1974 Montana State Bobcats football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| sport = football
| year = 1974
| team = Montana State Bobcats
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Sky Conference
| short_conf = Big Sky
| record = 7–3
| conf_record = 4–2
| head_coach = Sonny Holland
| hc_year = 4th
| off_coach = Don Christensen
| oc_year = 4th
| def_coach = Sonny Lubick
| dc_year = 4th
| captain =
| stadium = Sales Stadium
}}
{{1974 Big Sky Conference football standings}}
The 1974 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 1974 NCAA Division II football season. In their fourth season under head coach Sonny Holland, the Bobcats compiled a 7–4 record (4–2 against Big Sky opponents) and finished second in the Big Sky.{{cite web|title=Bobcat Record Book|year=2018|publisher=Montana State University |page=59 |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/msubobcats.com/documents/2018/10/4/FB_Guide_2018_Records.pdf |accessdate=September 30, 2021}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1974
| rankdivision = small college
| poll = AP
| attend = y
| source = y
|September 7|at|{{cfb link|year=1974|team=Portland State Vikings|title=Portland State}}
|September 14|at|{{cfb link|year=1974|team=North Dakota Fighting Sioux|title=North Dakota}}
|September 21|at|Fresno State
|September 28||No. 3 Boise State|Sales Stadium|Bozeman, MT|L 37–40|9,100|{{cite news|title=Cats fall to Boise|newspaper=The Billings Gazette|author=Warren Rogers|date=September 29, 1974|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86294653/cats-fall-to-boise/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 5||Northern Arizona|Sales Stadium|Bozeman, MT|W 44–21|5,500|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-missoulian-bobcats-paste-nau-4421/161044198/|work=The Missoulian|title=Bobcats paste NAU, 44–21|date=October 6, 1974|accessdate=December 16, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 12|at|Weber State|Wildcat Stadium|Ogden, UT|L 10–28|7,146|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-billings-gazette-weber-rips-bobcats/161044271/|work=The Billings Gazette|title=Weber rips Bobcats|date=October 13, 1974|accessdate=December 16, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 19||Idaho State
|October 26||Idaho|Sales Stadium|Bozeman, MT|W 36–21|6,117|{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZLNeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7y8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2629%2C6546497|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |last=Barrows |first=Bob |title=MSU spurt spells Idaho loss, 36-21 |date=October 27, 1974 |page=13}}
|November 2|at|Montana|Dornblaser Field|Missoula, MT (rivalry)|W 43–29|12,054–12,058|{{cite web |url=https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1046&context=grizzlyfootball_programs_asc |publisher=University of Montana |agency=(ScholarWorks)|title=Game program: 74th Grizzly-Bobcat Football Classic |date=November 2, 1974 |accessdate=August 17, 2022}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MJdfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RDEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2895%2C685692 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Bobcats scratch Montana 43-29 |date=November 3, 1974 |page=17}}{{cite web |author= |title=Final 1974 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Montana) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/441/stats/13016 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 21, 2022 }}
|November 16||North Dakota State
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{{cite web |author= |title=Final 1974 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Montana State) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/440/stats/13016 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 21, 2022 }}
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