BOBCATS BY THE NUMBERS: It's Logan Jones Days Until Kickoff!
8/3/2019 8:01:00 AM | Football
Four weeks from today, senior running back Logan Jones and company faces Texas Tech in Lubbock
August 3: 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 on August 31, Bobcats by the Numbers brings you another tidbit or two aligning with that number.
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Logan Jones, RB: Logan Jones endured one of the most unique seasons by a Bobcat in recent memory last fall. The senior running back missed the first seven games with an injury that, at times, seemed would end his Bobcat career. He fought through it in time for a cameo in the Idaho State game, then carried seven times against Weber State and four more against Northern Colorado. That set him up to enter the Cat-Griz game with a full head of steam, and Jones played a key role in Montana State's win. He carried eight times for 47 yards, scoring what proved to be the game-winning touchdown with 2:19 remaining in the fourth quarter on a 13-yard run. Jones' presence sparked the Bobcat offense, but as soon as his season appeared to be taking off, it ended. That's the bad news, and also the good news, because by playing in only four games he preserved his eligibility to play this season as a senior. How things shake out in the Bobcat backfield remains the great unsolved equation regarding the MSU offense entering the fall, but Jones will play a key role.
28 – Touchdown passes by Dakota Prukop in 2015
The numbers Dakota Prukop compiled as a two-year starting quarterback for Rob Ash, from the perspective of a few years, are stunning. His 28 scoring strikes in 2015 remain second-most in a season by a Bobcat, and his amazing numbers only begin there. He rushed for 797 yards and 11 touchdowns, and threw for 3,025 yards. His 3,822 total yards that season is second-most in school history (and his 3,525 yards the year before is third), while his 7,347 yards of total offense in his career is fourth. And that includes just two seasons as MSU's starting quarterback. He missed a redshirt year and one varsity season sitting behind all-time great DeNarius McGhee, then ducked out one year early to compete at Oregon in 2016, but Prukop's place in the Bobcat record books, and the memories of MSU fans, remains secure.
Chronology: Ero Palo (1927), Kenneth McBride (1931), Gay Kravik (1934), Francis Corbin (1937), Bill Zupan (1946-47), Tom LeProwse (1948-50), Jerry Krall (1953), Roy Pezoldt (1954-55), DeWayne Smith (1982-83), Thomas Cory (1984), Cory Lamey (1985-86), Billy Templeton (1987-90), Matt Krahe (1990-94), Craig Johnson (1995), Lathian Tyler (1996-99), Willy Jacobson (2000-02), Carson Curley (2003), Evin Groves (2004-06), Anthony Tillemans (2007), Cory Nicol (2008-09), Steven Bethley (2010), Vince Digiallonardo (2012-13), Kellen Kollmorgen (2014), Logan Jones (2015-)
Other #28 Notes: A pair of Bobcat running backs had pretty decent careers wearing #28 in the Blue and Gold, although injuries forced premature endings. Lathian Tyler rushed for 1,557 yards from 1997-99, spinning into holes and jittering into and out of tackles. Evin Groves' time in the program was shorter, playing only 12 games spread out over his freshman and sophomore seasons, and gaining 645 yards. But his impact was great on one glorious November afternoon in 2005, when he gashed the Grizzly defense for 143 yards in a win over the Grizzlies. He became the first Bobcat freshman to rush for 100 yards in two separate games, his 435 yards was second-most ever by a Bobcat freshman, and his Cat-Griz game was the best in series history (on record) by a frosh… Nearly 60 years after hanging up his football cleats, and 45 years after retiring from coaching, Tom LeProwse will always cast a long shadow over the Bozeman sporting scene. He was an All-America for the Bobcats in 1950 and from 1953-73 coached football at Bozeman High. He also started Bozeman High's wrestling program, and one of Montana's most important wrestling meets is named in his honor. The testimonies of his significance in the lives of young people are countless. And yet it nearly didn't happen. Hours after starring in Montana's first Shrine Game – he booted the opening kickoff, and made the first tackle – he married his high school sweetheart, and only on a tip from a sportswriter in his hometown of Butte did Bobcat coach Clyde Carpenter offer LeProwse a scholarship. At 90 years of age, LeProwse remains visible in the community and in Bobcat Athletics wearing his trademark cowboy hat, assisting with the M Club to provide letter jackets to Bobcat student-athletes.
