Justin Lamson (receiving snap) leads the Cats against Yale in Bobcat Stadium today
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BOBCAT GAME DAY NOTEBOOK #13: Yale Arrives for Montana State's 34th NCAA Playoff Game
12/6/2025 10:17:00 AM | Football
Rylan Schlepp, Neil Daily ruled out for MSU
BOZEMAN, Mont. (Dec 6, 2025) – Montana State faces its 2025 playoff opener down a regular on each side of the ball, with tight end Rylan Schlepp and linebacker Neil Daily both inactive due to injury.
Bryce Grebe returns to the starting lineup, where he started 11 of the 12 regular season games. The starter at tight end will be a game time decision.
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A week after becoming the first Ivy League team to win an FCS Playoff game, Yale checks a few more off the list today. The Bulldogs play their first game in the Mountain Time zone today, and the program's first game in December since 1945. Today's game is tied as Yale's latest game ever in the calendar, with an 1877 contest with Princeton.
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Bobcat quarterback Justin Lamson has thrown and rushed for a touchdown in seven straight games. That is a Bobcat record.
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Lamson's 18-for-20 passing game in Missoula last time out was a school single-game completion percentage record. He has posted three of the 10 best games in the department.
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Lamson has throws 166 consecutive passes without an interception. Tommy Mellott, who Lamson succeeds as MSU's starting quarterback, had strings of 222 and 175.
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Bobcat running back Julius Davis is nearing the 1,000-yard mark for the first time in his career. He enters today's game with 815 rushing yards, 185 from hitting the 1,000-point mark.
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Today's game is Montana State's 34th NCAA Playoff game, and the Cats own a 20-13 record in those games. The Cats are 16-4 in home playoff games. The Cats have played 12 of the 33 games during Brent Vigen's time as head coach.
#GoCatsGo
Bryce Grebe returns to the starting lineup, where he started 11 of the 12 regular season games. The starter at tight end will be a game time decision.
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A week after becoming the first Ivy League team to win an FCS Playoff game, Yale checks a few more off the list today. The Bulldogs play their first game in the Mountain Time zone today, and the program's first game in December since 1945. Today's game is tied as Yale's latest game ever in the calendar, with an 1877 contest with Princeton.
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Bobcat quarterback Justin Lamson has thrown and rushed for a touchdown in seven straight games. That is a Bobcat record.
* * * * *
Lamson's 18-for-20 passing game in Missoula last time out was a school single-game completion percentage record. He has posted three of the 10 best games in the department.
* * * * *
Lamson has throws 166 consecutive passes without an interception. Tommy Mellott, who Lamson succeeds as MSU's starting quarterback, had strings of 222 and 175.
* * * * *
Bobcat running back Julius Davis is nearing the 1,000-yard mark for the first time in his career. He enters today's game with 815 rushing yards, 185 from hitting the 1,000-point mark.
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Today's game is Montana State's 34th NCAA Playoff game, and the Cats own a 20-13 record in those games. The Cats are 16-4 in home playoff games. The Cats have played 12 of the 33 games during Brent Vigen's time as head coach.
#GoCatsGo
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