1973 Montana State Bobcats football team

1973 Montana State Bobcats football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record7–4 (5–1 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDon Christensen (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorSonny Lubick (3rd season)
Home stadiumSales Stadium
Seasons
← 1972
1974 →
1973 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Boise State $^ 6 0 0 10 3 0
Montana State 5 1 0 7 4 0
Idaho 3 2 0 4 7 0
Northern Arizona 2 3 0 4 6 0
Montana 2 4 0 4 6 0
Weber State 2 4 0 3 8 0
Idaho State 0 6 0 2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AP small college poll

The 1973 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season. In their third season under head coach Sonny Holland, the Bobcats compiled a 7–4 record (5–1 against Big Sky opponents) and finished second in the Big Sky.[1]

The team played its home games in the newly constructed, 10,000-seat Reno H. Sales Stadium in Bozeman, Montana.[2]

  1. ^ "Bobcat Record Book" (PDF). Montana State University. 2018. p. 59. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  2. ^ "New year, new stadium for Cats". Great Falls Tribune. September 6, 1973. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.