2017 Montana State Bobcats football team

The 2017 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by second-year head coach Jeff Choate and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

2017 Montana State Bobcats football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2017 record	5–6 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jeff Choate (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Courtney Messingham (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Ty Gregorak (2nd season)
Home stadium	Bobcat Stadium (Capacity: 17,777)

2017 Big Sky Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 14 Southern Utah +^		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 5 Weber State +^		7	–	1					11	–	3
Northern Arizona ^		6	–	2					7	–	5
No. 21 Eastern Washington		6	–	2					7	–	4
Sacramento State		6	–	2					7	–	4
Montana		5	–	3					7	–	4
Montana State		5	–	3					5	–	6
UC Davis		3	–	5					5	–	6
Idaho State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					3	–	7
North Dakota		2	–	6					3	–	8
Cal Poly		1	–	7					1	–	10
Portland State		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	8:30 p.m.	at No. 24 (FBS) Washington State*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	FS1	L 0–31	30,254
September 9	6:00 p.m.	No. 4 South Dakota State*	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	SWX MT	L 27–31	19,817
September 23	1:30 p.m.	at No. 17 North Dakota	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	Midco	W 49–21	12,342
September 30	1:30 p.m.	No. 20 Weber State	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	RTNW[1]	L 17–25	19,557
October 7	11:00 a.m.	Portland State	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	RTNW[1]	W 30–22	18,987
October 14	2:05 p.m.	at No. 10 Eastern Washington	Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX MT	L 19–31	11,301
October 21	12:30 p.m.	at Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	ATTRM[1]	W 27–24	5,378
October 28	1:30 p.m.	Idaho State	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	RTNW[1]	W 28–14	17,097
November 4	12:00 p.m.	No. 25 Kennesaw State*	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	SWX MT	L 14–16	16,337
November 11	5:00 p.m.	at No. 24 Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	ELVN	L 36–37	6,187
November 18	Noon	Montana	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	RTNW[1]	W 31–23	19,907
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	0	0	0	0	0
No. 24 (FBS) Cougars	7	7	7	10	31

See also: 2017 Washington State Cougars football team and Washington State Cougars football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–8	2010	WAZZU, 23–22

South Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 4 Jackrabbits	10	7	7	7	31
Bobcats	0	7	14	6	27

See also: 2017 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team and South Dakota State Jackrabbits football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–3	2014 FCS Playoffs	SDSU, 47–40

at North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	21	7	14	49
No. 17 Fighting Hawks	0	10	11	0	21

See also: 2017 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team and North Dakota Fighting Hawks football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–15–1	2016	UND, 17–15

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Wildcats	0	9	13	3	25
Bobcats	3	7	0	7	17

See also: 2017 Weber State Wildcats football team and Weber State Wildcats football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–21–1	2016	WEB, 45–27

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	7	7	8	22
Bobcats	7	3	13	7	30

See also: 2017 Portland State Vikings football team and Portland State Vikings football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–10	2015	PSU, 59–42

at Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	0	7	0	12	19
No. 10 Eagles	7	10	7	7	31

See also: 2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football team and Eastern Washington Eagles football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–30	2016	EWU, 41–17

at Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	0	7	3	17	27
Bears	7	14	0	3	24

See also: 2017 Northern Colorado Bears football team and Northern Colorado Bears football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–11–1	2013	MSU, 35–28

Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	14	0	0	14
Bobcats	14	0	7	7	28

See also: 2017 Idaho State Bengals football team and Idaho State Bengals football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
46–31–3	2015	MSU, 44–20

Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 25 Owls	7	3	3	3	16
Bobcats	7	0	7	0	14

See also: 2017 Kennesaw State Owls football team and Kennesaw State Owls football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	9	7	13	36
No. 24 Lumberjacks	3	13	14	7	37

See also: 2017 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team and Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–26	2016	NAU, 20–14

Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Grizzlies	3	10	0	10	23
Bobcats	0	21	3	7	31

See also: 2017 Montana Grizzlies football team, Montana Grizzlies football, and Brawl of the Wild

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–72–5	2016	MSU, 24–17

References

1. "BIG SKY, ROOT SPORTS ANNOUNCE CONTRACT EXTENSION, 2017 SCHEDULE". Big Sky Conference. March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.