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Montana State vs. North Dakota State

Montana State and North Dakota State have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1927; North Dakota State leads the series 6–⁠4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s North Dakota State 6–⁠4, and North Dakota State has won the last 6.

Scheduled 2027 at North Dakota State. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Montana State wins
4
North Dakota State wins
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1927
Longest streak
6 North Dakota State
Current streak
6 North Dakota State
Last 10 meetings
North Dakota State 6–⁠4
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s2–⁠0
1940s1–⁠0
2000s1–⁠0
2010s0–⁠3
2020s0–⁠3
Average margin
17.9 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Montana State
4–⁠2 Montana State’s record at home
At North Dakota State
2–⁠0 North Dakota State’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠2 Montana State first
Shutouts
2

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Montana State’s biggest win1927: Montana State 22, North Dakota State 0by 22 points
  2. North Dakota State’s biggest win2018: North Dakota State 52, Montana State 10by 42 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Montana State and North Dakota State, 1927 on13001500170019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

Cam Miller North Dakota State2024
Hunter Luepke North Dakota State2021

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

From the newspapers

  • The The Bozeman courier's story of the 1927 game: BOBCATS HUMBLE NORTH DAKOTANS Make Brilliant Showing Against the Bison, Veteran Aggre- gatiOn-ScOre 22 to 0

    1927 · The Bozeman courier, Sep 30, 1927

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Jan 6, 2025North Dakota State 35, Montana State 32Toyota StadiumFCS Championship
Dec 2, 2023North Dakota State 35, Montana State 34at Montana StateFCS Championship – Second Round
Jan 8, 2022North Dakota State 38, Montana State 10Toyota Stadium
Dec 21, 2019North Dakota State 42, Montana State 14at North Dakota State
Dec 1, 2018North Dakota State 52, Montana State 10at North Dakota State
Dec 4, 2010North Dakota State 42, Montana State 17at Montana StateNCAA Division I Football Championship – Second Round
Sep 24, 2005Montana State 20, North Dakota State 17at Montana State
Nov 16, 1946Montana State 39, North Dakota State 18at Montana State
Nov 2, 1929Montana State 6, North Dakota State 0at Montana State
Sep 24, 1927Montana State 22, North Dakota State 0at Montana State

Every game is listed as played on the field.