2003 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 2003 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth season under head coach Mike Kramer, the Bobcats compiled a 7–6 record (5–2 against Big Sky opponents) and finished in a three-way tie for the Big Sky championship with Montana and Northern Arizona. Montana State lost to Northern Iowa in the first round of the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs and ranked No. 21 in the final I-AA poll by The Sports Network.[1]
| 2003 Montana State Bobcats football | |
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Big Sky co-champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 14–35 at Northern Iowa | |
| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 21 |
| Record | 7–6 (5–2 Big Sky) |
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| Home stadium | Bobcat Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Montana +^ | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 N Arizona +^ | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Montana State +^ | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Idaho State | 4 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 4 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Washington | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland State | 1 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento State | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| August 30 | at Wyoming* | No. 15 | L 10–21 | 17,407 | ||||
| September 6 | Gardner–Webb* | No. 16 | W 38–3 | |||||
| September 20 | at No. 21 Cal Poly* | No. 11 | L 21–24 | |||||
| September 27 | Northern Colorado* | No. 20 |
| L 10–14 | ||||
| October 4 | at Saint Mary's* | Moraga, CA | W 40–0 | 1,525 | [2] | |||
| October 11 | No. 22 Idaho State |
| L 17–23 | |||||
| October 18 | at Weber State | W 26–3 | ||||||
| October 25 | No. 10 Northern Arizona |
| W 21–17 | |||||
| November 1 | Sacramento State |
| W 56–7 | |||||
| November 8 | at Eastern Washington | L 25–34 | ||||||
| November 15 | at Portland State | W 25–14 | ||||||
| November 22 | No. 4 Montana |
| W 27–20 | |||||
| November 29 | at No. 7 Northern Iowa* | No. 24 | L 14–35 | |||||
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References
- "Bobcat Record Book" (PDF). Montana State University. 2018. p. 60. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 2, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
- "Bobcats drill Saint Mary's". Great Falls Tribune. October 5, 2003. pp. 1S, 3S – via Newspapers.com.
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