UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA GRIZZLY FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1995, 2001

2017 GRIZ SCHEDULE (7-3 overall, 5-2 Big Sky, 5-1 Home, 2-2 Away) @ DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 9/2 Valparaiso W, 45-23 9/9 @ Washington L, 63-7 9/16 Savannah State W, 56-3 GAME 11 9/23 Eastern Washington* L, 48-41 Montana (7-3, 5-2) @ Montana State (4-6, 4-3) 9/30 @ Portland State* W, 45-33 10/7 @ Idaho State* W, 39-31 Nov. 18, 2017 - Bobcat Stadium (17,777) 10/14 North Dakota* W, 41-17 Bozeman, Mont. - 12:08 PM Bye TV: ROOT Sports - Web: None 10/28 @ Weber State* L, 41-27 Radio: Montana Grizzly Radio Network 11/4 Northern Arizona* W, 17-15 Live Twitter feed: @MontanaGrizFB - Official Hashtag: #UMvsMSU | #BrawloftheWild 11/11 Northern Colorado* W, 44-14 - 117th Brawl of the Wild - 11/18 @ Montana State* Noon * = Big Sky Conferece game GRIZ SEEK REDEMPTION AGAINST CATS MONTANA QUICK FACTS Location: ...... Missoula, Mont. Back on August 8 - the first day of Montana’s fall football camp had just concluded, and Grizzly head coach Bob Stitt gathered his team around the iconic charging bear that patrols the 50-yard Enrollment: ...... 11,865 (Fall 2017) line at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Founded: ...... Feb. 17, 1893 Before the players huddled and lifted their helmets to end practice with a final breakdown, Stitt Nickname: ...... Grizzlies, Griz had one last message for the team - a number, and a statement of purpose to guide the program School Colors: ...... Copper, Silver, Gold through the rest of fall camp and into the season. Spirit Colors: ...... Maroon (PMS 209) and Silver (PMS 8 C) “It’s 102 days ‘till we brawl,” said Stitt, a not-so-subtle reminder that one of Montana’s top priorities Stadium/Capacity: ... Washington-Grizzly Stadium / 25,217 the year would come around in mid-November. Playing Surface: .Field Turf - Revolution 360 with CoolPlay And he’s been saying it ever since. President: ...... Dr. Sheila Stearns (Interim) Athletic Director: ...... Kent Haslam That 102-day countdown has slowly ticked away over the course of the Grizzlies’ 7-3 season, and now you only need one hand to count the days until Montana and Montana State square off in the Head Coach: ...... Bob Stitt (Doane College, 1987) 117th Brawl of the Wild. Record at Montana (Years): ...... 21-13 (3)

“When you get to this week, it’s not something you as a coach need to hype up. We’ve been Overall Record (Years): ...... 130-75 (16) hyping it all year,” said Stitt. Football Office Phone: ...... (406) 243-2969 2016 Record: ...... 6-5, 3-5 Big Sky Since Montana’s 2016 season came to a premature end last November in Missoula at the hands of the Bobcats, the Grizzlies have worked tirelessly to right that wrong. And with near-daily re- Big Sky Titles* (18): ...... 1969, 1970, 1982, 1993, 1995, minders of that loss, Stitt believes his team will have the mental focus to go into hostile territory in ...... 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, Bozeman and come away with a win...... 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, “Now we can focus on preparing for a game like we always do,” Stitt added. “It’s a team with a ...... 2007, 2008, 2009. *Includes shared titles scheme, and we can prepare the exact same way we did in the first 10 weeks because I know it’s in their head. We don’t have to talk about it anymore this week. They’ll be ready to go.” NCAA/FCS Playoff Apperances: ...... 23 (FCS Record) NCAA/FCS Championships (2): ...... 1995, 2001 THE GAME: The Montana Grizzlies (7-3, 5-2 BCS) travel over Homestake Pass on Saturday to NCAA/FCS Championship Appearances (7): .1995, 1996, . face the Montana State Bobcats (4-6, 4-3) for the 117th time in program history, with kickoff from Bozeman set for 12:08 p.m...... 2000 ...... 2001,2004, 2008, 2009 In a game that needs little in the way of additional storylines, one stands out the most for Montana: Win and the playoffs are likely. Lose, and the Griz head back to Missoula on the outside of the FCS Postseason Record: .....32-21 Over, 29-7 at Home (.805) postseason looking in for a second-straight year, something that hasn’t occurred since 1991-92. All-time WGS Stadium Record: ...... 197-30 (.866)

Montana enters the game as a team on the rise, winners of two straight after stubbing its toe All-Time Record: ...... 591-487-23 (.535) at Weber State, but finding its stride last week in all three phases of the game in a drubbing of Big Sky Record: ...... 240-131-1 (.643) Northern Colorado. MONTANA COMMUNICATIONS Freshman Gresch Jensen returned from injury against Northern Colorado and was almost flawless in his first half of action back, throwing for 172 yards, a pair of and Contact: Eric Taber adding another rushing score. Office:(406) 243-5402 Cell: (646) 287-7492 Email: [email protected] Website: GoGriz.com Montana’s offense is now one of the most potent in the land, ranked in the FCS at No. 10 in pass- Twitter: @UMGRIZZLIES_FB - @erictaber ing, No. 14 in scoring and No. 13 in total production. Facebook: /UM-Grizzly-Athletics-Football GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017

The Bobcats, on the other hand, enter the game reeling from a pair of losses. MSU fell at home two weeks ago to an upstart Kennesaw State team who is now making its way up the top-25 ladder, and followed that up with a tough loss at Northern Arizona.

At NAU, the Cats scored a on their final drive of the game to pull within a single point of the Lumberjacks. Quarterback Chris Murray’s game-winning two-point conversion attempt would fail, however, and the ‘Jacks held on to a 37-36 win.

While UM’s passing attack is its strength, MSU’s rushing game is its bread and butter, ranked as the No. 11 rushing offense in the FCS. The Cats are ranked No. 107 in passing offense, however. 2017 BIG SKY FOOTBALL STANDINGS One team playing for their playoff lives, and one team seeking nothing but the joy of ruining a rival’s As of Nov. 12, 2017 party. One team is pass-happy, while the other grinds it out on the ground. This year’s Griz/Cat game may not be for a conference championship, but it’s none the less important for both teams.

SCHOOL BIG SKY OVER. After winning in Bozeman two years ago, Montana also heads to Bozeman still smarting from a home Southern Utah 6-1 8-2 loss last year in Missoula that put an abrupt halt on the Grizzlies’ season, and a sour taste in their Weber State 6-1 8-2 mouths in the offseason. Northern Arizona 6-1 7-3 Montana 5-2 7-3 “We had a lot of success our first game at MSU, and not a lot in the second game,” said Stitt. “That makes it different for me. It’s been a tough year, and we’ve been preparing for this game for a long Eastern Washington 5-2 6-4 time. I think our guys are ready.” Sacramento State 5-2 6-4 Montana State 4-3 4-6 LAST MEETING: Montana State pulled off an improbable 24-17 upset over the Grizzlies in Missoula UC Davis 3-4 5-5 last year behind Murray and the Bobcat’s tenacious rushing attack. Idaho State 2-5 4-6 North Dakota 2-6 3-8 Montana started the game perfectly, forcing an MSU three-and-out and responding with a 58-yard Northern Colorado 1-6 2-7 touchdown pass from Brady Gustafson to Justin Calhoun on the first play from scrimmage. Cal Poly 1-6 1-9 But the Cats ground out 368 yards rushing on 62 attempts, led by Murray’s 142 yards on the ground, Portland State 0-7 0-10 and the Great Divide Trophy returned to Bozeman for the first time since 2012.

SEASON TEAM STATS COMPARISON SERIES HISTORY: Over a century of tradition, pride and success defines Montana’s series history with Montana State. These two teams have gone at it nearly every year since 1897, with Montana Team Statistics ...... UM ...... MSU holding a commanding 72-38-5 overall lead in the series. FIRST DOWNS ...... 224...... 190 In Bozeman, the series is a bit closer, however. Montana has the chance to put five games between Rushing ...... 81...... 115 them this week, with the Griz holding a 23-19-3 lead of Griz/Cat games played at MSU. Passing ...... 122...... 66 Penalty ...... 21...... 9 HOMEFIELD ADVANTAGE? In the last decade, the team hosting the Brawl of the Wild has only won RUSHING YARDAGE ...... 1532...... 2422 three times, with the visitor coming away victorious seven times. Montana will be looking to make it Rushing Attempts ...... 416...... 425 three-straight victories for the visiting team in 2017. Average Per Rush ...... 3.7...... 5.7 Average Per Game ...... 153.2...... 242.2 WATCH PARTIES: The Montana Office of Alumni Relations has once again partnered with alumni around the nation to host Griz/Cat watch parties in 41 different States and territories. TDs Rushing ...... 20...... 16 PASSING YARDAGE ...... 3035...... 1524 To find the watch party in nearest to you, visit GoGriz.com. Comp - Att - Int ...... 222-365-15...... 111-223-9 Average Per Pass ...... 8.3...... 6.8 FIRST & 10 WITH THE GRIZ Average Per Catch ...... 13.7...... 13.7 Average Per Game ...... 303.5...... 152.4 GRIZ IN THE POLLS: Montana was once again left just out of the national FCS top-25 polls this week TDs Passing ...... 23...... 16 despite a thumping of Northern Colorado. TOTAL OFFENSE ...... 4567...... 3946 Montana checks in at No. 28 on the STATS FCS media poll with 215 votes and No. 27 in the NCAA Average Per Play ...... 5.8...... 6.1 FSC Coaches’ poll with 25 points. The only Big Sky team to crack the top-10 in either poll is Weber Average Per Game ...... 456.7...... 394.6 State, checking in at No. 9 on the Coaches’ poll. KICK RETURNS: #-Yards ...... 42-727...... 23-466 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards ...... 18-134...... 12-53 ON THE BUBBLE – A look at the spaghetti bowl that is Montana’s playoff chances: At 7-3, Montana is INT RETURNS: #-Yards ...... 16-369...... 4-44 considered by some to be “on the bubble” of earning the team’s twenty fourth playoff berth in program TIME OF POSSESSION/Game ..... 28:03...... 28:55 history. 3RD-DOWN Conversions ...... 67/162...... 61/136 The only thing the Grizzlies can control that would shape their playoff destiny: A win over Montana 4TH-DOWN Conversions ...... 10/23...... 16/21 State. Sacks by - Yards ...... 36-269...... 16-102 Tackles For Loss - Yards...... 92-395...... 51-192 If the Griz were to pick up a win over the Cats this week, they would be an 8-3 Red-Zone Scores...... 40-47 (85%).23-33 (70%) team in the mix with Northern Arizona (7-3), Southern Utah (8-2), and Weber State (8-2), who could each win the conference depending on Saturday’s outcomes. Also in the mix as a bubble team is NCAA RANKINGS Eastern Washington who have a 6-4 record, but hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over UM. (As of 11/12/17)...... UM...... MSU A look around the FCS shows several other that could get a playoff berth, with New Hampshire (7-3), Rushing Offense ...... 58...... 11 Monmouth (9-1), Nicholls (8-2), Elon (8-2), McNeese State (8-2), Illinois State (6-4) and Western Passing Offense ...... 10...... 107 Illinois (7-3) on the bubble. Total Offense ...... 13...... 47 Scoring Offense ...... 14...... 60 The Sagarin Ratings are a handy tool that committee members often use to compare teams from Rushing Defense ...... 63...... 82 different conferences based on strength of schedule and overall performance. Passing Yards Allowed ...... 111...... 78 Montana heads into the Cat game rated at 135 by Sagarin, while Montana State is ranked 148. Total Defense ...... 97...... 86 Passes Intercepted...... 5...... 113 Key Griz wins this year (rank): Northern Arizona (107), North Dakota (171), Idaho State (198). 3rd Down Conv...... 32...... 13 Red Zone Offense ...... 26...... 105 Griz losses: Washington (11), Weber State (93 – highest ranked team in Big Sky), Eastern Washing- Red Zone Defense...... 20...... 82 ton (129). Team Sacks ...... 5...... 93 Ratings of other bubble teams: New Hampshire (146), Monmouth (157), Nicholls (163), Elon (155), Team Tackles for Loss ...... 1...... 100 McNeese State (147), Illinois State (102) and Western Illinois (7-8). PAGE 2 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017

So, Montana (in theory) holds an advantage over several other bubble teams thanks to strength of schedule. But with so many teams knocking on the door, nothing is certain, and a win in the Brawl of the Wild is likely the only sure way the Griz will get a look by the playoff committee.

