2014 Montana Grizzlies football team

2014 Montana Grizzlies football

FCS Playoffs Second Round vs Eastern Washington, L 20–37
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	#13
FCS Coaches	#11
2014 record	9–5 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Mick Delaney (3rd year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Scott Gragg (2nd year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Kefense Hynson (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Ty Gregorak (3rd year)
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium (Capacity: 25,217)

2014 Big Sky football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#4 Eastern Washington $^		7	–	1		11	–	3
#13 Montana ^		6	–	2		9	–	5
#20 Montana State ^		6	–	2		8	–	5
#25 Idaho State		6	–	2		8	–	4
Cal Poly		5	–	3		7	–	5
Northern Arizona		5	–	3		7	–	5
Sacramento State		4	–	4		7	–	5
North Dakota		3	–	5		5	–	7
Southern Utah		3	–	5		3	–	9
Northern Colorado		2	–	6		3	–	8
Portland State		2	–	6		3	–	9
Weber State		2	–	6		2	–	10
UC Davis		1	–	7		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2014 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by head coach Mick Delaney in his third and final year and 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 9–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish tied for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to inter conference rival Eastern Washington.

On November 17, head coach Mick Delaney announced he would be retiring at the end of the season.^[1] He finished at Montana with a three year record of 24–14.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Non-Conference Schedule
August 30	2:00 PM	at Wyoming*	#5	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	RTNW	L 12–17	25,243
September 6	3:30 PM	Central Washington*	#4	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	CMM	W 48–14	24,697
September 13	7:00 PM	South Dakota*	#4	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	CMM	W 28–20	26,303
September 20	1:30 PM	at #1 North Dakota State*	#4	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	CMM	L 10–22	18,890
Conference Schedule
September 27	1:30 PM	Northern Colorado	#7	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	RTNW	W 38–13	25,269
October 4	12:30 PM	at North Dakota	#7	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	CMM	W 18–15	9,025
October 18	12:00 PM	UC Davis	#7	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	CMM	W 42–28	25,766
October 25	7:00 PM	at Cal Poly	#7	Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA	CMM	L 21–41	10,775
November 1	12:00 PM	Sacramento State	#12	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	RTNW	W 31–13	24,035
November 8	1:00 PM	at #5 Eastern Washington	#11	Roos Field • Cheney, WA (Governors Cup)	RTNW	L 26–36	11,339
November 15	1:00 PM	at Southern Utah	#16	Eccles Coliseum • Ceder City, UT	CMM	W 35–17	3,079
November 22	3:00 PM	#12 Montana State	#13	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	RTNW	W 34–7	26,352
2014 FCS Playoffs
November 29	2:00 PM	San Diego*	#12	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 52–14	14,018
December 6	2:30 PM	at #4 Eastern Washington*	#12	Roos Field • Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 20–37	7,919
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Source: Official Schedule

*- Cowles Montana Media Broadcasting is the former Max Media. ABC or FOX stations in Missoula, Kalispell, Butte, Bozeman, Great Falls, and Helena; the Bilins NBC affiliate, and a mix of SWX and KULR in Billings will air the games.

Game notes

@ Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Grizzlies	0	6	0	6	12
Cowboys	3	0	14	0	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–13	1997	WYO, 28–13

Central Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	7	0	7	14
#4 Grizzlies	17	17	14	0	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2008	MONT, 38–35

South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Coyotes	0	3	7	10	20
#4 Grizzlies	7	0	14	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–6	2013	MONT, 31–27

@ North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Grizzlies	0	10	0	0	10
#1 Bison	6	6	7	3	22

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–3	2003	NDSU, 25–24

Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	3	3	0	13
#7 Grizzlies	28	7	3	0	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–1	2012	MONT, 40–17

@ North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Grizzlies	2	6	7	3	18
North Dakota	0	0	0	15	15

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–8–1	2013	MONT, 55–17

UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	14	0	14	28
#7 Grizzlies	7	7	14	14	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2013	MONT, 42–7

@ Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Grizzlies	0	14	0	7	21
Mustangs	7	7	13	14	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–2	2013	MONT, 21–14 ^OT

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	3	3	0	7	13
#12 Grizzlies	7	10	14	0	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–1	2013	MONT, 51–48 ^OT

@ Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Grizzlies	3	7	13	3	26
#5 Eagles	13	7	13	3	36

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–13–1	2013	EWU, 42–37

@ Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Grizzlies	0	14	7	14	35
Thunderbirds	0	14	3	0	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–2	2012	SUU, 30–20

Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Bobcats	0	0	0	7	7
#13 Grizzlies	17	10	0	7	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
70–37–5	2013	MONT, 28–14

FCS Playoffs

First Round–San Diego

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	0	0	0	14	14
#12 Grizzlies	14	24	7	7	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1958	SD, 24–13

Second Round–@ Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Grizzlies	3	0	7	10	20
#4 Eagles	7	6	14	10	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–14–1	11/8/2014	EWU, 36–26

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	5	4	4	4	7	7	7	7	7	12	11	16	13	12	13
Coaches	5	5	4	3	6	7	7	6	6	11	10	15	13	11	11

References

↑ http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11891355/montana-coach-mick-delaney-retiring-end-season

Montana Grizzlies football

Venues	Naranche Stadium (alternate, 1938–1950) Dornblaser Field (1968–1986) Washington–Grizzly Stadium (1986–present)

Bowls and 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

National championship seasons in bold

2014 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Chattanooga Coastal Carolina Eastern Kentucky Eastern Washington Fordham Illinois State Indiana State Jacksonville State James Madison Liberty Montana Montana State Morgan State New Hampshire North Dakota State Northern Iowa Richmond Sacred Heart Sam Houston State San Diego South Dakota State Southeastern Louisiana Stephen F. Austin Villanova

Champion – North Dakota State

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