1938 Montana Grizzlies football team

The 1938 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1938 college football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). Led by fourth-year head coach Doug Fessenden, they played their home games on campus in Missoula at Dornblaser Field. The Grizzlies finished the season with an overall record of 5–3–1, and were 0–1 in PCC play.[1]

1938 Montana Grizzlies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1938 record5–3–1 (0–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDornblaser Field
1938 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 USC + 6 1 0  9 2 0
No. 14 California + 6 1 0  10 1 0
UCLA 4 3 1  7 4 1
Oregon State 4 3 1  5 3 1
Oregon 4 4 0  4 5 0
Washington 3 4 1  3 5 1
Idaho 2 3 1  6 3 1
Stanford 2 5 0  3 6 0
Washington State 1 7 0  2 8 0
Montana 0 1 0  5 3 1
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Late October marked the 25th game with conference rival Idaho and the first for the Little Brown Stein trophy. With the 19–6 win in Missoula on homecoming,[2] Idaho extended its series advantage over the Grizzlies to 19–5–1 (.780).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Eastern Washington*W 27–0
September 30at San Francisco*T 0–0
October 8DePaul*
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
W 7–6
October 15Texas Tech*
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
L 13–198,000
October 22at North Dakota*L 0–7
October 29Idaho
L 6–19
November 5at Gonzaga*W 9–0
November 12vs. Montana State*
W 13–07,000[3]
November 26at Arizona*W 7–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • The Governors Cup game included Montana for the first time sixty years later in 1998;
    it began in 1984, between Eastern Washington and Idaho.

References

  1. "2010 Montana Football Media Guide". University of Montana. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012.
  2. "Idaho spoils Montana home-coming contest, 19 to 6". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 30, 1938. p. 1, sports.
  3. "Grizzlies Top Bobcats In Chilly 13-0 Game". Montana Standard. November 13, 1938. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
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