| 1963 Montana State Bobcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
| Record | 6–3 (2–1 Big Sky) |
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| Home stadium | Gatton Field |
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| Idaho State $ | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1963 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State College (now known as Montana State University) in the Big Sky Conference during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. In its first season under head coach Jim Sweeney, the team compiled a 6–3 record and finished second out of four teams in the Big Sky Conference. [1]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 14 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. South Dakota State * |
| L 6–9 | 6,500 | [2] [3] [4] | ||
| September 21 | at Tulsa * | L 13–23 | ||||||
| September 28 | Fresno State * | W 29–7 | 6,500 | |||||
| October 5 | at Nevada * | W 41–13 | ||||||
| October 12 | at Weber State | Ogden, UT | W 26–8 | |||||
| October 19 | Arizona State–Flagstaff * |
| W 28–7 | 7,500 | [5] | |||
| October 26 | at Idaho State |
| L 15–19 | |||||
| November 2 | North Dakota * |
| W 19–0 | |||||
| November 9 | Montana |
| W 18–3 | |||||
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