AROUND THE SKY: On that note, Montana fans will want to keep one eye on Flagstaff as Southern Utah travels to NAU. A loss for the Lumberjacks could spell doom for their playoff chances as well at 7-4, with Montana holding the head-to-head tiebreaker. Kickoff from the Walkup Skydome is set for 2:35.

Also of interest to Griz fans is the Idaho State at Weber State game in Ogden and the Eastern Washing- ton/Portland State game in Cheney. An (unlikely) loss for the Eagles would pop EWU’s playoff bubble.

TFL TOWN: After stuffing Northern Colorado for nine tackles for loss, Montana is now the nation’s No. 1 9/2 Valparaiso, 1:00 PM ^ team in total tackles for loss (TFLs), averaging 9.2 per game. - FOX Montana / Altitude / GoGriz.com The Griz have five players (Tucker Schye, Josh Buss, James Banks, Chris Favoroso and Connor 9/9 @ Washington, 6 PM (MT) Strahm) who are each averaging over one TFL per-game, and each ranking in the top-60 in the nation. - Pac-12 Network / Pac-12.com 9/16 Savannah St., 1:00 PM § GET ON THE BUSS: Josh Buss has continued his dominant defensive performance for Montana this season, and has earned a shot at the Buck Buchanan Award as a junior. - FOX Montana / Altitude / GoGriz.com 9/23 Eastern Washington* 6 PM # Buss has posted 12.5 TFLs this season, putting him at No. 9 on UM’s all-time TFL list behind Trey - ROOT Sports Young’s career total of 34.5 he set from ’99-’02.

9/30 @ Portland State* 3 PM (MT) With 12 guaranteed (regular season) games left in his career, Buss will need to average 1.75 TFLs per- - ABC Montana / WatchBigSky.com / Pluto TV game to become Montana’s all-time leader in TFLs, passing Zack Wagenmann’s career total of 53. 10/7 @ Idaho State* 2:30 PM SCHYE’S THE GUY: Tucker Schye currently leads the Big Sky Conference in TFLs with 13.5 on the - Eleven Sports / WatchBigSky.com / Pluto TV season. His career total of 24 ties him at No. 20 on UM’s career-TFL leaders list alongside Dustin 10/14 North Dakota*, 1 PM % Dlouhy, a Griz DE from ’03-’06. - ROOT Sports 10/28 @ Weber State*, 2 PM Schye is also the Grizzlies leader in sacks headed into the final regular season game of the year (7.5), and with his counterpart on the opposite side of the D-line Chris Favoroso also seeing success with six - ABC Montana / WatchBigSky.com / Pluto TV sacks, Montana has jumped in the national rankings. The Griz are ranked No. 5 in the FCS in sacks. 11/4 Northern Arizona*, 3:30 PM ! - ROOT Sports PICKS FOR DAYS: Montana tallied five against UNC and has now picked off 16 passes 11/11 Northern Colorado* 1 PM $ this season. That mark puts the Griz at No. 5 in the FCS and No. 1 in the Big Sky in total intercepted passes. - ROOT Sports 11/18 @ Montana State*, Noon & WINNING MILESTONES: Last week’s win over UNC gave Stitt the 130th win in his 16-year head coach- - ROOT Sports ing career. The game also marked Montana’s 240th overall win in Big Sky Conference play. Stitt is now 130-75 (.634) in his career, and the Griz are (.645) since joining the league in 1963. NOTE: Web stream not available for games broadcast on ROOT Sports CAREER DAYS: Montana posted several new career-high performances against UNC. Brandon Purdy ^= White out (presented by Western States Cat) earned a STATS FCS Special Teams Player of the Week Honorable Mention after setting a new career §= Pride and Tradition Game long with a 47-yard and going a perfect 8-for-8 on PATs and field goals. #= Cancer Awareness Game (presented by Providence Health & Services) %= Homecoming (presented by Missoula Federal Credit Union) != UM Family Weekend (presented by Stockman Bank) Junior Alijah Lee stepped his way to a personal best with 98 yards on 22 attempts, both $= Military Appreciation Game career highs. &= 117th Brawl of the Wild *= Big Sky Conference game MORE RECORD WATCHING: Junior receiver Keenan Curran has entered Montana’s record books, set- tling into the top-30 career receiving yards list at No. 28 this week with 1,350 yards-to-date as a Grizzly.

Curran leads all receivers for Montana this year with 694 yards and six touchdown catches, averaging 22.4 yards per grab over 31 receptions. He’s behind Eric Allen’s (’05-’07) 1.397 and ahead of Shannon Cabunoc’s (’88-’92) 1,317 career yards in the record book. The Montana Grizzly Sports Network is your radio home for Griz football action across the state of Montana. Tune in on game day 5-0: Montana is 5-0 this season when: hear the Griz LIVE all season long, featuring the “Voice of the - Scoring first. Example No. 1: Montana came out of the blocks against UNC last week and put togeth- Griz”, Riley Corcoran and Greg Sundberg. er a methodical 13-play, 70-yard scoring drive, and the Bears never looked back in the 44-14 win for UM.

Also tune in to the Bob Stitt Radio Show, your weekly look inside - Winning the coin toss. Montana has not lost a game yet this season when winning the pregame flip the Grizzly huddle every Thursday at 6 p.m. The Coaches’ Show of the coin. airs LIVE from Brooks & Browns Bar & Grill at the Holiday Inn – Downtown Missoula. STARTING FAST: Stitt has made it a point of emphasis to start fast this season, and it’s paying off. Montana has improved to 5-1 when scoring a touchdown on one of the first two drives of the game.This Anaconda/Deer Lodge KQRV-FM 96.9 means the Griz are getting to work early and putting points on the board as soon as possible. Billings...... KYYA-AM...... 730 Butte (transmitter)...... KQRV-FM...... 99.3 GRIZ QUICK HITS: Glasgow...... KLTZ-AM...... 1240 - Montana’s 30-point halftime lead over UNC was its largest halftime lead of the year and is larger than Great Falls...... KXGF-AM...... 1400 the 28-point halftime deficit UM faced at Washington in September. Great Falls (KXGF-AM translator)...... KXGF-FM...... 98.3 Helena...... KCAP-AM...... 1340 - Montana has had two games of three interceptions or more. The last QB the Griz faced who gave up Kalispell...... KOFI-AM...... 1180 three INTs was Josh Kraght of Portland State. Lewistown...... KXLO-AM...... 1230 Lewistown (KXLO-AM translator)...... KXLO-FM...... 106.9 - Jeremy Calhoun, Alijah Lee and Gresch Jensen all have six rushing touchdowns apiece this season Miles City...... KMTA-AM...... 1050 to lead the Griz. Makena Simis and Treshawn Favors are the only two other Grizzlies to rush for a score Miles City (KMTA-AM translator)...... KMTA-FM...... 95.3 this season. Missoula...... KGVO-AM...... 1290 Missoula (KGVO-AM translator)...... KGVO-FM...... 101.5 Plentywood...... KATQ-AM...... 1070 Polson...... KERR-AM...... 750 Ronan (KERR-AM translator)...... KERR-FM...... 93.9 Shelby...... KZIN-FM...... 96.7 Sidney...... KGCX-FM...... 93.1 Spokane...... KGA-AM...... 1510 #GoGriz! PAGE 3 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017

MONTANA NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown / Previous School No. Name Year Pos. 1 Treshawn Favors RB 5-9 209 R-Sr. 2V Glendale, Ariz. / Mountain Ridge HS 18 Samuel Akem R-Fr. WR 1 Markell Sanders CB 6-2 189 R-Jr. 2V Renton, Wash. / Washington State 12 Korey Alexander Sr. S 2 Gresch Jensen QB 6-2 218 R-Fr. RS Auburn, Wash. / Auburn Mountainview HS 11 Isiahia Banks Fr. S 2 Ryan McKinley CB 6-1 193 R-Sr. 2V Anthem, Ariz. / Boulder Creek HS 36 James Banks Sr. LB 3 Justin Calhoun WR 5-10 174 R-So. 1V Long Beach, Calif. / Long Beach Poly HS 78 Conlan Beaver R-Fr. RT 4 Rey Green RB 5-11 195 R-Fr. RS , Wash. / Union HS 88 Colin Bingham R-So. WR 5 Kobey Eaton WR 6-3 180 R-So. 1V Vancouver, Wash. / Evergreen HS 85 Danny Burton Fr. WR 5 Justin Strong S 5-11 190 Sr. 1V Rialto, Calif. / Oregon State 42 Josh Buss R-Jr. LB 6 Keenan Curran WR 6-2 203 Jr. 2V Federal Way, Wash. / Federal Way HS 8 Jeremy Calhoun Jr. RB 7 Dareon Nash CB 6-2 178 R-Fr. RS Covina, Calif. / Charter Oak HS 3 Justin Calhoun R-So. WR 7 Matthew Rensvold WR 6-4 211 Fr. HS Polson, Mont. / Polson HS 57 Shayne Cochran R-Jr. LB 8 Jeremy Calhoun RB 6-0 213 Jr. 2V Long Beach, Calif. / Long Beach Poly HS 9 Brennan Corbin R-Fr. WR 8 Lewis Cowans CB 6-1 192 R-Fr. RS Mission Viejo, Calif. / Mission Viejo HS 8 Lewis Cowans R-Fr. CB 9 Brennan Corbin WR 6-5 210 R-Fr. RS Anaheim, Calif. / Villa Park HS 20 Gavin Crow R-Fr. CB 10 Nate Dick QB 5-10 188 Fr. HS Billings, Mont. / Senior HS 6 Keenan Curran Jr. WR 10 Connor Strahm LB 6-0 240 R-Sr. 3V Eugene, Ore. / Sheldon HS 91 Brandt Davidson Sr. DT 11 Isiahia Banks S 6-0 203 Fr. HS Aurora, Colo. / Mullen HS 55 Kyle Davis R-Jr. DT 12 Korey Alexander S 5-11 190 Sr. 1V Pittsburg, Calif. / Los Medanos College 3 Mick Delaney R-Sr. S 12 Caleb Hill QB 6-4 215 Jr. TR Brenham, Tex. / Blinn College 93 Braydon Deming Fr. DE 13 Josh Sandry S 6-1 203 R-So. 1V Bigfork, Mont. / Bigfork HS 87 Bryson Deming Fr. WR 13 Tanner Wilson QB 6-2 195 Fr. HS Polson, Mont. / Polson HS 28 Josh Deshner Fr. ATH 14 Michael McGinnis S 6-3 191 Fr. HS Sidney, Mont. / Sidney HS 10 Nate Dick Fr. QB 15 Retired in Honor of 5 Kobey Eaton R-So. WR 16 Jerry Louie-McGee WR 5-9 175 R-So. 1V Coeur d’Alene, Idaho / Lake City HS 23 Josh Egbo R-Fr. CB 17 Makena Simis WR 6-2 235 R-Sr. 1V Boise, Idaho / Capital HS 62 Dylan Eickmeyer R-Fr. OG 18 Samuel Akem WR 6-4 195 R-Fr. RS Broken Arrow, Okla. / Broken Arrow HS 30 Evan Epperly R-Jr. S 19 Malik Flowers WR 6-2 185 Fr. HS Fontana, Calif. / A.B. Miller HS 45 Vika Fa’atuiese R-So. LB 20 Gavin Crow CB 6-1 200 R-Fr. RS Kennewick, Wash. / Kamiakin HS 43 Chris Favoroso R-So. DE 20 Terron Moses RB 5-7 166 Fr. HS Vian, Okla. / Vian HS 1 Treshawn Favors R-Sr. RB 21 Lamarriel Taylor WR 6-2 198 R-So. 1V East St. Louis, Ill. / Massachusetts 19 Malik Flowers Fr. WR 22 Retired in Honor of Terry Dillon 30 Nick Fouch Fr. WR 23 Josh Egbo CB 6-2 193 R-Fr. RS Gilbert, Ariz. / Highland HS 4 Rey Green R-Fr. RB 24 Alijah Lee RB 5-6 197 R-Jr. TR Los Angeles, Calif. / Washington State 95 Andrew Harris R-So. LB 25 Shane Moody RB 5-8 176 R-Sr. 1V Parker, Colo. / Regis Jesuit HS 77 Dallas Hart R-So. RG 26 Jared Thurber WR 6-4 169 Fr. HS Burien, Wash. / Kennedy Catholic HS 12 Caleb Hill Jr. QB 27 Cody McCombs RB 5-9 196 R-So. SQ Billings Mont. / West HS 41 Curtis Holmes Fr. CB 28 Josh Deshner ATH 6-0 190 Fr. WO Missoula, Mont. / Sentinel HS 90 McKenzie Holt Fr. ATH 29 Kendall Sweet LB 5-11 216 Fr. HS Tulsa, Okla. / Booker T. Washington HS 80 Josh Horner Sr. WR 30 Evan Epperly S 5-10 197 R-Jr. 1V Kalispell, Mont. / Glacier HS 67 Thayne Jackson R-Fr. LT 30 Nick Fouch WR 6-0 162 Fr. WO Woodinville, Wash. / Woodinville HS 2 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. QB 31 Trase Le Texier LB 6-2 236 R-Fr. RS Boulder, Mont. / Jefferson County HS 60 Colton Keintz Fr. OL 33 Dante Olson LB 6-3 230 R-So. 1V Medford, Ore. / Cascade Christian HS 53 Carder Key Fr. LB 34 Jace Lewis LB 6-1 220 R-Fr. RS Townsend, Mont. / Broadwater County HS 24 Alijah Lee R-Jr. RB 35 Eric Williams KP 6-0 188 Jr. 1V Missoula, Mont. / Carleton College 31 Trase Le Texier R-Fr. LB 36 James Banks LB 6-1 215 Sr. 1V Junction City, Ore. / Alabama-Birmingham 34 Jace Lewis R-Fr. LB 37 Tucker Schye DE 6-4 242 R-Sr. 3V Malta, Mont. / Malta HS 98 Esai Longoria R-Fr. DT 38 Caleb Mitchell LS/S 6-1 195 R-Fr. RS North Bend, Wash. / Mount Si HS 16 Jerry Louie-McGee R-So. WR 39 Brandon Purdy KP 5-10 182 R-So. 1V Kalispell, Mont. / Glacier HS 75 Robert Luke Sr. C 70 Skyler Martin Fr. OL

