Football team that represents Montana university
The2019 Montana Grizzlies football team represented theUniversity of Montana in the2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Grizzlies were led by second-year head coachBobby Hauck , ninth overall as he previously was head coach from 2003–2009, and played their home games on campus atWashington–Grizzly Stadium inMissoula, Montana as a charter member of theBig Sky Conference . They finished the season 10–4, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to theFCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeatedSoutheastern Louisiana in the second round before losing toWeber State in the quarterfinals.
Big Sky preseason poll [ edit ] The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Grizzlies were picked to finish in fifth place by the media, and in fourth place by the coaches.[ 1]
[ edit ] The Grizzlies had three players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[ 2]
Offense
Samuel Akem – WR
Defense
Dante Olson – ILB
Special teams
Jace Lewis – ST
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 1:00 p.m. atSouth Dakota * No. 25 KTMF W 31–17 5,193 September 7 7:00 p.m. North Alabama * No. 22 KTMF W 61–1724,033 September 14 8:45 p.m. at No. 15(FBS ) Oregon * No. 20 P12N L 3–3549,098 September 21 1:00 p.m. Monmouth * No. 19 Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT KTMF W 47–2723,119 September 28 2:00 p.m. at No. 4UC Davis No. 18 RTNW W 45–2010,011 October 5 1:00 p.m. Idaho State No. 8 Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT RTNW W 59–2025,023 October 19 7:00 p.m. at No. 15Sacramento State No. 5 KTMF L 22–4915,140 October 26 12:00 p.m. Eastern Washington No. 10 RTNW W 34–1724,072 November 2 3:00 p.m. atPortland State No. 8 KTMF W 38–23 6,191 November 9 1:00 p.m. Idaho No. 6 RTNW W 42–1722,333 November 16 1:00 p.m. No. 3Weber State No. 5 Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT RTNW W 35–1622,682 November 23 12:00 p.m. at No. 8Montana State No. 3 RTNW L 14–4819,827 December 7 1:00 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana * No. 7 ESPN3 W 73–2816,550 December 13 8:00 p.m. at No. 4 Weber State* No. 7 ESPN2 L 10–176,422
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1 2 3 4 Total No. 25 Grizzlies 0 17 14 0 31 Coyotes 0 10 7 0 17
1 2 3 4 Total Lions 7 10 0 0 17 No. 22 Grizzlies 10 6 24 21 61
1 2 3 4 Total No. 20 Grizzlies 0 0 3 0 3 No. 15(FBS) Ducks 14 7 7 7 35
1 2 3 4 Total Hawks 0 14 6 7 27 No. 19 Grizzlies 0 21 12 14 47
1 2 3 4 Total No. 18 Grizzlies 7 10 21 7 45 No. 4 Aggies 0 7 7 6 20
1 2 3 4 Total Bengals 10 7 3 0 20 No. 8 Grizzlies 0 24 14 21 59
At Sacramento State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 5 Grizzlies 7 8 7 0 22 No. 15 Hornets 18 17 14 0 49
1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 0 14 3 0 17 No. 10 Grizzlies 3 7 10 14 34
1 2 3 4 Total No. 8 Grizzlies 7 7 14 10 38 Vikings 0 17 6 0 23
1 2 3 4 Total Vandals 3 7 0 7 17 No. 6 Grizzlies 0 14 14 14 42
1 2 3 4 Total No. 3 Wildcats 3 0 0 13 16 No. 5 Grizzlies 14 7 14 0 35
1 2 3 4 Total No. 3 Grizzlies 0 14 0 0 14 No. 8 Bobcats 17 14 3 14 48
The Grizzlies entered thepostseason tournament as the number six seed, with a first-round bye.[ 4]
[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Lions 7 14 7 0 28 No. 7 Grizzlies 10 28 20 15 73
[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 7 Grizzlies 0 7 0 3 10 No. 4 Wildcats 0 3 7 7 17
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final STATS FCS 25 22 20 19 18 8 8 5 10 8 6 5 3 7 6 Coaches RV 23 18–T 19 17 9 8 6 11 8 5 4 3 8 6
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture and lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
