BBobcatobcat RecordRecord BBookook 22018018 Aaron Mason heads for paydirt in Bobcat Stadium, 2008, featuring a new playing surface but before construction of the Sonny Holland End Zone (Arianne Perlinski) 2200 YYearsears ofof BobcatBobcat StadiumStadium 11998-2017998-2017 Construction on Bobcat Stadium’s predecessor, Reno H. Sales Stadium, in the summer of 1973 2200 YYearsears ooff BBobcatobcat SStadiumtadium The renovated Bobcat Stadium’s second game, September 1998 Bobcat legends (from left) Max Worthington, Tom Parac and Sonny Quarterback Holland review newly- DeNarius renovated Bobcat McGhee is Stadium in the summer carried off of 1998 the fi eld after leading MSU to its fi rst playoff win since 1984 The fi rst game featuring the Sonny Holland End Zone, 2011 22018018 BobcatBobcat RecordRecord BookBook Most Bobcat statistics and records are available for Bobcat football since 1956, which coincided with the arrival of the great Ken Nicholson as the school’s fi rst full-time Sports Information Director. While Nicholson’s work forms the foundations of MSU’s football records, considerable contributions have been made through the years by John Nicholson, Erica Hauge, Tanner Gooch, Dan Huffi ne, and many others. A special word of thanks go to those who have served on the Bobcat Stat Crew through the years, including: Larry Baker, Ralph Brigham, Mike Cavaness, Dori Cofer, Steve Erickson, Scott Heck, Dr. Tom Hildner, Dia Johnson, Mark Johnson, Lynn Lamberty, Jennifer Pomnichowski, the late Howard Rein, Leo Schlenker, Eric Strohmeier, and Larry Zwiefelhofer; and to those who assembled the crew, former Bobcat Sports Information Directors Ken Nicholson, Arnie Sgalio, Bruce Parker, and Steve Fenk. The information contained herein is compiled based on currently available data. To contribute season or individual game statistics please contact Bobcat Sports Information. TTableable ooff CContentsontents 2017 in Records and Stats in Review ................................ 3-20 Records Summaries ..........................................................22-24 Rushing Records ...............................................................25-30 Passing Records................................................................ 31-33 Recieving Records ............................................................ 34-36 Scoring Records ................................................................37-38 Special Teams Records ..................................................... 39-40 Total Yardage Records ............................................................41 Defensive Records ..................................................................42 Post-Season History and Records ...................................44-50 MSU Stadium History ........................................................ 52-54 Game-by-Game Scores ..................................................... 56-61 MSU in Overtime ......................................................................61 Year-by-Year Results ...............................................................62 All-time Coaching Records .....................................................62 National Award Winners ..........................................................64 Bobcat All-Americas ..........................................................65-67 All-Conference ................................................................... 68-70 Team Awards ......................................................................71-72 All-Time Conference Standings ....................................... 74-76 2018 Opponent Summaries .............................................. 77-78 Bobcats All-Time in 2017 Opponent Stadiums .....................78 MSU vs. 2018 Opponents Game-by-Game ...................... 79-82 MSU vs. Other Big Sky Opponents ..................................82-83 MSU Game-by-Game vs. All Opponents ..........................83-84 Bobcats in the Pro Ranks ................................................. 86-88 All-Time Numerical Roster ................................................90-96 All-Time Assistant Coach Roster ................................... 97-100 All-Time Bobcat Captains ............................................. 102-104 2018 MONTANA STATE FOOTBALL 3 22017017 BBobcatobcat HHonorsonors 2017 POST-SEASON 2017 Bobcat HONORS 22018018 ALL-AMERICA In-Season Honors none STATS NATIONAL PLAYER OF WEEK FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA none RRecordsecords WWatchatch RB/LB Troy Andersen ROOT BIG SKY PLAYER OF WEEK SOPHOMORE ALL-AMERICA 11/18 - Mac Bignell (Defense) QB Chris Murray FCS ADA ALL-SCHOLAR TEAM CChrishris MurrayMurray CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA Mitchell Herbert CCareerareer RushingRushing YardsYards 2nd Team: WR Mitchell Herbert 1. 3,646 Ryan Johnson, 1999-2002 CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA 2. 