COMPLETE BIG SKY STANDINGS SCHOOL CONF PCT OVERALL HOME AWAY STREAK Southern Utah 6-1 0.857 8-2 4-0 4-2 W6 Weber State 6-1 0.857 8-2 3-1 5-1 W4 Northern Arizona 6-1 0.857 7-3 5-1 2-2 W1 Montana 5-2 0.714 7-3 5-1 2-2 W2 Eastern Washington 5-2 0.714 6-4 2-2 4-2 W1 Sacramento State 5-2 0.714 6-4 4-1 2-3 W2 Montana State 4-3 0.571 4-6 2-3 2-3 L2 UC Davis 3-4 0.429 5-5 3-2 2-3 L1 Idaho State 2-5 0.286 4-6 3-2 1-4 L2 North Dakota 2-6 0.250 3-8 2-3 1-5 L2 Northern Colorado 1-6 0.143 2-7 2-2 0-5 L6 Cal Poly 1-6 0.143 1-9 1-4 0-5 L1 Portland State 0-7 0.000 0-10 0-5 0-5 L10 PAGE 4 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017

NUMERICAL ROSTER (CONT.) ALPHABETICAL (cont.) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown / Previous School No. Name Year Pos. 40 Cy Sirmon DE 6-3 250 R-So. 1V Wenatchee, Wash. / Wenatchee HS 52 Michael Matthews Fr. LB 41 Curtis Holmes CB 5-9 175 Fr. HS Spring Valley, Calif. / Proctor Academy 94 Devin Maua R-Fr. DE 42 Josh Buss LB 6-2 220 R-Jr. 2V Boise, Idaho / Mountain View HS 27 Cody McCombs R-So. RB 43 Chris Favoroso DE 6-3 245 R-So. TR Port St. Lucie, Fla. / Arizona Western College 14 Michael McGinnis Fr. S 44 Randy Rodriguez DT 6-3 244 R-Fr. RS Peoria, AZ / Centennial HS 92 Myles Mckee-Osibodu Sr. DT 45 Vika Fa’atuiese LB 6-3 230 R-So. 1V Vista, Calif. / Vista HS 2 Ryan McKinley R-Sr. CB 47 Cole Rosling DE 6-4 230 R-Fr. RS Helena, Mont. / Capital HS 81 Mitch McLaughlin Jr. WR 49 Jesse Sims DT 6-4 272 R-So. 1V Stevensville, Mont. / Corvallis HS 50 Cody Meyer R-So. C 50 Cody Meyer OL 6-3 293 R-So. SQ San Marcos, Calif. / San Marcos HS 38 Caleb Mitchell R-Fr. LS 51 Mike Ralston OL 6-5 302 R-Sr. 2V Oregon City, Ore. / Sheldon HS 25 Shane Moody R-Sr. RB 52 Michael Matthews LB 6-2 206 Fr. HS Camas, Wash. / Camas HS 20 Terron Moses Fr. RB 53 Carder Key LB 6-2 210 Fr. HS Broken Arrow, Okla. / Broken Arrow HS 84 Jed Nagler R-Fr. WR 54 Gage Smith LB 6-3 217 R-Jr. SQ Whitefish, Mont. / Whitefish HS 7 Dareon Nash R-Fr. CB 55 Kyle Davis DT 6-1 283 R-Jr. 2V San Diego, Calif. / Cathedral Catholic HS 97 RJ Nelson Fr. DE 56 Marcus Welnel LB 6-0 212 Fr. HS Helena, Mont. / Capital HS 61 Matthew O’Donoghue R-Fr. LS 57 Shayne Cochran LB 6-1 220 R-Jr. 1V Culbertson, Mont. / Culbertson HS 33 Dante Olson R-So. LB 60 Colton Keintz OL 6-8 275 Fr. HS Missoula, Mont. / Big Sky HS 39 Brandon Purdy R-So. KP 61 Matthew O’Donoghue LS 6-1 248 R-Fr. SQ Santa Ana, Calif. / Foothill HS 51 Mike Ralston R-Sr. RT 62 Dylan Eickmeyer OG 6-4 292 R-Fr. RS Tucson, Ariz. / Salpointe Catholic HS 76 David Reese Sr. LT 66 Ashton Torres OT 6-4 292 R-Fr. RS Aurora, Colo. / Cherokee Trail HS 7 Matthew Rensvold Fr. WR 67 Thayne Jackson OG 6-5 296 R-Fr. RS Gilbert, Ariz. / Gilbert HS 83 Mitch Roberts Fr. WR 70 Skyler Martin OL 6-5 255 Fr. HS Vancouver, Wash. / Skyview HS 44 Randy Rodriguez R-Fr. DE 71 Payton Stoner OL 6-6 282 Fr. HS San Diego, Calif. / Mt. Carmel HS 47 Cole Rosling R-Fr. DE 72 Cooper Sprunk OL 6-4 300 R-Sr. 2V Tigard, Ore. / Jesuit HS 1 Markell Sanders R-Jr. CB 73 Brandon Scott OT 6-7 295 R-Fr. RS Owasso, Okla. / Owasso HS 13 Josh Sandry R-So. S 74 Angel Villanueva OL 6-5 324 R-So. 1V Duarte, Calif. / Duarte HS 37 Tucker Schye R-Sr. DE 75 Robert Luke OL 6-4 318 Sr. 3V Tacoma, Wash. / Charles Wright Acad. HS 73 Brandon Scott R-Fr. LG 76 David Reese OL 6-7 301 Sr. 3V Happy Valley, Ore. / Clackamas HS 89 Tim Semenza R-So. K 77 Dallas Hart OL 6-5 315 R-So. 1V Cypress, Calif. / Pacifica HS 96 David Shaw Jr. DT 78 Conlan Beaver OT 6-5 293 R-Fr. RS Fredericksburg, Va. / Massaponax HS 17 Makena Simis R-Sr. WR 80 Josh Horner WR 6-5 232 Sr. 3V Great Falls, Mont. / C.M. Russell HS 49 Jesse Sims R-So. DT 81 Mitch McLaughlin WR 5-9 174 Jr. SQ Riverside, Calif. / Chaffey College 40 Cy Sirmon R-So. DE 82 Samori Toure WR 6-3 186 R-Fr. RS Portland, Ore. / Westview HS 54 Gage Smith R-Jr. LB 83 Mitch Roberts WR 6-1 188 Fr. HS Missoula, Mont. / Sentinel HS 72 Cooper Sprunk R-Sr. C 84 Jed Nagler WR 6-4 218 R-Fr. RS Whitefish, Mont. / Whitefish HS 10 Connor Strahm R-Sr. LB 85 Danny Burton WR 5-10 172 Fr. WO Helena, Mont. / Capital HS 71 Payton Stoner Fr. OL 87 Bryson Deming WR 6-4 228 Fr. HS Billings, Mont. / West HS 5 Justin Strong Sr. S 88 Colin Bingham WR 6-3 230 R-So. 1V Missoula, Mont. / Big Sky HS 29 Kendall Sweet Fr. LB 89 Tim Semenza K 5-7 155 R-So. 1V San Diego, Calif. / Cathedral Catholic HS 21 Lamarriel Taylor R-So. WR 90 McKenzie Holt ATH 6-4 238 Fr. HS Thompson Falls, Mont. / Thompson Falls HS 26 Jared Thurber Fr. WR 91 Brandt Davidson DT 6-3 293 Sr. 1V Tucson, Ariz. / Scottsdale Community College 99 Reggie Tilleman R-Jr. DT 92 Myles Mckee-Osibodu DT 6-3 272 Sr. 1V Sana Ana, Calif. / Santa Ana College 66 Ashton Torres R-Fr. OG 93 Braydon Deming DE 6-4 234 Fr. HS Billings, Mont. / West HS 82 Samori Toure R-Fr. WR 94 Devin Maua DE 6-3 232 R-Fr. RS Billings, Mont. / Senior HS 74 Angel Villanueva R-So. LG 95 Andrew Harris LB 6-2 231 R-So. SQ Kalispell, Mont. / Glacier HS 56 Marcus Welnel Fr. LB 96 David Shaw DT 6-5 319 Jr. TR Spring Grove, Pa. / Maryland 35 Eric Williams Jr. KP 97 RJ Nelson DE 6-4 221 Fr. HS Hillsboro, Ore. / Hillsboro HS 13 Tanner Wilson Fr. QB 98 Esai Longoria DT 6-3 305 R-Fr. RS Caldwell, Idaho / Vallivue HS 99 Reggie Tilleman DT 6-4 272 R-Jr. 1V Genesee, Idaho / Genesee HS

