1970 Montana State Bobcats football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1970
| team = Montana State Bobcats
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Sky Conference
| short_conf = Big Sky
| record = 2–8
| conf_record = 1–5
| head_coach = Tom Parac
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain =
| stadium = Gatton Field
}}
{{1970 Big Sky Conference football standings}}
The 1970 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season. In their third and final season under head coach Tom Parac, the Bobcats compiled an overall record of 2–8 record with a mark of 1–5 against conference opponents, placing sixth in the Big Sky.{{cite book |title=The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide 1971 |url=https://archive.org/details/official-collegiate-football-guide-1971-c/page/69/mode/1up |edition=81st |location=Phoenix, Arizona |publisher=College Athletics Publishing Service |date=1971 |page=79 |access-date=January 13, 2025 |via=Internet Archive }}{{cite web |author= |title=Big Sky Conference Football Record Book |url=https://bigskyconf.com/documents/2023/7/28/FB_Record_Book_2023_7_28_23.pdf |publisher=Big Sky Conference |date=2023 |page=65 |access-date=January 13, 2025 }}
Defensive end Gary Gustafson received second-team honors on the 1970 Little All-America college football team.{{cite news|title=A.P.'s Little All-American|newspaper=The Morning News|date=December 10, 1970|page=42|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88983288/aps-little-all-american/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1970
| rankdivision = small college
| poll = AP
| timezone = Mountain
| time = y
| attend = y
| source = y
|September 12|8:00 p.m.|vs|Long Beach State
|September 19|||North Dakota State
|September 26||at|Fresno State
|October 3|||No. 20 Boise State|Gatton Field|Bozeman, MT|L 10–17|7,500|{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8rBeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pS8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4878%2C805991 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho)|agency=Associated Press|title=Broncos nip Montana State in first Big Sky contest |date=October 4, 1970 |page=14}}
|October 10|||Idaho State|Gatton Field|Bozeman, MT|L 21–24|5,500|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-billings-gazette-bengals-rally-nips/160870995/|newspaper=The Billings Gazette|title=Bengal's rally nips MSU, 24–21|date=October 11, 1970|accessdate=December 13, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 17||at|Weber State|Wildcat Stadium|Ogden, UT|L 13–56|5,900|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-weber-bombs-cats-56/160871069/|newspaper=Great Falls Tribune|title=Weber bombs Cats 56–13|date=October 18, 1970|accessdate=December 13, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 24|||Northern Arizona|Gatton Field|Bozeman, MT|W 28–8|6,500|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-record-msu-wins-288/160871129/|newspaper=The Independent-Record|title=MSU wins 28–8|date=October 25, 1970|accessdate=December 13, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 31|||Idaho|Gatton Field|Bozeman, MT|L 24–37|4,500|{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=19ARAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P-0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6866%2C751348 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington|last=Payne |first=Bob |title=Vandals have pleasant day with Montana State victory |date=November 1, 1970 |page=1, sports}}
|November 7||at|No. 2 Montana|Dornblaser Field|Missoula, MT (rivalry)|L 0–35|12,300–12,500|{{cite web |author= |title=Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Montana) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/441/stats/13329 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 21, 2022 }}
|November 14||at|UNLV
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Final 1970 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Montana State) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/440/stats/13329 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 21, 2022 }}
References
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