BOZEMAN — The Montana State football team is 0-2 for the first time since 2017 after its 30-24 loss to South Dakota State in double overtime Saturday night in front of a Bobcat Stadium-record 22,117 fans.

Before Saturday, the Bobcats hadn’t lost a home-opening Gold Rush game since 2017. Just like this season, they began the 2017 campaign with a blowout loss at a ranked FBS program (Washington State in 2017, Oregon last week) and fell to SDSU a week later. The Jackrabbits are the only team to beat MSU in the 18-game history of Gold Rush.

Though the No. 3-ranked Cats struggled to move the ball for large stretches and made many costly errors, they nearly beat the No. 2 Jackrabbits (2-0) thanks largely to their defensive front and some timely special teams plays — encouraging signs they won’

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