MONTANA COACHING STAFF NAME TITLE Bob Stitt (Doane 1987) Head Coach / Offensive Coordinator Jason Semore (Adams St. 2005) Defensive Coordinator Travis NieKamp (Illinois State 1998) Special Teams Coordinator / LBs Mike Ferriter (Montana 2008) Pass Game Coord. / Wide Receivers Lennard Manke (Montana 2015) Wide Receivers Assistant Chad Germer (Montana 1993) Run Game Coordinator / Offensive Line Justin Green (Montana 2004) Running Backs / Recruiting Coordinator Joe "JB" Hall Jr. (Adams St. 2013) Brian Hendricks (Wyoming 2011) Defensive Line Shann Schillinger (Montana 2010) Safeties Andrew Selle (Montana 2010) Matt Nicholson ( 2010) Strength & Conditioning Colin Bonnicksen (Minn. St. Mankato ‘08) Director of Football Operations Reese Phillips Undergraduate Student Coach Mick Delaney Undergraduate Student Coach PAGE 5 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 2017 GRIZ FOOTBALL NEWCOMERS

2017 INCOMING FRESHMEN No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown / Previous School 11 Isiahia Banks* S 6-0 203 Fr. HS Aurora, Colo. / Mullen HS 93 Braydon Deming* DE 6-4 234 Fr. HS Billings, Mont. / West HS 87 Bryson Deming* WR 6-4 228 Fr. HS Billings, Mont. / West HS 10 Nate Dick* QB 5-10 188 Fr. HS Billings, Mont. / Senior HS 19 Malik Flowers* WR 6-2 185 Fr. HS Fontana, Calif. / A.B. Miller HS 90 McKenzie Holt* ATH 6-4 238 Fr. HS Thompson Falls, Mont. / Thompson Falls HS 60 Colton Keintz* OL 6-8 275 Fr. HS Missoula, Mont. / Big Sky HS 53 Carder Key* LB 6-2 210 Fr. HS Broken Arrow, Okla. / Broken Arrow HS 70 Skyler Martin* OL 6-5 255 Fr. HS Vancouver, Wash. / Skyview HS 52 Michael Matthews* LB 6-2 206 Fr. HS Camas, Wash. / Camas HS 14 Michael McGinnis* S 6-3 191 Fr. HS Sidney, Mont. / Sidney HS 20 Terron Moses* RB 5-7 166 Fr. HS Vian, Okla. / Vian HS 97 RJ Nelson* DE 6-4 221 Fr. HS Hillsboro, Ore. / Hillsboro HS 7 Matthew Rensvold* WR 6-4 211 Fr. HS Polson, Mont. / Polson HS 83 Mitch Roberts* WR 6-1 188 Fr. HS Missoula, Mont. / Sentinel HS 71 Payton Stoner* OL 6-6 282 Fr. HS San Diego, Calif. / Mt. Carmel HS 29 Kendall Sweet* LB 5-11 216 Fr. HS Tulsa, Okla. / Booker T. Washington HS 56 Marcus Welnel* LB 6-0 212 Fr. HS Helena, Mont. / Capital HS 13 Tanner Wilson* QB 6-2 195 Fr. HS Polson, Mont. / Polson HS

2017 TRANSFERS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown / Previous School 43 Chris Favoroso DE 6-3 245 R-So. TR Port St. Lucie, Fla. / Arizona Western College 12 Caleb Hill QB 6-4 215 Jr. TR Brenham, Tex. / Blinn College 24 Alijah Lee RB 5-6 197 R-Jr. TR Los Angeles, Calif. / Washington State 96 David Shaw DT 6-5 319 Jr. TR Spring Grove, Pa. / Maryland

WALK-ONS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown / Previous School 85 Danny Burton WR 5-10 172 Fr. WO Helena, Mont. / Capital HS 28 Josh Deshner ATH 6-0 190 Fr. WO Missoula, Mont. / Sentinel HS 30 Nick Fouch* WR 6-0 162 Fr. WO Woodinville, Wash. / Woodinville HS 41 Curtis Holmes* CB 5-9 175 Fr. WO Spring Valley, Calif. / Proctor Academy 26 Jared Thurber* WR 6-4 169 Fr. WO Burien, Wash. / Kennedy Catholic HS

STATE BREAKDOWN POSITION BREAKDOWN * = REDSHIRT Montana 12 7 Washington 4 4 California 4 3 Oklahoma 3 Quarterback 3 Colorado 1 Offensive Lineman 3 Florida 1 Running Back 2 Oregon 1 Athlete 2 Pennsylvania 1 Safety 2 Texas 1 1 Total 28 1 Total 28

PAGE 6 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 2017 GRIZ FOOTBALL TWO-DEEP WEEK 11: MONTANA STATE OFFENSE 2016 UM UM CAREER CONSEC. POS # PLAYER ELIG. HT WT CAREER HIGHS GP/GS GP/GS STARTS QB 2 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. 6-2 218 25C - 49A - 423YDS - 81LG - 4TD 0/0 9/5 1 12 Caleb Hill Jr. 6-4 215 4C - 8A - 42YDS - 29LG 0/0 6/0 0 WR (X) 6 Keenan Curran Jr. 6-2 203 7REC - 151YDS - 75LG - 4TD 11/11 30/20 5 18 Sammy Akem R-Fr. 6-4 195 3REC - 45YDS - 26LG - 1TD 0/0 10/1 0 WR (Y) 3 Justin Calhoun R-So. 5-10 174 8REC - 133YDS - 2 TD - 61LG 11/10 21/19 5 5 Kobey Eaton R-So. 6-3 180 7/0 13/0 0 WR (Z) 16 Jerry Louie-McGee R-So. 5-9 175 21REC* - 159YDS - 2TD - 64LG 8/8 18/18 14 82 Samori Toure R-So. 6-3 186 5REC - 111YDS - 1TD - 81LG 0/0 10/1 0 WR (H) 80 Josh Horner Sr. 6-5 232 6REC - 80YDS - 44LG - 1TD 8/8 41/21 9 17 Makena Simis R-Sr. 6-2 235 2REC - 34YDS - 23LG - 1TD - 44YD Rush 10/0 26/3 0 RB 8 Jeremy Calhoun Jr. 6-0 213 22ATT - 124YDS - 59LG - 3TD 10/0 30/10 10 24 Alijah Lee R-Jr. 5-6 197 22ATT - 98YDS - 33LG - 2TD 0/0 10/0 0 LT 76 David Reese Sr. 6-7 301 11/11 46/45 45 67 Thayne Jackson R-Fr. 6-5 296 0/0 9/0 0 LG 74 Angel Villanueva R-So. 6-5 324 11/11 21/21 21 73 Brandon Scott R-Fr. 6-7 295 0/0 6/0 0 C 72 Cooper Sprunk R-Sr. 6-4 300 10/11 34/20 20 50 Cody Meyer R-So. 6-3 293 0/0 3/0 0 RG 75 Robert Luke R-Sr. 6-4 318 9/0 42/23 10 77 Dallas Hart R-So. 6-5 315 7/0 13/0 0 RT 51 Mike Ralston R-Sr. 6-5 302 4/0 35/10 10 78 Conlan Beaver R-Fr. 6-5 293 0/0 8/0 0 DEFENSE * = School Record 2016 UM UM CAREER CONSEC. POS # PLAYER ELIG. HT WT CAREER HIGHS GP/GS GP/GS STARTS WILL 36 James Banks Sr. 6-1 215 14TACK - 2.5TFL - 2QBH - .5SACK - 1FR 11/11 20/20 20 33 Dante Olson R-So. 6-3 230 8TACK - 1SACK - 2TFL - 1QBH - 1BLK 11/0 20/0 0 MIKE 10 Connor Strahm R-Sr. 6-0 240 16TACK, 2.5TFL, 1.5SACK, 1BLK, 1QBH, 1FR, 1TD, 1PB, 1FF 13/0 44/16 6 45 Vika Fa’atuiese R-Fr. 6-3 220 4TACK - 1TFL - 1FR 10/0 20/4 0 STAR 42 Josh Buss R-Jr. 6-2 220 17TACK - 2SACK - 4.5TFL - 1PB - 1BLK - 2QBH - 1INT 11/11 31/20 20 33 Dante Olson R-So. 6-3 230 8TACK - 1SACK - 2TFL - 1QBH 11/0 20/0 0 DE 43 Chris Favoroso R-So. 6-3 245 9TAK - 2SACK - 3TFL - 1PB - 1QBH - 1FF 0/0 10/8 5 44 Randy Rodriguez R-Fr. 6-3 244 6TAK - 1.5TFL - 1.5SACK - 1FR 0/0 10/2 0 NT 96 David Shaw Jr. 6-5 319 4TAK - 1BLK - 1SACK - 2TFL - 1PB 0/0 10/9 7 92 Myles McKee-Osibodu Sr. 6-3 272 4TAK - .5SACK - .5TFL 8/0 17/0 0 DT 49 Jesse Sims R-So. 6-4 254 10TACK - 2.5TFL - 2.5SACK - 1QBH 11/6 21/16 10 99 Reggie Tilleman R-Jr. 6-4 272 4TAK - 1.5TFL - 1.5SACK 6/0 17/0 0 DE 37 Tucker Schye R-Sr. 6-4 242 8TACK, 4TFL, 3SACK, 1FR, 1FF, 1BLK, 1BR, 1QBH 11/0 48/10 10 40 Cy Sirmon R-So. 6-3 250 5TACK - .5TFL - 1QBH 11/0 19/0 0 CB 2 Ryan McKinley R-Sr. 6-1 193 9TACK - 1INT - 3PB - 1TD - 1TFL 10/6 36/16 11 7 Dareon Nash R-Fr 6-2 178 1TAK - 2PB -1INT 0/0 9/1 0 CB 1 Markell Sanders R-Jr. 6-2 185 5TACK - 1TFL - 3PB - 1FR - 1INT 22/11 32/19 1 8 Lewis Cowans R-Fr. 6-1 192 6TAK - 1PB - 0.5TFL 0/0 10/0 0 FS 30 Evan Epperly R-Jr. 5-10 197 8TAK - 1TFL - 1INT - 1PB - .5TFL 11/0 23/4 3 5 Justin Strong Sr. 5-11 190 11TACK - 1.5TFL - 1PB - 3INT - 116YD - 1TD 10/10 17/16 0 SS 13 Josh Sandry R-So. 6-1 203 10T - 1S - 1TFL - 1FF - 1FR - 1PB - 1INT - 1TD - 1BLK - 1QBH 11/3 21/13 10 12 Korey Alexander Sr. 5-11 190 3TACK - 1PB - 1FR - 1TFL - 1FF - 1INT 11/0 19/0 0 SPECIALISTS P 35 Eric Williams Jr. 6-0 188 AVG 53.25/KICK - 59LG - 3In20 - 2TB 11/11 21/21 21 39 Brandon Purdy R-So. 5-10 182 KO 89 Tim Semenza R-So. 5-7 155 AVG 64/KICK 10/10 5/5 5 35 Eric Williams Jr. 6-0 188 AVG 61.1/KICK 11/11 15/14 0 PK 39 Brandon Purdy R-So. 5-10 182 3/3 FGs - 47LG - 8/8PAT 5/1 15/11 11 89 Tim Semenza R-So. 5-7 155 13/16 FGs - 47 LG - 33/42 PATs 10/10 10/10 0 LS 61 Matthew O’Donoghue R-So. 6-1 248 0/0 10/10 10 54 Gage Smith R-Jr. 6-3 217 3/0 3/0 0 KR 16 Jerry Louie-McGee R-So. 5-9 175 1 PR TD - 118 RET YDS 8/8 18/18 18 27 Cody McCombs R-So. 5-9 196 0/0 4/4 0 PR 16 Jerry Louie-McGee R-So. 5-9 175 1 PR TD - 118 RET YDS 8/8 18/18 18 PAGE 7 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 2017 GRIZ FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART WEEK 12: MONTANA STATE OFFENSE DEFENSE (SPREAD) (MULTIPLE) SPECIALISTS QUARTERBACK WILL (OUTSIDE) LINEBACKER PUNTER 2 Gresch Jensen, 6-2, 218, R-Fr. 36 James Banks, 6-1, 215, Sr. 35 Eric Williams, 6-0, 188, Jr. 12 Caleb Hill, 6-4, 215, Jr. 33 Dante Olson, 6-3, 230, R-So. 39 Brandon Purdy, 5-10, 182, R-So. 17 Makena Simis, 6-2, 235, R-Sr. 54 Gage Smith, 6-3, 217, R-Jr. PLACEKICKER 39 Brandon Purdy, 5-10, 182, R-So. WIDE RECEIVER (X) MIKE (MIDDLE) LINEBACKER 89 Tim Semenza, 5-7, 155, R-So. 6 Keenan Curran, 6-2, 203, Jr. 10 Connor Strahm, 6-0, 240, R-Sr. 18 Samuel Akem, 6-4, 195, R-Fr. 45 Vika Fa’atuiese, 6-3, 230, R-So. KICKOFFS 21 Lamarriel Taylor, 6-2, 198, R-So. 57 Shayne Cochran, 6-1, 220, R-Jr. 89 Tim Semenza, 5-7, 155, R-So. 85 Danny Burton, 5-10, 172, Fr. 95 Andrew Harris, 6-2, 231, R-So. 35 Eric Williams, 6-0, 188, Jr. 30 Nick Fouch, 6-0, 162, Fr. 31 Trase Le Texier, 6-2, 236, R-Fr.* HOLDER WIDE RECEIVER (Y) STAR (OUTSIDE) LINEBACKER 17 Makena Simis, 6-2, 235, R-Sr. 3 Justin Calhoun, 5-10, 174, R-So 42 Josh Buss, 6-2, 220, R-Jr. 12 Caleb Hill, 6-4, 215, Jr. 5 Kobey Eaton, 6-3, 180, R-So. 33 Dante Olson, 6-3, 230, R-So. 84 Jed Nagler, 6-4, 218, R-Fr. 34 Jace Lewis, 6-1, 220, R-Fr. SNAPPER 9 Brennan Corbin, 6-5, 210, R-Fr. DEFENSIVE END (LEO) 61 Matthew O’Donoghue, 6-1, 248, R-Fr. 28 Josh Deshner, 6-0, 190, Fr. 43 Chris Favoroso, 6-3, 245, R-So. 54 Gage Smith, 6-3, 217, R-Jr. 38 Caleb Mitchell, 6-1, 195, R-Fr. WIDE RECEIVER (Z) 44 Randy Rodriguez, 6-3, 244, R-Fr. 94 Devin Maua, 6-3, 232, R-Fr. PUNT RETURN 16 Jerry Louie-McGee, 5-9, 175, R-So. 16 Jerry Louie-McGee, 5-9, 175, R-So. 82 Samori Toure, 6-3, 186, R-Fr. 3 Justin Calhoun, 5-10, 174, R-So 81 Mitch McLaughlin, 5-9, 174, Jr. NOSE TACKLE 96 David Shaw, 6-5, 319, Jr. KICKOFF RETURN WIDE RECEIVER (H) 92 Myles Mckee-Osibodu, 6-3, 272, Sr. 27 Cody McCombs, 5-9, 196, R-So. -AND- 80 Josh Horner, 6-5, 232, Sr. 55 Kyle Davis, 6-1, 283, R-Jr. 16 Jerry Louie-McGee, 5-9, 175, R-So. 17 Makena Simis, 6-2, 235, R-Sr. 91 Brandt Davidson, 6-3, 293, Sr.* 88 Colin Bingham, 6-3, 230, R-So. DEFENSIVE TACKLE PRONUNCIATION RUNNING BACK 49 Jesse Sims, 6-4, 272, R-So. 99 Reggie Tilleman, 6-4, 272, R-Jr. 1 Treshawn Favors: TRAY-shawn 8 Jeremy Calhoun, 6-0, 213, Jr. 98 Esai Longoria, 6-3, 305, R-Fr. 10 Connor Strahm: Strawm 24 Alijah Lee, 5-6, 197, R-Jr. 17 Makena Simis: Mah-KEN-ah... SIM-iss 1 Treshawn Favors, 5-9, 209, R-Sr. 18 Samuel Akem: Ah-KEM 27 Cody McCombs, 5-9, 196, R-So. DEFENSIVE END 31 Trase Le Texier: Leh-TEX-ee-AIR 4 Rey Green, 5-11, 195, R-Fr.* 37 Tucker Schye, 6-4, 242, R-Sr. 37 Tucker Schye: Shy 25 Shane Moody, 5-8, 176, R-Sr.* 40 Cy Sirmon, 6-3, 250, R-So. 43 Chris Favoroso: Faa-vo-ROW-so 47 Cole Rosling, 6-4, 230, R-Fr. 45 Vika Fa’atuiese: FA-AH-tooee-essay LEFT TACKLE 82 Samori Toure: Sa-MOR-ee TOO-rey 76 David Reese, 6-7, 301, Sr. BOUNDARY CORNERBACK 30 Nick Fouch: FOWCH (like couch) 67 Thayne Jackson, 6-5, 296, R-Fr. 2 Ryan McKinley, 6-1, 193, R-Sr. 92 Myles Mckee-Osibodu: Oh-shee-BOW-doo 7 Dareon Nash, 6-2, 178, R-Fr. 98 Esai Longoria: EE-sigh 20 Gavin Crow, 6-1, 200, R-Fr. LEFT GUARD COACHES: 74 Angel Villanueva, 6-5, 324, R-So. Mike Ferriter: FAIR-it-er 73 Brandon Scott, 6-7, 295, R-Fr. FIELD CORNERBACK Chad Germer: JUR-mur 66 Ashton Torres, 6-4, 292, R-Fr. 1 Markell Sanders, 6-2, 189, R-Jr. Travis Niekamp: KNEE-camp 8 Lewis Cowans, 6-1, 192, R-Fr. Shann Schillinger: SHILL-in-jer CENTER 23 Josh Egbo, 6-2, 193, R-Fr. 72 Cooper Sprunk, 6-4, 300, R-Sr. 50 Cody Meyer, 6-3, 293, R-So. -OR- FREE SAFETY *= Inactive/Injured 62 Dylan Eickmeyer, 6-4, 292, R-Fr. 30 Evan Epperly, 5-10, 197, R-Jr. 5 Justin Strong, 5-11, 190, Sr. RIGHT GUARD 12 Korey Alexander, 5-11, 190, Sr. 75 Robert Luke, 6-4, 318, Sr. 77 Dallas Hart, 6-5, 315, R-So. STRONG SAFETY RIGHT TACKLE 13 Josh Sandry, 6-1, 203, R-So. 51 Mike Ralston, 6-5, 302, R-Sr. 12 Korey Alexander, 5-11, 190, Sr. 78 Conlan Beaver, 6-5, 293, R-Fr. 11 Isiahia Banks, 6-0, 203, Fr.

