BOBCATS 125: Curt Farrier
5/22/2022 2:00:00 PM | Football
Curt Farrier combined size and speed and was one of the first 10 Bobcats drafted by the NFL or AFL
Leading to the 2022 season, the 125th anniversary of Montana State's first football team, we will look at 125 of the greatest Bobcats. You can find details here and a directory here.
Curt Farrier, T, 1960-62
ALL-TIME TEAM: None
HONORS: None
A CLOSER LOOK: Curt Farrier seemed to spend his football career with feet in two worlds. As a Bobcat he was known both for his great size - he was listed 6-5, 230 as a senior - and his speed. References to the Yakima, Washington product as the program's fastest lineman are plentiful. Farrier played both offensive and defensive lines at Montana State, starting at defensive tackle as a junior and senior. He played during a time when the Cats played as an independent, so all-conference honors aren't available as a measuring tool. He was drafted twice coming out of Montana State - in the winter of 1962 by the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL, and a few months later by the AFL team that had just departed Dallas for Kansas City. Farrier signed with the Chiefs, and enjoyed a three-year career with that organization. Kansas City finished 5-7-2 during Farrier's rookie season, rolled to a 7-7-0 record in 1964 and finished 1965 7-5-2. Farrier played in 27 games over his three seasons, without a start. The Chiefs picked Farrier in the 10th round, but ut was one of the organization's great group of draftees in history. Buck Buchanan, Bobby Bell, Ed Budde and Jerrel Wilson also joined the Chiefs in the draft that year.
FROM FORMER TEAMMATE RICHARD HUETH: "He was a really big guy, and a really great football player. He was tremendously athletically talented."
FROM FORMER TEAMMATE PHIL SCHNEIDER: "He was sort of a freak at about 6-5 or 6-6 and 235 pounds, and I'll tell you what, he had the biggest legs you ever saw. That was good for him and bad for him. He was faster than hell, but for whatever reason and however it happened, when he got hit in the legs it caused him problems. I think that contributed to the end of his stint with the Chiefs, which was three or four years. We called him 'Mad Mountain, 'Mad Mountain Farrier.' He was crazy. He was not a conservative human being, but he was a great teammate, a lot of fun, really a great guy."
Curt Farrier, T, 1960-62
ALL-TIME TEAM: None
HONORS: None
A CLOSER LOOK: Curt Farrier seemed to spend his football career with feet in two worlds. As a Bobcat he was known both for his great size - he was listed 6-5, 230 as a senior - and his speed. References to the Yakima, Washington product as the program's fastest lineman are plentiful. Farrier played both offensive and defensive lines at Montana State, starting at defensive tackle as a junior and senior. He played during a time when the Cats played as an independent, so all-conference honors aren't available as a measuring tool. He was drafted twice coming out of Montana State - in the winter of 1962 by the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL, and a few months later by the AFL team that had just departed Dallas for Kansas City. Farrier signed with the Chiefs, and enjoyed a three-year career with that organization. Kansas City finished 5-7-2 during Farrier's rookie season, rolled to a 7-7-0 record in 1964 and finished 1965 7-5-2. Farrier played in 27 games over his three seasons, without a start. The Chiefs picked Farrier in the 10th round, but ut was one of the organization's great group of draftees in history. Buck Buchanan, Bobby Bell, Ed Budde and Jerrel Wilson also joined the Chiefs in the draft that year.
FROM FORMER TEAMMATE RICHARD HUETH: "He was a really big guy, and a really great football player. He was tremendously athletically talented."
FROM FORMER TEAMMATE PHIL SCHNEIDER: "He was sort of a freak at about 6-5 or 6-6 and 235 pounds, and I'll tell you what, he had the biggest legs you ever saw. That was good for him and bad for him. He was faster than hell, but for whatever reason and however it happened, when he got hit in the legs it caused him problems. I think that contributed to the end of his stint with the Chiefs, which was three or four years. We called him 'Mad Mountain, 'Mad Mountain Farrier.' He was crazy. He was not a conservative human being, but he was a great teammate, a lot of fun, really a great guy."
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