2003 Montana Grizzlies football team

2003 Montana Grizzlies football
Big Sky co-champion
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 43–402OT vs Western Illinois
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 14
FCS Coaches	No. 14
Record	9–4 (5–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bobby Hauck (1st season)
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium (Capacity: 23,180)

2003 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 14 Montana +^		5	–	2					9	–	4
No. 10 N Arizona +^		5	–	2					9	–	4
No. 21 Montana State +^		5	–	2					7	–	6
No. 22 Idaho State		4	–	3					8	–	4
Weber State		4	–	3					8	–	4
Eastern Washington		3	–	4					6	–	5
Portland State		1	–	6					4	–	7
Sacramento State		1	–	6					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2003 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Bobby Hauck and played their home games at Washington–Grizzly Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	4:00 PM	at No. 16 Maine*	No. 4	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME		W 30–20	9,345
September 6	1:05 PM	North Dakota State*	No. 3	Washington-Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	MTN	L 24–25	23,102
September 13	1:05 PM	Sam Houston State*	No. 12	Washington-Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	MTN	W 38–14	23,033
September 27	1:05 PM	Idaho*	No. 9	Washington-Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Little Brown Stein)	MTN	W 41–28	23,679
October 4	1:05 PM	No. 20 Cal Poly*	No. 8	Washington-Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	MTN	W 17–14	23,687
October 11	1:05 PM	Weber State	No. 6	Washington-Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	MTN	W 12–7	23,520
October 18	2:05 PM	at No. 21 Idaho State	No. 5	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	MTN	L 40–43 2OT	11,434
October 25	12:35 PM	Portland State	No. 12	Washington-Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	MTN	W 42–14	23,182
November 1	3:35 PM	at No. 15 Northern Arizona	No. 10	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	MTN	W 59–21	12,821
November 8	7:05 PM	at Sacramento State	No. 8	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	MTN	W 26–0	2,122
November 15	12:05 PM	Eastern Washington	No. 5	Washington-Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Governors Cup)	MTN	W 41–10	23,329
November 22	12:05 PM	at Montana State	No. 4	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	MTN	L 20–27	15,087
November 29	12:05 PM	No. 10 Western Illinois*	No. 11	Washington-Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	MTN	L 40–43 2OT	16,222
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network I–AA poll All times are in Mountain time

Roster

2003 Montana Grizzlies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OT 64 Dylan Brown Jr C 65 Garth Enger Jr RB 33 Justin Green Jr OT 72 Dylan McFarland Sr QB 7 Craig Ochs Jr OT 75 Cory Procter Jr OT 76 Brad Rhoades  So OT 77 Jon Skinner Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class FS 4 David DeCoite Sr DT 99 Alan Saenz Jr CB 11 Vernon Smith Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bobby Hauck Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Dylan McFarland	Tackle	7	207	Buffalo Bills