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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 [ edit ] 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]
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 [ 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
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 1:00 p.m. at South 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. 4 UC 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. 15 Sacramento 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. at Portland 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. 3 Weber State No. 5 Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT RTNW W 35–1622,682 November 23 12:00 p.m. at No. 8 Montana State No. 3 RTNW L 14–4819,827 December 7 1:00 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana * No. 7 ESPN3 W 73–2816,550 8:00 p.m. at No. 4 Weber State* No. 7 ESPN2 L 10–176,422
[3]
Game summaries [ edit ] At South Dakota [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 25 Grizzlies
0
17
14
0
31
Coyotes
0
10
7
0
17
North Alabama [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Lions
7
10
0
0
17
No. 22 Grizzlies
10
6
24
21
61
At Oregon [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 20 Grizzlies
0
0
3
0
3
No. 15 (FBS) Ducks
14
7
7
7
35
Monmouth [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hawks
0
14
6
7
27
No. 19 Grizzlies
0
21
12
14
47
At UC Davis [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 18 Grizzlies
7
10
21
7
45
No. 4 Aggies
0
7
7
6
20
Idaho State [ edit ]
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
Eastern Washington [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Eagles
0
14
3
0
17
No. 10 Grizzlies
3
7
10
14
34
At Portland State [ edit ]
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
Weber State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 3 Wildcats
3
0
0
13
16
No. 5 Grizzlies
14
7
14
0
35
At Montana State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 3 Grizzlies
0
14
0
0
14
No. 8 Bobcats
17
14
3
14
48
FCS Playoffs [ edit ] The Grizzlies entered the postseason tournament as the number six seed, with a first-round bye.[4]
Southeastern Louisiana–Second Round [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Lions
7
14
7
0
28
No. 7 Grizzlies
10
28
20
15
73
At Weber State–Quarterfinals [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 7 Grizzlies
0
7
0
3
10
No. 4 Wildcats
0
3
7
7
17
Ranking movements [ edit ] 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
References [ edit ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture and lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
