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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

September 11:30 PMSouth Dakota*No. 11

Max Media/Big Sky TV/KDLTW 35–24 25,126 September 84:30 PMat No. 11 Appalachian State*No. 12

ESPN3L 27–35 30,856 September 151:30 PMLiberty*No. 14

  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT

Altitude/MASNW 34–14 24,991 September 221:30 PMNorthern ArizonadaggerNo. 14

  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT

RTNW/Audience Network[3]L 31–41 25,254 September 295:00 PMat No. 7 Eastern WashingtonNo. 21

RTNW/Audience NetworkL 26–32 10,529 October 61:30 PMat Northern Colorado

RTNW/Audience NetworkW 40–17 4,751 October 131:30 PMSouthern Utah

  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT

Max Media/Big Sky TVL 20–30 25,684 October 201:30 PMat North Dakota

RTNW/Audience NetworkL 34–40 9,000 October 271:30 PMIdaho State

  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT

RTNW/Audience NetworkW 70–24 24,152 November 31:30 PMat Weber State

RTNW/Audience NetworkW 24–21 7,251 November 171:30 PMNo. 2 Montana State

RTNW/Audience NetworkL 7–16 26,210

Template:CFB Schedule End

Game summaries

South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 0 10 14 0 24
#11 Grizzlies 3 13 19 0 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–6 1999 MONT, 45–13

Appalachian State

1 2 3 4 Total
#12 Grizzlies 7 14 0 6 27
#11 Mountaineers 21 0 0 14 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 2009 MONT, 24–17

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

Liberty

1 2 3 4 Total
Flames 0 0 7 7 14
#14 Grizzlies 7 17 0 10 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 7 13 14 41
#14 Grizzlies 17 7 0 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
34–11 2011 MONT, 28–24

Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Grizzlies 7 3 13 3 26
#7 Eagles 7 10 0 15 32
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–11–1 2011 MONT, 17–14

Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Grizzlies 0 10 14 16 40
Bears 0 0 10 7 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–1 2011 MONT, 55–28

Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 6 7 7 10 30
Grizzlies 7 10 0 3 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–1 2008 MONT, 46–10

North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Grizzlies 7 10 17 0 34
North Dakota 17 14 0 9 40
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–7–1 2010 MONT, 27–10

Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 3 7 7 7 24
Grizzlies 21 21 21 7 70
Overall record Last meeting Result
41–13 2011 MONT, 33–0

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Grizzlies 3 7 3 11 24
Wildcats 0 7 7 7 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
38–13 2011 MONT, 45–10

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Bobcats 3 7 3 3 16
Grizzlies 7 0 0 0 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
70–36–5 2011 MONT, 36–10

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Final
The Sports Network 11 12 14 14 21 RV RV
FCS Coaches 10 9 12 11 20 RV RV

References

  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. 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.