using CFB schedule with unnamed parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant, This page was last edited on 24 April 2022, at 21:02. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Visit ESPN to view the Montana State Bobcats team roster for the current season. 1989 -- Cut Bank 18, Choteau 7. . Create a password that only you will remember. Bobcat Stadium renovated the south end zone in 2011, which added 5,277 more seats giving the stadium an official seating capacity of 17,777 up from 12,500 previously. Montana State linebackers Greg Wilkes (99) and Clete Linebarger (27) pursue Arkansas State's quarterback in a 1-AA quarterfinal in 1984. The class of 1917 voted in 1920 that when the school built a new football field it should be named for Cyrus Gatton. Tight end Joe Bignell hauled in 10 passes for 130 yards and two touchdowns in the championship game. Get full access to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle's award-winning news and sports coverage, as well as arts and entertainment, opinions and more. MSU led 17-0 in the third quarter before Akron cut the lead to 17-13. Wgt. He would later go on to play for the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings earning four trips to the Pro Bowl in his 19 seasons as a professional. Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password. The '87 squad will be recognized as the first Weber State team to advance to the FCS Playoffs and will be honored during Weber State's home game on Oct. 28 against Montana. {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}, 2 men accused of shooting 2 teens make initial appearance in court, Far-right law-and-order bills hit the Montana Legislature, East Helena teen arrested after allegedly pointing gun at other youths, Nonprofit advocacy group closes after 22 years, Helena man arrested after allegedly shooting gun into occupied vehicle, UPDATE: Montana State Prison escapee caught, Helena non-tenured teachers, administrators notified of possible non-renewals, Burton picked to be new Helena city manager, Helena man sentenced to 10 years in prison for child rape, Bill to block Montanans from accessing TikTok clears Senate committee, Forever a Bruin: After 20 years, Sue Bannon leaves a transformed Capital cheer program behind, Bill restricts attorney fees for prescriptive easements, Westside subdivision heads back to Helena commission with planning board approval, Judge permanently blocks MT's parental consent abortion law, orders trial on notification, 'Buffalo take care of us': First Blackfeet buffalo hunt open to all was a success, Serena Williams says her daughter doesn't like playing tennis, FIFA called "tone deaf" for appointing supermodel as ambassador, Lawsuit alleges NFL database contains lewd photos of fans and cheerleaders, Montana Tech men win Frontier Tournament Championship. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. They have qualified for the NCAA playoffs seven times, once as a Division II member and six times as a Division I-AA/FCS member. There were the obligatory How are yous? and How ya beens? but it felt like no time had passed for these men, many of them in their 50s. The team also included Hall of Fame quarterback Jeff Carlson. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. If you forget it, you'll be able to recover it using your email address. MSU, fresh off a 1-10 season in 1983 marred by injuries and infighting the offense and defense rode on separate buses and hardly interacted was predicted to finish at the bottom of the conference. A disappointing loss at home against Idaho State ensued, but it was the last time the Bobcats would come up short. Brody Grebe - Football - Montana State University Athletics 2022 Football Roster 10 Brody Grebe Position Defensive End Height 6-2 Weight 250 Class Sophomore Hometown Melstone, MT Highschool Melstone/Roundup Bio Stats Historical Biography Montana State has won 19 conference titles, including 14 in the Big Sky Conference and five in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Four of the five ties in the series came during this era. 1987 Big Sky Conference football standings, NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1987_Montana_State_Bobcats_football_team&oldid=1128490563, Pages using CFB schedule with rivalry after location, Pages using CFB schedule with nowrap or nbsp opponent, Pages using CFB schedule with unnamed parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant, This page was last edited on 20 December 2022, at 11:28. All rights reserved. It was beginning to appear that everything leading up to that moment was going to be forgotten. After defensive end Mark Fellows decided not to leave the team and Sikora came to an understanding with new defensive line coach Joe Yanowsky that he wasnt a three-point-stance type of lineman, it appeared the Bobcats were ready.