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American college football season
The 1977 Montana State Bobcats football team was an
American football team that represented
Montana State University in the
Big Sky Conference during the
1977 NCAA Division II football season. In their seventh and final season under head coach
Sonny Holland, the Bobcats compiled a 6–4 record (3–3 against Big Sky opponents) and finished third in the Big Sky.
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Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 10 |
North Dakota* | | | W 21–7 | 6,850 |
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September 17 | at
North Dakota State* | | | W 24–17 | 12,100 |
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September 24 |
Fresno State* | No. 1 | | W 24–14 | 10,100 |
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October 1 | at
Boise State | No. 1 | | L 0–26 | 20,552 |
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October 8 |
Weber State![dagger](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 5 | | W 27–24 | 10,000 |
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October 15 | at
Idaho State | No. 4 | | W 31–0 | 8,777 |
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October 22 |
Idaho | No. 3 | | L 6–17 | 8,750 |
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October 29 |
Montana | | - Sales Stadium
- Bozeman, MT (
rivalry)
| W 24–19 | 15,050 |
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November 5 | at
Northern Arizona | | | L 21–28 | 14,216 |
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November 19 | at
Portland State* | | | L 35–56 | 4,624 |
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- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
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[6]
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"Bobcat Record Book" (PDF). Montana State University. 2018. p. 59. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
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"Bobcats tip Bison, 24–17". The Montana Standard. September 18, 1976. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"MSU, Boise square off today". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 1, 1977. p. 3B.
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"Boise State blanks MSU 26-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 2, 1977. p. 1B.
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"Idaho 'D' does job on MSU". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 23, 1977. p. D1.
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"Final 1977 Cumulative Football Statistics Report".
National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
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