Following the completion of the 2012 NCAA FCS regular season, Schreibeis was named the winner of Buck Buchanan Award given annually by The Sports Network to the most outstanding defensive player in the FCS. MSU finished the 1926 season undefeated in RMAC conference games, but was not awarded a conference title. They would do that all first quarter, youd be down 21-0 and it would be over before it began.. The Montana State Bobcats football program competes in the Big Sky Conference of the NCAA's Division I Football Championship Subdivision for Montana State University.The program began in 1897 and has won three national championships (1956, 1976, and 1984).It is the only college football program in the nation to win national championships on three different levels of competition, NAIA, NCAA . 87.5%. 1976 Montana State team photo. The University of Montana Department of Intercollegiate Athletics promotes its football teams each season with a printed media guide, which outlines current rosters (at time of print), schedules, results, and often included player and coach bios and statistics. 1904. Jr. Fresno, Calif. Clovis West. Lulay led Montana State in rushing his senior year with 611 yards. You had this mindset of just happy to be there because of the greatness ahead of us. I remember going in at halftime and going back out, wondering if it was even possible to warm back up., That was the coldest football game Id ever played in in my life, Markovich, a Butte native himself, said. You really had this dynamic that the talent, the really best players were sophomores and juniors, Markovich said. McGhee started the first game of his frosh season and has only missed two games both in his senior year. 1975 - 1989. Akron forced two turnovers that led to 13 quick points and a third takeaway gave Akron one last chance. Image Based Life > Uncategorized > 1976 montana state football roster. Sean Beckton - Tight ends. 1955 Jim Englehardt, Nebraska-Omaha 8 202 1,455 181.8. The 1956 Bobcats of head coach Tony Storti were the fourth, and last, Montana State football team to go undefeated. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. The extra-point attempt to tie the game with seven minutes remaining missed wide right, and the remainder of the game was scoreless. That game was eerily similar to MSU's 26-25 playoff victory over New Hampshire in 2011, when a blocked extra point was the difference. Lee Washburn, a big, strong kid from Bozeman, he was pissed off. But the Bobcat defense stiffened and Kostrba punched in a touchdown from eight yards out to seal victory.After Kostrbas score, he handed the ball to Washburn, who spiked the ball and took the penalty, a completely uncharacteristic display of showboating for a Holland-coached team. East was tradd to the Chargers and started at defensive tackle from 1971-73. [7][8], In the Pioneer Bowl for the Division II title in Wichita Falls, Texas, the Bobcats defeated Akron 2413 and became the first Big Sky team to win a national title in football. Plus, the reason they bought him a ticket on the plane is Al had a bachelor party planned on the beach.. MSU quarterback Paul Dennehy and running back Delmar Jones, The best way to describe our team was we had a third of out of state guys, a third of in-state guys and a third Butte guys, Vancleeve said. In his sophomore year, he proved his worth by leading the Big Sky Conference with 12.5 sacks as a situational pass rusher. Earlier in the quarter Collins had forced and recovered a fumble in UM territory to set up the go-ahead touchdown. Previous Season Next Season. The professors, the farmers, the ranchers, the Butte miners, everyone loved him because he was so sincere. Following the UND win, in Bozeman, Montana State bludgeoned North Dakota State with its powerful rushing attack in a 34-7 win. Box 1. Dane Fletcher, who was a linebacker for the New England Patriots, in Super Bowl XLVI. The Lakers were the DII football team to beat in the first decade of the 2000s. Hide/Show Additional Information For William Perry Montana State coach Sonny Holland and his team accept the NCAA Division II championship trophy on Dec. 11, 1976 in Wichita Falls, Texas. 1970-71 . Graduate guard Jack Clark dunks the ball during the game against Campbell on Friday, Nov. After slugging out the first quarter, Dennehy tossed a five-yard touchdown to McCullough for MSUs first score. As Holland stood atop the airplane stairs and looked out onto the runway, the throngs of locals waiting to welcome the Bobcats home burstinto an ovation. Entering August practices, the Bobcats were expected to finish in the middle . In his first career start, Dennehy struggled to settle in initially and the Bobcats fell behind 14-3. After spending six years in the newspaper industry with stops at the Missoulian, the Ellensburg Daily Record and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the former Washington Newspaper Association Sportswriter of the Year and University of Montana Journalism School graduate ('09) has cultivated a deep passion for sports journalism during his 13-year career covering the Big Sky Conference. For