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2022 Montana State Bobcats football team

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2022 Montana State Bobcats football
Big Sky co-champion
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 4
FCS CoachesNo. 5
Record12–2 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTaylor Housewright (2nd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorWillie Mack Garza (1st season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumBobcat Stadium
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Montana State +^   8 0     12 2  
No. 5 Sacramento State +^   8 0     12 1  
No. 9 Weber State ^   6 2     10 3  
No. 18 Idaho ^   6 2     7 5  
No. 25 UC Davis   5 3     6 5  
No. 14 Montana ^   4 4     8 5  
Portland State   3 5     4 7  
Eastern Washington   2 6     3 8  
Northern Colorado   2 6     3 8  
Northern Arizona   2 6     3 8  
Idaho State   1 7     1 10  
Cal Poly   1 7     2 9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2022 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by second-year head coach Brent Vigen and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium in Bozeman, Montana.

Preseason

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Polls

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On July 25, 2022, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Bobcats were predicted to finish third in the Big Sky by the coaches and second by the media.[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Montana 111 (3)
2 Sacramento State 110 (4)
3 Montana State 109 (5)
4 Weber State 84
5 UC Davis 82
6 Eastern Washington 76
7 Northern Arizona 62
8 Idaho 45
9 Portland State 42
10 Cal Poly 33
T-11 Idaho State 19
T-11 Northern Colorado 19
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Montana 356 (14)
2 Montana State 352 (13)
3 Sacramento State 335 (4)
4 Weber State 261
5 UC Davis 255 (1)
6 Eastern Washington 236
7 Northern Arizona 191
8 Portland State 146
9 Idaho 142
10 Cal Poly 85
11 Northern Colorado 71
12 Idaho State 66

Preseason All–Big Sky team

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The Bobcats had seven players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]

Roster

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2022 Montana State Bobcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 0 Cam Gardner So
WR 1 Ravi Alston GS
RB 2 DeMareus Hosey So
WR 3 Coy Steel Sr
QB 4 Tommy Mellott So
WR 5 Charles Brown  Fr
WR 6 Andrew Patterson So
TE 8 Derryk Snell Jr
WR 9 Jamahd Monroe So
QB 10 Sean Chambers Jr
WR 11 Willie Patterson Sr
QB 12 Jordan Reed Fr
RB 13 Elijah Elliott So
TE 14 Peyton Thornton  Fr
WR 16 Tanner Trafton So
WR 17 Jaden Smith  Fr
QB 18 Sean Austin  Fr
FB 19 Jaharie Martin So
RB 22 Isaiah Ifanse Sr
RB 24 Lane Sumner Jr
RB 29 Jaalen Rening So
RB 36 Nolan Iverson Fr
RB 38 Garrett Coon So
FB 42 R. J. Fitzgerald Sr
RB, LB 49 Kade Strutz Fr
G 56 Cole Sain Jr
G 58 Aaron Richards So
OT 61 Cole Sydner So
OT 63 Rush Reimer So
C 65 Justus Perkins So
OL 66 Titan Fleischmann  Fr
OL 67 Joe McElroy Sr
G 70 Holden Sampson  Fr
OT 72 T. J. Session  Fr
OL 73 J. T. Reed So
G 74 Conor Reitler So
OT 75 Jacob Kettels  Fr
OL 76 Marcus Wehr  Fr
C 79 Jack Harlow So
TE 80 Treyton Pickering Jr
WR 81 Tayvian Williams So
TE 82 Elijah Reynolds So
WR 83 Noah Smith Fr
WR 85 Aidan Garrigan  Fr
TE 87 Ryan Lonergan So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 0 Tyrel Thomas Sr
DB 1 Eric Zambrano Jr
DB 2 Dru Polidore Fr
CB 4 James Campbell Sr
S 5 Jeffrey Manning Jr. Sr
DB 6 Miles Jackson So
S, NB 7 Ty Okada Sr
S, NB 8 Level Price Jr. Jr
CB 9 Simeon Woodard So
LB 11 Kenneth Eiden IV  Fr
CB 12 Devin Davis  Fr
CB 13 Jackson Harmon  Fr
DE 15 Brody Grebe So
S 18 Kendric Bailey Jr
LB 19 Neil Daily  Fr
S 20 Tyson Pottenger  Fr
S 23 Aidan Parks  Fr
S 25 Eli Aby  Fr
S, NB 26 Ryan Ortt So
S, NB 27 Connor Ryan So
S 28 Jake D'Agostino  Fr
LB 30 Danny Uluilakepa So
LB 31 Jace Fitzgerald  Fr
LB 32 Jory Choate Sr
DT 33 Blake Hehl Jr
LB 34 Nolan Askelson Jr
DB 35 Kade Cutler Fr
LB 40 Alex Johnson  Fr
LB 43 McCade O'Reilly So
DE 45 Hunter Parsons  Fr
LB 47 Callahan O'Reilly Sr
DT 50 Zack Black  Fr
DE 53 Luke Fedyk  Fr
LB 54 Cooper Thomas So
DL 55 Aaron Gerle Fr
DT 57 Tyson Regimbal Sr
DE 91 David Alston  Jr
DT 92 Blake Schmidt  Fr
DT 93 Kyle Rygg Sr
DT 95 Sebastian Valdez So
DT 96 Paul Brott  Fr
DE 98 Ben Seymour Jr
DL 99 Trey Yates  Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 37 Bryce Leighton So
K 39 Blake Glessner So
LS 71 Tommy Sullivan So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Taylor Housewright (Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks)
  • Willie Mack Garza (Defensive coordinator / Defensive backs)
  • Justin Udy (special teams coordinator / wide receivers / pass game coordinator)
  • Bobby Daly (linebackers)
  • Brian Armstrong (offensive line / run game coordinator)
  • Jimmy Beal (running backs)
  • Tyler Walker (Tight ends)
  • Shaw Howe (defensive line / defensive run game coordinator)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: July 24, 2022

