2013 Montana Grizzlies football team

2013 Montana Grizzlies football

FCS Playoffs Second Round vs Coastal Carolina, L 35–42
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 8
FCS Coaches	No. 8
2013 record	10–3 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Mick Delaney (2nd year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Scott Gragg (1st year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Kefense Hynson (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Ty Gregorak (2nd year)
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium (Capacity: 25,217)

2013 Big Sky football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#3 Eastern Washington $^		8	–	0		12	–	3
#15 Northern Arizona ^		7	–	1		9	–	3
#8 Montana ^		6	–	2		10	–	3
#21 Southern Utah ^		5	–	3		8	–	5
#20 Montana State		5	–	3		7	–	5
Cal Poly		5	–	3		6	–	6
UC Davis		5	–	3		5	–	7
Sacramento State		4	–	4		5	–	7
Portland State		3	–	5		6	–	6
North Dakota		2	–	6		3	–	8
Idaho State		1	–	7		3	–	9
Weber State		1	–	7		2	–	10
Northern Colorado		0	–	8		1	–	11

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

The 2013 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by second-year head coach Mick Delaney 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 10–3, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to Coastal Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 PM	No. 12 Appalachian State*	No. 20	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	MTSN^[1]/BSTV	W 30–6	26,293
September 14	4:00 PM	at North Dakota	No. 11	Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND	MTSN/BSTV	W 55–17	9,726
September 21	1:00 PM	Oklahoma Pandhandle State*	No. 9	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	MTSN/BSTV	W 47–14	25,014
September 28	6:00 PM	at No. 24 Northern Arizona	No. 7	Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ	RTNW	L 16–34	12,640
October 5	1:30 PM	Portland State	No. 10	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	RTNW	W 55–27	25,604
October 12	4:00 PM	at UC Davis	No. 11	Aggie Stadium • Davis, CA	MTSN/BSTV	W 42–7	7,368
October 19	1:30 PM	Cal Poly	No. 10	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	MTSN/BSTV	W 21–14 ^OT	25,913
October 26	1:30 PM	No. 3 Eastern Washington	No. 10	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (Governors Cup)	RTNW	L 37–42	26,082
November 2	1:00 PM	at Sacramento State	No. 12	Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, CA	MTSN/BSTV	W 51–48 ^OT	6,361
November 9	12:00 PM	at South Dakota*	No. 10	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	MTSN	W 31–27	6,567
November 16	12:00 PM	Weber State	No. 7	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	MTSN/BSTV	W 42–6	23,609
November 23	12:00 PM	at No. 13 Montana State	No. 5	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	RTNW	W 28–14	21,527
2013 FCS Playoffs
December 7	12:00 PM	No. 11 Coastal Carolina*	No. 4	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 35–42	17,345
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Source: Official Schedule

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with North Dakota on September 14 is considered a non conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky Standings.

Game notes

Appalachian State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Mountaineers	0	3	3	0	6
#20 Grizzlies	0	16	0	14	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2012	ASU, 35–27

@ North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Grizzlies	20	13	14	8	55
North Dakota	7	3	7	0	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–8–1	2012	UND, 40–34

Oklahoma Panhandle State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	14	0	0	14
#9 Grizzlies	31	7	9	0	47

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

@ Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Grizzlies	3	0	0	13	16
#24 Lumberjacks	14	7	7	6	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–12	2012	NAU, 41–31

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	13	7	0	7	27
#10 Grizzlies	21	14	10	10	55

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–11	2011	MONT, 30–24

@ UC Davis

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–0	2009	MONT, 17–10

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mustangs	7	7	0	0	0	14
#10 Grizzlies	7	0	0	7	7	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–2	2011	MONT, 37–23

Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Eagles	7	21	14	0	42
#10 Grizzlies	3	14	0	20	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–12–1	2012	EWU, 32–26

@ Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
#12 Grizzlies	3	14	21	7	6	51
Hornets	3	14	7	21	3	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–1	2011	SAC, 42–28

@ South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Grizzlies	10	7	0	14	31
Coyotes	14	10	0	3	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–6	2011	MONT, 35–24

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	6	0	0	6
#7 Grizzlies	7	7	14	14	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
39–13	2012	MONT, 24–21

@ Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Grizzlies	0	7	7	14	28
#13 Bobcats	7	0	0	7	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
70–37–5	2012	MSU, 16–7

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Coastal Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Chanticleers	14	21	7	0	42
#4 Grizzlies	14	0	7	14	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Rankings

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	20	13	11	9	7	10	11	10	10	12	10	7	5	4	8
Coaches	22	18	15	11	7	12	10	9	10	13	12	8	6	5	8

References

↑ "Max Media of Montana". Max Media. Retrieved September 9, 2013.

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

National championship seasons in bold

2013 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Bethune-Cookman Butler Coastal Carolina Eastern Illinois Eastern Washington Fordham Furman Jacksonville State Lafayette Maine McNeese State Montana New Hampshire North Dakota State Northern Arizona Sacred Heart Sam Houston State Samford South Carolina State South Dakota State Southeastern Louisiana Southern Utah Tennessee State Towson

Champion – North Dakota State

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