Montana State·Big Sky

2017 — The 2017 Season

Montana State's 2017 season (5-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 5-6
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -6.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Wash St 0-31 L vs Sout Sta 27-31 W @ Nort Dak 49-21 L vs Webe Sta 17-25 W vs Port Sta 30-22 L @ East Was 19-31 W @ Nort Col 27-24 W vs Idah Sta 28-14 L vs Kenn Sta 14-16 L @ Nort Ari 36-37 W vs Montana 31-23
Defining moments
The statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: Montana State 49, North Dakota 21. A 28-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Montana State 0, Washington State 31. A 31-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Bobcats!"
— Montana State fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What it meant

2017 is a middle chapter for Montana State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.