Isaiah Ifanse
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BOBCAT FOOTBALL SUNDAY NOTEBOOK #13: Fresh Off Bye Week, Cats Brace for UAlbany Squad Coming Off Big Win
12/1/2019 10:09:00 PM | Football
Montana State faces second CAA opponent on Saturday in Bobcat Stadium
A quick look at Montana State's second round playoff game against UAlbany on Saturday...
PLAYOFF NOTES
• Montana State has earned playoff berths in consecutive seasons for the third time in school history – 2002-03, 2010-12, and 2018-19.
• The Bobcats stand 7-8 in the FCS/I-AA Playoffs, 10-8 all-time in NCAA Playoff games (including 3-0 in the Division II Playoffs), and 11-9-2 in the post-season (including 1-1-2 in bowl games).
• The top two single-game rushing marks in Bobcat post-season history came last season, when Isaiah Ifanse rambled for 139 yards against Incarnate Word and Troy Andersen gained 129 against North Dakota State
• Tom Kostrba's 306 career playoff rushing yards (three games in 1976) is a Bobcat record, but Troy Andersen (213 yards in two games) and Isaiah Ifanse (182 yards in two games) are both within reach entering the 2019 post-season.
• Montana State's only previous game against a CAA opponent (at the time of the contest) was the heart-stopping 26-25 win against New Hampshire in the first round of the 2011 FCS Playoffs in Bobcat Stadium.
• The Cats have topped 130 rushing yards in five of the team's six home playoff games this decade (Sam Houston held MSU to 72 rushing yards in 2012).
• Since the 1984 championship run led by Kelly Bradley, Troy Andersen (2018) and Jack Rolovich (2006) are the Bobcat quarterbacks to win their first playoff start.
• The Bobcats enter the Playoffs having scored 25 points in four straight games and more than 40 in three of those. MSU's record for points in a playoff game is 40 in the 47-40 loss to South Dakota State in 2014, although Montana State has eclipsed the 30-point mark four other times in playoff games.
PLAYOFF NOTES
• Montana State has earned playoff berths in consecutive seasons for the third time in school history – 2002-03, 2010-12, and 2018-19.
• The Bobcats stand 7-8 in the FCS/I-AA Playoffs, 10-8 all-time in NCAA Playoff games (including 3-0 in the Division II Playoffs), and 11-9-2 in the post-season (including 1-1-2 in bowl games).
• The top two single-game rushing marks in Bobcat post-season history came last season, when Isaiah Ifanse rambled for 139 yards against Incarnate Word and Troy Andersen gained 129 against North Dakota State
• Tom Kostrba's 306 career playoff rushing yards (three games in 1976) is a Bobcat record, but Troy Andersen (213 yards in two games) and Isaiah Ifanse (182 yards in two games) are both within reach entering the 2019 post-season.
• Montana State's only previous game against a CAA opponent (at the time of the contest) was the heart-stopping 26-25 win against New Hampshire in the first round of the 2011 FCS Playoffs in Bobcat Stadium.
• The Cats have topped 130 rushing yards in five of the team's six home playoff games this decade (Sam Houston held MSU to 72 rushing yards in 2012).
• Since the 1984 championship run led by Kelly Bradley, Troy Andersen (2018) and Jack Rolovich (2006) are the Bobcat quarterbacks to win their first playoff start.
• The Bobcats enter the Playoffs having scored 25 points in four straight games and more than 40 in three of those. MSU's record for points in a playoff game is 40 in the 47-40 loss to South Dakota State in 2014, although Montana State has eclipsed the 30-point mark four other times in playoff games.
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