MSU led 17-0 in the third quarter before Akron cut the lead to 17-13. 2023 Montana State Bobcats Schedule | ESPN All three Big Sky Conference championships were taken in the last game of the season with wins over rival Montana. Running back Tony Boddie played in Super Bowl XXII for the Denver Broncos. Tommy Mellott ran for three touchdowns and threw for a fourth and Isaiah Ifanse ran for 162 yards and two scores as Montana State drilled William & Mary, 55-7 in a Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinal game on a 17-degree Friday night. There is no timetable for his return, but the designation means Hardy will miss at least four games. In 1956, the Bobcats, led by freshman captain and two-way (center and middle linebacker) starter Sonny Holland, won a share of the NAIA title at the Aluminum Bowl in Little Rock, Arkansas, playing to a scoreless tie with the Pumas of St. Joseph's College from Rensselaer, Indiana. The former Bobcat turned heads at Montana State's pro day last month, producing numbers that ranked him next to the 22 safeties that competed at this year's NFL Combine: Okada finished his career with 179 total tackles, 15 tackles for loss, three interceptions and 18 defended passes. [1] The Bobcats played their home games on campus in Bozeman at Reno H. Sales Stadium . The first was Stenerud in Super Bowl IV, followed by Ron East, who played defensive tackle the following year in Super Bowl V for the Dallas Cowboys. BOZEMAN Two former defensive standouts from Montana State are headed to the Seattle Seahawks as undrafted free agents: safety Ty Okada and cornerback James Campbell. Since switching to cornerback in 2021, Campbell finished his career at Montana State recording 54 tackles (two for loss), twi interceptions, seven pass break ups, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery. The name of the stadium was changed from Reno H. Sales Stadium to Bobcat Stadium at this time. In the history of college football, including the NAIA, there have been just 11 quarterbacks that have gone over 10,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing for their career. [5], Their primary rival are the Montana Grizzlies, whom they meet in the annual Brawl of the Wild, more commonly referred to as the Cat-Griz game by MSU students, alumni and supporters. He led them to wins in 1965 and 1966. [10] That was followed by a 103 semifinal win in the Grantland Rice Bowl over North Dakota State, after trailing 30 at halftime on the road in Fargo. Find out the latest on your favorite NCAAF teams on CBSSports.com. the University of Montana, the Brawl of the Wild Cup, for three straight years(2016-17, As a player, his teams never lost to rival Montana beating the Grizzlies 3314, 2213, 206, and 406, with Holland manning both the center and middle linebacker positions in most of those games. MSU currently has plans to renovate the east grandstand to include matching sky suites of the west grandstand and erect seating in the north end zone. He tweeted, "God knows all I ever need is a foot in the door. Copyright 2022 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved.