2012 Montana State Bobcats football team


The 2012 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University in 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 were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 11–2, 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.

Schedule

Game summaries

Chadron State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–12006CHAD, 35–24

@ Drake

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–12010MSU, 48–21

Stephen F. Austin

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–12005MSU, 42–6

Northern Colorado

Overall recordLast meetingResult
16–11–12011MSU, 31–21

@ Southern Utah

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–02007MSU, 7–3

@ UC Davis

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–12011MSU, 38–14

Eastern Washington

Overall recordLast meetingResult
10–252011MSU, 36–21

North Dakota

Overall recordLast meetingResult
15–13–11983UND, 21–3

@ Sacramento State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
14–62011MSU, 31–21

Portland State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
17–92011MSU, 38–36

@ Montana

Overall recordLast meetingResult
36–70–52011MONT, 36–10

FCS Playoffs

Stony Brook–FCS Playoffs Second Round

Sam Houston State–FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–32011SHS, 49–13

This is the second straight year the Bobcats and Bearkats have met in the FCS quarterfinals. Last years game was in Huntsville, Texas.

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