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GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS OFFENSE WR (X) WR (Y) WR (Z) WR (H) RB LT LG C RG RT QB VALPARAISO Curran Ju. Calhoun Louie-McGee Simis Je. Calhoun Reese Villanueva Sprunk Luke Ralston Phillips WASHINGTON Curran Ju. Calhoun Louie-McGee Horner Je. Calhoun Reese Villanueva Sprunk Luke Ralston Phillips SAVANNAH STATE Curran Ju. Calhoun Louie-McGee Horner Je. Calhoun Reese Villanueva Sprunk Luke Ralston Phillips EASTERN WASH. Curran Ju. Calhoun Louie-McGee Horner Je. Calhoun Reese Villanueva Sprunk Luke Ralston Jensen PORTLAND STATE Akem Toure Louie-McGee Horner Je. Calhoun Reese Villanueva Sprunk Luke Ralston Jensen IDAHO STATE Curran Ju. Calhoun Louie-McGee Horner Je. Calhoun Reese Villanueva Sprunk Luke Ralston Jensen NORTH DAKOTA Curran Ju. Calhoun Louie-McGee Horner Je. Calhoun Reese Villanueva Sprunk Luke Ralston Jensen WEBER STATE Curran Ju. Calhoun Louie-McGee Horner Je. Calhoun Reese Villanueva Sprunk Luke Ralston Jensen NO. ARIZONA Curran Ju. Calhoun Louie-McGee Horner Je. Calhoun Reese Villanueva Sprunk Luke Ralston Hill NO. COLORADO Curran Ju. Calhoun Louie-McGee Horner Je. Calhoun Reese Villanueva Sprunk Luke Ralston Jensen MONTANA STATE

DEFENSE OLB MLB OLB DE NT DT DE CB CB FS SS VALPARAISO Banks Fa’atuiese Buss Favoroso Shaw Sims Schye McKinley Sanders Epperly Sandry WASHINGTON Banks Fa’atuiese Buss Favoroso Shaw Sims Schye McKinley Cowans Strong Sandry SAVANNAH STATE Banks Fa’atuiese Buss Favoroso Davidson Sims Schye McKinley Sanders Strong Sandry EASTERN WASH. Banks Fa’atuiese Buss Rodriguez Shaw Sims Schye McKinley Sanders Strong Sandry PORTLAND STATE Banks Strahm Buss Rodriguez Shaw Sims Schye McKinley Sanders Strong Sandry IDAHO STATE Banks Strahm Buss Favoroso Shaw Sims Schye McKinley Sanders Strong Sandry NORTH DAKOTA Banks Strahm Buss Favoroso Shaw Sims Schye McKinley Sanders Strong Sandry WEBER STATE Banks Strahm Buss Favoroso Shaw Sims Schye McKinley Sanders Epperly Sandry NO. ARIZONA Banks Strahm Buss Favoroso Shaw Sims Schye McKinley Nash Epperly Sandry NO. COLORADO Banks Strahm Buss Favoroso Shaw Sims Schye McKinley Nash Epperly Sandry MONTANA STATE

SPECIALISTS PK KO P LS H KR PR VALPARAISO Purdy Williams Williams O’Donoghue Simis Eaton/Louie-McGee Louie-McGee WASHINGTON Purdy Williams Williams O’Donoghue Phillips Toure/Louie-McGee Louie-McGee SAVANNAH STATE Purdy Williams Williams O’Donoghue Simis Toure/Louie-McGee Louie-McGee EASTERN WASH. Purdy Williams Williams O’Donoghue Simis Toure/Louie-McGee Louie-McGee PORTLAND STATE Purdy Williams Williams O’Donoghue Simis Toure/Louie-McGee Louie-McGee IDAHO STATE Purdy Semenza Williams O’Donoghue Simis McCombs/Eaton Louie-McGee NORTH DAKOTA Purdy Semenza Williams O’Donoghue Simis McCombs/Eaton Louie-McGee WEBER STATE Purdy Semenza Williams O’Donoghue Simis McCombs/Eaton Louie-McGee NO. ARIZONA Purdy Semenza Williams O’Donoghue Simis McCombs/Louie-McGee Louie-McGee NO. COLORADO Purdy Semenza Williams O’Donoghue Simis McCombs/Louie-McGee Louie-McGee MONTANA STATE CAREER STARTS BY POSITION OFFENSE WR (X) WR (Z) WR (Y) WR (H) RB LT LG C RG RT QB Curran (20) Louie-McGee (18) Calhoun (19) Horner (21) Calhoun (10) Reese (45) Villanueva (21) Sprunk (20) Luke (23) Ralston (10) Jensen (6) Akem (1) Toure (1) Eaton (0) Simis (3) Lee (0) Jackson (0) Scott (0) Meyer (0) Hart (0) Beaver (0) Hill (1)