3,422 Cody Kirk, 2010-13 FCS ADA ACADEMIC ALL-STAR TEAM 3rd Team: Mitchell Herbert 3. 2,979 Steve Kracher, 1972-75 WR Mitchell Herbert 4. 2,954 Don Hass, 1965-67 5. 2,819 Delmar Jones, 1975-78 BIG SKY AWARDS BIG SKY ALL-ACADEMIC 6. 2,464 Matt Engelking, 1993-96 Freshman of Year: RB/LB Troy Andersen Troy Andersen, Kyle Finch, RJ Fitzgerald, 7. 2,449 Tony Boddie, 1979-82 ALL-BIG SKY Ben Folsom, JoJo Henderson, Mitchell 8. 2,375 Chris Murray, 2016- First Team: LB Mac Bignell Herbert, Josh Hill, Michael Jobman, Kevin 9. 2,182 Demetrius Crawford, 2007-08 Second Team: OL Dylan Mahoney, P Kassis, Lewis Kidd, Dylan Mahoney, Derek 10. 2,155 Wayne Edwards, 1972-74 Jered Padmos Marks, Bryson McCabe, Jared Padmos, Third Team: S Bryson McCabe Gabe Peppenger CCareerareer RushingRushing TTouchdownsouchdowns 1. 47 Cody Kirk, 2010-13 Honorable Mention: none 2. 29 Chad Newell, 2013-16 2017 Team Awards 2. 29 Don Hass, 1965-67 ACADEMIC ALL-BIG SKY Sonny Holland Off. MVP ............Mitch Herbert 4. 27 Ryan Johnson, 1999-2002 Troy Andersen, Kyle Finch, R.J. Fitzgerald, Bill Kollar Def. MVP .......................Mac Bignell 5. 24 Dakota Prukop, 2013-15 Ben Folsom, Colin Hammock, JoJo Hen- Jan Stenerud ST MVP .............. Jered Padmos 6. 24 John Tetrault, 1987-90 derson, Mitchell Herbert, Josh Hill, Michael Don Hass Most Inspirational Tyrone Fa’anono 7. 23 Travis Lulay, 2002-05 Jobman, Kevin Kassis, Lewis Kidd, Dylan Ma- 8. 22 Chris Murray, 2016- honey, Derek Marks, Bryson McCabe, Jared 8. 22 Delmar Jones, 1976-79 2017 Coaches Choice 10. 21 Dennis Erickson, 1966-68 Padmos, Gabe Peppenger Awards Dennis Erickson Offensive ........................ Dylan Mahoney CCareerareer TDsTDs ResponsibleResponsible ForFor 1. 95 DeNarius McGhee, 2010-13 Joe Tiller Defensive ...................Tucker Yates/Zach Wright 2017 In-Season Honors 2. 81 Travis Lulay, 2002-05 STATS NATIONAL PLAYER OF WEEK Ken Amato Kick Teams ...................................Logan Jones 3. 66 Kelly Bradley, 1983-96 Top Offensive Scout ................................Callahan O’Reilly none 3. 66 Rob Compson, 1995-98 Top Defensive Scout ......................................Sean Opland 5. 65 Dakota Prukop, 2013-15 ROOT BIG SKY PLAYER OF THE WEEK Top Kick Teams Scout .................................Shawn Borges 44* Chris Murray, 2016- 11/20 - Mac Bignell (Defense), Jared Pad- Rob Higgs Toughness ............ Alex Neale/Brayden Konkol *-Includes one TD catch mos (ST) Ride for the Brand .................Zach Wright, Gunnar Brekke Young Gun ...........................................................Ty Okada CCareerareer PassingPassing YardsYards 1. 11,203 DeNarius McGhee, 2010-13 Previous Career Honors 2. 10,746 Travis Lulay, 2002-05 CHRIS MURRAY: Big Sky Player of the 3. 8,152 Kelly Bradley, 1983-86 Week 11/16/15, 9/27/14; Big Sky Fresh- 4. 6,828 Rob Compson, 1995-98 man of the Year; Freshman All-America 5. 5,584 Dakota Prukop, 2013-15 6. 4,121 Mike Godfrey, 1981-83 7. 3,911 Jack Rolovich 2006-07 2017 Pre-Season Honors 8. 3,545 Brock Spencer, 1993-94 STATS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA 8. 3,262 John Tetrault, 1987-90 OG JP Flynn 10. 3,209 Tyler Thomas, 2001-02 PRESEASON ALL-BIG SKY 2,375 Chris Murray, 2016- OG JP Flynn, RB Chad Newell, LB Mac Bignell CCareerareer PassingPassing TTouchdownsouchdowns 1. 79 DeNarius McGhee, 2010-13 2. 60 Kelly Bradley, 1983-86 3. 58 Travis Lulay, 2002-05 4. 54 Rob Compson, 1995-98 5. 46 Dakota Prukop, 2013-15 6. 28 Paul Dennehy, 1976-78 6. 28 Tyler Thomas, 2001-02 8. 24 Mike Godfrey, 1980-83 8. 24 Brock Spencer, 1993-94 8. 24 Jack Rolovich, 2006-07 21 Chris Murray, 2016- 2018 MONTANA STATE FOOTBALL 4 22017017 SStatisticstatistics RECORD:.................... OVERALL HOME AWAY ALL GAMES...................... 5-6 3-3 2-3 CONFERENCE..................... 5-3 3-1 2-2 Sep 02 at #24 Washington State L 0-31 30,254 PASSING G Eff Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G SEP 09 #4 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE L 27-31 19,817 MURRAY, C. 11 122.60 120-233-9 51.5 1597 15 77 145.2 Sep 16 *at #17 North Dakota W 49-21 12,342 KASSIS, K. 11 213.33 1-3-0 33.3 25 1 25 2.3 SEP 30 *#20 WEBER STATE L 17-25 19,557 HERBERT, M. 11 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 OCT 07 *PORTLAND STATE W 30-22 18,987 McCHESNEY,B. 1 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Oct 14 *at Eastern Washington L 19-31 11,301 Total........11 122.71 121-238-9 50.8 1622 16 77 147.5 Oct 21 *at Northern Colorado W 27-24 5,378 Opponents....11 125.92 241-388-5 62.1 2634 11 80 239.5 OCT 28 *IDAHO STATE W 28-14 17,097 NOV 04 KENNESAW STATE L 14-16 16,337 RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Nov 11 *at Northern Arizona L 36-37 6,187 HERBERT, Mitch 11 41 497 12.1 5 37 45.2 NOV 18 *MONTANA W 31-23 19,907 JOHNSON, J. 11 28 443 15.8 4 41 40.3 * conference game KASSIS, Kevin 11 21 270 12.9 2 44 24.5 TEAM STATISTICS ........................................MSU