2019 Montana State Bobcats football team


The 2019 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by fourth-year head coach Jeff Choate and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 11–4, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Albany in the second round and Austin Peay in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to North Dakota State.

Previous season

The Bobcats finished the 2018 season 8–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Incarnate Word in the first round before losing in the second round to North Dakota State.

Preseason

Big Sky preseason poll

The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Bobcats were picked to finish in fourth place by the media, and in fifth place by the coaches.

Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Bobcats had five players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.
Offense
Mitch Brott – OL
Troy Andersen – FB
Defense
Bryce Sterk – OLB
Greg Filer – CB
Brayden Konkol – S

Schedule

Game summaries

at Texas Tech

Southeast Missouri State

at Western Illinois

Norfolk State

Northern Arizona

at Cal Poly

Sacramento State

at North Dakota

Southern Utah

at Northern Colorado

at UC Davis

Montana

FCS Playoffs

The Bobcats entered the postseason tournament as the number five seed, with a first-round bye.

Albany–Second Round

Austin Peay–Quarterfinals

at North Dakota State–Semifinals

Ranking movements