The 1963 Montana State Bobcats football team was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

team that represented

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(now known as Montana State University) in the Big Sky Conference during the

1963 NCAA College Division football season The 1963 NCAA College Division football season was played by American football teams representing 299 colleges and universities recognized the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as minor programs. The remaining 120 colleges and unive ...

. 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. Future Wyoming and Purdue Head Coach Joe Tiller was named All-American (HM) as he led the Bobcats to a 6-3 record. Tiller was invited to the East-West Shrine Game following the season.

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Montana State Montana State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in Bozeman, Montana. It is the state's largest university. MSU offers baccalaureate degrees in 60 fields, master's degrees in 68 fields, and doctoral degrees in 35 fiel ...

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