American college football season
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 the NCAA 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 [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 29 1:30 pm No. 1 North Dakota State * No. 13 ESPN W 38–3526,472 September 5 7:00 pm Cal Poly * No. 13 Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT CMM L 19–2026,065 September 19 5:00 pm at No. 15 Liberty * No. 8 CMM/ESPN3 L 21–3122,551 September 26 2:00 pm Northern Arizona No. 14 Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT RTNW W 23–1426,136 October 3 2:00 pm at UC Davis No. 13 RTNW W 27–136,241 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 42–1625,014 October 31 3:00 pm at No. 12 Portland State No. 17 CMM L 16–3511,045 November 7 1:30 pm at Idaho State No. 22 CMM W 33–27 OT 7,795 November 14 1:30 pm No. 10 Eastern Washington No. 22 RTNW W 57–1625,213 November 21 12:00 pm at Montana State No. 17 RTNW W 54–3520,507 November 28 1:00 pm No. 10 South Dakota State * No. 16 ESPN3 W 24–1714,575 December 5 1:30 pm at No. 2 North Dakota State* No. 16 ESPN3 L 6–3718,232
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 summaries [ edit ] North Dakota State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #1 Bison 7 21 0 7 35 #13 Grizzlies 10 11 7 10 38
Cal Poly [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 7 7 3 3 20 #13 Grizzlies 7 7 0 5 19
@ Liberty [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #8 Grizzlies 0 12 7 2 21 #15 Flames 14 3 7 7 31
Northern Arizona [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Lumberjacks 0 0 14 0 14 #14 Grizzlies 10 6 0 7 23
@ UC Davis [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #13 Grizzlies 7 7 7 6 27 Aggies 6 7 0 0 13
Weber State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total Wildcats 7 14 0 0 3 24 #12 Grizzlies 14 0 0 7 0 21
North Dakota [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total North Dakota 7 3 0 6 16 #19 Grizzlies 7 14 14 7 42
@ Portland State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #17 Grizzlies 0 10 0 6 16 #12 Vikings 7 14 7 7 35
@ Idaho State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total #22 Grizzlies 14 7 3 3 6 33 Bengals 7 6 0 14 0 27
Eastern Washington [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #10 Eagles 3 6 7 0 16 #22 Grizzlies 14 16 20 7 57
@ Montana State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #17 Grizzlies 17 20 7 10 54 Bobcats 7 7 8 13 35
FCS Playoffs [ edit ] First Round–South Dakota State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #10 Jackrabbits 0 0 10 7 17 #16 Grizzlies 7 17 0 0 24
Second Round–@ North Dakota State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #16 Grizzlies 0 0 6 0 6 #2 Bison 7 14 10 6 37
Ranking movements [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking 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 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 [ edit ]
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