1946 Montana State Bobcats football team
| 1946 Montana State Bobcats football | |
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RMC champion | |
Harbor Bowl, T 13–13 vs. New Mexico | |
| Conference | Rocky Mountain Conference |
| Record | 5–3–2 (2–0–1 RMC) |
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| Home stadium | Gatton Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State–Greeley | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western State (CO) | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado College | 0 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Mines | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1946 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State College (now known as Montana State University) in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1946 college football season. In its first season under head coach Clyde Carpenter, the team compiled a – record and won the RMC championship.[1]
Key players included quarterback Gene Bourdet, halfbacks Harry Perrigo, Bill Nelson, Gene Miles, and James O'Lauglin, fullbacks Mark Hampton and Neil Brooks, end George Rumberger, guards Billy Odneal and Ben Auck, tackles Len Larson and Alfred Croonquist, and centers Charles Masten and Earl Nadeau.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | BYU | W 13–12 | |||
| October 5 | at Colorado College | T 7–7 | |||
| October 12 | at Utah State | Logan, UT | L 14–28 | ||
| October 19 | vs. Montana | L 7–20 | |||
| October 26 | Colorado State–Greeley |
| W 27–7 | ||
| November 2 | at Nevada | L 14–38 | [2] | ||
| November 9 | vs. Portland | Great Falls, MT | W 19–6 | ||
| November 16 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| W 39–18 | ||
| November 23 | at Colorado Mines | Golden, CO | W 45–7 | ||
| January 1, 1947 | vs. New Mexico | T 13–13 | 7,000 | [3] |
References
- ^ "Bobcat Record Book" (PDF). Montana State University. 2018. p. 57. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
- ^ "Kalmanir Runs 105 Yards as Nevada Tops Montana State 38-14 in Homecoming Game". Nevada State Journal. November 13, 1946. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lobos and Montana State Battle to 13-13 Tie in San Diego's Harbor Bowl". Albuquerque Journal. January 2, 1947. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.