2001 Montana State Bobcats football team

2001 Montana State Bobcats football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record5–6 (4–3 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadiumBobcat Stadium
2001 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Montana $^   7 – 0     15 – 1  
No. 16 Northern Arizona ^   5 – 2     9 – 4  
Portland State   5 – 2     7 – 4  
  4 – 3     5 – 6  
Eastern Washington   3 – 4     7 – 4  
Weber State   2 – 5     3 – 8  
Idaho State   1 – 6     4 – 7  
Sacramento State   1 – 6     2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2001 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their second season under head coach Mike Kramer, the Bobcats compiled a 5–6 record (4–3 against Big Sky opponents) and finished in fourth place out of eight teams in the Big Sky.[1] The Bobcats dropped their 16th consecutive game in the Montana–Montana State football rivalry.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 30at UAB*
L 13–4120,000[2]
September 8at Weber State
W 32–17[3]
September 15at Oregon State*
Canceled[4]
September 22Cal Poly*
L 6–34[5]
September 29Cal State Northridge*
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 34–278,407[6]
October 6at No. 16 Eastern Washington
W 48–387,027[7]
October 13Sacramento Statedagger
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 20–011,817[8]
October 18at No. 19 (I-A) Washington State*
L 28–5314,325[9]
October 27 No. 21 Northern Arizona
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
L 28–3510,857[10]
November 3at Portland State
L 21–334,244[11]
November 10Idaho State
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
W 52–138,607[12]
November 17 No. 1 Montana
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT (rivalry)
L 27–3815,238[13]

References

  1. ^ "Bobcat Record Book" (PDF). Montana State University. 2018. p. 60. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 2, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  2. ^ "UAB blazes past Bobcats". Great Falls Tribune. August 31, 2001. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Cats end streak at Weber State". The Montana Standard. September 9, 2001. Retrieved August 1, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Beavers call off MSU game". Albany Democrat-Herald. September 14, 2001. Retrieved August 1, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "'Lackadaisical' Bobcats end win streak". Great Falls Tribune. September 23, 2001. Retrieved August 1, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Bobcats outlast Matadors, 34–27". The Missoulian. September 30, 2001. Retrieved August 1, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Kramer has moments to cherish as surprising MSU tops Eastern". The Spokesman Review. October 7, 2001. pp. C1, C3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Surprising Bobcats stand atop standings". The Spokesman-Review. October 14, 2001. Retrieved August 1, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Carter Strickland (October 19, 2021). "Cougars wake up, reach 7–0". The Spokesman-Review. pp. C1, C2 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Zack Hall (October 28, 2001). "What starts well, ends well". Arizona Daily Sun. pp. B1, B6.
  11. ^ "Cats fall to Vikes". The Independent-Record. November 4, 2001. Retrieved August 1, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Johnson, Adams give Cats shot in the arm". The Missoulian. Associated Press. November 11, 2001. p. C11 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Sweet 16". The Missoulian. November 18, 2001. Retrieved August 1, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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