2009 Montana State Bobcats football team

American college football season

2009 Montana State Bobcats football

Conference| Big Sky Conference
Record| 7–4 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach|

* Rob Ash (3rd season)

Defensive coordinator| Jamie Marshall (3rd season)
Home stadium| Bobcat Stadium

Seasons

<- 2008

2010 ->

2009 Big Sky Conference football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 2 Montana $^  |  | 8  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 14  | - | 1  |
No. 13 Eastern Washington ^  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 4  |
No. 17 Weber State ^  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
Montana State |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  |
Northern Arizona |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  |
Sacramento State |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  |
Northern Colorado |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 8  |
Portland State |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |
Idaho State |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 10  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - FCS playoff participant

Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2009 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by third-year head coach Rob Ash and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium. They finished the season 7–4 overall and 5–3 in the Big Sky to place third.

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result

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September 5| 11:00 a.m.| at Michigan State*| |

* Spartan Stadium
* East Lansing, MI

| L 3–44
September 12| 1:05 p.m.| Dixie State*| |

* Bobcat Stadium
* Bozeman, MT

| W 23–20
September 26| 1:35 p.m.| at Northern Colorado| |

* Nottingham Field
* Greenley, CO

| W 25–7
October 3| 1:35 p.m.| at No. 11 Weber State| |

* Stewart Stadium
* Ogden, UT

| W 26–21
October 10| 1:35 p.m.| Northern Arizona| No. 24|

* Bobcat Stadium
* Bozeman, MT

| L 10–23
October 17| 1:05 p.m.| South Dakota*| |

* Bobcat Stadium
* Bozeman, MT

| W 31–24OT
October 24| 2:05 p.m.| at Eastern Washington| |

* Woodward Field
* Cheney, WA

| L 24–35
October 31| 1:35 p.m.| Idaho State| |

* Bobcat Stadium
* Bozeman, MT

| W 41–10
November 7| 2:05 p.m.| at Portland State| |

* PGE Park
* Portland, OR

| W 28–10
November 14| 12:05 p.m.| Sacramento State| |

* Bobcat Stadium
* Bozeman, MT

| W 27–17
November 21| 12:05 p.m.| at No. 1 Montana| No. 23|

* Bobcat Stadium
* Bozeman, MT (rivalry)

| L 19–33

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Mountain time

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## References

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1. ^ "Montana State Bobcats Schedule 2009". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 31, 2020.

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