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
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
North Dakota State
1
2
3
4
Total
#1 Bison
7
21
0
7
35
#13 Grizzlies
10
11
7
10
38
Cal Poly
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
7
7
3
3
20
#13 Grizzlies
7
7
0
5
19
1
2
3
4
Total
#8 Grizzlies
0
12
7
2
21
#15 Flames
14
3
7
7
31
Northern Arizona
1
2
3
4
Total
Lumberjacks
0
0
14
0
14
#14 Grizzlies
10
6
0
7
23
1
2
3
4
Total
#13 Grizzlies
7
7
7
6
27
Aggies
6
7
0
0
13
Weber State
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Wildcats
7
14
0
0 3
24
#12 Grizzlies
14
0
0
7 0
21
North Dakota
1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
7
3
0
6
16
#19 Grizzlies
7
14
14
7
42
1
2
3
4
Total
#17 Grizzlies
0
10
0
6
16
#12 Vikings
7
14
7
7
35
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
#22 Grizzlies
14
7
3
3 6
33
Bengals
7
6
0
14 0
27
Eastern Washington
1
2
3
4
Total
#10 Eagles
3
6
7
0
16
#22 Grizzlies
14
16
20
7
57
1
2
3
4
Total
#17 Grizzlies
17
20
7
10
54
Bobcats
7
7
8
13
35
FCS Playoffs
1
2
3
4
Total
#10 Jackrabbits
0
0
10
7
17
#16 Grizzlies
7
17
0
0
24
1
2
3
4
Total
#16 Grizzlies
0
0
6
0
6
#2 Bison
7
14
10
6
37
Ranking movements
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking 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
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