1928 Montana State

4–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠2 Rocky Mountain Conference), coached by Schubert R. Dyche.

Schedule and results

Montana State in 1928, game by game: won vs. Idaho 15–13; lost at Colorado College 14–32; lost at Nebraska 6–26; won vs. Northern Colorado 6–2; tied at Montana 0–0; won vs. BYU 19–7; won vs. Wyoming 14–7; lost at Utah State 7–15; lost vs. Carroll (Montana) 0–19+12−20Won 15–13 vs. Idaho+2IdahoLost 14–32 at Colorado College-18Colorado CollegeLost 6–26 at Nebraska-20NebraskaWon 6–2 vs. Northern Colorado+4Northern Colora…Tied 0–0 at Montana0MontanaWon 19–7 vs. BYU+12BYUWon 14–7 vs. Wyoming+7WyomingLost 7–15 at Utah State-8Utah StateLost 0–19 vs. Carroll (Montana)-19Carroll (Montan…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Carroll (Montana) 19–⁠0; 6th in the Rocky Mountain Conference.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 104 on file).

Photographs from 1928

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Record
4–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠2 6th in Rocky Mountain Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
81–⁠121
Coach
Schubert R. Dyche
Elo
1398 −61 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−11.9 No. 86 of 100 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1928 Rocky Mountain Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Utah4–⁠0–⁠15–⁠0–⁠2
Colorado5–⁠15–⁠1
Colorado State6–⁠26–⁠2
Utah State4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Colorado College5–⁠35–⁠3
Montana State3–⁠24–⁠4–⁠1
Denver3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Northern Colorado3–⁠44–⁠4
Colorado School of Mines2–⁠42–⁠5
BYU1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1
Wyoming0–⁠52–⁠7
Western Colorado0–⁠60–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.