DEFENSE OLB MLB OLB DE NT DT DE CB CB FS SS Banks (21) Strahm (16) Buss (21) Favoroso (8) Shaw (9) Sims (16) Schye (10) McKinley (16) M. Sanders (20) Epperly (4) Sandry (12) Olson (0) Fa’atuiese (4) Olson (0) Rodriguez (2) Davis (0) Tilleman (0) Sirmon (0) Nash (1) Cowans (1) Strong (16) Alexander (0)

SPECIAL TEAMS PK KO P LS KR PR Purdy (11) Semenza (15) Williams (21) O’Donoghue (10) Louie-McGee/McCombs (2) Louie-McGee (18) Semenza (10) Williams (16) Purdy (0) Smith (0) Louie-McGee/Eaton (1) Ju. Calhoun (0)

Longest Active Start Streak Most Career Starts (Active) Most Career Starts (Active) cont. David Reese - 45 David Reese - 45 Markell Sanders - 20 Angel Villanueva - 21 Robert Luke - 23 Cooper Sprunk - 20 James Banks - 21 Angel Villanueva - 21 Justin Calhoun - 19 Josh Buss - 21 James Banks - 21 Jerry Louie-McGee - 18 Eric Williams - 21 Josh Buss - 21 Justin Strong - 16 Eric Williams - 21 Connor Strahm - 16 Josh Horner - 21 Ryan McKinley - 16 Keenan Curran - 20 PAGE 9 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 2016 RESULTS 2017 GRIZ PERSONNEL (6-5 Overall, 3-5 Big Sky, 5-1 Home, 1-4 Away) Offensive Formation: ...... Spread Date...... Opponent...... Result Defensive Formation: ...... Multiple 9/3...... Saint Francis...... W 41-31 Starters Returning (O/D/S): ...... 19: 8/9/2 9/10...... @ #3 Northern Iowa...... W 20-14 Lettermen Returning: ...... 39 9/24...... @Cal Poly*...... L 42-41 Lettermen Lost: ...... 18 10/1...... Southern Utah *...... W 43-20 Returning All-Conf. Performers: ...... 5 10/8...... Mississippi Valley State...... W 67-7 10/15...... Sacramento State *...... W 68-7 2017 LETTERMEN 10/22...... @Northern Arizona *...... L 45-34 Lettermen Returning: 38 10/29...... #3 @Eastern Washington *...... L 35-16 Lettermen Lost: 21 11/5...... Idaho State *...... W 62-44 11/12...... @Northern Colorado *...... L 28-25 OTHER TOP RETURNERS (PLAYED IN 5 OR MORE GAMES) 11/19...... Montana State * ...... L 24-17 12 Korey Alexander Sr. DB 5-11 198 1V 2017 RETURNING ALL-BIG SKY 8 Jeremy Calhoun Jr. RB 6-0 203 2V 57 Shayne Cochran R-Jr. LB 6-1 221 1V 2nd team: David Reese Sr. OL 6-7 3V 55 Kyle Davis R-Jr. DT 6-1 259 2V 3rd team: Josh Buss R-Jr. LB 6-2 2V 3 Mick Delaney R-Sr. S 6-0 195 1V 3rd team: Connor Strahm R-Sr. LB 6-0 3V 5 Kobey Eaton R-So. WR 6-3 185 1V Hon. Men.: Justin Strong Sr. S 5-11 1V 30 Evan Epperly R-Jr. S 5-10 186 1V Hon. Men.: Jerry Louie-McGee R-So. WR 5-9 1V 45 Vika Fa'atuiese R-So. LB 6-3 220 1V 5 Total 1 Treshawn Favors R-Sr. RB 5-9 194 2V RETURNING STARTERS (THREE OR MORE) 77 Dallas Hart R-So. OL 6-5 312 1V No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Ex. 75 Robert Luke Sr. OL 6-4 316 3V 36 James Banks Sr. LB 6-1 215 1V 92 Myles Mckee-Osibodu Sr. DT 6-3 264 1V 88 Colin Bingham R-So. WR 6-3 226 1V 25 Shane Moody R-Sr. CB 5-8 165 1V 42 Josh Buss R-Jr. LB 6-2 204 2V 33 Dante Olson R-So. LB 6-3 223 1V 9 Justin Calhoun R-So. WR 5-10 168 1V 39 Brandon Purdy R-So. KP 5-10 168 1V 6 Keenan Curran Jr. WR 6-2 201 2V 37 Tucker Schye R-Sr. DE 6-4 240 3V 91 Brandt Davidson Sr. DT 6-3 294 1V 17 Makena Simis R-Sr. WR 6-2 215 1V 80 Josh Horner Sr. WR 6-5 220 3V 40 Cy Sirmon R-So. LB 6-3 236 1V 16 Jerry Louie-McGee R-So. WR 5-9 168 1V 21 Lamarriel Taylor R-So. WR 6-2 195 1V 2 Ryan McKinley R-Sr. CB 6-1 199 2V 99 Reggie Tilleman R-Jr. DE 6-4 266 1V 76 David Reese Sr. OL 6-7 298 3V 21 Total 1 Markell Sanders R-Jr. CB 6-2 185 2V 13 Josh Sandry R-So. S 6-1 200 1V 89 Tim Semenza R-So. K 5-7 167 1V 2016 LETTERMEN 49 Jesse Sims R-So. DE 6-4 254 1V Alexander, Korey Held, Aaron Reynard, TJ 72 Cooper Sprunk R-Sr. OL 6-4 293 2V Banks, James Homan, James Sanders, Markell 10 Connor Strahm R-Sr. LB 6-0 241 3V Bedell, Donald Horner, Josh Sanders, Yamen 5 Justin Strong Sr. S 5-11 185 1V Bingham, Colin Hovey, Lane Sandry, Josh 74 Angel Villanueva R-So. OL 6-5 314 1V Buss, Josh Johnson, Ryan Schye, Tucker 35 Eric Williams Jr. KP 5-11 183 1V Calhoun, Jeremy Kelly, Max Semenza, Tim Offense: 8 Defense: 9 Special Teams: 2 Calhoun, Justin Kidder, Caleb Simis, Makena 19 Total Chalich, Chad Louie-McGee, Sims, Jesse STARTERS LOST (THREE OR MORE) Cochran, Shayne Jerry Sirmon, Cy Counts, Joey Luke, Robert Sprunk, Cooper 3 Brady Gustafson R-Sr. QB 6-7 230 Curran, Keenan Lyons, Caleb Strahm, Connor 4 James Homan Jr. WR 6-2 175 Davidson, Brandt McKee-Osibodu, Strong, Justin 9 Yamen Sanders R-Sr. S 6-4 210 Davis, Kyle Myles Taylor, Lamarriel 18 JR Nelson R-Sr. CB 6-2 177 Delaney, Mick McKinley, Ryan Thiebes, Jackson 20 John Nguyen Sr. RB 5-7 180 Dietrich, Devon Moody, Shane Tilleman, Reggie 37 Caleb Kidder R-Sr. DT 6-5 275 Eaton, Kobey Nelson, JR Todd, McCauley 50 Aaron Held R-Sr. LS 6-1 193 Epperly, Evan Nguyen, John Villanueva, Angel 60 Jackson Thiebes R-Sr. OL 6-5 295 Fa’atuiese, Vika Olson, Dante Williams, Eric 71 Devon Dietrich R-Sr. OL 6-4 302 Favors, Treshawn Peevey, Zach Williams, Jerrin 97 Ryan Johnson R-Sr. DE 6-3 255 Gustafson, Brady Purdy, Brandon 93 Zach Peevey R-Sr. DT 6-3 26 Hart, Dallas Reese, David 5 Offense: 5 Defense: 5 Special Teams: 1 11 Total PAGE 10 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017

THE LAST TIME A GRIZZLY...

Rushed for 100+ yards ...... 101, Makena Simis vs Northern Arizona., 2017 Rushed for 200+ yards...... 211, Jordan Canada at Southern Utah, 2014 Rushed for 4 TDs ...... 4, Jordan Canada at Sac State, 2013 Rushed for 3 TDs ...... 3, Jeremy Calhoun vs. Eastern Washington, 2015 Had 2 100-yard rushers ...... 136, Travon Van & 102, Jordan Canada vs. Portland St., 2013 Passed for 300+ yards ...... 347, Gresch Jensen at Weber State, 2017 Passed for 400+ yards ...... 423, Gresch Jensen vs North Dakota, 2017 Passed for 500+ yards ...... 505, Drew Miller at Idaho (in Pullman, Wash.), 2000 Passed for 6 TDs ...... 7, Chad Chalich vs. Idaho State, 2016 Passed for 5 TDs ...... 5, Jordan Johnson at N. Dakota, 2013 Passed for 4 TDs ...... 4, Gresch Jensen at Idaho State, 2017 Threw 3 or more Interceptions in a game ...... 3, Gresch Jensen at Weber State, 2017 Player had 200+ receiving yards in a game ...... 200, Marc Mariani vs. Cal Poly, 2009 Had two 100-yard receivers ...... 133, James Homan & 133, Justin Calhoun vs Northern Arizona, 2016 Had three 100-yard receivers ...... 156, Etu Molden, 149, Jimmy Farris, ...... 127 Tanner Hancock at Idaho (in Pullman, WA), 2000 Caught four (4) TD passes ...... 4, Kennan Curran vs. Idaho State, 2016 Caught three (3) TD passes ...... 3. Jamaal Jones vs. Montana State, 2015 Caught two (2) TD passes ...... 2, Keenan Curran vs North Dakota 2017 Recorded 500 yards of total offense ...... 549, Brian Ah Yat vs. Northern Arizona, 1996 Recorded 400 yards of total offense ...... 459, Gresch Jensen vs North Dakota, 2017 Recorded 250 all-purpose yards...... 275, Jerry Louie-McGee at Cal Poly, 2016 Returned a punt for a Touchdown...... 48, Jerry Louie-McGee vs Northern Arizona, 2017 Returned a kickoff for a TD ...... 98, Ellis Henderson at South Dakota, 2013 Kicked four (4) field goals in a game ...... Daniel Sullivan, vs Montana State, 2015 Kicked three (3) field goals in a game ...... Brandon Purdy, vs. N. Colorado 2017 Kicked a game-winning field goal ...... 35-yarder, Daniel Sullivan at North Dakota, 2014 Kicked a field goal of 50 yards or more ...... 50, Ben Worst vs. Ok. Panhandle St., 2013 Had Two or more INTs. in a game ...... 3, Justin Strong at Portland State, 2017 Returned a for a TD ...... 0, Donald Bedell vs. Mississippi Valley State, 2016 Returned an for a TD ...... 64, Justin Strong at Portland State, 2017 Blocked a punt ...... Dante Olson vs N. Colorado 2017 Returned a blocked punt for a TD ...... Brent Meyers vs. Sacramento State, 2002 Blocked a field Goal...... Josh Sandry vs Savannah State, 2017 Returned a blocked FG for a TD ...... 67, Jimmy Wilson at Northern Arizona, 2005 Had Two (2) forced in a game ...... Brock Coyle at Montana State, 2013 Blocked a PAT ...... Jesse Sims vs Northern Arizona, 2017 Forced a safety ...... Derek Crittenden vs Cal Poly, 2015 Returned a PAT for a score...... Connor Strahm at Portland State, 2017

