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1947 Montana State

4–⁠5 (1–⁠0 Rocky Mountain Conference), coached by Clyde Carpenter.

Schedule and results

Montana State in 1947, game by game: lost at Oregon 14–27; lost at BYU 14–19; won at Northern Colorado 32–13; lost vs. Hawai’i 0–14; won vs. Montana 13–12; won vs. Idaho State 34–12; lost vs. Utah State 13–28; won vs. Portland 20–13; lost at Nevada 0–55+22−55Lost 14–27 at Oregon-13OregonLost 14–19 at BYU-5BYUWon 32–13 at Northern Colorado+19Northern Colora…Lost 0–14 vs. Hawai’i-14Hawai’iWon 13–12 vs. Montana+1MontanaWon 34–12 vs. Idaho State+22Idaho StateLost 13–28 vs. Utah State-15Utah StateWon 20–13 vs. Portland+7PortlandLost 0–55 at Nevada-55Nevada
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atOregonL 14–⁠2727%
Sep 26atBYUL 14–⁠1925%
Oct 4atNorthern ColoradoW 32–⁠1355%
Oct 11vsHawai’iL 0–⁠1478%
Oct 18vsMontanaW 13–⁠1244%
Oct 25vsIdaho StateW 34–⁠1279%
Nov 1vsUtah StateL 13–⁠2838%
Nov 8vsPortlandW 20–⁠1372%
Nov 15atNevadaL 0–⁠5516%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nevada 55–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; Rocky Mountain Conference champions.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 104 on file).

Rocky Mountain Conference champions1–⁠0 in the conference

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠0 first in Rocky Mountain Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
140–⁠193
Coach
Clyde Carpenter
Elo
1276 −43 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−18.2 No. 110 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1947 Rocky Mountain Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Montana State1–⁠04–⁠5
Northern Colorado0–⁠11–⁠2

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