1977 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 = 1977
| team = Montana State Bobcats
| image =
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| conference = Big Sky Conference
| short_conf = Big Sky
| record = 6–4
| conf_record = 3–3
| head_coach = Sonny Holland
| hc_year = 7th
| def_coach = Sonny Lubick
| dc_year = 7th
| captain =
| stadium = Sales Stadium
}}
{{1977 Big Sky Conference football standings}}
The 1977 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 1977 NCAA Division II football season. In their seventh and final season under head coach Sonny Holland, the Bobcats compiled a 6–4 record (3–3 against Big Sky opponents) and finished third 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 = 1977
| rankdivision = NCAA Division II
| poll = AP
| rank = y
| attend = y
| source = y
|September 10||{{cfb link|year=1977|team=North Dakota Fighting Sioux|title=North Dakota}}
|September 17|at|North Dakota State
|September 24||Fresno State
|October 1|at|Boise State|1|Bronco Stadium|Boise, ID|L 0–26|20,552|{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kYVfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9zAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2561%2C116564 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho)|agency=Associated Press |title=MSU, Boise square off today |date=October 1, 1977 |page=3B}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=koVfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9zAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3078%2C524644|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho)|agency=Associated Press |title=Boise State blanks MSU 26–0 |date=October 2, 1977 |page=1B}}
|October 8||Weber State
|October 15|at|Idaho State|4|ASISU Minidome|Pocatello, ID|W 31–0|8,777|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-inter-lake-bobcats-bury-idaho/161158722/|work=The Daily Inter Lake|title=Bobcats bury Idaho State|date=October 16, 1977|accessdate=December 18, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 22||Idaho|3|Kibbie Dome|Moscow, ID|L 6–17|8,750|{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1_VLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0O0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6104%2C3607132 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Idaho 'D' does job on MSU |date=October 23, 1977 |page=D1}}
|October 29||Montana||Sales Stadium|Bozeman, MT (rivalry)|W 24–19|15,050|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-idaho-press-montana-st-defeats-mo/161158815/|work=South Idaho Press|title=Montana St. defeats Mont.|date=October 30, 1977|accessdate=December 18, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 5|at|Northern Arizona||NAU Ensphere|Flagstaff, AZ|L 21–28|14,216|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/idaho-state-journal-northern-arizona-cli/161158915/|work=Idaho State Journal|title=Northern Arizona clips Montana State, 28–21|date=November 6, 1977|accessdate=December 18, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 19|at|{{cfb link|year=1977|team=Portland State Vikings|title=Portland State}}
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{{cite web |author= |title=Final 1977 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Montana State) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/440/stats/12867 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 21, 2022 }}
References
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