The1997 Montana Grizzlies football team represented theUniversity of Montana in the1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Grizzlies were led by second-year head coachMick Dennehy and played their home games atWashington–Grizzly Stadium.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	1:05 pm	No. 14Stephen F. Austin*	No. 1	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 24–10	18,730	[2]
September 20	1:05 pm	Saint Mary's*	No. 1	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT		W 35–14	18,384	[3]
September 27	1:05 pm	Sacramento State	No. 1	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT		W 52–10	19,046	[4]
October 4	1:00 pm	atWyoming*	No. 1	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY		L 13–28	18,608	[5]
October 11	2:05 pm	atIdaho State	No. 2	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	KPAX	W 48–0	7,596	[6]
October 18	1:05 pm	No. 20Eastern Washington	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (rivalry)		L 35–40	19,019	[7]
October 25	4:05 pm	at No. 11Northern Arizona	No. 6	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	KPAX	L 24–27	15,417	[8][9]
November 1	12:05 pm	Cal State Northridge	No. 15	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT		W 21–13	16,775	[10]
November 8	8:05 pm	atPortland State	No. 13	Civic Stadium Portland, OR	KPAX	W 37–7	12,387	[11]
November 15	12:05 pm	Weber State	No. 11	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT		W 38–13	15,972	[12]
November 22	12:05 pm	atMontana State	No. 11	Reno H. Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT (rivalry)	KPAX	W 27–25	13,507	[13]
November 29	6:00 pm	at No. 6McNeese State*	No. 11	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)		L 14–19	13,681	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromThe Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are inMountain time

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