#28
Logan Jones, RB: Logan Jones endured one of the most unique seasons by a Bobcat in recent memory last fall. The senior running back missed the first seven games with an injury that, at times, seemed would end his Bobcat career. He fought through it in time for a cameo in the Idaho State game, then carried seven times against Weber State and four more against Northern Colorado. That set him up to enter the Cat-Griz game with a full head of steam, and Jones played a key role in Montana State's win. He carried eight times for 47 yards, scoring what proved to be the game-winning touchdown with 2:19 remaining in the fourth quarter on a 13-yard run. Jones' presence sparked the Bobcat offense, but as soon as his season appeared to be taking off, it ended. That's the bad news, and also the good news, because by playing in only four games he preserved his eligibility to play this season as a senior. How things shake out in the Bobcat backfield remains the great unsolved equation regarding the MSU offense entering the fall, but Jones will play a key role.
28 – Touchdown passes by Dakota Prukop in 2015
The numbers Dakota Prukop compiled as a two-year starting quarterback for Rob Ash, from the perspective of a few years, are stunning. His 28 scoring strikes in 2015 remain second-most in a season by a Bobcat, and his amazing numbers only begin there. He rushed for 797 yards and 11 touchdowns, and threw for 3,025 yards. His 3,822 total yards that season is second-most in school history (and his 3,525 yards the year before is third), while his 7,347 yards of total offense in his career is fourth. And that includes just two seasons as MSU's starting quarterback. He missed a redshirt year and one varsity season sitting behind all-time great DeNarius McGhee, then ducked out one year early to compete at Oregon in 2016, but Prukop's place in the Bobcat record books, and the memories of MSU fans, remains secure.
Chronology: Ero Palo (1927), Kenneth McBride (1931), Gay Kravik (1934), Francis Corbin (1937), Bill Zupan (1946-47), Tom LeProwse (1948-50), Jerry Krall (1953), Roy Pezoldt (1954-55), DeWayne Smith (1982-83), Thomas Cory (1984), Cory Lamey (1985-86), Billy Templeton (1987-90), Matt Krahe (1990-94), Craig Johnson (1995), Lathian Tyler (1996-99), Willy Jacobson (2000-02), Carson Curley (2003), Evin Groves (2004-06), Anthony Tillemans (2007), Cory Nicol (2008-09), Steven Bethley (2010), Vince Digiallonardo (2012-13), Kellen Kollmorgen (2014), Logan Jones (2015-)
Other #28 Notes: A pair of Bobcat running backs had pretty decent careers wearing #28 in the Blue and Gold, although injuries forced premature endings. Lathian Tyler rushed for 1,557 yards from 1997-99, spinning into holes and jittering into and out of tackles. Evin Groves' time in the program was shorter, playing only 12 games spread out over his freshman and sophomore seasons, and gaining 645 yards. But his impact was great on one glorious November afternoon in 2005, when he gashed the Grizzly defense for 143 yards in a win over the Grizzlies. He became the first Bobcat freshman to rush for 100 yards in two separate games, his 435 yards was second-most ever by a Bobcat freshman, and his Cat-Griz game was the best in series history (on record) by a frosh… Nearly 60 years after hanging up his football cleats, and 45 years after retiring from coaching, Tom LeProwse will always cast a long shadow over the Bozeman sporting scene. He was an All-America for the Bobcats in 1950 and from 1953-73 coached football at Bozeman High. He also started Bozeman High's wrestling program, and one of Montana's most important wrestling meets is named in his honor. The testimonies of his significance in the lives of young people are countless. And yet it nearly didn't happen. Hours after starring in Montana's first Shrine Game – he booted the opening kickoff, and made the first tackle – he married his high school sweetheart, and only on a tip from a sportswriter in his hometown of Butte did Bobcat coach Clyde Carpenter offer LeProwse a scholarship. At 90 years of age, LeProwse remains visible in the community and in Bobcat Athletics wearing his trademark cowboy hat, assisting with the M Club to provide letter jackets to Bobcat student-athletes.
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