2015 Montana Grizzlies football team

2015 Montana Grizzlies football

FCS Playoffs Second Round vs North Dakota State, L 6–37
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 14
FCS Coaches	No. 14
2015 record	8–5 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bob Stitt (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Ty Gregorak (4th year)
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium (Capacity: 25,217)

2015 Big Sky football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#18 Southern Utah $^		7	–	1		8	–	4
#10 Portland State ^		6	–	2		9	–	3
#14 Montana ^		6	–	2		8	–	5
North Dakota		5	–	3		7	–	4
Northern Arizona		5	–	3		7	–	4
Eastern Washington		5	–	3		6	–	5
Weber State		5	–	3		6	–	5
Northern Colorado		3	–	5		6	–	5
Montana State		3	–	5		5	–	6
Cal Poly		3	–	5		4	–	7
UC Davis		2	–	6		2	–	9
Idaho State		1	–	7		2	–	9
Sacramento State		1	–	7		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by first year coach Bob Stitt who took over after 15 years coaching Division II Colorado Mines Orediggers. The Grizzlies 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 8–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated South Dakota State in the first round before losing in the second round to North Dakota State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Non-Conference Schedule
August 29	1:30 PM	No. 1 North Dakota State*	No. 13	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (FCS Kickoff)	ESPN	W 38–35	26,472
September 5	7:00 PM	Cal Poly*	No. 13	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	CMM	L 19–20	26,065
September 19	5:00 PM	at No. 15 Liberty*	No. 8	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	CMM/ESPN3	L 21–31	22,551
Conference Schedule
September 26	2:00 PM	Northern Arizona	No. 14	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	RTNW	W 23–14	26,136
October 3	2:00 PM	at UC Davis	No. 13	Aggie Stadium • Davis, CA	RTNW	W 27–13	6,241
October 10	2:00 PM	Weber State	No. 12	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	CMM	L 21–24 ^OT	25,500
October 24	1:30 PM	North Dakota	No. 19	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	RTNW	W 42–16	25,014
October 31	3:00 PM	at No. 12 Portland State	No. 17	Providence Park • Portland, OR	CMM	L 16–35	11,045
November 7	1:30 PM	at Idaho State	No. 22	Holt Arena • Pocatello, ID	CMM	W 33–27 ^OT	7,795
November 14	1:30 PM	No. 10 Eastern Washington	No. 22	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (EWU–UM Governors Cup)	RTNW	W 57–16	25,213
November 21	12:00 PM	at Montana State	No. 17	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	RTNW	W 54–35	20,507
2015 FCS Playoffs
November 28	1:00 PM	No. 10 South Dakota State*	No. 16	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 24–17	14,575
December 5	1:30 PM	at No. 2 North Dakota State*	No. 16	Fargodome • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 6–37	18,232
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Source: Official Schedule

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Cal Poly on September 5 is considered a non-conference game.

Game notes

North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#1 Bison	7	21	0	7	35
#13 Grizzlies	10	11	7	10	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–4	2014	NDSU, 22–10

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	7	7	3	3	20
#13 Grizzlies	7	7	0	5	19

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–3	2014	POLY, 41–21

@ Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Grizzlies	0	12	7	2	21
#15 Flames	14	3	7	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2012	LIB, 31–21^[1]

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	0	0	14	0	14
#14 Grizzlies	10	6	0	7	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–13	2013	NAU, 34–16

@ UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Grizzlies	7	7	7	6	27
Aggies	6	7	0	0	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–0	2014	MONT, 42–28

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Wildcats	7	14	0	0	3	24
#12 Grizzlies	14	0	0	7	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–13	2013	WEB, 24–21 ^[2]

North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Dakota	7	3	0	6	16
#19 Grizzlies	7	14	14	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–8–1	2014	MONT, 18–15

@ Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Grizzlies	0	10	0	6	16
#12 Vikings	7	14	7	7	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
29–11	2013	MONT, 55–27

@ Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
#22 Grizzlies	14	7	3	3	6	33
Bengals	7	6	0	14	0	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
42–13	2012	MONT, 70–24

Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Eagles	3	6	7	0	16
#22 Grizzlies	14	16	20	7	57

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–15–1	2014 FCS Playoffs	EWU, 37–20

@ Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Grizzlies	17	20	7	10	54
Bobcats	7	7	8	13	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
71–37–5	2014	MONT, 34–7

FCS Playoffs

First Round–South Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Jackrabbits	0	0	10	7	17
#16 Grizzlies	7	17	0	0	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–0	2009 FCS Playoffs	MONT, 61–48

Second Round–@ North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Grizzlies	0	0	6	0	6
#2 Bison	7	14	10	6	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–4	8/29/2015	MONT, 38–35

Ranking movements

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

References

Montana Grizzlies football

Venues	Dornblaser Field (I) (1912–1967) Naranche Stadium (alternate (Butte), 1938–1950) Dornblaser Field (II) (1968–1986) Washington–Grizzly Stadium (1986–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Brawl of the Wild (Montana State) Little Brown Stein (Idaho) EWU–UM Governors Cup (Eastern Washington)

Culture and lore	Monte "Up With Montana" University of Montana Grizzly Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

2015 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

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Champion – North Dakota State

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