2013 Montana Grizzlies football team

The 2013 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by second-year head coach Mick Delaney and played their home games on campus at Washington–Grizzly Stadium. Montana participated as a member of the Big Sky Conference, of which they are a charter member. They finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to Coastal Carolina.

2013 Montana Grizzlies football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 8
FCS CoachesNo. 8
2013 record10–3 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorScott Gragg (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorKefense Hynson (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTy Gregorak (2nd season)
Home stadiumWashington–Grizzly Stadium
(Capacity: 25,217)
2013 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 3 Eastern Washington $^  8 0     12 3  
No. 5 Northern Arizona ^  7 1     9 3  
No. 8 Montana ^  6 2     10 3  
No. 21 Southern Utah ^  5 3     8 5  
No. 20 Montana State  5 3     7 5  
Cal Poly  5 3     6 6  
UC Davis  5 3     5 7  
Sacramento State  4 4     5 7  
Portland State  3 5     6 6  
North Dakota  2 6     3 8  
Idaho State  1 7     3 9  
Weber State  1 7     2 10  
Northern Colorado  0 8     1 11  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 pmNo. 12 Appalachian State*No. 20MTSN[1]/BSTVW 30–626,293
September 144:00 pmat North DakotaNo. 11MTSN/BSTVW 55–179,726
September 211:00 pmOklahoma Pandhandle State*No. 9
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
MTSN/BSTVW 47–1425,014
September 286:00 pmat No. 24 Northern ArizonaNo. 7RTNWL 16–3412,640
October 51:30 pmPortland StateNo. 10
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
RTNWW 55–2725,604
October 124:00 pmat UC DavisNo. 11MTSN/BSTVW 42–77,368
October 191:30 pmCal PolyNo. 10
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
MTSN/BSTVW 21–14 OT25,913
October 261:30 pmNo. 3 Eastern WashingtonNo. 10
RTNWL 37–4226,082
November 21:00 pmat Sacramento StateNo. 12MTSN/BSTVW 51–48 OT6,361
November 912:00 pmat South Dakota*No. 10MTSNW 31–276,567
November 1612:00 pmWeber StateNo. 7
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
MTSN/BSTVW 42–623,609
November 2312:00 pmat No. 13 Montana StateNo. 5RTNWW 28–1421,527
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with North Dakota on September 14 is considered a non conference game and will have no effect on the Big Sky Standings.

Game summaries

Appalachian State

1 2 3 4 Total
#12 Mountaineers 0 3 3 0 6
#20 Grizzlies 0 16 0 14 30


@ North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Grizzlies 20 13 14 8 55
North Dakota 7 3 7 0 17


Oklahoma Panhandle State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 14 0 0 14
#9 Grizzlies 31 7 9 0 47


@ Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Grizzlies 3 0 0 13 16
#24 Lumberjacks 14 7 7 6 34


Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 13 7 0 7 27
#10 Grizzlies 21 14 10 10 55


@ UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Grizzlies 14 7 7 14 42
Aggies 0 0 7 0 7


Cal Poly

1 2 3 4OT Total
Mustangs 7 7 0 00 14
#10 Grizzlies 7 0 0 77 21


Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Eagles 7 21 14 0 42
#10 Grizzlies 3 14 0 20 37


@ Sacramento State

1 2 3 4OT Total
#12 Grizzlies 3 14 21 76 51
Hornets 3 14 7 213 48


@ South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
#10 Grizzlies 10 7 0 14 31
Coyotes 14 10 0 3 27


Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 6 0 0 6
#7 Grizzlies 7 7 14 14 42


@ Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Grizzlies 0 7 7 14 28
#13 Bobcats 7 0 0 7 14


FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Coastal Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Chanticleers 14 21 7 0 42
#4 Grizzlies 14 0 7 14 35


Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
Sports Network 20 13 11 9 7 10 11 10 10 12 10 7 5 4 8 
Coaches 22 18 15 11 7 12 10 9 10 13 12 8 6 5 8

References

  1. "Max Media of Montana". Max Media. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
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