BOBCATS 125: Ron Iverson
6/29/2022 2:00:00 PM | Football
An athletic offensive guard in the early 1970s, Ron Iverson helped the Bobcats establish a grinding ground game
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.
Ron Iverson, OG, 1973-75
ALL-TIME TEAM: None previously
HONORS: Honorable Mention All-America and 1st Team All-Big Sky in 1975
A CLOSER LOOK: By 1973, when sophomore Ron Iverson lettered as a reserve offensive lineman, third-year Bobcat head coach Sonny Holland had Montana State's offense up and going. Not just in a 'This is what we do' sense, but in a 'Here's what we do and good luck stopping it' way of thinking. The Cats averaged 29.7 points and 304.5 yards rushing in 1973, and once Iverson captured starting left guard honors in 1974 MSU tallied 27.5 points and 269.8 yards rushing, followed by a 1975 campaign featuring 22.6 points and 261.7 yards per game. Through the course of Holland's seven seasons as MSU's head coach the numbers trended up and down based on personnel, but the offense routinely churned out amazing rushing numbers game after game. Those teams produced some of the program's greatest running backs, and part and parcel of all that success and all of those rushing yards is the program's brilliant string of offensive linemen. Iverson stands with the best of them, a two-year starter who helped star tailback Steve Kracher rush for 103.4 yards per game in 1974 and 138.7 yards a game in 1975.
FROM TEAMMATE JOE JOHNSON: "Ron Iverson, he was a tall, naturally strong player, and I played next to him for a year. During that time we were running the ball a lot and he was just a really reliable guard, steady all the time and a good teammate."
Ron Iverson, OG, 1973-75
ALL-TIME TEAM: None previously
HONORS: Honorable Mention All-America and 1st Team All-Big Sky in 1975
A CLOSER LOOK: By 1973, when sophomore Ron Iverson lettered as a reserve offensive lineman, third-year Bobcat head coach Sonny Holland had Montana State's offense up and going. Not just in a 'This is what we do' sense, but in a 'Here's what we do and good luck stopping it' way of thinking. The Cats averaged 29.7 points and 304.5 yards rushing in 1973, and once Iverson captured starting left guard honors in 1974 MSU tallied 27.5 points and 269.8 yards rushing, followed by a 1975 campaign featuring 22.6 points and 261.7 yards per game. Through the course of Holland's seven seasons as MSU's head coach the numbers trended up and down based on personnel, but the offense routinely churned out amazing rushing numbers game after game. Those teams produced some of the program's greatest running backs, and part and parcel of all that success and all of those rushing yards is the program's brilliant string of offensive linemen. Iverson stands with the best of them, a two-year starter who helped star tailback Steve Kracher rush for 103.4 yards per game in 1974 and 138.7 yards a game in 1975.
FROM TEAMMATE JOE JOHNSON: "Ron Iverson, he was a tall, naturally strong player, and I played next to him for a year. During that time we were running the ball a lot and he was just a really reliable guard, steady all the time and a good teammate."
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