List of Montana Grizzlies football seasons

Washington–Grizzly Stadium, where the Grizzlies have played since 1986.

This is a list of seasons completed by the Montana Grizzlies football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Since the team's creation in 1893, the Grizzlies have participated in more than 1,100 officially-sanctioned games.

Seasons

Year	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#	AP^°
Fred Smith (Independent) (1897)
1897	Smith	1–2–3
F.B. Searight (Independent) (1898)
1898	Searight	3–2
Guy Cleveland (Independent) (1899)
1899	Cleveland	1–2
Frank Bean (Independent) (1900–1901)
1900	Bean	0–1
1901	Bean	2–3
Dewitt Peck (Independent) (1902)
1902	Peck	0–2
H.B. Conibear (Independent) (1903–1904)
1903	Conibear	2–5
1904	Conibear	3–2
F.W. Schule (Independent) (1905–1906)
1905	Schule	2–3
1905	Schule	2–4
Albion Findley (Independent) (1907)
1907	Schule	4–1–1
Roy White (Independent) (1908–1909)
1908	White	1–2–1
1909	White	6–0–1
Robert Cary (Independent) (1910–1911)
1910	Cary	3–2–1
1911	Cary	2–1
W.C. Philoon (Independent) (1912)
1912	Philoon	4–3
A.G. Heilman (Independent) (1913–1914)
1913	Heilman	2–4
1914	Heilman	7–0–1
Jerry Nissen (Independent) (1915–1917)
1915	Nissen	2–2–2
1916	Nissen	4–1–1
1917	Nissen	1–4
Bernie Bierman (Independent) (1919–1921)
1919	Bierman	2–3–2
1920	Bierman	4–3
1921	Bierman	3–3–1
J.W. Stewart (Independent) (1922–1923)
1922	Stewart	3–4
1923	Stewart	4–4
Earl Clark (Pacific Coast Conference) (1924–1925)
1924	Clark	4–4	0–3	9th
1925	Clark	3–4–1	1–4	8th
Frank Milburn (Pacific Coast Conference) (1926–1930)
1926	Milburn	3–5	0–4	8th
1927	Milburn	3–4–1	0–4	9th
1928	Milburn	4–5–1	0–5	10th
1929	Milburn	3–5–1	0–4–1	9th
1930	Milburn	5–3	1–3	7th
Bunny Oakes (Pacific Coast Conference) (1931–1934)
1931	Oakes	1–6	0–5	10th
1932	Oakes	2–7	0–5	10th
1933	Oakes	3–4	0–4	10th
1934	Oakes	2–5–1	0–4–1	10th
Doug Fessenden (Pacific Coast Conference) (1935–1941)
1935	Fessenden	1–5–2	0–5–1	10th
1936	Fessenden	6–3	1–3	8th
1937	Fessenden	7–1	0–1	10th
1938	Fessenden	5–3–1	0–1	10th
1939	Fessenden	3–6	1–2	7th
1940	Fessenden	4–4–1	1–2	8th
1941	Fessenden	6–3	1–3	9th
Clyde Carpenter (Pacific Coast Conference) (1942)
1942	Carpenter	0–8	0–6	10th
George Dahlberg (Pacific Coast Conference) (1945)
1945	Dahlberg	1–4	0–1	9th
Doug Fessenden (Pacific Coast Conference) (1946–1948)
1946	Fessenden	4–4	1–3	7th
1947	Fessenden	7–4	2–1	5th
1948	Fessenden	3–7	0–3	10th
Ted Shipkey (Pacific Coast Conference) (1949)
1949	Shipkey	5–4	0–3	10th
Ted Shipkey (NCAA University Division independent) (1950)
1950	Shipkey	5–5
Ted Shipkey (Mountain States Conference) (1951)
1951	Shipkey	2–7	1–4
Ed Chinske (Mountain States Conference) (1952–1954)
1952	Chinske	2–7–1	1–5
1953	Chinske	3–5	2–4
1954	Chinske	3–6	1–5
Jerry Williams (Mountain States Conference) (1955–1957)
1955	Williams	3–7	2–4
1956	Williams	1–9	1–6
1957	Williams	2–7	2–5
Ray Jenkins (Mountain States Conference) (1958–1961)
1958	Jenkins	0–10	0–7
1959	Jenkins	1–8	1–5
1960	Jenkins	5–5	2–5
