Montana State's Spirit of the West marching band is aiming to raise $300,000 to support student travel and equipment transportation for the FCS national championship in Nashville, Tennessee. We hope you will support this crucial part of the MSU game day experience as we cheer on the Bobcats toward a national championship!
Your generous donation will help offset the estimated $300,000 in travel costs for the students and their instruments.
"The Spirit of the West is an integral part of every Bobcat game day. These students have put in extraordinary time and effort to bring blue and gold energy to Bobcat Stadium for each game this season, and we want to make sure the national championship in Nashville is no different."
- Brock Tessman, MSU President
Make your donation now
The Spirit of the West will head to Nashville no matter what, but your donation will help cover the costs of postseason travel, which are not included in the university’s budget and are not funded by the NCAA or ticket revenue. These costs include air travel, lodging, meals and ground transportation to and from Nashville for our student band members.
About the band
The Spirit of the West Marching Band has been rallying Bobcat fans at Montana State University for more than 40 years. It’s more than 200 members — made up of students from all of MSU’s colleges — play at games and many other events across campus and around the community. The average SOTW student logs over 200 hours with the band over the course of a football season. Read more about the band in Mountains & Minds magazine.
