Biggest fourth quarter comeback

[TomCat88]

The one vs UNM is the biggest I can find since 2003.
17 - UNM 2024
15 - UM 2018
15 - UM 1968
14 - Weber 2004 (this is a weird one. Lulay was just 18-41 283 yards, 3 INTs, no tds. He ran for 142 yards and two touchdowns, which are MSU’s only two offensive touchdowns)

Does anyone know of any other big comebacks?

[MSU01]

2019 against NAU came to mind immediately. MSU trailed by the same 31-14 score in the second half as against New Mexico, but scored one TD in the third quarter so it was only a 10 point comeback in the 4th.

[The MICKSTER]

Going back to our 1984 National Championship season we were down to Fresno State by 17 late in the 3rd quarter and came back to outscore them 28-7 to win by........35-31(ironic?). Below is the write-up I found.......

But work remained in the regular season. The Bobcats finished the regular season on November 17 at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, also closing the door on an ages-old rivalry, facing a talented Fresno State squad. Once small-college rivals, the Cats and Dogs had met every year since 1960. The teams would square off one more time, a 1986 game to settle the score for what was about to unfold, but Fresno State had transitioned to college football’s top tier of teams and former Bobcat head coach Jim Sweeney would lead that program to great heights. Former MSU player and assistant coach Cliff Hysell, who would become MSU’s head coach in 1992, was an FSU assistant.

Fresno State scored midway through the first quarter to grab a 7-0 lead, and after Bradley found Bignell for a 25-yard score midway through the second quarter the fireworks began. Bulldog quarterback Kevin Sweeney tossed a 53-yard touchdown pass to give FSU a 14-7 lead, and tacked on a field goal after MSU fumbled the kickoff to take a 17-7 lead into halftime. The Bulldogs scored late in the third quarter to take a commanding 24-7 lead.

The Bobcats, though, refused to die. Bradley and Davis hooked up on a 19-yarder with 1:06 to play in the third quarter, and after a crucial three-and-out by the Bobcat defense Bradley found Pandt for a touchdown to pull MSU within 24-21. FSU answered with a touchdown to restore its 10-point lead, but the Bobcats pieced together a methodical 11-play, 80-yard drive to again crawl to within a field goal at 31-28. The Bobcat defense forced two more stops, sandwiched around a Bradley interception, and MSU took over 73 yards away from a destiny-changing touchdown.

At one of the season’s biggest moments, Bradley gave his biggest performance. The sophomore signal caller carved up the Fresno State defense, leaving the Bulldogs helpless. He completed four of six passes on the drive, including a 19-yarder to Tommy White on a third-and-10 near midfield and the game-winning 20-yard scoring strike to Bignell, who carried several Bulldogs across the goal line for the score.

That win handed Montana State the top seed in the playoffs, a much-needed bye week, and a heaping helping of confidence. One of the often-overlooked storylines of Montana State’s magical 1984 season was the continued development of the Bobcat defense. Other than Fresno State, the only team to top 24 points against the Bobcats after the Idaho game was Nevada, and the Wolf Pack could muster only 21 points in regulation.

[TomCat88]

2019 against NAU came to mind immediately. MSU trailed by the same 31-14 score in the second half as against New Mexico, but scored one TD in the third quarter so it was only a 10 point comeback in the 4th.

And Lulay also brought MSU back from 10 vs NAU with about five minutes to go. Smith recovered onside kick with about a minute or two left.

[catscat]

The 1968 Cat/gris comeback always seemed larger, but it was certainly an exciting thing to watch. Can't be many games where a running back carries the ball 58 times.

https://msubobcats.com/news/2020/10/29/ ... ay-in-1968