1974 Montana State Bobcats football team

1974 Montana State Bobcats football
1974 Montana State Bobcats football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	7–3 (4–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Sonny Holland (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Don Christensen (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Sonny Lubick (4th season)
Home stadium	Sales Stadium
	Seasons ← 1973 1975 →

The 1974 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 1974 NCAA Division II football season. In their fourth season under head coach Sonny Holland, the Bobcats compiled a 7–4 record (4–2 against Big Sky opponents) and finished second in the Big Sky.^[1]

1974 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Boise State $^	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Montana State	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Idaho	2	–	2	–	1	2	–	8	–	1
Montana	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Northern Arizona	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Idaho State	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Weber State	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from AP small college poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	at Portland State*	Civic Stadium Portland, OR	W 29–8	3,432	^[2]
September 14	at North Dakota*	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND	L 14–34	11,000	^[3]
September 21	at Fresno State*	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA	W 14–7	9,987	^[4]
September 28	No. 3 Boise State	Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	L 37–40	9,100	^[5]
October 5	Northern Arizona	Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 44–21	5,500
October 12	at Weber State	Wildcat Stadium Ogden, UT	L 10–28	7,146
October 19	Idaho State	Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 14–0	9,133
October 26	Idaho	Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 36–21	6,117	^[6]
November 2	at Montana	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT (rivalry)	W 43–29	12,054–12,058	^[7]^[8]^[9]
November 16	North Dakota State*	Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 34–14	6,350–6,471	^[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game