2012 Montana State Bobcats football team
American college football season
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The 2012 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by sixth-year head coach Rob Ash and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium. They finished the season 11–2 overall and 7–1 in Big Sky play to share the conference championship with Cal Poly and Eastern Washington. The received an at–large bid into the FCS playoffs where they defeated Stony Brook in the second round before falling to Sam Houston State in the quarterfinals. It was the second straight year the Bobcats were knocked out of the playoffs by Sam Houston State.
| 2012 Montana State Bobcats football | |
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Big Sky co-champion | |
NCAA Division I Quarterfinal, L 16–34 vs. Sam Houston State | |
| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 5 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 5 |
| Record | 11–2 (7–1 Big Sky) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Kevin McGiven (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Jamie Marshall (6th season) |
| Home stadium | Bobcat Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Eastern Washington +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Montana State +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Cal Poly +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Northern Arizona | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland State | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 30 | 7:05 pm | Chadron State* | No. 4 | Max Media/Big Sky TV | W 33–6 | 20,767 | |
| September 8 | 5:05 pm | at Drake* | No. 4 | W 34–24 | 3,558 | ||
| September 15 | 1:35 pm | No. 23 Stephen F. Austin* | No. 3 |
| Max Media/Big Sky TV | W 43–35 | 17,147 |
| September 22 | 2:05 pm | Northern Colorado | No. 2 |
| Max Media/Big Sky TV | W 41–16 | 18,637 |
| September 29 | 1:35 pm | at Southern Utah | No. 2 | RTNW[1] | W 24–17 | 8,417 | |
| October 6 | 5:05 pm | at UC Davis | No. 2 | RTNW | W 48–41 | 9,877 | |
| October 13 | 1:35 pm | No. 6 Eastern Washington | No. 2 |
| RTNW | L 24–27 | 20,477 |
| October 27 | 2:05 pm | North Dakota | No. 4 |
| Max Media/Big Sky TV | W 55–10 | 17,137 |
| November 3 | 5:05 pm | at Sacramento State | No. 3 | RTNW | W 20–17 | 7,143 | |
| November 10 | 1:35 pm | Portland State | No. 2 |
| RTNW | W 65–30 | 15,177 |
| November 17 | 1:35 pm | at Montana | No. 2 | RTNW | W 16–7 | 26,210 | |
| December 1 | 5:00 pm | No. 10 Stony Brook* | No. 2 |
| ESPN3 | W 16–10 | 15,257 |
| December 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 5 Sam Houston State* | No. 2 |
| ESPN2 | L 16–34 | 16,417 |
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Game summaries
Chadron State
Source:[2]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Eagles | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| #4 Bobcats | 6 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
@ Drake
Source:[3]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| #4 Bobcats | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
Stephen F. Austin
Source:[4]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| #23 Lumberjacks | 10 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 35 |
| #3 Bobcats | 14 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 43 |
Northern Colorado
Source:[5]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| #2 Bobcats | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 41 |
@ Southern Utah
Source:[6]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| #2 Bobcats | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Thunderbirds | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
@ UC Davis
Source:[7]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| #2 Bobcats | 7 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 48 |
| Aggies | 14 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 41 |
Eastern Washington
Source:[8]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| #6 Eagles | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 |
| #2 Bobcats | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
North Dakota
Source:[9]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| North Dakota | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| #4 Bobcats | 14 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 55 |
@ Sacramento State
Source:[10]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| #3 Bobcats | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Hornets | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Portland State
Source:[11]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Vikings | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| #2 Bobcats | 24 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 65 |
@ Montana
Source:[12]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| #2 Bobcats | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Grizzlies | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
FCS Playoffs
Stony Brook–FCS Playoffs Second Round
Source:[13]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| #10 Seawolves | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| #2 Bobcats | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
Sam Houston State–FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals
Source:[14]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| #5 Bearkats | 3 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| #2 Bobcats | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
This is the second straight year the Bobcats and Bearkats have met in the FCS quarterfinals. Last years game was in Huntsville, Texas.
Ranking movements
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| Sports Network | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Coaches | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||