2020 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 2020 Montana State Bobcats football team will represent Montana State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats currently don't have a head coach as Jeff Choate left Montana State to be Defensive coordinator at Texas. The Bobcats play their home games at Bobcat Stadium. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference.
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| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
| 2020 record | 0–0 (0–0 Big Sky) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Justin Udy (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Vancant (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Bobcat Stadium (Capacity: 17,777) |
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Previous season
The Bobcats finished the 2019 season 11–4, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Albany in the second round and Austin Peay in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to North Dakota State.
Preseason
Polls
On July 23, 2020, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Bobcats were predicted to finish third in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.[1]
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | Weber State | 135 (7) |
| 2 | Montana | 128 (3) |
| 3 | Montana State | 121 (1) |
| 4 | Eastern Washington | 118 (1) |
| 5 | Sacramento State | 99 (1) |
| 6 | UC Davis | 83 |
| 7 | Northern Arizona | 68 |
| 8 | Portland State | 67 |
| 9 | Idaho | 66 |
| 10 | Cal Poly | 46 |
| 11 | Idaho State | 37 |
| 12 | Southern Utah | 33 |
| 13 | Northern Colorado | 13 |
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | Weber State | 546 (28) |
| 2 | Montana | 496 (8) |
| 3 | Montana State | 493 (6) |
| 4 | Eastern Washington | 438 (1) |
| 5 | Sacramento State | 389 |
| 6 | UC Davis | 325 (1) |
| 7 | Portland State | 274 |
| 8 | Idaho | 273 |
| 9 | Northern Arizona | 238 |
| 10 | Cal Poly | 206 |
| 11 | Idaho State | 133 |
| 12 | Southern Utah | 105 |
| 13 | Northern Colorado | 88 |
Schedule
Montana State had a game scheduled against Utah, which was later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[2] [3][4]
References
- "Eagles Selected to Finish Fourth in the Big Sky in 2020". July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- "2020 Football Schedule". Montana State University Athletics. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
- "2020 Montana State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 28, 2020.