1938 Montana State Bobcats football team

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| year = 1938

| team = Montana State Bobcats

| sport = football

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| conference = Rocky Mountain Conference

| short_conf = RMC

| record = 3–5–1

| conf_record = 1–0–1

| head_coach = Schubert R. Dyche

| hc_year = 9th

| captain =

| stadium = Gatton Field

| champion = RMC champion

}}

The 1938 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State College (later renamed Montana State University) in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1938 college football season. In its ninth, non-consecutive season under head coach Schubert R. Dyche, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record (1–0–1 against RMC opponents) and won the conference championship.{{cite web|title=Bobcat Record Book|year=2018|publisher=Montana State University|page=57|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/msubobcats.com/documents/2018/10/4/FB_Guide_2018_Records.pdf|accessdate=August 24, 2019}}{{failed verification|reason=Conf championship claim is unsupported|date=June 2021}}

Three Montana State players were selected as first-team players on the 1938 All-Rocky Mountain Conference football team: fullback Don Cosner and guards Max Kimberly and John Vollmer. End Dana Bradford was named to the second team.Bobcat Record Book, p.70.

Schedule

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|September 17|at|Texas Tech|Tech Field|Lubbock, TX|L 0-35|7,500|{{cite news|title=Red Raiders Turn On Power To Take Opening Game 35-0|newspaper=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal|author=Collier Parris|date=September 18, 1938|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35318084/red_raiders_turn_on_power_to_take/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|September 23|at|New Mexico A&M|Quesenberry Field|Las Cruces, NM|L 7-27||{{cite news|title=Aggies Beat Montana Cats|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|date=September 24, 1938|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35317756/aggies_beat_montana_cats/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 1|at|Utah|Ute Stadium|Salt Lake City, UT|L 0-34|7,883|{{cite news|title=Redskins Bag 34-0 Fray: Pace Sparks Attack of Armstrong's Men; Fans Pleased|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|author=Marlowe Branagan|date=October 2, 1938|pages=1C, 3C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35317939/redskins_bag_340_fray_pace_sparks/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 8||{{cfb link|year=1938|team=Omaha Cardinals|title=Omaha}}|Gatton Field|Bozeman, MT|W 14-7||{{cite news|title=Bobcats Win Over Omaha|newspaper=The Billings Gazette|date=October 9, 1938|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35318333/bobcats_win_over_omaha/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 15||{{cfb link|year=1938|team=Western State Mountaineers|title=Western State (CO)}}|Gatton Field|Bozeman, MT|W 10-0||{{cite news|title=Bobcats Whip Western State in Mud, 10-0|newspaper=The Montana Standard|date=October 16, 1938|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35318429/bobcats_whip_western_state_in_mud_100/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 29|vs|Portland|Butte High Stadium|Butte, MT|W 20-0||{{cite news|title=Bobcats' Aerial Game Beats Down Portland Pilots|newspaper=The Montana Standard|date=October 30, 1938|pages=1, 20|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35152453/bobcats_aerial_game_beats_down/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 12|vs|Montana|Butte High Stadium|Butte, MT (rivalry)|L 0-13|7,000|{{cite news|title=Grizzlies Top Bobcats In Chilly 13-0 Game|newspaper=Montana Standard|date=November 13, 1938|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35318653/grizzlies_top_bobcats_in_chilly_130/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 18|at|Idaho Southern Branch|Spud Bowl|Pocatello, ID|L 0-16||{{cite news|title=Idaho Southern Defeats Montana Bobcats, 16 to 0|newspaper=The Missoulian|date=November 19, 1938|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35318835/idaho_southern_defeats_montana_bobcats/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97166378/southern-idaho-wins-grid-game/ |title=Southern Idaho Wins Grid Game |agency=AP |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |page=15 |date=November 19, 1938 |accessdate=March 7, 2022 |via=newspapers.com}}

|November 24||{{cfb link|year=1938|team=Colorado State–Greeley Bears|title=Colorado State–Greeley}}|Gatton Field|Bozeman, MT|T 0-0||{{cite news|title=Montana's Bobcats and Greeley Teachers Play Scoreless Tie in Title Game: Rocky Mountain Conference Championship to Bozeman|newspaper=The Great Falls Tribune|date=November 25, 1938|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/239819519/}}

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References

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