Big Sky Conference · Bozeman, Montana · 2026 Season
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2026 Season
Kickoff times in Mountain Time, restated in your own time zone · subject to change for TV windows
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Schedule, kickoff times and networks sourced from msubobcats.com and the Big Sky Conference; scores from ESPN. Verified 2026-09-27 and subject to change. Not affiliated with Montana State University Athletics. How to watch →
Every Game, 2026
Networks confirmed by Montana State and the Big Sky Conference · checked 2026-09-27
The Big Sky package streams on ESPN+, a paid subscription inside the ESPN app. The same games air on Scripps Sports broadcast stations in Montana — SWX and The Spot — so a rooftop antenna gets most of the season without a login. The Butler home opener ran on Montana CBS stations under the same deal.
The Cats draw three national windows this fall, all at 8:30 PM Mountain:
One catch: The CW has no over-the-air affiliate in Montana. Check your cable or satellite lineup before Saturday night rather than during it.
The Bobcat Radio Network carries every game, home and away, on affiliate stations across Montana. It is the fallback when the TV window is one you cannot get — and, for a lot of Bozeman, the way the game is meant to sound anyway.
Kickoff times on the schedule above are Mountain Time. Games at Pacific-time venues — Reno, Moscow, Cheney — also show the stadium's local clock, and every row restates kickoff in your time zone automatically. Times move for TV; we re-check them weekly. Every game and every channel →
Around the Big Sky
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From the Stands
Fan photos · Bobcat Stadium, Bozeman gamedays, and the night we won it all in Nashville
What We Know So Far
Notes from the msucats.com desk · every claim below checked against msubobcats.com
The title defense opens on the road in St. George before six home dates anchor the year — and the Brawl of the Wild waits at the very end.
A short-handed Bobcat offense leaned on Colson Coon's 199 rushing yards and a 16-of-20 night from Patrick Duchien, and the win streak reached 19 — a program record. Next: a rare Friday trip to Idaho on Oct 2, 8:30 PM MT / 7:30 PM PT, on ESPN. How to watch →
Pack the Place in Pink turned into the season's first scare before the Cats pulled away late. Two weeks on the record reads 5–0, 2–0 in the Big Sky, with nine conference games and six road trips still shaping the year.
Times sit on the schedule above in Mountain Time with the carrier for each game; see How to Watch. Note the Idaho game is a Friday night, Oct 2 — the only non-Saturday date on the card.
The final drive, the field rush, and the board that said it all. Photos in the gallery below.
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