2012 Montana Grizzlies football team

2012 Montana Grizzlies football

Conference	Big Sky Conference
2012 record	5–6 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Mick Delaney (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Timm Rosenbach (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Ty Gregorak (1st season)
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium (Capacity: 25,217)

2012 Big Sky football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#4 Eastern Washington +^		7	–	1		11	–	3
#2 Montana State +^		7	–	1		11	–	2
#12 Cal Poly +^		7	–	1		9	–	3
#20 Northern Arizona		6	–	2		8	–	3
Sacramento State		4	–	4		6	–	5
Northern Colorado		4	–	4		5	–	6
Southern Utah		4	–	4		5	–	6
North Dakota		3	–	5		5	–	6
Montana		3	–	5		5	–	6
UC Davis		3	–	5		4	–	7
Portland State		2	–	6		3	–	8
Weber State		2	–	6		2	–	9
Idaho State		0	–	8		1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant As of December 15, 2012 ; Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2012 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Mick Delaney and played their home games on campus at Washington–Grizzly Stadium. Montana is a charter member of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous head coach Robin Pflugrad was fired in March by university president Royce Engstrom before starting his third season.^[1]^[2]

The Grizzlies finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for eighth place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	1:30 PM	South Dakota*	No. 11	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	Max Media/Big Sky TV/KDLT	W 35–24	25,126
September 8	4:30 PM	at No. 11 Appalachian State*	No. 12	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	ESPN3	L 27–35	30,856
September 15	1:30 PM	Liberty*	No. 14	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	Altitude/MASN	W 34–14	24,991
September 22	1:30 PM	Northern Arizona	No. 14	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	RTNW/Audience Network^[3]	L 31–41	25,254
September 29	5:00 PM	at No. 7 Eastern Washington	No. 21	Roos Field • Cheney, WA (Governors Cup)	RTNW/Audience Network	L 26–32	10,529
October 6	1:30 PM	at Northern Colorado		Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO	RTNW/Audience Network	W 40–17	4,751
October 13	1:30 PM	Southern Utah		Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	Max Media/Big Sky TV	L 20–30	25,684
October 20	1:30 PM	at North Dakota		Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	RTNW/Audience Network	L 34–40	9,000
October 27	1:30 PM	Idaho State		Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	RTNW/Audience Network	W 70–24	24,152
November 3	1:30 PM	at Weber State		Stewart Stadium • Ogden, UT	RTNW/Audience Network	W 24–21	7,251
November 17	1:30 PM	No. 2 Montana State		Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	RTNW/Audience Network	L 7–16	26,210
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time..

Source: Official Schedule

Game summaries

South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Coyotes	0	10	14	0	24
#11 Grizzlies	3	13	19	0	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–6	1999	MONT, 45–13

Appalachian State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Grizzlies	7	14	0	6	27
#11 Mountaineers	21	0	0	14	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2009	MONT, 24–17

First ever regular season meeting. Previous two meetings came in the playoff semifinals in 2000 and 2009.

Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
Flames	0	0	7	7	14
#14 Grizzlies	7	17	0	10	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	7	7	13	14	41
#14 Grizzlies	17	7	0	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–11	2011	MONT, 28–24

Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Grizzlies	7	3	13	3	26
#7 Eagles	7	10	0	15	32

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–11–1	2011	MONT, 17–14

Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Grizzlies	0	10	14	16	40
Bears	0	0	10	7	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–1	2011	MONT, 55–28

Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	6	7	7	10	30
Grizzlies	7	10	0	3	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–1	2008	MONT, 46–10

North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Grizzlies	7	10	17	0	34
North Dakota	17	14	0	9	40

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–7–1	2010	MONT, 27–10

Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	3	7	7	7	24
Grizzlies	21	21	21	7	70

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
41–13	2011	MONT, 33–0

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Grizzlies	3	7	3	11	24
Wildcats	0	7	7	7	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–13	2011	MONT, 45–10

Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Bobcats	3	7	3	3	16
Grizzlies	7	0	0	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
70–36–5	2011	MONT, 36–10

Rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Final
The Sports Network	11	12	14	14	21	RV	RV
FCS Coaches	10	9	12	11	20	RV	RV

References

↑ "Montana fires football coach, AD". ESPN. Associated Press. March 29, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
↑ "New football coach addresses advisory board". Montanagrizzlies.com. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
↑ "DIRECTV Sports Networks and Big Sky Conference Announce Inaugural 2012 Football Schedule on ROOT SPORTS". Rootsports.com. Retrieved April 10, 2012.

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 2017
National championship seasons in bold

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