2019 Montana Grizzlies football team

2019 Montana Grizzlies football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 6
FCS CoachesNo. 6
Record10–4 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTimm Rosenbach (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorKent Baer (2nd season)
Home stadiumWashington–Grizzly Stadium
2019 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Weber State +^   7 – 1     11 – 4  
No. 9 Sacramento State +^   7 – 1     9 – 4  
No. 4 Montana State ^   6 – 2     11 – 4  
No. 6 ^   6 – 2     10 – 4  
Eastern Washington   6 – 2     7 – 5  
Idaho   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Portland State   3 – 5     5 – 7  
UC Davis   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Northern Arizona   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Cal Poly   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Idaho State   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Southern Utah   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Northern Colorado   2 – 6     2 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Although North Dakota was classified as an independent, games against them still counted as Big Sky Conference games.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by second-year head coach Bobby Hauck, ninth overall as he previously was head coach from 2003–2009, and played their home games on campus at Washington–Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, Montana as a charter member of the Big 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 the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Southeastern Louisiana in the second round before losing to Weber State in the quarterfinals.

Preseason

Big Sky preseason poll

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]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 536 (25)
2 UC Davis 510 (13)
3 Weber State 472 (4)
4 Montana State 417
5 Montana 396 (1)
6 Northern Arizona 302
7 Idaho State 285
8 Idaho 248
9 Cal Poly 196
10 Portland State 178
11 Southern Utah 160
12 Sacramento State 125
13 Northern Colorado 90
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 140 (10)
2 UC Davis 127 (2)
3 Weber State 124
4 Montana 104 (1)
5 Montana State 100
6 Northern Arizona 88
7 Idaho State 72
8 Idaho 65
9 Cal Poly 56
10 Portland State 42
11 Sacramento State 40
12 Southern Utah 38
13 Northern Colorado 19

Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Grizzlies had three players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 311:00 p.m.at South Dakota*No. 25
KTMFW 31–17  5,193
September 77:00 p.m.North Alabama*No. 22
KTMFW 61–1724,033
September 148:45 p.m.at No. 15 (FBS) Oregon*No. 20
P12NL 3–3549,098
September 211:00 p.m.Monmouth*No. 19
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
KTMFW 47–2723,119
September 282:00 p.m.at No. 4 UC DavisNo. 18
RTNWW 45–2010,011
October 51:00 p.m.Idaho StateNo. 8
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
RTNWW 59–2025,023
October 197:00 p.m.at No. 15 Sacramento StateNo. 5
KTMFL 22–4915,140
October 2612:00 p.m.Eastern WashingtonNo. 10
RTNWW 34–1724,072
November 23:00 p.m.at Portland StateNo. 8
KTMFW 38–23  6,191
November 91:00 p.m.IdahoNo. 6
RTNWW 42–1722,333
November 161:00 p.m.No. 3 Weber StateNo. 5
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
RTNWW 35–1622,682
November 2312:00 p.m.at No. 8 Montana StateNo. 3
RTNWL 14–4819,827
December 71:00 p.m.Southeastern Louisiana*No. 7
ESPN3W 73–2816,550
December 138:00 p.m.at No. 4 Weber State*No. 7
ESPN2L 10–176,422

[3]

Game summaries

At South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Grizzlies 0 17 14 0 31
Coyotes 0 10 7 0 17
See also: 2019 South Dakota Coyotes football team

North Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 7 10 0 0 17
No. 22 Grizzlies 10 6 24 21 61
See also: 2019 North Alabama Lions football team

At Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Grizzlies 0 0 3 0 3
No. 15 (FBS) Ducks 14 7 7 7 35
See also: 2019 Oregon Ducks football team

Monmouth

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 14 6 7 27
No. 19 Grizzlies 0 21 12 14 47
See also: 2019 Monmouth Hawks football team

At UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Grizzlies 7 10 21 7 45
No. 4 Aggies 0 7 7 6 20
See also: 2019 UC Davis Aggies football team

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 10 7 3 0 20
No. 8 Grizzlies 0 24 14 21 59
See also: 2019 Idaho State Bengals football team

At Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Grizzlies 7 8 7 0 22
No. 15 Hornets 18 17 14 0 49
See also: 2019 Sacramento State Hornets football team

Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 14 3 0 17
No. 10 Grizzlies 3 7 10 14 34
See also: 2019 Eastern Washington Eagles football team and EWU–UM Governors Cup

At Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Grizzlies 7 7 14 10 38
Vikings 0 17 6 0 23
See also: 2019 Portland State Vikings football team

Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 3 7 0 7 17
No. 6 Grizzlies 0 14 14 14 42
See also: 2019 Idaho Vandals football team and Little Brown Stein

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Wildcats 3 0 0 13 16
No. 5 Grizzlies 14 7 14 0 35
See also: 2019 Weber State Wildcats football team

At Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Grizzlies 0 14 0 0 14
No. 8 Bobcats 17 14 3 14 48
See also: 2019 Montana State Bobcats football team and Brawl of the Wild

FCS Playoffs

The Grizzlies entered the postseason tournament as the number six seed, with a first-round bye.[4]

Southeastern Louisiana–Second Round

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 7 14 7 0 28
No. 7 Grizzlies 10 28 20 15 73
See also: 2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

At Weber State–Quarterfinals

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Grizzlies 0 7 0 3 10
No. 4 Wildcats 0 3 7 7 17
See also: 2019 Weber State Wildcats football team

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
STATS FCS252220191888510865376
CoachesRV2318–T191798611854386

References

  1. ^ "Scoreboard: Big Sky Conference preseason football polls". 406 MT SPORTS. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "Big Sky Conference announces preseason all-conference teams". MTSPX. July 15, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "2019 Football Schedule". University of Montana Athletics. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  4. ^ "FCS bracket revealed for 2019 Division I football championship". ncaa.com. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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