1998 Montana State Bobcats football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1998
| team = Montana State Bobcats
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Sky Conference
| short_conf = Big Sky
| TSNRank = 25
| record = 7–4
| conf_record = 5–3
| head_coach = Cliff Hysell
| hc_year = 5th
| captain =
| stadium = Bobcat Stadium
}}
{{1998 Big Sky Conference football standings}}
The 1998 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fifth season under head coach Cliff Hysell, the Bobcats compiled a 7–4 record (5–3 against Big Sky opponents), tied for second place in the Big Sky, and were ranked No. 25 in the final I-AA poll by The Sports Network (wire service).{{cite web|title=Bobcat Record Book|year=2018|publisher=Montana State University|page=60|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/msubobcats.com/documents/2018/10/4/FB_Guide_2018_Records.pdf|accessdate=September 30, 2021|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102233406/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/msubobcats.com/documents/2018/10/4/FB_Guide_2018_Records.pdf|url-status=dead}}
The team played its home games in the new Bobcat Stadium in Bozeman, Montana. The new stadium was built on the site of the former Reno H. Sales Stadium. The west side was new and included a combined sky box and press box.{{cite news|title=Preparations all in place at new 'Bobcat Stadium'|newspaper=Great Falls Tribune|author=Scott Mansch|date=September 3, 1998|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86375760/preparations-all-in-place-at-new/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1998
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = The Sports Network
| rank = y
| attend = y
| source = y
|September 5||{{cfb link|year=1998|team=Fort Lewis Skyhawks|title=Fort Lewis}}
|September 12|at|Wyoming
|September 19||{{cfb link|year=1998|team=Western Washington Vikings|title=Western Washington}}
|September 26||Sacramento State
|October 10|at|No. 9 {{cfb link|year=1998|team=Weber State Wildcats|title=Weber State}}||Stewart Stadium|Ogden, UT|W 10-7||
|October 17||{{cfb link|year=1998|team=Portland State Vikings|title=Portland State}}|21|Bobcat Stadium|Bozeman, MT|L 31-34|10,717|{{cite news |title=Bobcats: Lose on late field goal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-1998-portland-state/135939880/ |access-date=28 November 2023 |work=Great Falls Tribune |date=18 October 1998 |pages=32}}
|October 24|at|No. 24 Cal State Northridge||North Campus Stadium|Northridge, CA|W 32-26|6,124|{{cite news|title=Montana State Steps Over Matadors, 32-26|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|edition=Valley|author=Fernando Dominguez|date=October 25, 1998|page=D16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12469116/montana_state_steps_over_matadors/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 18, 2017}}{{Open access}}
|October 31||Northern Arizona|21|Bobcat Stadium|Bozeman, MT|W 32-25||
|November 7|at|{{cfb link|year=1998|team=Eastern Washington Eagles|title=Eastern Washington}}|14|Roos Field|Cheney, WA|L 24-31||
|November 14||{{cfb link|year=1998|team=Idaho State Bengals|title=Idaho State}}|21|Bobcat Stadium|Bozeman, MT|W 66-35||
|November 21|at|No. 20 Montana|19|Washington–Grizzly Stadium|Missoula, MT (rivalry)|L 21-28|19,238|
}}
References
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