1983 Montana State Bobcats football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1983
| team = Montana State Bobcats
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Sky Conference
| short_conf = Big Sky
| record = 1–10
| conf_record = 1–6
| head_coach = Dave Arnold
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = Sales Stadium
}}
{{1983 Big Sky Conference football standings}}
The 1983 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their first season under head coach Dave Arnold, the Bobcats compiled a 1–10 record (1–6 against Big Sky opponents) and finished last 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 = 1983
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee
| opprank = y
| attend = y
| source = y
|September 3|at|Washington State
|September 10|at|{{cfb link|year=1983|team=North Dakota Fighting Sioux|title=North Dakota}}
|September 17||Idaho|Sales Stadium|Bozeman, MT|L 0–23|8,127|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montana-standard-hobart-idaho-defen/158767646/|work=The Montana Standard|title=Hobart, Idaho defense humble Bobcats, 23–0|date=September 18, 1983|accessdate=November 10, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|September 24|at|Northern Arizona|Walkup Skydome|Flagstaff, AZ|L 16–33||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arizona-republic-mendozas-scoring-p/158769462/|work=The Arizona Republic|title=Mendoza's scoring passes fuel NAU win|date=September 25, 1983|accessdate=November 10, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 1||Weber State|Sales Stadium|Bozeman, MT|L 20–23|6,397|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-generous-cats-fall-t/158769534/|work=Great Falls Tribune|title=Generous Cats fall to Weber|date=October 2, 1983|accessdate=November 10, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 8|at|No. 14 Idaho State|ASISU MiniDome|Pocatello, ID|L 3–26|11,321|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-peterson-hurls-isu-p/158767280/|work=Great Falls Tribune|title=Peterson hurls ISU past Montana St.|date=October 9, 1983|accessdate=November 10, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 15||Fresno State
|October 22|at|Boise State|Bronco Stadium|Boise, ID|L 0–42|16,974|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-boise-state-romps-to/158768196/|work=The Idaho Statesman|title=Boise State romps to first Big Sky victory 42–0|date=October 23, 1983|accessdate=November 10, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 29||Montana|Sales Stadium|Bozeman, MT (rivalry)|W 28–8|15,197|{{cite news|title=Bobcats boot Griz|newspaper=Great Falls Tribune|author=George Geise|date=October 30, 1983|page=B1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86327902/bobcats-boot-griz/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 5||{{cfb link|year=1983|team=Eastern Washington Eagles|title=Eastern Washington}}|Sales Stadium|Bozeman, MT|L 17–22|4,017|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-record-ewu-defeats-monta/158769767/|work=The Independent-Record|title=EWU defeats Montana State|date=November 6, 1983|accessdate=November 10, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 19|at|No. 14 Nevada|Mackay Stadium|Reno, NV|L 3–33|7,011|{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uYRfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5jAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3006%2C1503472 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Nevada-Reno 33, Montana St. 3 |date=November 20, 1983 |page=4C}}
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References
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