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2005 Montana State Bobcats football
Big Sky co-champion
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 18
Record7–4 (5–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadium Bobcat Stadium
Seasons
←  2004
2006 →
2005 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 E. Washington $^   5 2     7 5  
No. 12 Montana ^   5 2     8 4  
No. 18 Montana State   5 2     7 4  
Portland State   4 3     6 5  
Weber State   4 3     6 5  
Idaho State   3 4     5 6  
Sacramento State   1 6     2 9  
Northern Arizona   1 6     3 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2005 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their sixth season under head coach Mike Kramer, the Bobcats compiled a 7–4 record (5–2 against Big Sky opponents), finished in a three-way tie for the Big Sky championship with Eastern Washington and Montana, but did not receive a bid to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs. Montana State ranked No. 18 in final I-AA poll by The Sports Network. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 3at Oklahoma State*No. 18L 10–1543,857
September 10 Stephen F. Austin*No. 16W 42–6
September 17at Cal Poly*No. 11L 10–38
September 24 No. 8 North Dakota StateNo. 18
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 20–1713,327 [2]
October 1 Idaho StatedaggerNo. 12
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 30–28
October 8at Weber StateNo. 11W 27–24
October 15at Portland StateNo. 9L 41–44
October 29 Northern ArizonaNo. 16
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 29–22
November 5 Sacramento StateNo. 12
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 37–16
November 12at No. 21 Eastern WashingtonNo. 11L 14–35
November 19 No. 3 MontanaNo. 22
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT ( rivalry)
W 16–6

References

  1. ^ "Bobcat Record Book" (PDF). Montana State University. 2018. p. 61. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 2, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "Long drive lifts Cats over NDSU". The Missoulian. September 25, 2005. Retrieved October 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.