THE LAST TIME AN OPPONENT... Rushed for 100+ yards ...... 102, Anthony Davis, vs N. Colorado, 2017 Rushed for 200+ yards ...... 226, Chris Brown, Cal Poly at CP, 2014 Had Two 100-yard rushers ...... 165 David Jones - 119 Alex Kuresa, Portland State at PSU 2015 Rushed for 4 TDs ...... 4, Vai Tafuna, Weber State at WSU, 2010 Passed for 400+ yards ...... 549, at UM, 2017 Passed for 5 TDs ...... 6. , EWU at Montana, 2013 Passed for 4 TDs ...... 4, Gage Gubrud, Eastern Washington at UM, 2017 Threw 3+ interceptions ...... 3, Conor Regan, vs. N. Colorado, 2017 Player had 200+ rec. yards in a game ...... 333, Greg Hardin at UND, 2012 Had two (2) 100-yard receivers ...... N. Sblendorio (189) & N. Webster (143) vs Eastern Washington 2017 Caught Three (3) TD passes ...... 3, Cooper Kupp, Eastern Washington at EWU, 2016 Had 400 yards of total offese ...... 617, Eastern Washington, at UM, 2017 Returned a punt for a touchdown...... 67, Dante Pettis, Washington at UW, 2017 Returned a kickoff for a TD ...... 87, Kahlil Dawson at Portland State, 2017 Returned an interception for a TD ...... Jordan Preator (23), at Weber State, 2017 Returned a fumble for a TD ...... 98, Ryan Reardon & 22, Marcus Alford, at NAU, 2013 Player had Two (2) interceptions in a game ...... 2, Jordan Preator at Weber State, 2017 Team had Three (3) or more INTs. in a game ...... 3 at Weber State, 2017 Blocked a Punt ...... M. Dubose, Northern Colorado at UNC, 2016 Scored a TD on a blocked punt ...... 13, M. Dubose, Northern Colorado at UNC, 2016 Had 300+ all-purpose yards ...... 420, Greg Hardin, UND at UND, 2012 Kicked 3 or more FGs in a game ...... 5, Adam Keller, N. Dakota St. at NDSU, 2014 Blocked a field goal ...... Southern Utah at UM, 2016 Blocked a PAT ...... Koby Lowe, at Idaho State, 2017 Had a safety...... Western State (Colo.) at UM, 2010 PAGE 11 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 WEEKLY NATIONAL POLLS

STATS FCS TOP 25 FCS COACHES’ POLL As of Nov. 13, 2017 As of Nov. 13, 2017

RANK SCHOOL VOTES PREV RANK SCHOOL POINTS LAST WEEK RECORD 1 James Madison (10-0) 4075 (163) 1 1 James Madison (26) 650 10-0 1 2 Jacksonville State (9-1) 3840 2 2 Jacksonville State 618 9-1 2 3 Central Arkansas (9-1) 3700 3 3 Central Arkansas 572 9-1 3 4 North Dakota State (9-1) 3510 5 4 Sam Houston State 558 9-1 4 5 Sam Houston State (9-1) 3451 4 5 South Dakota State 544 8-2 5 6 South Dakota State (8-2) 3331 6 6 North Dakota State 535 9-1 6 7 Wofford (9-1) 3043 8 T-7 North Carolina A&T 473 10-0 7 8 North Carolina A&T (10-0) 2829 9 T-7 Wofford 473 9-1 8 9 Western Illinois (7-3) 2417 11 9 Weber State 397 8-2 12 10 Stony Brook (8-2) 2263 12 10 Western Illinois 387 7-3 13 11 Elon (8-2) 2197 7 11 Grambling State 385 9-1 11 12 Weber State (8-2) 2096 14 12 Stony Brook 318 8-2 15 13 Grambling State (9-1) 1942 13 13 Samford 312 7-3 14 14 Southern Utah (8-2) 1823 15 14 New Hampshire 307 7-3 16 15 South Dakota (7-3) 1769 10 15 Elon 269 8-2 9 16 New Hampshire (7-3) 1667 18 16 South Dakota 257 7-3 10 17 Samford (7-3) 1598 16 17 Nicholls 217 8-2 17 18 Eastern Washington (6-4) 1049 19 18 Southern Utah 213 8-2 19 19 McNeese (8-2) 967 20 19 McNeese 199 8-2 18 20 Furman (7-3) 954 21 20 Eastern Washington 138 6-4 21 21 Illinois State (6-4) 798 17 21 Kennesaw State 136 9-1 23 22 Kennesaw State (9-1) 787 23 22 Monmouth 135 9-1 22 23 Northern Arizona (7-3) 717 24 23 Northern Arizona 77 7-3 24 24 UNI (6-4) 515 25 24 Furman 73 7-3 NR 25 Nicholls (8-2) 485 NR 25 Illinois State 67 6-4 20

Others: Monmouth (366) , Delaware (225) , Montana (215) , Yale (89) , Richmond (83) , West- Others receiving votes: Northern Iowa (60), Montana (25), Richmond (15), Delaware (15), Yale ern Carolina (70) , Austin Peay (46) , Columbia (18) , North Carolina Central (16) , Sacramento (11), Western Carolina (7), Austin Peay (5), Central Connecticut (1), San Diego (1) State (7) , Youngstown State (6) , Howard (5) , Central Connecticut State (3) , Dartmouth (2) , San Diego (1)

2017 NATIONAL PRESEASON POLLS STATS FCS TOP 25 FCS COACHES’ POLL Preseason Poll - Aug. 7, 2017 Preseason Poll - Aug. 8, 2017

RANK SCHOOL VOTES PREV. RANK TEAM VOTES POINTS PREVIOUS 2016 RECORD 1 James Madison (0-0) 4034 (134) NR 1 James Madison (20) 642 1 14-1 2 North Dakota State (0-0) 3874 (19) NR 2 North Dakota State (2) 618 3 12-2 3 Sam Houston State (0-0) 3610 (7) NR 3 Sam Houston State (3) 577 5 12-1 4 South Dakota State (0-0) 3385 (2) NR 4 Eastern Washington 525 4 12-2 5 Eastern Washington (0-0) 3270 NR 5 Jacksonville State 493 6 10-2 6 Jacksonville State (1-0) 3081 (1) NR 6 South Dakota State (1) 479 7 9-4 7 Richmond (0-0) 3041 NR 7 Richmond 474 8 10-4 8 North Dakota (0-0) 2871 NR 8 Youngstown State 450 2 12-4 9 Youngstown State (0-0) 2658 NR 9 Villanova 413 13 9-4 10 Villanova (0-0) 2628 NR 10 North Dakota 412 12 9-3 11 Wofford (0-0) 2543 NR 11 Wofford 381 11 10-4 12 Chattanooga (0-1) 1995 NR 12 The Citadel 333 9 10-2 13 New Hampshire (0-0) 1741 NR 13 Chattanooga 330 10 9-4 14 Charleston Southern (0-0) 1710 NR 14 Charleston Southern 261 14 7-4 15 Central Arkansas (0-0) 1685 NR 15 Central Arkansas 251 16 10-3 16 Citadel (0-0) 1545 NR 16 New Hampshire 244 17 10-3 17 Lehigh (0-0) 1369 NR 17 Lehigh 177 18 9-3 18 UNI (0-0) 924 NR 18 Illinois State 149 N/R 6-6 19 Samford (0-0) 893 NR 19 Samford 144 23 7-5 20 Illinois State (0-0) 876 NR 20 Northern Iowa 136 N/R 5-6 21 Grambling State (0-0) 692 NR 21 Grambling State 133 15 12-1 22 Fordham (0-0) 604 NR 22 Weber State 102 24 7-5 23 Cal Poly (0-1) 427 NR 23 Cal Poly 85 21t 7-5 24 Albany (0-0) 418 NR 24 North Carolina Central 83 19 9-3 25 Western Illinois (0-0) 367 NR 25 North Carolina A&T 78 20 9-3

Others: North Carolina Central (326) , Weber State (322) , Northern Arizona (307) , McNeese Fordham (63), Albany (62), Western Illinois (54), Montana (51), Northern Arizona (42), McNeese (261) , San Diego (250) , Montana (215) , North Carolina A&T (198) , Kennesaw State (154) State (34), San Diego (33), Tennessee State (26), Kennesaw State (17), William & Mary (16), , Liberty (134) , Tennessee State (102) , UT Martin (90) , South Dakota (87) , Harvard (36) , Harvard (16), South Dakota (14), Saint Francis (8), Southeastern Louisiana (7), Dayton (7), Nicholls Saint Francis U (31) , Delaware (27) , Princeton (23) , South Carolina State (22) , Nicholls (21) State (6), Princeton (5), Prairie View A&M (5), Colgate (5), Towson (2), Eastern Illinois (2), Southern , Southeastern Louisiana (20) , Southern Utah (17) , Penn (14) , Duquesne (14) , Stony Brook (2), Southern Utah (2), Mercer (1) (13) , Maine (11) , Montana State (6) , Mercer (6) , Southern Illinois (5) , Alcorn State (4) , William & Mary (4) , Eastern Illinois (3) , ETSU (3) , Wagner (3) , Eastern Kentucky (2) , Indiana State (1) , Bethune-Cookman (1) , Dayton (1)

PAGE 12 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 THIS WEEK IN THE BIG SKY BIG SKY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINATIONS

Saturday, Nov. 18 DATE ...... OPPONENT ...... NOMINEE 9/2...... Valparaiso...... Jerry Louie-McGee (O) Cal Poly at Northern Colorado...... 1:30 p.m. MT ...... Tucker Schye (D) ...... Eric Williams (S) TV: Pluto TV 9/9...... @ Washington...... N/A (O) Montana at Montana State...... 12:05 p.m. MT ...... N/A (D) TV: ROOT SPORTS (Game of the Week) ...... N/A (S) Talent: Tom Glasglow, Jason Stiles, Jen Mueller 9/16...... Savannah St...... Gresch Jensen (O) UC Davis at Sacramento State...... 2:00 p.m. PT ...... Josh Buss (D) TV: Pluto TV ...... Brandon Purdy (S) ...... Gresch Jensen* (F)

Idaho State at Weber State...... 2:05 p.m. MT 9/23...... Eastern Wash...... Gresch Jensen (O) TV: Pluto TV ...... Tucker Schye* (D) ...... Samori Toure (S) Northern Arizona at Southern Utah...... 2:35 p.m. MT ...... Gresch Jensen* (F) TV: Eleven Sports/Pluto TV Talent: Ari Wolfe, Darius Walker 9/30...... @ Portland St...... Jeremy Calhoun (O) ...... Justin Strong #$& (D) Portland State at Eastern Washington ...... 3:05 p.m. PT ...... Brandon Purdy (S) TV: ROOT SPORTS (Game of the Week) 10/7...... @ Idaho St...... Gresch Jensen (O) Talent: Brad Adam, Taylor Barton ...... Jesse Sims (D) ...... Tim Semenza (S) ...... Gresch Jensen* (F)

PRESEASON BIG SKY POLLS 10/14...... North Dakota...... Keenan Curran (O) ...... Josh Sandry#* (D) ...... Brandon Purdy (S) Media Poll...... Point Total (1st votes) ...... Gresch Jensen* (F)

1: North Dakota...... 298 (15) 10/28...... @ Weber St...... N/A (O) 2: Eastern Washington...... 271 (5) ...... Josh Buss (D) 3: Northern Arizona...... 236 (3) ...... N/A (S)

4: Cal Poly...... 224 11/4...... N. Arizona...... Makena Simis (O) 5: Weber State...... 209 ...... Connor Strahm!* (D) 6: Montana...... 204 (1) ...... Jerry Louie-McGee (S)

