2019 Montana Grizzlies football team

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.

2019 Montana Grizzlies football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 6
FCS CoachesNo. 6
2019 record10–4 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coachBobby Hauck (2nd, 9th overall season)
Offensive coordinatorTimm Rosenbach (2nd, 3rd overall season)
Defensive coordinatorKent Baer (2nd season)
Home stadiumWashington–Grizzly Stadium
(Capacity: 25,217)
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. 6 Montana ^  6 –2     10 –4  
No. 4 Montana State ^  6 –2     11 –4  
Eastern Washington  6 –2     7 –5  
UC Davis  3 –5     5 –7  
Idaho  3 –5     5 –7  
Portland State  3 –5     5 –7  
Cal Poly  2 –6     3 –8  
Southern Utah  2 –6     3 –9  
Northern Arizona  2 –6     4 –8  
Northern Colorado  2 –6     2 –10  
Idaho State  2 –6     3 –9  
  • + – 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

Previous season

The Grizzlies finished the 2018 season 6–5, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

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)
1Eastern Washington536 (25)
2UC Davis510 (13)
3Weber State472 (4)
4Montana State417
5Montana396 (1)
6Northern Arizona302
7Idaho State285
8Idaho248
9Cal Poly196
10Portland State178
11Southern Utah160
12Sacramento State125
13Northern Colorado90
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Eastern Washington140 (10)
2UC Davis127 (2)
3Weber State124
4Montana104 (1)
5Montana State100
6Northern Arizona88
7Idaho State72
8Idaho65
9Cal Poly56
10Portland State42
11Sacramento State40
12Southern Utah38
13Northern Colorado19

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 31–175,193
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 38–236,191
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

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–6 2014 MONT, 28–20

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–8 2005 ORE, 47–14

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–0 2015 MONT, 27–13

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
45–13 2017 MONT, 39–31

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–1 2018 MONT, 41–34

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–17–1 2017 EWU, 48–41

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–12 2018 PSU, 22–20

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
56–27–2 2018 MONT, 46–27

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
40–15 2017 WEB, 41–27

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
72–40–5 2018 MSU, 29–25

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
40–15 11/16/19 W, 35–16

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 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

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. 15 July 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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