1947 Montana State Bobcats football team

The 1947 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1947 college football season. In its second season under head coach Clyde Carpenter, the team compiled a 4–5 record.[1]

1947 Montana State Bobcats football
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
Record4–5 (1–0 RMC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGatton Field
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Montana State $100450
Colorado College210450
Colorado State–Greeley211441
Colorado Mines120170
Western State (CO)021161
  • $ – Conference champion

The Bobcats defeated cross-state rival Montana on October 18 to win the Copper Bowl trophy. The game drew a crowd of 13,350, the largest crowd to see any sporting event in the state of Montana up to that point.[2]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Montana State was ranked at No. 165 out of 500 college football teams.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Oregon*L 14–2711,500[4]
September 26at BYU*Provo, UTL 14–19[5]
October 3at Colorado State–GreeleyGreeley, COW 32–13[6]
October 11vs. Hawaii*
L 0–145,000[7]
October 18vs. Montana*
W 13–1210,350[2]
October 25Idaho State*W 34–12[8]
November 1Utah State*
  • Gatton Field
  • Bozeman, MT
L 13–287,000[9]
November 8vs. Portland*
W 20–133,000[10]
November 15at Nevada*L 0–55[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

References