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American college football season
The 2014 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Grizzlies were led by head coach Mick Delaney in his third and final year 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 9–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish tied for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to inter conference rival Eastern Washington.
On November 17, head coach Mick Delaney announced he would be retiring at the end of the season.[ 1] He finished at Montana with a three-year record of 24–14.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 2:00 PM at Wyoming * No. 5 RTNW L 12–1725,243
September 6 3:30 PM Central Washington * No. 4 CMM W 48–1424,697
September 13 7:00 PM South Dakota * No. 4 Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT CMM W 28–2026,303
September 20 1:30 PM at No. 1 North Dakota State * No. 4 CMM L 10–2218,890
September 27 1:30 PM Northern Colorado No. 7 Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT RTNW W 38–1325,269
October 4 12:30 PM at North Dakota No. 7 CMM W 18–159,025
October 18 12:00 PM UC Davis No. 7 Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT CMM W 42–2825,766
October 25 7:00 PM at Cal Poly No. 7 CMM L 21–4110,775
November 1 12:00 PM Sacramento State No. 12 Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT RTNW W 31–1324,035
November 8 1:00 PM at No. 5 Eastern Washington No. 11 RTNW L 26–3611,339
November 15 1:00 PM at Southern Utah No. 16 CMM W 35–173,079
November 22 3:00 PM No. 12 Montana State No. 13 RTNW W 34–726,352
November 29 2:00 PM San Diego * No. 12 ESPN3 W 52–1414,018
December 6 2:30 PM at No. 4 Eastern Washington* No. 12 ESPN3 L 20–377,919
*- Cowles Montana Media Broadcasting is the former Max Media . ABC or FOX stations in Missoula, Kalispell, Butte, Bozeman, Great Falls, and Helena; the Bilins NBC affiliate, and a mix of SWX and KULR in Billings will air the games.
Game summaries
@ Wyoming
1
2
3
4
Total
#5 Grizzlies
0
6
0
6
12
Cowboys
3
0
14
0
17
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–13
1997
WYO, 28–13
Central Washington
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
7
0
7
14
#4 Grizzlies
17
17
14
0
48
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–0
2008
MONT, 38–35
South Dakota
1
2
3
4
Total
Coyotes
0
3
7
10
20
#4 Grizzlies
7
0
14
7
28
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
11–6
2013
MONT, 31–27
@ North Dakota State
1
2
3
4
Total
#4 Grizzlies
0
10
0
0
10
#1 Bison
6
6
7
3
22
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–3
2003
NDSU, 25–24
Northern Colorado
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
7
3
3
0
13
#7 Grizzlies
28
7
3
0
38
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
12–1
2012
MONT, 40–17
@ North Dakota
1
2
3
4
Total
#7 Grizzlies
2
6
7
3
18
North Dakota
0
0
0
15
15
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
12–8–1
2013
MONT, 55–17
UC Davis
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
0
14
0
14
28
#7 Grizzlies
7
7
14
14
42
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
5–0
2013
MONT, 42–7
@ Cal Poly
1
2
3
4
Total
#7 Grizzlies
0
14
0
7
21
Mustangs
7
7
13
14
41
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
15–2
2013
MONT, 21–14 OT
Sacramento State
1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
3
3
0
7
13
#12 Grizzlies
7
10
14
0
31
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
17–1
2013
MONT, 51–48 OT
@ Eastern Washington
1
2
3
4
Total
#11 Grizzlies
3
7
13
3
26
#5 Eagles
13
7
13
3
36
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
26–13–1
2013
EWU, 42–37
@ Southern Utah
1
2
3
4
Total
#16 Grizzlies
0
14
7
14
35
Thunderbirds
0
14
3
0
17
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
4–2
2012
SUU, 30–20
Montana State
1
2
3
4
Total
#12 Bobcats
0
0
0
7
7
#13 Grizzlies
17
10
0
7
34
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
70–37–5
2013
MONT, 28–14
FCS Playoffs
First Round–San Diego
1
2
3
4
Total
Toreros
0
0
0
14
14
#12 Grizzlies
14
24
7
7
52
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–1
1958
SD, 24–13
Second Round–@ Eastern Washington
1
2
3
4
Total
#12 Grizzlies
3
0
7
10
20
#4 Eagles
7
6
14
10
37
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
26–14–1
11/8/2014
EWU, 36–26
Ranking movements
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final Sports Network 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 12 11 16 13 12 13 Coaches 5 5 4 3 6 7 7 6 6 11 10 15 13 11 11
References
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