BBobcatobcat RecordRecord BBookook 22019019 Troy Andersen’s sophomore season was one for the ages (both photos by Dean Hendrickson), and Montana State fans fl ocked to Bobcat Stadium (photo below by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez) 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 22019019 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 2019 in Records and Stats in Review ................................ 3-22 Records Summaries ..........................................................24-25 Rushing Records ...............................................................26-31 Passing Records................................................................ 31-34 Recieving Records ............................................................ 35-36 Scoring Records ................................................................37-38 Special Teams Records ..................................................... 39-40 Total Yardage Records ............................................................40 Defensive Records ............................................................ 41-42 Post-Season History and Records ...................................44-52 MSU Stadium History ........................................................ 53-60 Game-by-Game Scores ..................................................... 61-67 MSU in Overtime ......................................................................67 Year-by-Year Results ...............................................................68 All-time Coaching Records .....................................................68 National Award Winners ..........................................................70 Bobcat All-Americas ..........................................................71-73 All-Conference ................................................................... 74-76 Team Awards ......................................................................77-78 All-Time Conference Standings ....................................... 80-82 2019 Opponent Summaries .............................................. 83-84 Bobcats All-Time in Big Sky Stadiums ..................................84 MSU vs. 2019 Opponents Game-by-Game ...................... 85-87 MSU vs. Other Big Sky Opponents ..................................87-88 MSU Game-by-Game vs. All Opponents ..........................88-90 Bobcats in the Pro Ranks ................................................. 92-94 All-Time Numerical Roster ..............................................96-102 All-Time Assistant Coach Roster ................................. 103-107 All-Time Bobcat Captains ..............................................108-110 Stats/Records Notebook .......................................................112 Yearly Stat Overviews ....................................................113-117 Year-by-Year Season Stats/Overview .......................... 120-165 Individual Career and Season Statistics ..................... 167-232 22018018 BBobcatobcat HHonorsonors 2018 Bobcat Previous Career Honors MITCH BROTT: 2016 Freshman All-America; JOSH HILL: Post-Season Honors 11/19/16 Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week; JERED PAD- ALL-AMERICA MOS: 2017 2nd Team All-Big Sky QB Troy Andersen (STATS-3rd), OG Lewis Kidd (HERO Sports Sophomore All-America-HM), Isaiah Ifanse (HERO Sports Fresh- man-HM), Connor Wood (HERO Sports Freshman All-America-1st) 2018 Awards - Team Sonny Holland Off. MVP ...................................... Troy Andersen Bill Kollar Def. MVP ...................................... Tyrone Fa’anono ALL-BIG SKY Jan Stenerud ST MVP ................................... James Campbell 1st Team - QB Troy Andersen. Don Hass Most Inspirational ...............................Grant Collins 2nd Team - OT Mitch Brott, DE Tyrone Fa’anono, LB Bryce Sterk, DT Tucker Yates. Honorable Mention - S Jahque Alleyne, LB Grant Collins, CB Greg 2018 Awards - Coaches Dennis Erickson Offensive ........................................Kevin Kassis Filer, RB Isaiah Ifanse, S Brayden Konkol. Joe Tiller Defensive ..............................................Bryce Sterk Ken Amato Kick Teams ............................................Ty Okada COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA Linemen of the Year ........................... Mitch Brott/Tucker Yates All-District 7: P Jered Padmos Top Offensive Scout .........................................Ruben Beltran Top Defensive Scout ....................................... Nolan Askelson BIG SKY ALL-ACADEMIC Top Kick Teams Scout .........................................Shane Perry Curtis Amos Jr., Troy Andersen, Tristan Bailey, John D’Agostino, Rob Higgs Toughness .......................... John D’Agostino/Brayden Konkol Kyle Finch, Colin Hammock, Michael Jobman, Kevin Kassis, Ride for the Brand ..............................Derek Marks/Alex Neale Lewis Kidd, Derek Marks, Callahan O’Reilly, Jered Padmos, Young Gun .......................................................... Jory Choate Zach Redd, Coy Steel, Connor Wood 2018 In-Season Honors STATS NATIONAL PLAYER OF WEEK 9/3 - K Tristan Bailey (vs. WIU), 11/19 - LB Grant Collins (vs. UM) ROOT BIG SKY PLAYER OF WEEK K Tristan Bailey (vs. WIU); RB Isaiah Ifanse (vs. CP); LB Grant Col- lins (vs. UM), P Jered Padmos (vs. UM) 22019019 BBobcatobcat PPreseasonreseason HHonorsonors TTroyroy AndersenAndersen GGregreg FilerFiler IIII • 2019 Walter Payton Award Watch List • 2019 Preseason All-Big Sky • 2019 College Football Preformance Awards FCS National Performer of the Year Preseason Watch List BBraydenrayden KonkolKonkol • 1st Team STATS FCS Preseason All- • 2019 Preseason All-Big Sky America (Athlete), 4th Team Phil Steele Preseason All-America Fullback, 1st Team Preseason All-Big Sky (Fullback) JJeredered PPadmosadmos • 2018 3rd Team All-America (Athlete), 1st • 2019 Preseason All-Big Sky Team All-Big Sky (Quarterback) • 2017 2nd Team All-Big Sky • 2017 Freshman All-America and Big Sky Freshman of the Year • 515 rushing yards, third-most among Bob- BBryceryce SSterkterk cat freshmen all-time • 2019 STATS FCS 3rd Team Preseason All-America, Phil Steele 3rd Team FCS Pre- season All-America MMitchitch BBrottrott • 2018 2nd Team All-Big Sky • 3rd Team Preseason STATS FCS All- America, 3rd Team Phil Steele Preseason FCS All-America • 2019 Preseason All-Big Sky • 2018 All-Big Sky 2nd Team 2018 Montana State Season Statistics - FINAL RECORD:.................... OVERALL HOME AWAY SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total ALL GAMES...................... 8-5 6-1 2-4 Montana State 85 95 94 96 370 CONFERENCE..................... 5-3 3-1 2-2 Opponents 94 137 75 64 370 AUG 30 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 26-23 18,507 PASSING G Eff Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Sep 08 at #3 South Dakota State L 14-45 14,614 ANDERSEN, Troy 13 101.58 115-208-7 55.3 1195 3 71 91.9 SEP 15 WAGNER W 47-24 18,037 ROVIG, Tucker 5 147.44 42-68-2 61.8 584 4 47 116.8 Sep 22 *at Portland State W 43-23 4,135 JONSEN, Travis 12 198.53 5-6-0 83.3 43 1 17 3.6 SEP 29 *EASTERN WASHINGTON STATE L 17-34 18,667 BAUMAN, Casey 1 133.60 1-1-0 100.0 4 0 4 4.0 OCT 13 *IDAHO W 24-23 19,177 KASSIS, Kevin 13 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Oct 20 *at Weber State L 24-34 8,062 PADMOS, Jered 13 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Oct 27 *at Idaho State L 17-24 8,851 NOV 03 *CAL POLY W 49-42 16,747 Total.........13 113.96 163-285-9 57.2 1826 8 71 140.5 NOV 10 *NORTHRN COLORADO W 35-7 14,147 Opponents.....13 124.16 226-385-12 58.7 2775 13 66 213.5 Nov 17 *at Montana W 29-25 26,508 RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Nov 24 $Incarnate Word W 35-14 10,017 KASSIS, Kevin 13 55 663 12.1 3 71 51.0 Dec 01 $at North Dakota State L 10-52 17,007 JONSEN, Travis 12 28 319 11.4 1 50 26.6 * conference game $ FCS Playoffs times listed MT PATTERSON, W. 8 19 204 10.7 0 42 25.5 TEAM STATISTICS ........................................MSU OPP SULLIVAN,Connor 13 16 150 9.4 0 21 11.5 SCORING...................... 370 370 McCUTCHEON, L. 13 15 197 13.1 1 47 15.2 Points Per Game........... 28.5 28.5 IFANSE, Isaiah 13 9 106 11.8 1 27 8.2 Points Off Turnovers........ 88 34 JONES, Logan 4 6 62 10.3 2 23 15.5 FIRST DOWNS.................. 225 264 TUCKER, Karl II 13 6 27 4.5 0