1947 Montana State Bobcats football
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
Record4–5 (1–0 RMC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGatton Field
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Montana State $ 1 – 0 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Colorado College 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Colorado State–Greeley 2 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Colorado Mines 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Western State (CO) 0 – 2 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1947 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1947 college football season. In its second season under head coach Clyde Carpenter, the team compiled a 4–5 record.[1]

The Bobcats defeated cross-state rival Montana on October 18 to win the Copper Bowl trophy. The game drew a crowd of 13,350, the largest crowd to see any sporting event in the state of Montana up to that point.[2]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Montana State was ranked at No. 165 out of 500 college football teams.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Oregon*
L 14–2711,500[4]
September 26at BYU*Provo, UTL 14–19[5]
October 3at Colorado State–GreeleyGreeley, COW 32–13[6]
October 11vs. Hawaii*
L 0–145,000[7]
October 18vs. Montana*
W 13–1210,350[2]
October 25Idaho State*
W 34–12[8]
November 1Utah State*dagger
  • Gatton Field
  • Bozeman, MT
L 13–287,000[9]
November 8vs. Portland*
W 20–133,000[10]
November 15at Nevada*
L 0–55[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "Bobcat Record Book" (PDF). Montana State University. 2018. p. 57. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Bobcats Skin Grizzlies by 13 to 12". The Montana Standard. October 19, 1947. pp. 1, 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Bobcats Lead Oregon Most of Way Only to Lose by 27 to 14". Montana Standard. September 21, 1947. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Demar Teuscher (September 28, 1947). "Cougars Win Over Bobcats". The Sunday Herald (Provo, Utah). p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Long Run Sparks Bobcats to Greeley Victory". The Independent-Record. October 4, 1947. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "University of Hawaii Gridders Down Bobcats by 14-to-0 Score". The Billings Gazette. October 12, 1947. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Montana State Bobcats Turn Back Idaho State Bengals by 34-12 Triumph". Great Falls Tribune. October 26, 1947. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Utags Spoil Bobcat Homecoming". The Missoulian. November 2, 1947. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Bobcats Score Early To Win 20-13". The Missoulian. November 9, 1947. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Nevada's Last-Half Surge Buries Montana State 55-0". Nevada State Journal. November 16, 1947. p. S-1 – via Newspapers.com.
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