mmontanaontana sstatetate ffootballootball 22013013 DeNarius McGhee Preseason Big Sky Offensive MVP Cody Kirk, RB Brad Daly, DE Tanner Bleskin, WR Preseason All-Big Sky Preseason All-Big Sky Preseason All-Big Sky 22013013 BBobcatobcat FFootballootball QQuickuick FFactsacts MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY Name (Founded) ........... Montana State University (1893) Location ...................................................... Bozeman, MT Enrollment ............................................................... 14,100 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 2012 REVIEW Web Site .........................................www.msubobcats.com Record Overall/Conference .......................................11-2/7-1, T1st # Weeks Ranked ...........................................................................15 TEAM INFORMATION Final Ranking ..............................................................................5/5 Affi liation/Conference .................NCAA DI FCS/Big Sky FCS Playoffs .........16-10 vs. Stony Brook, 16-34 vs. Sam Houston Nickname .............................................................. Bobcats Colors .................................................................Blue, gold 2012 RESULTS Stadium .....................................................Bobcat Stadium Aug 30 Chadron State W 33-6 20,767 Capacity .................................................................. 17,777 Sep 8 at Drake W 34-24 3,558 Turf ......................................................................FieldTurf Sep 15 Stephen F. Austin W 43-35 17,147 Primary Offense/Defense .............................One-back/4-3 Sep 22 *Northern Colorado W 41-16 18,637 Sep 29 *at Southern Utah W 24-17 8,417 COACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF Oct 6 *at UC Davis W 48-41 9,877 Rob Ash (Cornell, Ia., ‘69) HEAD COACH Oct 13 *Eastern Washington L 24-27 20,477 Overall Record: 226-121-5, 33 yrs at MSU: 50-22, 7th yr Oct 27 *North Dakota W 55-10 17,137 Jamie Marshall (Drake ’99) Def. Coord./Secondary (7th) Nov 3 *at Sacramento State W 20-17 7,143 Tim Cramsey (New Hampshire ‘99) Off. Coord./QBs (1st) Nov 10 *Portland State W 65-30 15,177 Daniel Da Prato (UL-Monroe, ‘04) Special Teams/TE (2nd) Nov 17 *at Montana W 16-7 26,210 Jason McEndoo (Wash. St. ‘98) Offensive Line (11th) Dec 1 $Stony Brook W 16-10 15,257 Brian Von Bergen (Illinois ‘92) Receivers (5th) Dec 7 $Sam Houston State L 16-34 16,417 Demo Odems (Iowa ‘96) Running Backs (2nd) Bo Beck (Colorado St. ‘02) Def. Line/Recr. Coord. (7th) 2013 SCHEDULE (Mountain time unless noted) Kane Ioane (MSU ‘05) Linebackers (9th) Aug 29 Monmouth ...........................................................7:05 pm Brandon North (SFA ‘03) Secondary Asst. (3rd) Sept 7 at SMU ................................................................7 pm CT Michael Rider (MSU ‘11) Defensive Line Asst. (1st) Sept 14 Colorado Mesa .....................................................1:05 pm Clay Bignell (MSU, ‘12) Defensive Intern Sept 21 at Stephen F. Austin .............................6 pm CT/5 pm MT Mike Piatkowski (Drake, ‘13) Offensive Intern Sept 28 *at North Dakota .......................................... 2:35 pm CT Oct 5 *NAU ..................................................................2:05 pm Offi ce Coordinator Colleen Reyes Oct 12 Open Video Coordinator Garrett Becker Oct 19 *at Weber State ....................................................3:35 pm Athletic Trainer Rob Higgs Oct. 26 *UC Davis ...........................................................2:05 pm Equipment Manager Scott Gifford Nov 2 *at Northern Colo. ...............................................1:35 pm Nov 9 *at Eastern Wash. .........................................12:05 pm PT Nov 16 *Southern Utah ....................................................4:05 pm Nov 23 *Montana ...........................................................12:05 pm 2013 PERSONNEL BREAKDOWN Starters Returning: Offensive/Defensive/ST ..........................8/6/2 Offensive Lettermen Returning/Lost .......................................18/7 Defensive Lettermen Returning/Lost .......................................19/7 Specialist Lettermen Returning/Lost .........................................2/2 Specialists Returning/Lost .........................................................2/1 22013013 BBobcatobcat FFootballootball - OOutlookutlook BBigger.igger. BBetter.etter. BBobcatobcat SStadiumtadium PProvidesrovides CCatat FFansans TThrillinghrilling EnvironmentEnvironment Table of Contents When Montana State stormed out of the home team club- Media Information .........................................................2 house to the approving roar of nearly 19,000 Bobcat fans Outlook ........................................................................ 