BOBCATS 125: Mac Mollohan
7/9/2022 2:00:00 PM | Football
Mac Mollohan was a hard-nosed linchpin on some of Montana State's best defenses and most memorable teams
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.
Mac Mollohan, LB, 2002-05
ALL-TIME TEAM: None previously
HONORS: 1st Team All-Big Sky in 2003 and 2004, 2nd Team All-Big Sky in 2005
A CLOSER LOOK: Every championship team has unsung heroes. On the 2002, 2003 and 2005 Montana State Big Sky Championship teams, Mac Mollohan was one of those guys.
The Kalispell product saw action on special teams and as a reserve linebacker, playing in 12 games. He started at middle linebacker in 2003, finishing fourth on the team with 64 tackles and tied for second with 10 behind the line of scrimmage as the Cats again won a share of the Big Sky title. While the Bobcat defense suffered a number of injuries in 2004, Mollohan helped hold things together. He led the team with 86 tackles and again was second in tackles-for-loss (12). He also led the team with seven sacks. As a senior in 2005 - one of the most distinguished senior classes in Bobcat history - Mollohan struggled with injuries but still logged 52 tackles, 4.5 for a loss, with two sacks. He broke up five passes and caused a fumble. Mollohan was part of a Bobcat defense that played its best football when it was needed the most that year as part of a senior class whose last game was a home win against the Grizzlies. Mollohan had five tackles that day as the Bobcat defense absolutely stuffed its arch-rival. MSU held UM to just 220 yards on 66 plays, and only a fourth quarter touchdown by the visitors kept the game from looking like the dominant effort that it was.
Mollohan may not have had the star power some of his defensive mates did, but he was a great linebacker and a tremendous Bobcat.
FROM FORMER BOBCAT HEAD COACH MIKE KRAMER: "Mac was a four-year starter who always played at an All-Big Sky level. He was savvy, fast and quick, and always coiled (for tackles). He had a great eye and discipline. He was an authentic in-state recruiting prize and certainly lived up to every promise. He was not tall or lengthy, but was nevertheless bigger than you'd expect. He was a great tackler and played downhill. He was a great disciple of (then-MSU assistant) Rob Christoff. He was deft in pass coverage, and like Jon Montoya and Kane Ioane always comported himself with humility and determination. He had outstanding academic passion, movie star level intensity and understatedness. Mac came from a great family and helped build and maintain a great defensive tradition at Montana State that continues to this day."
Mac Mollohan, LB, 2002-05
ALL-TIME TEAM: None previously
HONORS: 1st Team All-Big Sky in 2003 and 2004, 2nd Team All-Big Sky in 2005
A CLOSER LOOK: Every championship team has unsung heroes. On the 2002, 2003 and 2005 Montana State Big Sky Championship teams, Mac Mollohan was one of those guys.
The Kalispell product saw action on special teams and as a reserve linebacker, playing in 12 games. He started at middle linebacker in 2003, finishing fourth on the team with 64 tackles and tied for second with 10 behind the line of scrimmage as the Cats again won a share of the Big Sky title. While the Bobcat defense suffered a number of injuries in 2004, Mollohan helped hold things together. He led the team with 86 tackles and again was second in tackles-for-loss (12). He also led the team with seven sacks. As a senior in 2005 - one of the most distinguished senior classes in Bobcat history - Mollohan struggled with injuries but still logged 52 tackles, 4.5 for a loss, with two sacks. He broke up five passes and caused a fumble. Mollohan was part of a Bobcat defense that played its best football when it was needed the most that year as part of a senior class whose last game was a home win against the Grizzlies. Mollohan had five tackles that day as the Bobcat defense absolutely stuffed its arch-rival. MSU held UM to just 220 yards on 66 plays, and only a fourth quarter touchdown by the visitors kept the game from looking like the dominant effort that it was.
Mollohan may not have had the star power some of his defensive mates did, but he was a great linebacker and a tremendous Bobcat.
FROM FORMER BOBCAT HEAD COACH MIKE KRAMER: "Mac was a four-year starter who always played at an All-Big Sky level. He was savvy, fast and quick, and always coiled (for tackles). He had a great eye and discipline. He was an authentic in-state recruiting prize and certainly lived up to every promise. He was not tall or lengthy, but was nevertheless bigger than you'd expect. He was a great tackler and played downhill. He was a great disciple of (then-MSU assistant) Rob Christoff. He was deft in pass coverage, and like Jon Montoya and Kane Ioane always comported himself with humility and determination. He had outstanding academic passion, movie star level intensity and understatedness. Mac came from a great family and helped build and maintain a great defensive tradition at Montana State that continues to this day."
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