2010 Montana State Bobcats football team

2010 Montana State Bobcats football
Big Sky co-champion
FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 17–42 vs. North Dakota State
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 11
FCS Coaches	No. 11
Record	9–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Rob Ash (4th season)
Home stadium	Bobcat Stadium (Capacity: 17,777)

2010 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 Eastern Washington +^		7	–	1					13	–	2
No. 11 Montana State +^		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 20 Montana		5	–	3					7	–	4
Weber State		5	–	3					6	–	5
Sacramento State		5	–	3					6	–	5
Northern Arizona		4	–	4					6	–	5
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					3	–	8
Portland State		1	–	7					2	–	9
Idaho State		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2010 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Rob Ash and played its home games at Bobcat Stadium. The team finished the regular season with an 8–3 record, making them Big Sky Conference co-champions alongside Eastern Washington. The team qualified for the playoffs, in which they were eliminated in the second round by the North Dakota State Bison.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 4	Fort Lewis*	No. 24	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 59–10
September 11	at Washington State*	No. 24	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	L 22–23
September 18	Drake*	No. 22	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 48–21
September 25	No. 9 Eastern Washington	No. 17	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 30–7
October 2	at Sacramento State	No. 10	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	W 64–61
October 9	Portland State	No. 10	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 44–31
October 16	at Northern Arizona	No. 9	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 7–34
October 23	Northern Colorado	No. 15	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 37–35
October 30	at Idaho State	No. 13	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	W 23–20
November 6	Weber State	No. 12	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 24–10
November 20	at No. 11 Montana	No. 8	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	W 21–16
December 4	No. 25 North Dakota State*	No. 6	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT (FCS Second Round)	L 17–42
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network FCS poll