2010 Montana State Bobcats football team

2010 Montana State Bobcats football
2010 Montana State Bobcats football
Big Sky co-champion
NCAA Division I Second Round, L 17–42 vs. North Dakota State
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 11
FCS Coaches	No. 11
Record	9–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Rob Ash (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Brian Wright (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Jamie Marshall (4th season)
Home stadium	Bobcat Stadium
	Seasons ← 2009 2011 →

2010 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Eastern Washington +^	7	–	1	13	–	2
No. 11 Montana State +^	7	–	1	9	–	3
No. 20 Montana	5	–	3	7	–	4
Weber State	5	–	3	6	–	5
Sacramento State	5	–	3	6	–	5
Northern Arizona	4	–	4	6	–	5
Northern Colorado	2	–	6	3	–	8
Portland State	1	–	7	2	–	9
Idaho State	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2010 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Rob Ash and played its home games at Bobcat Stadium. The team finished the regular season with an 8–3 record, making them Big Sky Conference co-champions alongside Eastern Washington. The team qualified for the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, in which they were eliminated in the second round by the North Dakota State Bison.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Source
September 4	Fort Lewis*	No. 24	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 59–10
September 11	at Washington State*	No. 24	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	L 22–23
September 18	Drake*	No. 22	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 48–21
September 25	No. 9 Eastern Washington	No. 17	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 30–7
October 2	at Sacramento State	No. 10	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	W 64–61
October 9	Portland State	No. 10	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 44–31
October 16	at Northern Arizona	No. 9	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 7–34
October 23	Northern Colorado	No. 15	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 37–35
October 30	at Idaho State	No. 13	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	W 23–20
November 6	Weber State	No. 12	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 24–10
November 20	at No. 11 Montana	No. 8	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (rivalry)	W 21–16
December 4	No. 25 North Dakota State*	No. 6	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT (NCAA Division I Second Round)	L 17–42	^[2]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

^ "Montana State Yearly Results 2010-2014". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
^ "Bison run over Bobcats". Great Falls Tribune. December 5, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.