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 p.m.McNeese State*No. 4KWYB/ESPN+W 40–1721,687
September 101:00 p.m.Morehead State*No. 4
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
KWYB/ESPN+W 63–1319,927
September 176:00 p.m.vs. Oregon State*No. 4P12NL 28–6825,218
September 242:00 p.m.at No. 15 Eastern WashingtonNo. 4TKBZK/ESPN+W 38–35  7,200
October 18:15 p.m.UC DavisNo. 4
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
ESPNUW 41–2421,637
October 82:00 p.m.Idaho StatedaggerNo. 4
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
KBZK/ESPN+W 37–621,647
October 151:00 p.m.at Northern ColoradoNo. 4KBZK/ESPN+W 37–14  4,796
October 221:00 p.m.No. 5 Weber StateNo. 3
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT
KBZK/ESPN+W 43–3820,707
November 52:00 p.m.at Northern ArizonaNo. 3KBZK/ESPN+W 41–38  8,676
November 126:00 p.m.at Cal PolyNo. 3KBZK/ESPN+W 72–28  5,369
November 1912:00 p.m.No. 13 MontanaNo. 3
KBZK/ESPN+W 55–2122,047
December 31:00 p.m.No. 9 Weber State*No. 3
ESPN+W 33–2516,397
December 98:15 p.m.No. 6 William & Mary*No. 3
  • Bobcat Stadium
  • Bozeman, MT (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)
ESPN2/ESPN+W 55–714,367
December 172:00 p.m.at No. 1 South Dakota State*No. 3
ESPN2/ESPN+L 18–39  7,195

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Game summaries

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McNeese State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 10 0 7 17
No. 4 Bobcats 0 17 16 7 40

Morehead State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 3 3 7 13
No. 4 Bobcats 28 7 14 14 63

At Oregon State

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Previous meeting
First ever Meeting
No. 4 (FCS) Montana State Bobcats (2-0) vs Oregon State Beavers (2-0) – Game Summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
No. 4 Bobcats 7 7 7728
Beavers 7 27 201468

at Providence ParkPortland, Oregon

  • Date: September 17th
  • Game time: 5:00 p.m. PST
  • Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C) • Wind: NW at 7 miles per hour (11 km/h) • Weather: Cloudy
  • Game attendance: 25,218
  • Referee: Francisco Villar
  • TV announcers (P12N): Jordan Kent (play-by-play), Nigel Burton (analyst)
Game information

At No. 15 Eastern Washington

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4T Bobcats 10 14 7 7 38
No. 15 Eagles 14 7 0 14 35

UC Davis

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1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 10 3 11 0 24
No. 4 Bobcats 7 17 14 3 41

Idaho State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 6 0 0 0 6
No. 4 Bobcats 14 20 0 3 37

At Northern Colorado

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Bobcats 3 14 13 7 37
Bears 7 7 0 0 14

No. 5 Weber State

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Wildcats 17 7 8 6 38
No. 3 Bobcats 9 18 16 0 43

At Northern Arizona

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Bobcats 17 0 7 17 41
Lumberjacks 7 14 7 10 38

At Cal Poly

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Bobcats 24 27 14 7 72
Mustangs 0 14 14 0 28

No. 13 Montana

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Grizzlies 7 0 0 14 21
No. 3 Bobcats 21 10 10 14 55

FCS Playoffs

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No. 9 Weber State – Second Round

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Wildcats 3 7 0 15 25
No. 3 Bobcats 7 9 10 7 33

No. 6 William & Mary – Quarterfinals

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Tribe 0 0 0 7 7
No. 3 Bobcats 10 17 28 0 55

At No. 1 South Dakota State – Semifinals

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Bobcats 6 3 3 6 18
No. 1 Jackrabbits 14 14 8 3 39

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS4444443333334
Coaches4444542233335

References

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  1. ^ "Montana Tabbed Big Sky Preseason Favorites by Coaches & Media". July 25, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "Bobcat Backfield Joins Two Defensive Stars and Two Specialists on Preseason All-Big Sky Squad". Montana State University. July 25, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 Football Schedule". Montana State University Athletics. Retrieved May 2, 2022.