2020 Montana Grizzlies football team

2020 Montana Grizzlies football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bobby Hauck (3rd season of stint, 10th overall season)
Offensive coordinator	Timm Rosenbach (3rd season of stint, 4th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Kent Baer (3rd season)
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium (Capacity: 25,217)

2020 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 9 Weber State $^		5	–	0					5	–	1
No. 10 Eastern Washington ^		5	–	1					5	–	2
No. 14 UC Davis		3	–	2					3	–	2
Northern Arizona		3	–	2					3	–	2
Idaho State		2	–	4					2	–	4
Idaho		2	–	4					2	–	4
Southern Utah		1	–	5					1	–	5
Cal Poly‡		0	–	3					0	–	3
Montana†			–						2	–	0
Portland State†			–						0	–	1
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Big Sky suspended the fall 2020 football season. Montana State, Northern Colorado, and Sacramento State opted out of the spring season. † – Montana and Portland State opted out of the conference season, but scheduled non-conference games. ‡ – Cal Poly opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 29, 2021. Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Montana Grizzlies football team will represent the University of Montana in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies will be led by head coach Bobby Hauck, in the third season of his current stint and the tenth overall season leading the team, as he previously was head coach from 2003 to 2009. They will play their home games on campus at Washington–Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, Montana as a charter member of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

Main article: 2019 Montana Grizzlies football team

The Grizzlies finished the 2019 season 10–4, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where, after a first round bye, they defeated Southeastern Louisiana in the second round before losing to Weber State in the quarterfinals.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5		Central Washington*		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT
September 12		at Missouri State*		Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO
September 19		Morehead State*		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT
September 26		Cal Poly		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT
October 3		at Eastern Washington		Roos Field Cheney, WA (Governors Cup)
October 17		Sacramento State		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT
October 24		at Idaho		Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID (Little Brown Stein)
October 31		Southern Utah		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT
November 7		at Northern Colorado		Nottingham Field Greeley, CO
November 14		at Northern Arizona		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ
November 21		Montana State		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time