1998 Montana Grizzlies football team

1998 Montana Grizzlies football
Big Sky champion
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 9–52 vs. Western Illinois
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 14
Record	8–4 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Mick Dennehy (3rd season)
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium (Capacity: 18,845)

1998 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Montana $^		6	–	2					8	–	4
Cal State Northridge		5	–	3					7	–	4
No. 25 Montana State		5	–	3					7	–	4
Weber State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Eastern Washington		4	–	4					5	–	6
Portland State		4	–	4					5	–	6
Northern Arizona		3	–	5					6	–	5
Sacramento State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Idaho State		2	–	6					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1998 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Grizzlies were led by third-year head coach Mick Dennehy and played their home games at Washington–Grizzly Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	6:05 PM	at No. 20 Stephen F. Austin*	No. 3	Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX		W 49–42
September 12	1:05 PM	Southern Utah*	No. 3	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT		L 35–45	18,804
September 19	1:05 PM	Cal Poly*	No. 11	Washington-Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT		W 37–14	17,325
September 26	6:05 PM	at No. 21 Weber State	No. 11	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	KPAX	L 20–27	16,954
October 3	1:05 PM	Portland State	No. 21	Washington-Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT		W 20–17	18,731
October 10	4:00 PM	at No. 23 Cal State Northridge	No. 18	North Campus Stadium Northridge, CA		L 7–21	5,237
October 17	1:05 PM	Northern Arizona		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT		W 33–20	18,594
October 24	2:05 PM	at Eastern Washington		Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA (Governors Cup)	KPAX	W 30–27	8,721
October 31	1:05 PM	Idaho State		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 40–13	17,384
November 14	2:05 PM	at Sacramento State	No. 22	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA		W 31–16
November 21	12:35 PM	No. 19 Montana State	No. 20	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	KPAX	W 28–21	19,238
November 28	11:30 AM	at No. 4 Western Illinois*	No. 13	Hanson Field Macomb, IL (First Round, Division I Championship)		L 9–52	3,614
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Division I-AA Poll poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time