2006 Montana Grizzlies football team

2006 Montana Grizzlies football
Big Sky champion
NCAA Division I Semifinal, L 19–17 vs. UMass
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 3
FCS Coaches	No. 3
Record	12–2 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bobby Hauck (4th season)
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium (Capacity: 23,183)

2006 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Montana $^		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 10 Montana State ^		6	–	2					8	–	5
No. 19 Portland State		6	–	2					7	–	4
Northern Arizona		5	–	3					6	–	5
Sacramento State		4	–	4					4	–	7
Weber State		4	–	4					5	–	6
Eastern Washington		3	–	5					3	–	8
Idaho State		1	–	7					2	–	9
Northern Colorado		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by fourth-year head coach Bobby Hauck and played their home games on campus at Washington–Grizzly Stadium in Missoula.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	10:00 AM	at No. 16 (FBS) Iowa*	No. 3	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPNU	L 7–41	70,585
September 9	1:00 PM	South Dakota State*	No. 6	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 36–7	23,438
September 23	1:00 PM	Sacramento State	No. 5	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 59–14	23,619
September 30	7:00 PM	at No. 14 Portland State	No. 4	PGE Park Portland, OR	KPAX	W 26–20	13,156
October 7	3:00 PM	at Eastern Washington	No. 4	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	KPAX	W 33–17	11,583
October 14	1:00 PM	Northern Arizona	No. 3	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 24–21	23,626
October 21	1:00 PM	at Weber State	No. 2	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	KPAX	W 33–30	5,424
October 28	1:00 PM	Idaho State	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 23–10	23,435
November 4	12:00 PM	No. 6 Cal Poly*	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 10–9	22,853
November 11	12:00 PM	at Northern Colorado	No. 2	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	KPAX	W 53–21	4,632
November 18	12:30 PM	No. 15 Montana State	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	KPAX	W 13–7	24,018
December 8	7:30 PM	No. 3 UMass*	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (FCS Semifinals)	ESPN2	L 17–19	23,454
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game