1961	Jenkins	2–6	2–4
Ray Jenkins (Independent) (1962)
1962	Jenkins	5–5
Ray Jenkins (Big Sky Conference) (1963)
1963	Jenkins	1–9	0–3
Hugh Davidson (Big Sky Conference) (1964–1966)
1964	Davidson	3–6	1–2
1965	Davidson	4–6	2–2
1966	Davidson	1–8	0–4
Jack Swarthout (Big Sky Conference) (1967–1975)
1967	Swarthout	7–3	2–2	T–2nd
1968	Swarthout	2–7	0–4	5th
1969	Swarthout	10–1	4–0	1st	L Camellia
1970	Swarthout	10–1	5–0	1st	L Camellia
1971	Swarthout	6–5	3–2	3rd
1972	Swarthout	3–8	3–3	T–3rd
1973	Swarthout	4–6	2–4	T–4th
1974	Swarthout	3–6–1	2–3–1	4th
1975	Swarthout	6–4	3–3	4th
Gene Carlson (Big Sky Conference) (1976–1979)
1976	Carlson	4–6	3–3	5th
1977	Carlson	4–6	1–5	7th
1978	Carlson	5–6	4–2	T–2nd
1979	Carlson	3–7	2–5	T–6th
Larry Donovan (Big Sky Conference) (1980–1985)
1980	Donovan	3–7	1–6	8th
1981	Donovan	7–3	5–2	3rd
1982	Donovan	6–6	5–2	T–1st
1983	Donovan	4–6	3–4	T–5th
1984	Donovan	2–8–1	0–7	8th
1985	Donovan	3–8	2–5	6th
Don Read (Big Sky Conference) (1986–1995)
1986	Read	6–4	4–4	4th
1987	Read	6–5	5–3	3rd
1988	Read	8–4	6–2	2nd	L NCAA Division I-AA First Round
1989	Read	11–3	7–1	2nd	L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal
1990	Read	7–4	4–4	4th
1991	Read	7–4	6–2	T–2nd
1992	Read	6–5	4–3	T–3rd
1993	Read	10–2	7–0	1st	L NCAA Division I-AA First Round
1994	Read	11–3	5–2	T–2nd	L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal
1995	Read	13–2	6–1	1st	W NCAA Division I-AA Championship
Mick Dennehy (Big Sky Conference) (1996–1999)
1996	Dennehy	14–1	8–0	1st	L Division I-AA Championship
1997	Dennehy	8–4	6–2	2nd	L Division I-AA First Round
1998	Dennehy	8–4	6–2	1st	L Division I-AA First Round
1999	Dennehy	9–3	7–1	1st	L Division I-AA First Round
Joe Glenn (Big Sky Conference) (2000–2002)
2000	Glenn	13–2	8–0	1st	L NCAA Division I-AA Championship
2001	Glenn	15–1	7–0	1st	W NCAA Division I-AA Championship
2002	Glenn	11–2	5–2	T–1st	L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal
Bobby Hauck (Big Sky Conference) (2003–2009)
2003	Hauck	9–4	5–2	T–1st	L Div. I-AA first round
2004	Hauck	12–3	6–1	T–1st	L Div. I-AA championship
2005	Hauck	8–4	5–2	T–1st	L Div. I-AA first round
2006	Hauck	12–2	8–0	1st	L Div. I (FCS) semifinal
2007	Hauck	11–1	8–0	1st	L Div. I (FCS) first round
2008	Hauck	14–2	7–1	T–1st	L Div. I (FCS) championship
2009	Hauck	14–1	8–0	1st	L Div. I (FCS) championship
Robin Pflugrad (Big Sky Conference) (2010–2011)
2010	Pflugrad	7–4	5–3	T–3rd
2011	Pflugrad	11–3	7–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division I Semifinal
Mick Delaney (Big Sky Conference) (2012–2014)
2012	Delaney	5–6	3–5	T–8th
2013	Delaney	10–3	6–2	3rd	L NCAA Division I Second Round
2014	Delaney	9–5	6–2	T–2nd	L NCAA Division I Second Round
Bob Stitt (Big Sky Conference) (2015–present)
2015	Stitt	8–5	6–2	T–2nd	L FCS Playoffs Second Round
2016	Stitt	6–5	3–5	8th
Total:
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. ^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

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