BOBCATS BY THE NUMBERS: Two Weeks! It's Only Two Weeks Until Kickoff!!
8/17/2019 12:53:00 PM | Football
With 14 days remaining until the Cats face Texas Tech we look at a coach who arrived in 1914
August 17: In addition to a quick look at players wearing the jersey number corresponding to the number of days remaining until Montana State's season opener at Texas Tech, Bobcats by the Numbers brings you another tidbit or two aligning with that number.
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Ruben Beltran, QB: Ruben Beltran is a smart, quiet kid who is quietly becoming a good quarterback. The redshirt freshman is likely to enter the season as the third signal caller on the Bobcats' depth chart occupies a role more important than next man up after the next man is up. MSU head coach Jeff Choate said he's been charged with modeling behavior that helps new freshmen Blake Thelen and John Knight get up to speed during preseason camp, which in turn will allow Beltran to ramp up his preparation for varsity snaps in his future. He is listed at 6-0, so it's not easy to pick him out among the varsity QBs in red jerseys during practice, but he combines high degrees of savvy, arm strength and mobility.
Keaton Anderson, S: Keaton Anderson has struggled with injuries during his time at MSU, but when healthy still has the speed and playmaking ability to provide a spark in the Bobcat secondary when healthy.
14 – 1914 was the year Fred Bennion arrived as Montana State's football coach
The year 1914 was Fred Bennion's first as Montana State's head football coach, although in that era at the small college level no man was 'just' a football coach. Bennion came to Montana State as Athletic Director, which means in addition to organizing the day-to-day business of the school's sports teams he also coached the football and basketball teams, and in many instances others. Bennion came to Montana State after four years as head coach at Utah, one of his alma maters, where his Utes compiled a 16-8-3 record on the gridiron and a 44-9 mark in basketball. His first team in Bozeman finished 5-1, more wins than any squad in the program's first quarter-century. His 11 wins was the most compiled by a Bobcat coach until Ott Romney began his run of excellent teams in 1922, and in fact Romney may be Bennion's most significant contribution to Montana State's athletic fortunes. When Bennion left the U. for Montana State he was accompanied by a Romney, who played football (1910-11-12) and basketball (1911-12-14) for Bennion. Romney finished his career at Montana State with great distinction – he was named the school's all-time quarterback in 1933 by a panel of former coaches and athletes – and of course assembled great teams of his own in the 1920s. Beyond coaching, Bennion's area of academic and professional expertise was agriculture, and after his coaching career with the Bobcats (a nickname applied to the school's teams for the first time under Bennion's watch) the Utah native became an served as assistant state leader of county agents in charge of the Yellowstone district in Montana, and then worked a county agent in Umatilla County, Oregon, for six years. He returned to Bozeman in the fall of 1926 as Montana's state leader of county agents, citing a desire to raise his family in a college town.
Chronology: Zadok Hudgins (1926), Jim Ario (1927), Fred Ball (1930), Ed Breeden (1931), Tony Olivera (1934), Donald Martin (1937), Russel Nuckols (1940), Kenneth Nuckolls (1941), Phillip Lunday (1946), Clyde Fox (1947-49), Dean Kennedy (1951), Howard Ruby (1953-54), Don Brinkman (1955), Bob Jenkins (1956), Gary Davies (1958-59), Bill Mulcahy (1960-61), Ray Foley (1963-65), Dennis Erickson (1966-68), Bobby McGill (1969-70), Larry Eyer (1971), Mike Dunbar (1972-74), Dennis Dunn (1975-76), Brent Leibach (1977), Mike Dahl (1978), Mike Godfrey (1979-83), Greg Andal (1984-85), Grady Bennett (1986), Terry Duncan (1987), Jim Everto (1988-89), Brent McNeil (1990), Bryan Nixon (1991-92), Mark Grimmer (1993-95), Kasey Harte (1996-99), David Aupiu (2000-01), Travis Lulay (2002-05), Everett Gilbert (2009-12), Quinn McQueary (2013-14), Toti Moeakiola (2014), Brady McChesney (2015-17), Keaton Anderson (2017-), Ruben Beltran (2018-)
#14 Notes: Among the notable #14s in Bobcat history, Travis Lulay remains second in school history with 12,205 career yards of total offense, Dennis Erickson's 3,945 is eighth, and Mike Godfrey is ninth (3,941).
