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(Top) 1 Schedule 2 Game summaries 2.1 South Dakota 2.2 Appalachian State 2.3 Liberty 2.4 Northern Arizona 2.5 Eastern Washington 2.6 Northern Colorado 2.7 Southern Utah 2.8 North Dakota 2.9 Idaho State 2.10 Weber State 2.11 Montana State 3 Rankings 4 References

2012 Montana Grizzlies football team

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2012 Montana Grizzlies football

Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	5–6 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Mick Delaney (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Timm Rosenbach (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Ty Gregorak (1st season)
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No.4Eastern Washington +^	7	–	1	11	–	3
No.5Montana State +^	7	–	1	11	–	2
No.12Cal Poly +^	7	–	1	9	–	3
No.20Northern 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[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	1:30 pm	South Dakota*	No. 11	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	Max Media/Big Sky TV/KDLT	W 35–24	25,126
September 8	4:30 pm	at No. 11Appalachian State*	No. 12	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	ESPN3	L 27–35	30,856
September 15	1:30 pm	Liberty*	No. 14	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	Altitude/MASN	W 34–14	24,991
September 22	1:30 pm	Northern Arizona	No. 14	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	RTNW/Audience Network^[3]	L 31–41	25,254
September 29	5:00 pm	at No. 7Eastern Washington	No. 21	Roos Field Cheney, WA (Governors Cup)	RTNW/Audience Network	L 26–32	10,529
October 6	1:30 pm	atNorthern Colorado		Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	RTNW/Audience Network	W 40–17	4,751
October 13	1:30 pm	Southern Utah		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	Max Media/Big Sky TV	L 20–30	25,684
October 20	1:30 pm	atNorth Dakota		Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	RTNW/Audience Network	L 34–40	9,000
October 27	1:30 pm	Idaho State		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	RTNW/Audience Network	W 70–24	24,152
November 3	1:30 pm	atWeber State		Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	RTNW/Audience Network	W 24–21	7,251
November 17	1:30 pm	No. 2Montana State		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	RTNW/Audience Network	L 7–16	26,210
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

^[4]

Game summaries[edit]

South Dakota[edit]

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

Appalachian State[edit]

	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[edit]

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

Northern Arizona[edit]

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

Eastern Washington[edit]

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

Northern Colorado[edit]

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

Southern Utah[edit]

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

North Dakota[edit]

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

Idaho State[edit]

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

Weber State[edit]

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

Montana State[edit]

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

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
The Sports Network	11	12	14	14	21	RV	RV
FCS Coaches	10	9	12	11	20	RV	RV

References[edit]

^ "Montana fires football coach, AD". ESPN. Associated Press. March 29, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2012.

^ "New football coach addresses advisory board". Montanagrizzlies.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.

^ "DIRECTV Sports Networks and Big Sky Conference Announce Inaugural 2012 Football Schedule on ROOT SPORTS". Rootsports.com. Retrieved April 10, 2012.

^ Official Schedule

v t e 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	Eastern Washington: EWU–UM Governors Cup Idaho: Little Brown Stein Montana State
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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

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