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) |
Head coach |
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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
editDate | 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
edit- ^ "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.