22014014 MMontanaontana StateState BBobcatobcat FootballFootball Senior captain Na’a Moeakiola (left), 2013 All-America return specialist Shawn Johnson (right) Since the addition of Bobcat Stadium’s north end zone complex (top), Montana State University has been ranked at or near the top of Division I FCS attendance standings. From the revelry of pre-game tailgating to the exhilerating game day atmosphere and tradition of Bobcat Football, Bobcat Stadium offers one of college football’s unique experiences and environments. 22014014 BBobcatobcat FFootballootball QQuickuick FFactsacts MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY Name (Founded) ........... Montana State University (1893) Location ...................................................... Bozeman, MT Enrollment ............................................................... 15,500 President ..............................................Dr. Waded Cruzado Athletic Director .... Peter Fields (Maine-Presque Isle/’79) ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Assistant AD, Media Relations/FB Contact ...Bill Lamberty Offi ce/Cell Phone ................406/994-5133, 406/580-6781 E-mail Address [email protected] Sports Information Director ............................Tom Schulz Offi ce/Cell Phone ................406/994-5130, 406/580-6786 E-mail Address ......................... [email protected] Assistant Director/New Media ..............Leslie Masterpaul Offi ce Phone .................................................406/994-5349 E-mail Address [email protected] Athletics Fax Number ..................................406/994-2278 2013 REVIEW Web Site .........................................www.msubobcats.com Record Overall/Conference ........................................ 7-5/5-3, T4th # Weeks Ranked ...........................................................................15 TEAM INFORMATION Final Ranking ..........................................................................20/20 Affi liation/Conference .................NCAA DI FCS/Big Sky FCS Playoffs .............................................................................none Nickname .............................................................. Bobcats Colors .................................................................Blue, gold 2013 RESULTS Stadium .....................................................Bobcat Stadium Aug 29 Monmouth W 42-4 21,007 Capacity .................................................................. 17,777 Sept 7 at SMU L 30-31 15,107 Turf ......................................................................FieldTurf Sept 14 Colorado Mesa W 26-0 17,847 Primary Offense/Defense .............................One-back/4-3 Sept. 21 at Stephen F. Austin L 38-52 9,433 Sept. 28 *at North Dakota W 63-20 8.899 COACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF Oct. 5 *Northern Arizona W 36-7 21,027 Rob Ash (Cornell, Ia., ‘69) HEAD COACH Oct. 19 *at Weber State W 34-16 5,616 Overall Record: 233-126-5, 34th yr at MSU: 57-27, 8th yr Oct. 26 *UC Davis W 34-17 18,627 Jamie Marshall (Drake ’99) Def. Coord./Secondary (8th) Nov 2 *at Northern Colorado W 35-28 3,478 Tim Cramsey (New Hampshire ‘99) Off. Coord./QBs (2nd) Nov. 9 *at Eastern Washington L 29-54 10,223 Daniel Da Prato (UL-Monroe ‘04) Special Teams/TE (3rd) Nov. 16 *Southern Utah L 14-22 18,187 Jason McEndoo (Wash. St. ‘98) Offensive Line (12th) Nov. 23 *Montana L 14-28 21,527 Cody Kempt (MSU ‘10) Receivers (1st) Michael Pitre (UCLA ‘08) Running Backs (2nd) 2014 SCHEDULE (Mountain time unless noted) Bo Beck (Colorado St. ‘02) Def. Line/Recr. Coord. (7th) Aug 30 at Arkansas State ..............5 pm MT/6 pm CT ESPN3 Kane Ioane (MSU ‘05) Linebackers (9th) Sept 6 Black Hills State ...............................7:05 pm Cowles Brandon North (SFA ‘03) Cornerbacks (3rd) Sept. 13 Central Arkansas ...............................3:35 pm Cowles Michael Rider (MSU ‘11) Linebackers Asst. (2nd) Sept. 20 Eastern Washington ..........................1:10 pm ROOT Craig Ashworth (MSU ‘14) Defensive Intern Sept. 27 *North Dakota (Homecoming) .........2:05 pm Cowles Jake Flaherty (Bucknell, ‘14) Offensive Intern Oct. 4 *at Sacramento State 7:05 pm MT/6:05 pm PT Cowles Oct. 11 *at UC Davis .........5:10 pm MT/4:10 pm PT ROOT Offi ce Coordinator Colleen Reyes Oct. 18 *Weber State .....................................3:35 pm Cowles Video Coordinator Garrett Becker Oct. 25 Open Athletic Trainer Rob Higgs Nov. 1 *at Cal Poly ...........7:05 pm MT/6:05 pm PT Cowles Equipment Manager Scott Gifford Nov. 8 *Portland State ..................................2:05 pm Cowles Nov. 15 *Idaho State ...........................................TBA ROOT Nov. 22 *at Montana ...........................................TBA ROOT 2014 PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN Starters Returning: