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1946 Montana State

5–⁠3–⁠2 (1–⁠0 Rocky Mountain Conference).

Schedule and results

Montana State in 1946, game by game: won vs. BYU 13–12; tied at Colorado College 7–7; lost at Utah State 14–28; lost vs. Montana 7–20; won vs. Northern Colorado 27–7; lost at Nevada 14–38; won at Portland 19–6; won vs. North Dakota State 39–18; won at Colorado School of Mines 45–7; tied vs. New Mexico 13–13+38−24Won 13–12 vs. BYU+1BYUTied 7–7 at Colorado College0Colorado CollegeLost 14–28 at Utah State-14Utah StateLost 7–20 vs. Montana-13MontanaWon 27–7 vs. Northern Colorado+20Northern Colora…Lost 14–38 at Nevada-24NevadaWon 19–6 at Portland+13PortlandWon 39–18 vs. North Dakota State+21North Dakota St…Won 45–7 at Colorado School of Mines+38Colorado School…Tied 13–13 vs. New Mexico0New Mexico
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsBYUW 13–⁠1218%
Oct 5atColorado CollegeT 7–⁠711%
Oct 12atUtah StateL 14–⁠2811%
Oct 19vsMontanaL 7–⁠2039%
Oct 26vsNorthern ColoradoW 27–⁠761%
Nov 2atNevadaL 14–⁠3810%
Nov 9atPortlandW 19–⁠632%
Nov 16vsNorth Dakota StateW 39–⁠1862%
Nov 23atColorado School of MinesW 45–⁠741%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsNew MexicoHarbor BowlT 13–⁠1327%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied New Mexico 13–⁠13 in the Harbor Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Rocky Mountain Conference champions.

In program history: The 77th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 104 on file).

Rocky Mountain Conference champions1–⁠0 in the conference

Record
5–⁠3–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠0 first in Rocky Mountain Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
198–⁠156
Coach
—
Elo
1227 +123 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−20.1 No. 106 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1946 Rocky Mountain Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Montana State1–⁠05–⁠3–⁠2
Northern Colorado0–⁠10–⁠3

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