2016 Montana Grizzlies football team

The 2016 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by second-year coach Bob Stitt and played their home games on campus at Washington–Grizzly Stadium. Montana participated as a member of the Big Sky Conference, of which they are a charter member. They finished the season 6–5, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in eighth place.

2016 Montana Grizzlies football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
FCS CoachesNo. 25
2016 record6–5 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coachBob Stitt (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJason Semore (1st season)
Home stadiumWashington–Grizzly Stadium
(Capacity: 25,217)
2016 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^  8 0     12 2  
No. 12 North Dakota +^  8 0     9 3  
No. 25 Weber State ^  6 2     7 5  
No. 24 Cal Poly ^  5 3     7 5  
Southern Utah  5 3     6 5  
Northern Colorado  4 4     6 5  
Northern Arizona  4 4     5 6  
Montana  3 5     6 5  
Montana State  2 6     4 7  
Portland State  2 6     3 8  
UC Davis  2 6     3 8  
Sacramento State  2 6     2 9  
Idaho State  1 7     2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:00 PMSaint Francis (PA)*No. 13SWXW 41–3126,002
September 103:00 PMat No. 3 Northern Iowa*No. 14ALTW 20–1412,346
September 242:00 PMat Cal PolyNo. 6RTNWL 41–428,156
October 12:30 PMSouthern UtahNo. 11
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
CMMW 43–2026,092
October 82:30 PMMississippi Valley State*No. 10
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
CMMW 67–724,607
October 152:30 PMSacramento StateNo. 10
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
CMMW 68–725,351
October 225:00 PMat Northern ArizonaNo. 10CMML 34–457,197
October 291:35 PMat No. 3 Eastern WashingtonNo. 16RTNWL 16–3510,931
November 55:00 PMIdaho StateNo. 19
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
RTNWW 62–4424,027
November 1212:00 PMat Northern ColoradoNo. 18CMML 25–285,128
November 1912:00 PMMontana StateNo. 22
RTNWL 17–2426,182

Game summaries

Saint Francis (PA)

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Flash 0 10 7 14 31
#13 Grizzlies 3 3 14 21 41
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

@ Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
#14 Grizzlies 10 10 0 0 20
#3 Panthers 7 0 0 7 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–0 2011 FCS Playoffs MONT, 48–10

@ Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Grizzlies 7 17 7 10 41
Mustangs 7 21 7 7 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–4 2015 POLY, 20–19

Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 7 7 0 6 20
#11 Grizzlies 9 13 14 7 43
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–2 2014 MONT, 35–17

Mississippi Valley State

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 7 0 0 0 7
#10 Grizzlies 14 29 14 10 67
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 0 0 7 7
#10 Grizzlies 14 27 20 7 68
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–1 2014 MONT, 31–13

@ Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
#10 Grizzlies 3 17 0 14 34
Lumberjacks 14 14 17 0 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
35–13 2015 MONT, 23–14

@ Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Grizzlies 7 3 6 0 16
#3 Eagles 7 14 14 0 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–15–1 2015 MONT, 57–16

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 14 17 0 13 44
#19 Grizzlies 20 21 0 21 62
Overall record Last meeting Result
43–13 2015 MONT, 33–27 OT

@ Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Grizzlies 3 9 0 13 25
Bears 14 0 7 7 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–1 2014 MONT, 38–13

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 7 7 10 0 24
#22 Grizzlies 7 0 3 7 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
72–37–5 2015 MONT, 54–35

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 13 14 7 6 11 10 10 10 16 19 18 22 RV RV 
Coaches 13 15 9 6 11 10 10 10 16 20 17 21 22 25

References

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