2014 Montana State Bobcats football team

2014 Montana State Bobcats football
FCS Playoffs First Round vs. South Dakota State, L 40–47
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 20
FCS Coaches	No. 20
Record	8–5 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Rob Ash (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Cramsey (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jamie Marshall
Home stadium	Bobcat Stadium (Capacity: 17,777)

2014 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington $^		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 13 Montana ^		6	–	2					9	–	5
No. 20 Montana State ^		6	–	2					8	–	5
No. 25 Idaho State		6	–	2					8	–	4
Cal Poly		5	–	3					7	–	5
Northern Arizona		5	–	3					7	–	5
Sacramento State		4	–	4					7	–	5
North Dakota		3	–	5					5	–	7
Southern Utah		3	–	5					3	–	9
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					3	–	8
Portland State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Weber State		2	–	6					2	–	10
UC Davis		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2014 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by eighth year head coach Rob Ash and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to South Dakota State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	5:00 PM	at Arkansas State*	No. 18	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN3	L 10–37	26,143
September 6	7:00 PM	Black Hills State*	No. 20	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	CMM/ALT2	W 57–10	19,187
September 13	1:30 PM	Central Arkansas*	No. 17	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	CMM/ALT2	W 43–33	17,777
September 20	1:00 PM	No. 2 Eastern Washington*	No. 14	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	RTNW	L 51–52	19,377
September 27	2:00 PM	North Dakota	No. 13	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	CMM	W 29–18	19,477
October 4	7:00 PM	at Sacramento State	No. 13	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	CMM	W 59–56	6,473
October 11	5:00 PM	at UC Davis	No. 11	Aggie Stadium Davis, CA	RTNW	W 77–37	7,152
October 18	3:30 PM	Weber State	No. 9	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	CMM	W 23–13	19,677
November 1	7:05 PM	at Cal Poly	No. 8	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	CMM	L 27–35	8,909
November 8	1:30 PM	Portland State	No. 15	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	CMM	W 29–22	16,627
November 15	1:30 PM	Idaho State	No. 12	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	RTNW	W 44–39	16,577
November 22	3:00 PM	at No. 13 Montana	No. 12	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	RTNW	L 7–34	26,352
November 29	2:00 PM	No. 14 South Dakota State*	No. 17	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 40–47	7,747
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Eastern Washington on September 20 is considered a non conference game.

Game summaries

@ Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Bobcats	7	0	3	0	10
Red Wolves	10	3	10	14	37

See also: 2014 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	1984	MSU, 31–14

Black Hills State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Yellow Jackets	0	0	10	0	10
#20 Bobcats	18	24	8	7	57

See also: Black Hills State Yellow Jackets

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Central Arkansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	6	7	20	33
#17 Bobcats	10	13	14	6	43

See also: 2014 Central Arkansas Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Eagles	14	13	10	15	52
#14 Bobcats	23	7	14	7	51

See also: 2014 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–27	2013	EWU, 54–29

North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Dakota	0	7	3	8	18
#13 Bobcats	3	23	0	3	29

See also: 2014 University of North Dakota football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–13–1	2013	MSU, 63–20

@ Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Bobcats	21	0	17	21	59
Hornets	14	0	14	28	56

See also: 2014 Sacramento State Hornets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–6	2012	MSU, 20–17

@ UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Bobcats	14	21	28	14	77
Aggies	10	0	20	7	37

See also: 2014 UC Davis Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2013	MSU, 34–17

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	3	0	10	13
#9 Bobcats	0	7	7	9	23

See also: 2014 Weber State Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
29–20–1	2013	MSU, 34–16

@ Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Bobcats	7	10	10	0	27
Mustangs	7	7	14	7	35

See also: 2014 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–9	2005	CPSU, 38–10

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	10	3	2	7	22
#15 Bobcats	15	7	0	7	29

See also: 2014 Portland State Vikings football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–9	2012	MSU, 65–30

Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	14	16	0	9	39
#12 Bobcats	7	16	14	7	44

See also: 2014 Idaho State Bengals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–28	2011	MSU, 54–13

@ Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Bobcats	0	0	0	7	7
#13 Grizzlies	17	10	0	7	34

See also: 2014 Montana Grizzlies football team and Brawl of the Wild

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
37–70–5	2013	MONT, 28–14

FCS Playoffs

First Round–South Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Jackrabbits	14	10	7	16	47
#17 Bobcats	6	14	6	14	40

See also: 2014 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–2	2004	MSU, 27–24

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	18	20	17	14	13	13	11	9	10	8	15	12	12	17	20
Coaches	19	23	18	16	17	15	14	11	11	9	16	13	12	17	20