1939 Montana Grizzlies football team

1939 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 USC $	5	–	0	–	2	8	–	0	–	2
No. 7 UCLA	5	–	0	–	3	6	–	0	–	4
Oregon State	6	–	1	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
Washington	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Oregon	3	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Washington State	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Montana	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
California	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Stanford	0	–	6	–	1	1	–	7	–	1
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1939 college football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). The Grizzlies were led by fifth-year head coach Doug Fessenden, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of five wins, three losses and one tie (3–6, 1–2 PCC).^[1]

Montana was ranked at No. 144 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	at Portland*	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 9–0	4,500	^[3]
October 7	San Francisco*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 7–12		^[4]
October 14	vs. Montana State*	Butte High Stadium Butte, MT (rivalry)	W 6–0
October 21	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 6–20	25,000
October 28	at Idaho	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID (Little Brown Stein)	W 13–0		^[5]
November 4	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 0–9	19,838
November 11	Gonzaga*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 0–23		^[6]
November 25	at Texas Tech*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	L 0–13
November 30	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 0–6
*Non-conference game

^ 2010 Montana Football Media Guide Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, University of Montana, 2010.
^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Portland Pilots Turned Back by Montana State, 14-6, in First Try". The Eugene Register-Guard. September 23, 1939. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Last Quarter Attack Beats Montana". The Missoulian. October 8, 1943. pp. 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Grizzlies take Vandals, 13-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 29, 1939. p. 11.
^ "Gonzaga Beats Grizzlies 23 to 0 on Sheer Power". The Missoulian. November 12, 1939. pp. 1, 7 – via Newspapers.com.