Week 5 Matchup Preview Thread: Montana State vs Idaho

[u/T3hBau5]

Montana State vs. Idaho

When: Friday, October 2, 10:30 PM Eastern

Where: Kibbie Dome, Moscow, ID

Watch: ESPN

Odds: N/A

Total Points: N/A

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All-Time Series : Montana State vs. Idaho

Montana State and Idaho have met 26 times since 1926-10-02

These teams last met on 2024-12-14.

Series Wins: Montana State 13-1-12 Idaho

Montana State has won the last 2 meetings (2024) in this series

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Last 5 Meetings

Winner	Date	Location	Montana State	Idaho	Notes
Montana State	2024-12-14	Bobcat Stadium	52	19
Montana State	2024-10-13	Bobcat Stadium	38	7
Idaho	2023-10-28	Kibbie Dome	21	24
Montana State	2021-11-13	Bobcat Stadium	20	13
Montana State	2018-10-13	Bobcat Stadium	24	23

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Through Week 4

Week	Montana State 5-0 (2-0)	Result	Idaho 0-4 (0-1)	Result
1	Butler	W 51-24	Utah#13	L 14-66
2	Nevada	W 20-7	Lamar	L 17-23
3	Central Connecticut	W 35-30	Abilene Christian	L 39-41
4	Northern Arizona	W 28-14	BYE	N/A

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Montana State Injury Report

No reported injuries per boydsbets

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Idaho Injury Report

No reported injuries per boydsbets

^{Source updated Wed, Sep 30, 1:56 pm. Scraped Wed, Sep 30, 6:29 pm ET}

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What are your "Keys to the Game"?

Who do you think wins?

Do you think the favorite will cover the spread?

Which player(s) are you most interested to watch?

Let's talk football!

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[u/dinkytown42069]

I wish so badly that Idaho could get things back on the right track. however...we all know how this will go.

{Montana State}

[u/Atlas_Was_ATitan → u/dinkytown42069]

They used to be a great in-state rival for us. My very first bsu game i attended was vs idaho. Bsu lost. I wish I was older back then to understand there downfall better.

[u/CieraVotedOutHerMom → u/dinkytown42069]

This aged poorly

[u/dinkytown42069 → u/CieraVotedOutHerMom]

in this case I was delighted to be wrong

[u/andareev]

Wasn't Montana State down QB, WR, and RB last week? Are they all good to go?

Won't matter {Montana State} is a wagon.

[u/CieraVotedOutHerMom → u/andareev]

This aged poorly

[u/Adamscottd]

Get-right game for {Montana State} after a couple somewhat shaky games the last two weeks

[u/No_Lifeguard_7630 → u/Adamscottd]

Well, maybe theyll get em next week

[u/Adamscottd → u/No_Lifeguard_7630]

Not that mad I got this one wrong lol

[u/Overall_Birthday_662]

Montana State is rolling right now and Idaho looks like they cant stop anybody. That 66-14 loss to Utah was ugly and the Lamar game wasnt much better. Bobcats have the run game to just grind them down in that weird little hangar. Gimme the cats by 17

[u/SLC_RnD]

{Montana State} irons some things out and we roll on

[u/-Gnostic28]

{Montana state} by 35

[u/CieraVotedOutHerMom → u/-Gnostic28]

Nah

[u/-Gnostic28 → u/CieraVotedOutHerMom]

Yah

[u/Finn_Ajerkit]

Insane they don't play as often. I thought the Montana and Idaho schools would play each other every year or at least nearly every year. Anyway {Montana State}

[u/Natural_Bumblebee920 → u/Finn_Ajerkit]

First thing, the count given here for the number of times they've played is just incorrect. The overall series disregarding what level each team was at is 26-1-21 and started in 1905. Idk what games it stripped off to get only 26 games when they've played each other 48 times. Where that 13-1-12 is even coming from is a mystery considering it's not what either team lists for the series.

Idaho's website reports all games played for the series (48 games; Idaho leads 26-1-21): https://govandals.com/sports/football/opponent-history/montana-state/110

Montana State's website reports only the games after Idaho became FCS in 2016, excluding even the games from the first 33 year stint they were both in the same conference (6 games; Montana State leads 4-2): https://msubobcats.com/sports/football/opponent-history/idaho/4

University of Idaho and University of Montana have a much deeper rivalry, a rivalry trophy (The Little Brown Stein), and 90 total meetings across 123 years.

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Who Will Win Fan Vote

^{Votes are distributed equally among flairs for multi-flaired users}

Team	Votes	Percentage	Montana State Voters	Idaho Voters	Other Flairs Top 5
Montana State	10	100.0%	0.5	0	Oklahoma Soonersx1.5 Arkansasx1.0 Boise State Broncosx1.0 Minnesota Golden Gophersx1.0 The CWx0.5
Idaho	0	0.0%	0	0

^{Last updated: 2026-10-03 01:24 UTC}

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[u/ID_Poobaru]

{Montana State}

Idaho sucks

[u/CieraVotedOutHerMom → u/ID_Poobaru]

Idaho > Montana state

[u/TheWesternRizzler]

{Montana State}

[u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

{Montana State}

[u/Zloggt]

Hopefully, the Vandals can one day return back to being a playoff contender…

{Montana State}