2012 Montana Grizzlies football team

2012 Montana Grizzlies football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record5–6 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTimm Rosenbach (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTy Gregorak (1st season)
Home stadiumWashington–Grizzly Stadium
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^   7 1     11 3  
No. 5 Montana State +^   7 1     11 2  
No. 12 Cal Poly +^   7 1     9 3  
No. 20 Northern Arizona   6 2     8 3  
Sacramento State   4 4     6 5  
Northern Colorado   4 4     5 6  
Southern Utah   4 4     5 6  
North Dakota   3 5     5 6  
Montana   3 5     5 6  
UC Davis   3 5     4 7  
Portland State   2 6     3 8  
Weber State   2 6     2 9  
Idaho State   0 8     1 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Mick Delaney and played their home games on campus at Washington–Grizzly Stadium. Montana is a charter member of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous head coach Robin Pflugrad was fired in March by university president Royce Engstrom before starting his third season.[1][2]

The Grizzlies finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 11:30 pmSouth Dakota*No. 11Max Media/Big Sky TV/KDLTW 35–2425,126
September 84:30 pmat No. 11 Appalachian State*No. 12ESPN3L 27–3530,856
September 151:30 pmLiberty*No. 14
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
Altitude/MASNW 34–1424,991
September 221:30 pmNorthern ArizonadaggerNo. 14
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
RTNW/Audience Network[3]L 31–4125,254
September 295:00 pmat No. 7 Eastern WashingtonNo. 21RTNW/Audience NetworkL 26–3210,529
October 61:30 pmat Northern ColoradoRTNW/Audience NetworkW 40–174,751
October 131:30 pmSouthern Utah
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
Max Media/Big Sky TVL 20–3025,684
October 201:30 pmat North DakotaRTNW/Audience NetworkL 34–409,000
October 271:30 pmIdaho State
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
RTNW/Audience NetworkW 70–2424,152
November 31:30 pmat Weber StateRTNW/Audience NetworkW 24–217,251
November 171:30 pmNo. 2 Montana State
RTNW/Audience NetworkL 7–1626,210

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Game summaries

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South Dakota

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1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 0 10 14 0 24
#11 Grizzlies 3 13 19 0 35

Appalachian State

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1 2 3 4 Total
#12 Grizzlies 7 14 0 6 27
#11 Mountaineers 21 0 0 14 35

First ever regular season meeting. Previous two meetings came in the playoff semifinals in 2000 and 2009.

Liberty

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1 2 3 4 Total
Flames 0 0 7 7 14
#14 Grizzlies 7 17 0 10 34

Northern Arizona

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1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 7 13 14 41
#14 Grizzlies 17 7 0 7 31

Eastern Washington

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1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Grizzlies 7 3 13 3 26
#7 Eagles 7 10 0 15 32

Northern Colorado

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1 2 3 4 Total
Grizzlies 0 10 14 16 40
Bears 0 0 10 7 17

Southern Utah

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1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 6 7 7 10 30
Grizzlies 7 10 0 3 20

North Dakota

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1 2 3 4 Total
Grizzlies 7 10 17 0 34
North Dakota 17 14 0 9 40

Idaho State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 3 7 7 7 24
Grizzlies 21 21 21 7 70

Weber State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Grizzlies 3 7 3 11 24
Wildcats 0 7 7 7 21

Montana State

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1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Bobcats 3 7 3 3 16
Grizzlies 7 0 0 0 7

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
The Sports Network1112141421RVRV
FCS Coaches109121120RVRV

References

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  1. ^ "Montana fires football coach, AD". ESPN. Associated Press. March 29, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  2. ^ "New football coach addresses advisory board". Montanagrizzlies.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "DIRECTV Sports Networks and Big Sky Conference Announce Inaugural 2012 Football Schedule on ROOT SPORTS". Rootsports.com. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  4. ^ Official Schedule