his career Daly finished with 34 sacks. Stenerud's name is in the Kansas City Chiefs' ring of honor and he is one of just four MSU players to have his number "78" retired. He led them to wins in 1965 and 1966. Montana State . . Football Football: Facebook Football: Twitter Football: Instagram Football: Tickets Football: Schedule Football: Roster Football: News Basketball Basketball: Facebook Basketball: Twitter Basketball: Instagram Basketball: . The official 2017 Football Roster for the University of Colorado Buffs . MSU closed the month with a 21-12 over rival Montana in Missoula, Hollands ninth in 10 career outings against the Griz. The 1976 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1976 NCAA Division II football season. The only pre-war regular to play in the Harbor Bowl was Bill Zupan, whose brother Al was among those 'Cat gridders making the ultimate sacrifice. Through the 2016 season, the Bobcats are 1392 in postseason play. In 1968, Erickson engineered the greatest comeback, in what is considered by many as the most exciting game in the Cat-Griz series. After Schafer's go-ahead touchdown with 12 seconds to play, the Grizzlies nearly spoiled things for MSU. Confidence began to grow. Montana State began its season in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers each selected 39 players in an expansion draft held on March 30-31, 1976. Box 1, Folder 2. Montana State's Daniel Hardy (44), Taylor Tuiasosopo and their teammates celebrate a late stop in their FCS semifinal game against South Dakota State on Dec. 18, 2021 at Bobcat Stadium in Bozeman. 1953 Ralph Capitani, Iowa State Teachers 9 317 1,755 195.0. The field was named for Cyrus J. Gatton (18941918), a former Montana State football player from 191316. Lulay threw for a league-high 32 touchdowns and passed for 4,815 yards to finish with the second best passer rating in the CFL. coord., WRs. In 2012 Caleb Schreibeis became the first Bobcat to win the award followed by Brad Daly in 2013. Vancleeve, Ueland, Markovich, Dennehy, Jones, Daws and Wayne Edwards spearheaded the construction of the statue. By 1976, he was in his sixth of seven seasons as the most successful head coach in school history, leading MSU to its second national title. History; Jr. Buford, Ga. Buford HS / Florida State / New Mexico Military Institute. Get the comprehensive skill-player rosters for every Division I college football team. The roster contained a distinct number of personalities hailing from all over the West. As a player, his teams never lost to rival Montana beating the Grizzlies 3314, 2213, 206, and 406, with Holland manning both the center and middle linebacker positions in most of those games. Box 22 (FBC540-22) . [citation needed]. The out of state players mostly hailed from regional cities like Spokane, Seattle and the Twin Cities in Minnesota. Lulay was the quarterback at MSU from 20022005 leading the Bobcats to three Big Sky Conference titles and two NCAA Division I-AA playoff appearances. Assistant Coach. Jr. Rutherford, NJ Rutherford. Roster Layout: However, neither MSU nor any of the other regional winnersNorthern Iowa (Midwest), Middle Tennessee State (Mideast), or East Carolina (East)were awarded the national championship. The Bobcats set the tone for their powerful style and resilient attitude right away. Craig Russell and Hall of Famer CJ Johnson selected First . In 2013, Brad Daly became the seventh defensive lineman to earn All-America status. 2022 Spring Football Roster. Anthony Grant. 1956 Curtis Bennett, Sterling (Kan.) 9 310 2,166 240.7. . Thats the defining memory of that moment, one of the pinnacle moments in all our lives.. Both players manned the defensive end (Bandit) position for MSU and racked up big numbers playing in defensive line coach Bo Beck's system. Full Bio. On Saturday, Montana State honors the 40th anniversary of the title at its Homecoming game that doubles as its Big Sky opener against, fittingly, North Dakota. Montana State beat North Dakota State 10-3 in the semifinals in Fargo, North Dakota, as quarterback Paul Dennehy threw the game's only touchdown pass. MSU won that one too, rolling to a 28-7 win in Hawaii to move to 9-1 and earn a bid to the playoffs, the schools sixth postseason berth. Print. . But the Zips waited for the Bobcats with other intentions. One Montana State Bobcat has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Jan Stenerud. Once we got to the field, we knew we would win.. Montana State . History of Post Season Officials. it to the title game three consecutive years from 1976-1978, winning two of the matchups. (1966-72), San Jose State (1973-75), Michigan State (1976-79), Arizona State (1980-84)-Took Fresno State to two bowl . UM joined the PCC after spending 22 years as part of the Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association with league members Washington, Oregon, Washington State, Oregon State, Idaho and Wittman College in 1924. The official 2023 Football Roster for the University of California, Davis Aggies . Regina Street Waterloo, Orlando Fla. Edgewater [] 2002 The Streak ends. He played in two Grey Cup games (1983 and 1985), and was a key member of B.C. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Sonny Holland and won the Division II national championship. New Hampshire stormed back to cut the Bobcat lead to one but a missed extra point gave MSU a 17-16 win and a bid to the Grantland Rice Bowl for a rematch with NDSU, this time in Fargo. Sonny Holland wore a leather jacket and a cowboy hat, the personification of Butte tough. The Bobcats played their home games on campus in Bozeman at Reno H. Sales Stadium . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. History; Sep 10 (Sat) Grambling. Professionally, he was the head coach of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Roster and Stats. Although it would be seven more seasons until Montana State would again win more than it lost, that season helped chart the course into what would become an unbelievably successful period in Montana State's football history as the Bobcats would take 22 of the next 30 games from 1956 to 1985 from the Grizzlies and would win all three of their national championships during that same span. It references the Joyce Collection's holdings of team media guides for football programs at four-year colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Erickson, flanker Ron Bain, and running back Paul Schafer led the comeback, as the Bobcats clinched a tie for the Big Sky championshiptheir third straight. He went on to coach the Miami Hurricanes to two NCAA Division I-A national championships. They are the only college football program in the nation to win national championships on three different levels of competition, NAIA . He later coached the Bobcats to national glory in 1976 as they captured the NCAA Division II national title. Stenerud scored 11 points, including a then-Super Bowl record 48-yard field goal, in Kansas City's 237 Super Bowl IV win in 1970. Led by a true freshman quarterback, Travis Lulay, the 'Cats took the lead and never looked back in . The game was nationally aired on CBS television and radio. 40-22. He ran for a team-leading 637 . So the Bobcats rallied a collection of money and bought Reichowa ticket to come along to island paradise. During this period UM enjoyed a 3081 edge in Cat-Griz games. Cincinnati Bengals players listed alphabetically or numerically. [10] That was followed by a 103 semifinal win in the Grantland Rice Bowl over North Dakota State, after trailing 30 at halftime on the road in Fargo. Hysell had the head set on and when Les broke clean, Cliffs cord got caught around his neck and his feet got pulled right out from under him (laughs).. The Zips, after all, were on their way up to Division I two years later and the fertile Ohio recruiting grounds sprinkled talent across their roster. As the 76 championship fades farther into the past, the reverence for the group grows. Sep 17 (Sat) Tony Tuioti - Defensive line. The RMAC would drop down to the small college division of NCAA football in 1939 and remained there until 1952 when it joined the NAIA. The following is the Atlanta Falcons all-time roster, browsable by last name or position. State University of New York at Albany vs. Springfield College, November 13, 1976 State University of New York at Albany vs. State University of New York at Plattsburgh, Nov. 5, 1977 . knocked his man so far into the UM backfield that Eastwood had to alter his course causing him to collide with Yates. Hollands toss sweep offense featuring stud ball carriers like Steve Kracher and Wayne Edwards helped the Bobcats grind teams into the ground. With conference play beginning, Markovich remembers the coaches using a platoon where backups played every third series on both lines, in the backfield and throughout the second two levels of the defense. The other 26 NFL teams each froze 29 players from its roster. [4], Montana State has won 20 conference titles, including 15 in the Big Sky Conference and five in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Inaugural Grizzly Football Hall of Fame (1982) The 19 former University of Montana football stars who were inducted in 1982 included: OLD GOLDS (1897-1927)-Chris Bentz, Wild Bill Kelly, Russ Sweet, Paul . Player Season Finder, Player Game Finder, NCAA Tournament Player Game Finder , Matchup Finder, NCAA . Running back Tony Boddie played in Super Bowl XXII for the Denver Broncos. Holland led the Bobcats to the Big Sky Conference championship in 1972 in his second season as starslike Bill Kollar and Sam McCullum carved out their own places in MSU history. Assistant Coach (Defensive Line) Jon Koonce. The overall comeback is the greatest in Cat-Griz Game history and the fourth quarter comeback matched the comeback from a 24-9 deficit by the 1968 Bobcats, which ended in a 29-24 win over UM. That was the day Paul grew up as a player and we all believed in him after that, Markovich said. In 1956, the Bobcats, led by freshman captain and two-way (center and middle linebacker) starter Sonny Holland, won a share of the NAIA title at the Aluminum Bowl in Little Rock, Arkansas, playing to a scoreless tie with the Pumas of St. Joseph's College from Rensselaer, Indiana.