1998 Montana Grizzlies football team

1998 Montana Grizzlies football

Big Sky champion
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 9–52 vs. Western Illinois
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 14
1998 record	8–4 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Mick Dennehy (3rd year)
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium (Capacity: 18,845)

The 1998 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana – Missoula in the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Grizzlies were led by third-year head coach Mick Dennehy and played their home games at Washington–Grizzly Stadium.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:05 PM	at No. 20 Stephen F. Austin*	No. 3	Homer Bryce Stadium • Nacogdoches, TX		W 49–42
September 12	1:05 PM	Southern Utah*	No. 3	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT		L 35–45	18,804
September 19	1:05 PM	Cal Poly*	No. 11	Washington-Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT		W 37–14	17,325
September 26	6:05 PM	at No. 21 Weber State	No. 11	Stewart Stadium • Ogden, UT	KPAX	L 20–27	16,954
October 3	1:05 PM	Portland State	No. 21	Washington-Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT		W 20–17	18,731
October 10	4:00 PM	at No. 23 Cal State Northridge	No. 18	North Campus Stadium • Northridge, CA		L 7–21	5,237
October 17	1:05 PM	Northern Arizona		Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT		W 33–20	18,594
October 24	2:05 PM	at Eastern Washington		Joe Albi Stadium • Spokane, WA (Governors Cup)	KPAX	W 30–27	8,721
October 31	1:05 PM	Idaho State		Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 40–13	17,384
November 14	2:05 PM	at Sacramento State	No. 22	Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, CA		W 31–16
November 21	12:35 PM	No. 19 Montana State	No. 20	Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	KPAX	W 28–21	19,238
November 28	11:30 AM	at No. 4 Western Illinois*	No. 13	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL (First Round, Division I Championship)		L 9–52	3,614
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network Division I-AA Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

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

1998 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

Appalachian State Colgate Connecticut Florida A&M Georgia Southern Hampton Illinois State Lehigh Massachusetts McNeese State Montana Northwestern State Richmond Tennessee State Troy Western Illinois

Champion – Massachusetts Minutemen

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