3-9 last on Septmeber 10, 2011, a new era in Montana State Position Capsules ...................................................10-12 football began. Notebook ........................................................................ 13 Barely 500 days in, that era already has earmarks of Roster ........................................................................ 14-15 unqualifi ed success. MSU stands 12-3 in home games since Depth Chart ................................................................... 15 the Stadium’s re-christening with over 18,000 fans pouring Coaches .....................................................................17-21 through the turnstiles for each of those games. Players ..................................................................... 23-43 Th e Bobcats christened the newest iteration of Bobcat Stadium that day with a 38-14 win over future Big Sky rival Personnel Breakdown UC Davis in front of the largest crowd in school history. Reno H. Sales Stadium, Th e Sonny Holland Zone stadium expansion project, initi- 2013 RETURNER SUMMARY upon completion in 1973. ated just more than a year earlier, culminated in a modern Starters Returning: Offense/Defense/ST ......8/6/2 and beautifully simple design that gives Montana State among the fi nest football stadiums in Offensive Lettermen Returning/Lost .............19/12 the FCS. Defensive Lettermen Returning/Lost ...............25/4 While the team’s new surroundings stole headlines early in the season, its play became Specialists Returning/Lost ......................................2/1 the story as the fall progressed. Th e Bobcats strung together nine straight wins at one point, fi nishing with a 10-3 record and a share of the Big Sky Conference title for the second straight OFFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING Tanner Bleskin, WR 6-3/212/Sr 2,563 career rec yes season. Th e team’s 10 wins marked the most at MSU since the 1984 National Champions won Quinn Catalano, OG 6-4/281/Jr 2nd-year starter 12. Th e Bobcats followed that with another 10-win regular season (and 11 total) in 2012. Jon Ellis, WR 5-10/179/Sr 555 receiving yards in 2012 Th e newly-renovated Bobcat Stadium is a far cry from Montana State’s modest football be- Kyle Godecke, OG 6-5/300/So Started 7 games in 2012 ginnings, although in a contemporary context Bobcat football has always enjoyed outstanding Cody Kirk, RB 5-10/213/Sr 29 career rushing TDs facilities. After playing at the Fairgrounds in the 19th century Montana State football moved DeNarius McGhee, QB 6-0/210/Sr 8,441 career passing yards to a fi eld on the north end of campus, then in 1930 dedicated Gatton Field to Bobcat great and Tiai Salanoa, TE 6-3/255/Jr ...2012 starter, battled injuries World War I casualty Cyrus Gatton. John Weidenaar, OT 6-7/277/So .... Started all 13 games in ‘12 After four decades playing on the current site of MSU’s physical education complex, across the street DEFENSIVE STARTERS RETURNING from Romney Gym, the Cats played in 1972 at Bozeman Craig Ashworth, NT 6-1/275/Sr .. 12-game starter at NT in ‘12 High’s Van Winkle Stadium, moving to the Stadium’s Steven Bethley, S 5-11/213/Sr ....................... 3 Int, 2 FR in ‘12 current site across Kagy Boulevard into the Reno H. Sales Brad Daly, DE 6-1/240/Sr ........................ Two-year starter Stadium the next season. Deonte Flowers, CB 5-11/180/Jr ...................... Two-year starter Na’a Moeakiola, LB 5-11/214/Sr ..................3 ‘11 interceptions Montana State’s new football home was seen as befi t- Cole Moore, LB 6-2/223/Jr ........................2011 All-America ting a traditional championship program in the early ‘70s, and was named for a man tied deeply to the University SPECIALISTS RETURNING and its football program. Reno H. Sales was a member of Rory Perez, P/K 6-3/185/Sr .................. 2-year starter the school’s fi rst graduating class and fi rst football team, and after relocating to Butte upon graduation became a world-renowned geologist. His generous gift helped fund Bobcat legends Max