1949 Montana Grizzlies football team

1949 Montana Grizzlies football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	5–4 (0–3 PCC)
Head coach	Ted Shipkey (1st season)
Home stadium	Dornblaser Field

1949 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 California $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
UCLA	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Stanford	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	1
USC	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Oregon State	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Washington	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Montana	0	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1949 college football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Ted Shipkey, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4, 0–3 PCC).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 17	South Dakota*	Billings, MT	W 33–13
September 24	at Washington State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 7–13
October 1	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	W 16–13
October 8	at Colorado A&M*	Colorado Field Fort Collins, CO	L 12–27
October 15	at Oregon State	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	L 14–63
October 22	Idaho	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT (Little Brown Stein)	L 19–47
October 29	vs. Montana State*	Naranche Stadium Butte, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	W 34–12
November 5	Eastern Washington*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT (EWU–UM Governors Cup)	W 19–6
November 19	BYU*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 25–6
*Non-conference game