1946 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 1946 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State College (now known as Montana State University) in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1946 college football season. In its first season under head coach Clyde Carpenter, the team compiled a – record and won the RMC championship.[1]
| 1946 Montana State Bobcats football | |
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RMC champion | |
Harbor Bowl, T 13–13 vs. New Mexico | |
| Conference | Rocky Mountain Conference |
| 1946 record | 5–3–2 (2–0–1 RMC) |
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| Home stadium | Gatton Field |
| 1946 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State–Greeley | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western State (CO) | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado College | 0 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Mines | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Key players included quarterback Gene Bourdet, halfbacks Harry Perrigo, Bill Nelson, Gene Miles, and James O'Lauglin, fullbacks Mark Hampton and Neil Brooks, end George Rumberger, guards Billy Odneal and Ben Auck, tackles Len Larson and Alfred Croonquist, and centers Charles Masten and Earl Nadeau.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | BYU | W 13–12 | |||
| October 5 | at Colorado College | T 7–7 | |||
| October 12 | at Utah State | Logan, UT | L 14–28 | ||
| October 19 | vs. Montana | L 7–20 | |||
| October 26 | Colorado State–Greeley |
| W 27–7 | ||
| November 2 | at Nevada | L 14–38 | [2] | ||
| November 9 | vs. Portland |
| W 19–6 | 6,000 | [3] |
| November 16 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| W 39–18 | [4] | |
| November 23 | at Colorado Mines | Golden, CO | W 45–7 | ||
| January 1, 1947 | vs. New Mexico | T 13–13 | 7,000 | [5] |
After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Bobcat was selected.[6]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
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| 19 | 175 | John McLellan | Tackle | Chicago Bears |
References
- "Bobcat Record Book" (PDF). Montana State University. 2018. p. 57. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
- "Kalmanir Runs 105 Yards as Nevada Tops Montana State 38-14 in Homecoming Game". Nevada State Journal. November 13, 1946. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Alert Bobcats Whip Pilots 19-6 Before 6,000 Fans". Great Falls Tribune. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Bobcats win at home as Grizzlies lose on road". The Montana Standard. November 17, 1946. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Lobos and Montana State Battle to 13-13 Tie in San Diego's Harbor Bowl". Albuquerque Journal. January 2, 1947. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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