2008 Montana State Bobcats football team

2008 Montana State Bobcats football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	7–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Rob Ash (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jamie Marshall (2nd season)
Home stadium	Bobcat Stadium

2008 Big Sky Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Montana $^		7	–	1					14	–	2
No. 7 Weber State $^		7	–	1					10	–	4
Montana State		5	–	3					7	–	5
Eastern Washington		5	–	3					6	–	5
Northern Arizona		4	–	4					6	–	5
Sacramento State		3	–	5					6	–	6
Portland State		3	–	5					4	–	7
Northern Colorado		1	–	7					1	–	10
Idaho State		1	–	7					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2009 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by second-year head coach Rob Ash and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium. They finished the season 7–5 overall and 6–3 in the Big Sky to finish in third place. Demetrius Crawford was the team's leading rusher.

Montana State's four non-conference games are against Adams State, an NCAA Division II team from Colorado, at Kansas State and Minnesota, both NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, and South Dakota a fellow NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) team.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	1:00 p.m.	Adams State*	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	BSN	W 59–3	13,767
September 6	5:05 p.m.	at Kansas State*	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	FCS	L 10–69	45,241
September 13	10:00 a.m.	at Minnesota*	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	BTN	L 23–35	43,929
September 27	1:00 p.m.	South Dakota*	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	BSN	W 37–18	14,047
October 4	1:30 p.m.	at Idaho State	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Altitude	W 33–21	6,121
October 11	1:30 p.m.	No. 22 Weber State	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	BSN	L 12–35	14,447
October 18	1:00 p.m.	Eastern Washington	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	BSN	L 17–34	13,547
October 25	3:00 p.m.	at Sacramento State	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	BSN	W 31–20	6,138
November 1	12:00 p.m.	Northern Colorado	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	BSN	W 20–7	12,148
November 8	3:00 p.m.	at Northern Arizona	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	BSN	W 25–23	5,777
November 15	12:00 p.m.	Portland State	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	BSN	W 49–32	12,478
November 22	12:00 p.m.	No. 5 Montana	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (rivalry)	BSN	L 3–35	25,629
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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