1996 Montana Grizzlies football team

The 1996 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Mick Dennehy and played their home games on campus in Missoula at Washington–Grizzly Stadium.[1]

1996 Montana Grizzlies football
Big Sky champion
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 2
FCS CoachesNo. 2
1996 record14–1 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadiumWashington–Grizzly Stadium
(Capacity: 18,845)
1996 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 Montana $^  7 0     14 1  
No. 6 Northern Arizona ^  6 1     9 3  
Cal State Northridge  4 3     7 4  
Weber State  4 3     7 4  
Eastern Washington  3 4     6 5  
Montana State  3 4     6 5  
Idaho State  1 6     4 7  
Sacramento State  0 7     1 10  
Portland State  0 0     3 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Portland State games did not count in conference standings
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 72:00 pmat Oregon State*No. 2W 35–1428,166
September 191:05 pmCal Poly*No. 2W 43–018,169
September 287:05 pmat Sacramento StateNo. 2W 35–177,423
October 51:05 pmSouthern Utah*No. 2
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
W 44–1316,035
October 121:05 pmIdaho StateNo. 2
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
W 43–1918,868
October 192:05 pmat No. 20 Eastern WashingtonNo. 2W 34–306,605
October 2612:05 pmNo. 6 Northern ArizonaNo. 2
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
PSNW 48–3218,847
November 26:05 pmat Cal State NorthridgeNo. 2
W 43–364,217
November 912:05 pmPortland StateNo. 2
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
PSNW 63–615,961
November 1612:05 pmat Weber StateNo. 2W 24–107,816
November 2312:05 pmMontana StateNo. 2
W 35–1419,042
November 3012:05 pmNo. 15 Nicholls State*No. 2
W 48–313,428
December 712:05 pmNo. 7 East Tennessee State*No. 2
W 44–1415,025
December 1412:05 pmNo. 4 Troy State*No. 2
W 70–718,367
December 2112:05 pmat No. 1 Marshall*No. 2ESPNL 29–4930,052
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from The Sports Network Division I-AA Poll poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

References

  1. 2010 Montana Football Media Guide Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, University of Montana, 2010.
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