1981 Montana State Bobcats football team

The 1981 Montana State Bobcats football team represented the Montana State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Sonny Lubick in his fourth and final year as head coach, the Bobcats compiled an overall record of 3–7 and a mark of 1–6 in conference play, placing seventh in the Big Sky.

1981 Montana State Bobcats football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record3–7 (1–6 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadiumReno H. Sales Stadium
1981 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Idaho State $^ 6 1 012 1 0
No. 5 Boise State ^ 6 1 010 3 0
Montana 5 2 07 3 0
Nevada 4 3 07 4 0
Weber State 4 3 07 4 0
Northern Arizona 2 5 04 7 0
Montana State 1 6 03 7 0
Idaho 0 7 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Committee poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 12at Washington State*L 21–3323,721[1]
September 19Fresno State*W 30–26[2]
September 26Simon Fraser*
  • Reno H. Sales Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 35–147,127[3]
October 3Weber State
  • Reno H. Sales Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
L 20–28[4]
October 10at No. 7 Boise StateL 10–2018,842[5]
October 17Idaho
  • Reno H. Sales Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 29–2810,017[6]
October 24at Northern ArizonaL 14–20[7]
October 31Montana
  • Reno H. Sales Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
L 17–27
November 7at No. 2 Idaho StateL 3–3110,468
November 14at NevadaL 13–464,900

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Roster

1981 Montana State Bobcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB Tony Boddie Jr
WR 81 Mike Carle Jr
WR 18 Britt Freeman Sr
C Larry Rubens Sr
QB 12 Dennis Stauch Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE Mark Fellows Fr
SS Tim Sturdevant Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. "Washington State teams Bobcats". The Montana Standard. September 13, 1981 via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. "FSU needs to lick wounds". The Hanford Sentinel. September 21, 1981 via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. Wintrode, Warren (September 27, 1981). "Bobcats intercept Clansmen". The Montana Standard via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. Wintrode, Warren (October 4, 1981). "Weber overhauls Cats". The Montana Standard via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. "Broncos bump Cats". The Montana Standard. October 11, 1981 via Newspapers.com. open access
  6. Wintrode, Warren (October 18, 1981). "MSU nips Idaho 29-28". The Independent-Record via Newspapers.com. open access
  7. "Four boots gives NAU 20-14 win". The Billings Gazette. October 25, 1981 via Newspapers.com. open access
  8. "2015 football media guide" (PDF). Montana State University Athletics. 2015.
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