1938 Montana State Bobcats football team

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1938 Montana State Bobcats football
RMC champion
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
Record3–5–1 (1–0–1 RMC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGatton Field
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Montana State $ 1 – 0 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Colorado Mines 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Colorado State–Greeley 1 – 1 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Colorado College 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Western State (CO) 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1938 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State College (later renamed Montana State University) in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1938 college football season. In its ninth, non-consecutive season under head coach Schubert R. Dyche, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record (1–0–1 against RMC opponents) and won the conference championship.[1][failed verification]

Three Montana State players were selected as first-team players on the 1938 All-Rocky Mountain Conference football team: fullback Don Cosner and guards Max Kimberly and John Vollmer. End Dana Bradford was named to the second team.[2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at Texas Tech*
L 0–357,500[3]
September 23at New Mexico A&M*
L 7–27[4]
October 1at Utah*
L 0–347,883[5]
October 8Omaha*
W 14–7[6]
October 15Western State (CO)dagger
  • Gatton Field
  • Bozeman, MT
W 10–0[7]
October 29vs. Portland*
W 20–0[8]
November 12vs. Montana*
  • Butte High Stadium
  • Butte, MT (rivalry)
L 0–137,000[9]
November 18at Idaho Southern Branch*
L 0–16[10][11]
November 24Colorado State–Greeley
  • Gatton Field
  • Bozeman, MT
T 0–0[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bobcat Record Book" (PDF). Montana State University. 2018. p. 57. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  2. ^ Bobcat Record Book, p.70.
  3. ^ Collier Parris (September 18, 1938). "Red Raiders Turn On Power To Take Opening Game 35-0". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Aggies Beat Montana Cats". Albuquerque Journal. September 24, 1938. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Marlowe Branagan (October 2, 1938). "Redskins Bag 34-0 Fray: Pace Sparks Attack of Armstrong's Men; Fans Pleased". The Salt Lake Tribune. pp. 1C, 3C – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Bobcats Win Over Omaha". The Billings Gazette. October 9, 1938. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Bobcats Whip Western State in Mud, 10-0". The Montana Standard. October 16, 1938. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Bobcats' Aerial Game Beats Down Portland Pilots". The Montana Standard. October 30, 1938. pp. 1, 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Grizzlies Top Bobcats In Chilly 13-0 Game". Montana Standard. November 13, 1938. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Idaho Southern Defeats Montana Bobcats, 16 to 0". The Missoulian. November 19, 1938. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Southern Idaho Wins Grid Game". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. November 19, 1938. p. 15. Retrieved March 7, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Montana's Bobcats and Greeley Teachers Play Scoreless Tie in Title Game: Rocky Mountain Conference Championship to Bozeman". The Great Falls Tribune. November 25, 1938. p. 8.
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