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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 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 ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture and lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
