UC Davis
at #6 Montana State
Saturday, Sept. 10, 1:05 p.m.
Bozeman, Mont.
Bobcat Stadium
(17,200, Fieldturf)
TV: Max Media (Montana)
Internet: Big Sky TV
The Series: UCD leads 1-0.
Last Meeting: UC Davis won 45-0 in 2006 in Bozeman.
Coaches: Montana State’s Rob Ash is 29-18 in his fifth season with the Bobcats. He has an overall coaching record of 205-117-5 in his 31st year as a head coach....UC Davis’ Bob Biggs is 136-72-1 in his 19th season at his alma mater.
Notes: This is Montana State’s first game in the expanded Bobcat Stadium...Montana State is 4-0 in home openers under Ash, but all four have come to lower-division opponents...UC Davis opened with a 48-14 loss at Arizona State last week...Montana State hasn’t been shutout since the loss to UC Davis in 2006, 56 games ago...MSU was 6-0 in regular-season home games at Bobcat Stadium in 2010...UC Davis will join the Big Sky as a football-only member on July 1, 2012...MSUs’ defense held Utah to 16 first downs and 101 passing yards in its 27-10 loss to the Utes to open the season...MSU QB DeNarius McGhee threw two interceptions in the opener. He tossed just six all of last season...Davis went 1-2 against Big Sky teams in 2010, losing to Weber State and Portland State, and beating Sacramento State...MSU WR Elvis Akpla has caught a pass in 23 consecutive games.