1996 Montana Grizzlies football team

1996 Montana Grizzlies football

Big Sky champion
NCAA Division I-AA Championship, L 49–29 vs. Marshall
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 2
FCS Coaches	No. 2
1996 record	14–1 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach	Mick Dennehy (1st year)
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium (Capacity: 18,845)

The 1996 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Mick Dennehy and played their home games on campus in Missoula at Washington–Grizzly Stadium.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	2:00 PM	at Oregon State*	No. 2	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR		W 35–14	28,166
September 19	1:05 PM	Cal Poly*	No. 2	Washington-Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT		W 43–0	18,169
September 28	7:05 PM	at Sacramento State	No. 2	Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, CA		W 35–17	7,423
October 5	1:05 PM	Southern Utah*	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT		W 44–13	16,035
October 12	1:05 PM	Idaho State	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT		W 43–19	18,868
October 19	2:05 PM	at No. 20 Eastern Washington	No. 2	Joe Albi Stadium • Spokane, WA (Governors Cup)		W 34–30	6,605
October 26	12:05 PM	No. 6 Northern Arizona	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	PSN	W 48–32	18,847
November 2	6:05 PM	at Cal State Northridge	No. 2	North Campus Stadium • Northridge, CA		W 43–36	4,217
November 9	12:05 PM	Portland State	No. 2	Washington-Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	PSN	W 63–6	15,961
November 16	12:05 PM	at Weber State	No. 2	Wildcat Stadium • Ogden, UT		W 24–10	7,816
November 23	12:05 PM	Montana State	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)		W 35–14	19,042
November 30	12:05 PM	No. 15 Nicholls State*	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (First Round, Division I Championship)		W 48–3	13,428
December 7	12:05 PM	No. 7 East Tennessee State*	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (Quarterfinals, Division I Championship)		W 44–14	15,025
December 14	12:05 PM	No. 4 Troy State*	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (Semifinals, Division I Championship)		W 70–7	18,367
December 21	12:05 PM	at No. 1 Marshall*	No. 2	Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV (Division I Championship Game)	ESPN	L 29–49	30,052
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network Division I-AA Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

↑ 2010 Montana Football Media Guide Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine., University of Montana, 2010.

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

Big Sky Conference football champions

Idaho State (1963) Montana State (1964) Weber State & Idaho (1965) Montana State (1966) Montana State (1967) Idaho, Montana State, & Weber State (1968) Montana (1969) Montana (1970) Idaho (1971) Montana State (1972) Boise State (1973) Boise State (1974) Boise State (1975) Montana State (1976) Boise State (1977) Northern Arizona (1978) Montana State (1979) Boise State (1980) Idaho State (1981) Montana, Idaho, & Montana State (1982) Nevada (1983) Montana State (1984) Idaho (1985) Nevada (1986) Idaho (1987) Idaho (1988) Idaho (1989) Nevada (1990) Nevada (1991) Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992) Montana (1993) Boise State (1994) Montana (1995) Montana (1996) Eastern Washington (1997) Montana (1998) Montana (1999) Montana (2000) Montana (2001) Montana, Montana State, & Idaho State (2002) Montana State, Montana, & Northern Arizona (2003) Montana & Eastern Washington (2004) Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Montana (2005) Montana (2006) Montana (2007) Weber State & Montana (2008) Montana (2009) Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010) Montana State & Montana (2011) Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Cal Poly (2012) Eastern Washington (2013) Eastern Washington (2014) Southern Utah (2015) Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016)

National championships in bold

1996 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

Delaware East Tennessee State Eastern Illinois Florida A&M Furman Jackson State Marshall Montana Murray State Nicholls State Northern Arizona Northern Iowa Troy State Villanova Western Illinois William & Mary

Champion – Marshall Thundering Herd

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