BOBCAT CALENDAR 1933: Montana State's Win over Wyoming, All-America Honors Highlight Season
6/10/2020 10:16:00 AM | Football
George Parke, Harold Dyer become first known Bobcat All-Americas
87 Years Ago – 1933
June 10: Each day leading to Montana State's 2020 season opener, scheduled for September 5, we will look at the season as many years ago as it is days until kickoff of the Gold Rush game.
87 YEARS AGO – Montana State's 1933 season provided some exhilarating peaks and the usual valleys, but the acclimation earned by quarterback/halfback George Parke and guard Corky Dyer in landing Honorable Mention All-America honors by the Associated Press can't be ignored. These are the first men to earn national honors in the Blue and Gold, and it would the 1950s and the arrival of small-college All-America honors before it would happen again. The malaise that would plague the Montana State program until after World War II was in full effect in 1933, when the team scored only once in the first five games. The season-opening drubbing at Utah, 61-0, was the worst since the 1919 Utes won 66-0. The Bobcats also lost to BYU and Utah State before beating Wyoming, 7-0.
The season's high point was almost certainly a win at Wyoming, when the Bobcats won in front of "a large crowd of howling Cowboy homecomers." In the second quarter, after the Cats had driven to the Wyoming 15-yard line, Richard Burns connected with Steiner for the game's only score.
MOST COMMON STARTING LINEUP: Left End-Carleton Dale/Garvin Jacobsen, Left Tackle-Chuck Nagel, Left Guard- Harold Dyer, Center-Don Anderson, Right Guard-James Baltzell, Right Tackle-Gay Kravik, Right End-Richard Burns, Quarterback-George Parke, Left Halfback-Gordon Eastman, Right Halfback-Louis Edwards, Fullback-Joe Steiner.
POST-SEASON HONORS: All-America – It's a little hard to explain, but for the first time on record Montana State produced All-America football players in 1933. Quarterback George Parke and guard Harold Dyer each landed Honorable Mention All-America honors to cap brilliant individual careers. The December 5, 1933 issue of the MSC Exponent reported that Associated Press named team captain George Parke, quarterback, and guard Corky Dyer honorable mention All-Americas. There is no record of any previous Bobcat earning All-America honors, although the Exponent reported many times through the years that sportswriters in Salt Lake City and Denver felt that players such as Max Worthington and Austin DeFrate merited such consideration had they played at "bigger schools." All-Rocky Mountain – (HM) Tackle Gay Kavick. (chosen by AP). All-State – (1st) End Burns, Tackle Chuck Nagle, Guard Harold Dyer, Halfback George Parke. (2nd) Center Krisman, Halfback Louis Edwards. (HM) End Carleton Dale. (selected by Montana Standard)
NATIONAL RANKINGS: none
ROCKY MOUNTAIN STANDINGS: Montana State's only league win between 1930 and 1935 came in the form of a 7-0 win at Wyoming. The Cats opened the season with a shutout trilogy (61-0 at Utah, 25-0 at BYU, and 40-0 at Gatton Field against Utah State) before getting off the schneid.
NOTES 'N' STUFF: Montana State's chief regional rivals in the years after World War I, Wyoming, Utah State and BYU played many memorable games with the Bobcats and were, with BYU, the league teams most amenable to play games in Bozeman and at neutral sites. The Bobcats' 7-0 win against Wyoming in 1933 marks the team's last win against either the Cowboys or USU (although earned a couple of wins against Brigham Young, 1935 and 1946).
June 10: Each day leading to Montana State's 2020 season opener, scheduled for September 5, we will look at the season as many years ago as it is days until kickoff of the Gold Rush game.
87 YEARS AGO – Montana State's 1933 season provided some exhilarating peaks and the usual valleys, but the acclimation earned by quarterback/halfback George Parke and guard Corky Dyer in landing Honorable Mention All-America honors by the Associated Press can't be ignored. These are the first men to earn national honors in the Blue and Gold, and it would the 1950s and the arrival of small-college All-America honors before it would happen again. The malaise that would plague the Montana State program until after World War II was in full effect in 1933, when the team scored only once in the first five games. The season-opening drubbing at Utah, 61-0, was the worst since the 1919 Utes won 66-0. The Bobcats also lost to BYU and Utah State before beating Wyoming, 7-0.
The season's high point was almost certainly a win at Wyoming, when the Bobcats won in front of "a large crowd of howling Cowboy homecomers." In the second quarter, after the Cats had driven to the Wyoming 15-yard line, Richard Burns connected with Steiner for the game's only score.
MOST COMMON STARTING LINEUP: Left End-Carleton Dale/Garvin Jacobsen, Left Tackle-Chuck Nagel, Left Guard- Harold Dyer, Center-Don Anderson, Right Guard-James Baltzell, Right Tackle-Gay Kravik, Right End-Richard Burns, Quarterback-George Parke, Left Halfback-Gordon Eastman, Right Halfback-Louis Edwards, Fullback-Joe Steiner.
POST-SEASON HONORS: All-America – It's a little hard to explain, but for the first time on record Montana State produced All-America football players in 1933. Quarterback George Parke and guard Harold Dyer each landed Honorable Mention All-America honors to cap brilliant individual careers. The December 5, 1933 issue of the MSC Exponent reported that Associated Press named team captain George Parke, quarterback, and guard Corky Dyer honorable mention All-Americas. There is no record of any previous Bobcat earning All-America honors, although the Exponent reported many times through the years that sportswriters in Salt Lake City and Denver felt that players such as Max Worthington and Austin DeFrate merited such consideration had they played at "bigger schools." All-Rocky Mountain – (HM) Tackle Gay Kavick. (chosen by AP). All-State – (1st) End Burns, Tackle Chuck Nagle, Guard Harold Dyer, Halfback George Parke. (2nd) Center Krisman, Halfback Louis Edwards. (HM) End Carleton Dale. (selected by Montana Standard)
NATIONAL RANKINGS: none
ROCKY MOUNTAIN STANDINGS: Montana State's only league win between 1930 and 1935 came in the form of a 7-0 win at Wyoming. The Cats opened the season with a shutout trilogy (61-0 at Utah, 25-0 at BYU, and 40-0 at Gatton Field against Utah State) before getting off the schneid.
NOTES 'N' STUFF: Montana State's chief regional rivals in the years after World War I, Wyoming, Utah State and BYU played many memorable games with the Bobcats and were, with BYU, the league teams most amenable to play games in Bozeman and at neutral sites. The Bobcats' 7-0 win against Wyoming in 1933 marks the team's last win against either the Cowboys or USU (although earned a couple of wins against Brigham Young, 1935 and 1946).
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