2001 Montana Grizzlies football team

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Ranking
Sports Network	No. 1
FCS Coaches	No. 1

2001 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 Montana $^		7	–	0					15	–	1
No. 16 Northern Arizona ^		5	–	2					9	–	4
Portland State		5	–	2					7	–	4
Montana State		4	–	3					5	–	6
Eastern Washington		3	–	4					6	–	4
Weber State		2	–	5					3	–	8
Idaho State		1	–	6					4	–	7
Sacramento State		1	–	6					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2001 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana – Missoula in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Grizzlies were led by second-year head coach Joe Glenn and played their home games at Washington–Grizzly Stadium.

Schedule

September 17:00 PMat Cal Poly*No. 2

• Alex G. Spanos Stadium
• San Luis Obispo, CA

MTNW 31–178,007 September 810:00 PMvs. Hawaii*No. 2

• War Memorial Stadium
• Wailuku, HI

MTNL 12–3011,254 September 221:00 PMWestern Washington*No. 2

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT

MTNW 30–018,398 September 291:00 PMNo. 15 Eastern WashingtonNo. 3

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT (Governors Cup)

MTNW 29–26 ^2OT19,198 October 67:05 PMat Sacramento StateNo. 2

• Hornet Stadium
• Sacramento, CA

MTNW 42–713,586 October 131:00 PMSaint Mary's (CA)*No. 2

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT

MTNW 49–1919,242 October 203:05 PMat No. 18 Northern ArizonaNo. 2

• Walkup Skydome
• Flagstaff, AZ

MTNW 38–2711,387 October 271:00 PMPortland StateNo. 2

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT

MTNW 33–1319,238 November 36:35 PMat Idaho StateNo. 1

• Holt Arena
• Pocatello, ID

MTNW 32–289,242 November 1012:00 PMWeber StateNo. 1

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT

MTNW 38–2317,062 November 1712:00 PMat Montana StateNo. 1

• Bobcat Stadium
• Bozeman, MT (Brawl of the Wild)

MTNW 38–2715,238 November 2412:00 PMIdaho*No. 1

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT

MTNW 33–27 ^2OT18,056

|- ! colspan=8 | 2001 I-AA Playoffs

December 112:00 PMNorthwestern State*No. 1

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT (First Round, Division I Championship)

MTNW 28–1917,289 December 812:00 PMNo. 13 Sam Houston State*No. 1

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT (Quarterfinals, Division I Championship)

MTNW 49–2418,125 December 1512:00 PMNo. 6 Northern Iowa*No. 1

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT (Semifinals, Division I Championship)

MTNW 38–018,848 December 213:30 PMvs. No. 3 Furman*No. 1

• Finley Stadium
• Chattanooga, TN (Division I Championship Game)

ESPNW 13–612,698

Roster

2001 Montana Grizzlies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 85 Randyn Akiona Jr OT 64 Dylan Brown Fr QB 5 John Edwards Jr C 65 Garth Enger Fr TE 44 John Fitzgerald Sr OT 74 Beau Hart  Fr RB 21 Yohance Humphery Sr OT 72 Dylan McFarland So WR 17 Etu Molden Sr QB 16 Brandon Neill Jr OT 75 Cory Procter Fr OT 76 Brad Rhoades Fr OT 77 Jon Skinner So WR 80 Brock Sunderland Jr G 73 Thatcher Szalay Sr WR 81 Rory Zikmund Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 13 Calvin Coleman Sr FS 4 David DeCoite So DT 90 Curt Colter Jr DE 97 Herbert Fernandez Jr DT 98 Jason Francis Sr CB 33 Joel Rosenburg Jr DT 99 Alan Saenz Fr CB 11 Vernon Smith So SS 3 Trey Young Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Joe Glenn Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster