2016 Montana Grizzlies football team

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Ranking
FCS Coaches	No. 22

2016 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 12 North Dakota +^		8	–	0					9	–	3
No. 25 Weber State ^		6	–	2					7	–	5
No. 24 Cal Poly ^		5	–	3					7	–	5
Southern Utah		5	–	3					6	–	5
Northern Colorado		4	–	4					6	–	5
Northern Arizona		4	–	4					5	–	6
Montana		3	–	5					6	–	5
Montana State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Portland State		2	–	6					3	–	8
UC Davis		2	–	6					3	–	8
Sacramento State		2	–	6					2	–	9
Idaho State		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by second-year coach Bob Stitt 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 6–5, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in eighth place.

Schedule

September 37:00 PMSaint Francis (PA)*No. 13

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT

SWXW 41–31 26,002 September 103:00 PMat No. 3 Northern Iowa*No. 14

• UNI-Dome
• Cedar Falls, IA

ALTW 20–14 12,346 September 242:00 PMat Cal PolyNo. 6

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

RTNWL 41–42 8,156 October 12:30 PMSouthern UtahNo. 11

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT

CMMW 43–20 26,092 October 82:30 PMMississippi Valley State*No. 10

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT

CMMW 67–7 24,607 October 152:30 PMSacramento StateNo. 10

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT

CMMW 68–7 25,351 October 225:00 PMat Northern ArizonaNo. 10

• Walkup Skydome
• Flagstaff, AZ

CMML 34–45 7,197 October 291:35 PMat No. 3 Eastern WashingtonNo. 16

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA (Governors Cup)

RTNWL 16–35 10,931 November 55:00 PMIdaho StateNo. 19

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT

RTNWW 62–44 24,027 November 1212:00 PMat Northern ColoradoNo. 18

• Nottingham Field
• Greeley, CO

CMML 25–28 5,128 November 1912:00 PMMontana StateNo. 22

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)

RTNWL 17–24 26,182

• Source: Official Schedule

Game notes

Saint Francis (PA)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Flash	0	10	7	14	31
#13 Grizzlies	3	3	14	21	41

See also: 2016 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

@ Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Grizzlies	10	10	0	0	20
#3 Panthers	7	0	0	7	14

See also: 2016 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2011 FCS Playoffs	MONT, 48–10

@ Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Grizzlies	7	17	7	10	41
Mustangs	7	21	7	7	42

See also: 2016 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–4	2015	POLY, 20–19

Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	7	7	0	6	20
#11 Grizzlies	9	13	14	7	43

See also: 2016 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–2	2014	MONT, 35–17

Mississippi Valley State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Delta Devils	7	0	0	0	7
#10 Grizzlies	14	29	14	10	67

See also: 2016 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	0	0	0	7	7
#10 Grizzlies	14	27	20	7	68

See also: 2016 Sacramento State Hornets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–1	2014	MONT, 31–13

@ Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Grizzlies	3	17	0	14	34
Lumberjacks	14	14	17	0	45

See also: 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
35–13	2015	MONT, 23–14

@ Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Grizzlies	7	3	6	0	16
#3 Eagles	7	14	14	0	35

See also: 2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–15–1	2015	MONT, 57–16

Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	14	17	0	13	44
#19 Grizzlies	20	21	0	21	62

See also: 2016 Idaho State Bengals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–13	2015	MONT, 33–27 OT

@ Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Grizzlies	3	9	0	13	25
Bears	14	0	7	7	28

See also: 2016 Northern Colorado Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–1	2014	MONT, 38–13

Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	7	10	0	24
#22 Grizzlies	7	0	3	7	17

See also: 2016 Montana State Bobcats football team and Brawl of the Wild

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
72–37–5	2015	MONT, 54–35

Ranking movements

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
STATS FCS	13	14	7	6	11	10	10	10	16	19	18	22	RV
Coaches	13	15	9	6	11	10	10	10	16	20	17	21	22