1938 Montana State Bobcats football team

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1938
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1938 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Montana State $ 1 0 1 3 5 1
Colorado Mines 2 1 0 4 3 0
Colorado State–Greeley
1 1 1 3 4 1
Colorado College 1 1 0 1 6 0
Western State (CO)
1 3 0 3 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1938 Montana State Bobcats football team was an

Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1938 college football season. In its ninth, non-consecutive season under head coach Schubert R. Dyche, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record (1–0–1 against RMC opponents) and won the conference championship.[1][failed verification
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Three Montana State players were selected as first-team players on the 1938 All-Rocky Mountain Conference football team: fullback Don Cosner and guards Max Kimberly and John Vollmer. End Dana Bradford was named to the second team.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at
Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
  • L 0–357,500[3]
    September 23at New Mexico A&M*
    L 7–27[4]
    October 1at L 0–347,883[5]
    October 8
    Gatton Field
  • Bozeman, MT
  • W 14–7[6]
    October 15
    Western State (CO)dagger
    • Gatton Field
    • Bozeman, MT
    W 10–0[7]
    October 29vs. Portland*
    W 20–0[8]
    November 12vs. Montana*
    • Butte High Stadium
    • Butte, MT (rivalry)
    L 0–137,000[9]
    November 18at
    Spud Bowl
  • Pocatello, ID
  • L 0–16[10][11]
    November 24
    Colorado State–Greeley
    • Gatton Field
    • Bozeman, MT
    T 0–0[12]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming

    References

    1. ^ "Bobcat Record Book" (PDF). Montana State University. 2018. p. 57. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
    2. ^ Bobcat Record Book, p.70.
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    11. ^ "Southern Idaho Wins Grid Game". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. November 19, 1938. p. 15. Retrieved March 7, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
    12. ^ "Montana's Bobcats and Greeley Teachers Play Scoreless Tie in Title Game: Rocky Mountain Conference Championship to Bozeman". The Great Falls Tribune. November 25, 1938. p. 8.