Offensive/Defensive/ST ..........................6/6/0 Offensive Lettermen Returning/Lost .......................................14/6 Defensive Lettermen Returning/Lost .......................................19/6 Specialist Lettermen Returning/Lost .........................................1/0 22014014 BBobcatobcat FFootballootball - OOutlookutlook BBigger.igger. BBetter.etter. BBobcatobcat SStadiumtadium PProvidesrovides CCatat FFansans TThrillinghrilling EnvironmentEnvironment Table of Contents In the three seasons since renovating Bobcat Stadium, the Media Information .........................................................2 Montana State University football program has reaped the Outlook ........................................................................ 3-9 benefi ts. Position Capsules ...................................................10-12 Th e Bobcats have consistently fi nished among the Notebook ........................................................................ 13 nation’s top fi ve in average attendance, total attendance, Roster ........................................................................ 14-15 and percentage of capacity. Th e passion for Bobcat football Depth Chart ................................................................... 15 among the program’s fans has been stoked to a fervor never Coaches .....................................................................17-21 before seen. Adding the Sonny Holland Zone complex, Players ..................................................................... 23-43 Bobcat Stadium has become one of the FCS’ most colorful and formidable game day environments. Personnel Breakdown What a fantastic last 1,000 days Bobcat Football has Reno H. Sales Stadium, enjoyed! 2014 RETURNER SUMMARY upon completion in 1973. Since the beginning of the 2011 season, MSU has won Starters Returning: Offensive/Defensive/ST ..............6/6/0 34 football games overall and 120 on its home turf, captured two Big Sky Championships, and Offensive Lettermen Returning/Lost ...........................14/6 presented some of the program’s greatest players ever. It felt like a new era of Bobcat football Defensive Lettermen Returning/Lost ..........................19/6 began when Bobcat Stadium’s Sonny Holland End Zone complex opened in 2011, and that Specialist Lettermen Returning/Lost .............................1/0 era’s fi rst three seasons have been an unqualifi ed success. OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING During the Stadium’s current epoch, Bobcat fans have voted enthusiastically with their Quinn Catalano, OG 6-4/300/Sr HM All-Big Sky, 2-year starter feet. Just a shade under 18,000 fans per game have matriculated through Bobcat Stadium in the Brian Flotkoetter, WR 6-3/211/Sr ‘13 HM All-Big Sky, 530 rec yds last three seasons, and MSU has fi nished fi fth nationally in total attendance in aech of the last JP Flynn, OG 6-5/304/So 3rd Team All-Big Sky two seasons. Th e Cats stand 15 at home in the last three years. Kyle Godecke, OG 6-5/315/Jr 2013 starter Th e Bobcats christened the newest iteration of Bobcat Stadium that day with a 38-14 win Tiai Salanoa, TE 6-3/257/Jr 2nd Team All-Big Sky over future Big Sky rival UC Davis in front of the largest crowd in school history. Th e Sonny John Weidenaar, OT 6-7/280/Jr 2-year starter, HM All-Big Sky Holland Zone stadium expansion project, initiated just more than a year earlier, presented a modern and beautifully simple design that gives Montana State among the fi nest football DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING stadiums in the FCS while moving the program’s stadium Taylor Dees, NT 6-2/273/Sr ..................Two-year starter evolution light years from its humble beginnings. Deonte Flowers, CB 5-11/183/Sr ........2nd Team All-Big Sky After playing at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds Rob Marshall, S 6-0/200/Sr ...............2 Int, 1 FF in 2013 in the 19th century Montana State football moved to a Na’a Moeakiola, LB 5-11/220/Sr .........HM All-Big Sky in ‘12 Cole Moore, LB 6-2/220/Sr .................... HM All-Big Sky fi eld on the north end of campus, then in 1930 dedicated Alex Singleton, LB 6-2/240/Sr .................... HM All-Big Sky Gatton Field to Bobcat great and World War I casualty Cyrus Gatton. After four decades playing on the current SPECIALISTS RETURNING site of MSU’s physical education complex, across the street None from Romney Gym, the Cats played in 1972 at Bozeman High’s Van Winkle Stadium, moving to the Stadium’s current site across Kagy Boulevard into the Reno H. Sales Stadium the next season. Credits The 2014 Bobcat Football Guide was written by MSU MSU’s new football home was seen as befi tting a Bobcat legends Max Worthington, championship-caliber program in the early ‘70s, and was Sports Information Director Bill