#14
Ruben Beltran, QB: Ruben Beltran is a smart, quiet kid who is quietly becoming a good quarterback. The redshirt freshman is likely to enter the season as the third signal caller on the Bobcats' depth chart occupies a role more important than next man up after the next man is up. MSU head coach Jeff Choate said he's been charged with modeling behavior that helps new freshmen Blake Thelen and John Knight get up to speed during preseason camp, which in turn will allow Beltran to ramp up his preparation for varsity snaps in his future. He is listed at 6-0, so it's not easy to pick him out among the varsity QBs in red jerseys during practice, but he combines high degrees of savvy, arm strength and mobility.
Keaton Anderson, S: Keaton Anderson has struggled with injuries during his time at MSU, but when healthy still has the speed and playmaking ability to provide a spark in the Bobcat secondary when healthy.
14 – 1914 was the year Fred Bennion arrived as Montana State's football coach
The year 1914 was Fred Bennion's first as Montana State's head football coach, although in that era at the small college level no man was 'just' a football coach. Bennion came to Montana State as Athletic Director, which means in addition to organizing the day-to-day business of the school's sports teams he also coached the football and basketball teams, and in many instances others. Bennion came to Montana State after four years as head coach at Utah, one of his alma maters, where his Utes compiled a 16-8-3 record on the gridiron and a 44-9 mark in basketball. His first team in Bozeman finished 5-1, more wins than any squad in the program's first quarter-century. His 11 wins was the most compiled by a Bobcat coach until Ott Romney began his run of excellent teams in 1922, and in fact Romney may be Bennion's most significant contribution to Montana State's athletic fortunes. When Bennion left the U. for Montana State he was accompanied by a Romney, who played football (1910-11-12) and basketball (1911-12-14) for Bennion. Romney finished his career at Montana State with great distinction – he was named the school's all-time quarterback in 1933 by a panel of former coaches and athletes – and of course assembled great teams of his own in the 1920s. Beyond coaching, Bennion's area of academic and professional expertise was agriculture, and after his coaching career with the Bobcats (a nickname applied to the school's teams for the first time under Bennion's watch) the Utah native became an served as assistant state leader of county agents in charge of the Yellowstone district in Montana, and then worked a county agent in Umatilla County, Oregon, for six years. He returned to Bozeman in the fall of 1926 as Montana's state leader of county agents, citing a desire to raise his family in a college town.
Chronology: Zadok Hudgins (1926), Jim Ario (1927), Fred Ball (1930), Ed Breeden (1931), Tony Olivera (1934), Donald Martin (1937), Russel Nuckols (1940), Kenneth Nuckolls (1941), Phillip Lunday (1946), Clyde Fox (1947-49), Dean Kennedy (1951), Howard Ruby (1953-54), Don Brinkman (1955), Bob Jenkins (1956), Gary Davies (1958-59), Bill Mulcahy (1960-61), Ray Foley (1963-65), Dennis Erickson (1966-68), Bobby McGill (1969-70), Larry Eyer (1971), Mike Dunbar (1972-74), Dennis Dunn (1975-76), Brent Leibach (1977), Mike Dahl (1978), Mike Godfrey (1979-83), Greg Andal (1984-85), Grady Bennett (1986), Terry Duncan (1987), Jim Everto (1988-89), Brent McNeil (1990), Bryan Nixon (1991-92), Mark Grimmer (1993-95), Kasey Harte (1996-99), David Aupiu (2000-01), Travis Lulay (2002-05), Everett Gilbert (2009-12), Quinn McQueary (2013-14), Toti Moeakiola (2014), Brady McChesney (2015-17), Keaton Anderson (2017-), Ruben Beltran (2018-)
#14 Notes: Among the notable #14s in Bobcat history, Travis Lulay remains second in school history with 12,205 career yards of total offense, Dennis Erickson's 3,945 is eighth, and Mike Godfrey is ninth (3,941).
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