7: Southern Utah...... 175 11/11...... N. Colorado...... Gresch Jensen^ (O) 8: Montana State...... 156 ...... Tucker Schye (D) 9: Northern Colorado...... 135 ...... Brandon Purdy (S) 10: Portland State...... 104 ...... Gresch Jensen (F) 11: UC Davis...... 62 11/18...... @ Montana St...... (O) 12: Sacramento State...... 61 ...... (D) ...... (S) 13: Idaho State...... 44 O = Offensive, D = Defensive, S = Special Teams, F = Freshman # = ROOT Sports Big Sky Player of the Week Coaches’ Poll...... Point Total (1st votes) $ = STATS FCS National Player of the Week & = NCAA FCS National Player of the Week 1: North Dakota...... 130 (6) * = STATS FCS National Player of the Week Honorable Mention 2: Eastern Washington...... 124 (2) ^ = Performance Awards FCS Player of the Week Hon. Mention 3: Northern Arizona...... 119 (2) 4: Cal Poly...... 108 (1) GRIZ IN THE PROS 5: Weber State...... 103 (1) 6: Montana...... 83 (1) 7 Players (As of 10/1/17) NAME TEAM HOMETOWN 7: Southern Utah...... 80 Brock Coyle Bozeman, Mont. 8: Montana State...... 69 Trumaine Johnson Stockton, Calif. 9: Portland State...... 62 William Poehls Jacksonville Jaguars Chander, Ariz. Travon Van Edmonton Eskimos San Diego, Calif. 10: Northern Colorado...... 60 Colt Anderson Buffalo Bills Butte, Mont. 11: UC Davis...... 35 Jordan Tripp Atlanta Falcons Missoula, Mont. 12: Sacramento State...... 26 Jamaal Jones Carolina Panthers Spanaway, Wash. 13: Idaho State...... 15 COACHES: COACH NAME TEAM HOMETOWN Dave Dickenson Great Falls, Mont. MONTANA IN THE STATS FCS TOP-25 Tim Hauck Philiadelphia Eagles Butte, Mont. Marty Mornhinweg Ravens Edmond, Okla. Pre. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final Andre Patterson Minnesota Vikings Camden, Ark. NR NR NR NR NR NR 24 21 24 NR NR NR Bruce Read Alouettes Santa Rosa, Calif. Brock Sunderland Edmonton Eskimos Great Falls, Mont. MONTANA IN THE FCS COACHES’ POLL

Pre. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 25 NR NR NR NR PAGE 13 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 GRIZ OPPONENT SCHEDULES/RESULTS

N. Arizona Portland St. (7-3, 6-1) Valparaiso (5-5, 4-3) (0-10, 0-7) Opponent Date/Result Opponent Date/Result Opponent Date/Result @ Arizona L, 62-24 @ Montana L, 45-23 @ BYU L, 20-6 Western Ill. L, 38-20 Duquesne L, 45-40 @ Oregon St. L, 35-32 Bye 9.16 @Trinity Int. W, 44-10 UC Davis* L, 37-14 @ Cal Poly* W, 28-10 @ Drake* L, 38-13 Bye 9.23 No. Colorado* W, 48-20 Stetson* W, 27-24 Montana* L, 45-33 Illinois St. W, 37-16 @ Campbell* L, 49-10 @ Montana St.* L, 30-22 @ Portland St.* W, 42-20 Marist* W, 49-15 No. Arizona* L, 42-20 UC Davis* W, 45-31 Bye 10.21 @ Idaho St.* L, 59-30 Sacramento St.* W, 37-17 Morehead St.* W, 63-32 North Dakota* L, 48-21 @ Montana* L, 17-15 @ Jacksonville* L, 20-17 @ Cal Poly* L, 35-28 Montana St.* W, 37-36 @ Butler* W, 36-28 Weber St. * L, 63-17 @Southern Utah* 11.18 Dayton* 11.18 @ Eastern Wash.* 11.18 N. Colorado (2-7, 1-6) Washington (8-2, 5-2) Idaho State (4-6, 2-5) Opponent Date/Result Opponent Date/Result Opponent Date/Result College of Idaho W, 41-14 @ Rutgers W, 30-14 Western Oregon W, 37-6 @ Florida Cancelled Montana W, 63-7 @ Utah St. L, 51-13 @ Colorado L, 41-21 Fresno St. W, 48-16 @ Nevada W, 30-28 Idaho St.* W, 43-42 @ Colorado* W, 37-10 @ No. Colorado* L, 43-42 @No. Arizona* L, 48-20 @ Oregon St.* W, 42-7 Cal Poly* W, 38-34 @North Dakota L, 48-38 California* W, 38-7 Montana* L, 39-31 Bye 10.14 @ Arizona St.* L, 13-7 @ Sacramento St.* L, 41-21 Montana St.* L, 27-24 Bye 10.21 Portland St.* W, 59-30 Southern Utah* L, 27-14 UCLA* W, 44-23 @ Montana St.* L, 28-14 @ Sacramento St.* L, 50-21 Oregon* W, 38-3 UC Davis* L, 56-17 @ Montana* L, 44-14 @ Stanford* L, 30-22 Bye 11.11 Cal Poly* 11.18 Utah* 11.18 @ Weber St.* 11.18 Washington St.* 11.25 Montana State (4-6, 4-3) North Dakota (3-8, 2-6) Opponent Date/Result Savannah State (2-8, 2-5) Opponent Date/Result @ Washington St. L, 31-0 Opponent Date/Result @ Utah L, 37-16 South Dakota St. L, 31-27 @ Appalachian St. L, 54-7 Missouri St. W, 34-0 Bye 9.16 @ Montana L, 56-3 @ South Dakota L, 45-7 @ North Dakota* W, 49-21 Florida A&M* L, 20-14 Montana St.* L, 49-21 Weber St.* L, 25-17 @ Bethune-Cookman L, 24-12 @ UC Davis* L, 48-24 Portland St. W, 30-22 Hampton* L, 17-10 No. Colorado* W, 48-38 @ Eastern Wash.* L, 31-19 @Morgan St.* L, 48-28 @ Montana* L, 41-17 @ No. Colorado* W, 27-24 @ Charleston So. L, 52-27 Sacramento St.* L, 34-27 Idaho St.* W, 28-14 @Norfolk St.* W, 27-9 @ Portland St.* W, 48-21 Kennesaw St. L, 16-14 Delaware St.* W, 35-21 @ Southern Utah* L, 47-21 @ No. Arizona* L, 37-36 @ N. Carolina A&T* L, 36-17 Eastern Wash.* L, 21-14 Montana* 11.18 S. Carolina St.* 11.18 Nov.18 at Montana State Weber State (8-2, 6-1) 117th Brawl of the Wild E. Washington (6-4, 5-2) Opponent Date/Result Opponent Facts Opponent Date/Result Montana Western W, 76-0 @ Texas Tech L, 56-10 @ California L, 33-20 North Dakota St. L, 40-13 @ Sacramento St. W, 31-24 Enrollment: ...... 16,440 @ Fordham W, 56-21 UC Davis* W, 41-3 Nickname: ...... Bobcats Colors: ...... Blue and Gold @ Montana* W, 48-41 @ Montana St.* W, 25-17 Stadium: ...... Bobcat Stadium Sacramento St.* W, 52-31 Bye 10.7 Affiliation: ...... FCS @ UC Davis* W, 41-38 Southern Utah* L, 32-16 Conference:...... Big Sky Montana St.* W, 31-19 @ Cal Poly* W, 17-3 Athletic Director: ...... Leon Costello @ Southern Utah* L, 46-28 Montana* W, 41-27 Head Coach:.....Jeff Choate (Second year) Bye 10.28 @ Eastern Wash.* W, 28-20 Record at school/career: ...... 4-7 Weber St.* L, 28-20 @ Portland St. W, 63-17 Record vs UM: ...... 1-0 @ North Dakota* W, 21-14 Idaho St.* 11.18 Series Record: ...... UM leads 72-38-5 Portland St.* 11.18

* indicates conference game

PAGE 14 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 2017 GRIZ SEASON NOTES CURRENT GRIZ IN THE RECORD BOOKS PRESEASON AWARDS RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS - Career RECEIVING YARDS (TOP-50) - Season A trio of Montana football standouts were 52...... Chase Reynolds, 2008-10 1,479...... Marc Mariani, 2009 named to the 2017 preseason All-Big Sky 50...... Lex Hilliard, 2003-05, 2007 1,469...... Joe Douglass, 1996 team the league announced in July at the an- 43...... Yohance Humphery, 1988-2001 1,308...... Marc Mariani, 2008 nual football kickoff event in Park City, Utah. 40...... Jordan Canada, 2011-2014 ...... 30 more... 24...... Jeremy Calhoun, 2015-Present 705 ...... Raul Pacheco, 1997 Record-breaking sophomore wide receiver ...... Tony Rice, 1989-92 702...... Shalon Baker, 1991 Jerry Louie-McGee and senior offensive tack- 22...... Justin Green, 2003-04 701...... Jimmy Farris, 1999 le David Reese were both given All-Big Sky ...... Jody Farmer, 1986-89 699...... Etu Molden, 2000 accolades, following up on their postseason 20...... Dave Dickenson, 1992-95 694...... Keenan Curran, 2017 all-conference awards in 2016...... Josh Branen, 1995-97 692...... Ryan Bagley, 2007 17...... Kelly Stensrud, 1992-95 689...... Jon Talmage, 2002 On the defensive side of the ball, junior line- ...... Rocky Klever, 1977-81 675...... Justin Olsen, 1998 backer and last year’s Steve Carlson Defen- 661...... Tate Hancock, 2004 sive MVP Josh Buss also earned a place on MOST RECEPTIONS - Game 651...... Jerry Louie-McGee, 2016 the preseason All-Big Sky team after earning 21.. Jerry Louie-McGee, @Cal Poly, 2016 641...... Craig Chambers, 2006 all-conference honors in the fall. 15...... Josh Paffhausen, St. Mary’s, 1997 BIG SKY PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE PASS RECEPTION TDs - CAREER TEAM RECEPTIONS - Game 29...... Marc Mariani, 2006-09 21.. Jerry Louie McGee, @Cal Poly, 2016 26...... Etu Molden, 1999-01 Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: 15...... Josh Paffhausen, 1997, St. Mary’s ...... Mike Erhardt, 1993-96 Gage Gubrud, QB, Eastern Washington ...... 15 more...... Shalon Baker, 1991-94 Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: 10...... Jerry Louie-McGee, @ EWU, 2016 25...... Joe Douglass, 1995-96 Cole Reyes, S, North Dakota 24...... Jon Talmage, 2002-05 PASS RECEPTIONS - Season 23...... Ellis Henderson, 2012-13, 2015 Quarterback: Gage Gubrud, Eastern Wash- 82...... Joe Douglass, 1996 22 ...... Jamaal Jones, 2013-15 ington 80...... Marc Mariani, 2009 21...... Jimmy Farris, 1997-00 Wide Receivers: Emmanuel Butler, North- ...... Jefferson Heidelberger, 2004 21...... Raul Pacheco, 1995-98 ern Arizona (Consensus); Keelan Doss, UC 76...... Etu Molden, 2001 20...... Jeremy Watkins, 1996-99 Davis; Jerry Louie-McGee, Montana 75...... Jamaal Jones, 2015 19...... Jabin Sambrano, 2008-11 Offensive Tackles: David Reese, Montana; 73...... Jerry Louie-McGee, 2016 ...... Matt Wells, 1992-95 Randin Crecelius, Portland State 72...... Jeremy Watkins, 1998 17...... Scott Gurnsey, 1991-94 Offensive Guard: Tyler Shank, Northern 71...... Mike Trevathan, 1990 16...... Keenan Curran, 2015-Present Arizona; Demon Taylor, North Dakota Center: Joey Kuperman, Cal Poly 69...... Marc Mariani, 2008 15...... Mike Ferriter, 2005-08 Tight End: Andrew Vollert, Weber State ...... Bill Cockhill, 1990-93 (Consensus) AVG RECEPTIONS/GAME - Season Running Backs: John Santiago, North Dakota 9.1...... Jerry Louie-McGee, 2016 IN THE RECORD BOOKS: Freshman (Consensus); Brady Oliveira, North Dakota 7.45...... Joe Douglass, 1996 receiver Samori Toure is one of Montana’s Fullback: Joe Protheroe, Cal Poly 7.10...... Mike Trevathan, 1990 leading receivers so far this season. A Placekicker: Griffin Roehler, Northern Arizona large chunk of his receiving yards have Return Specialist: John Santiago, North LONGEST PUNT RETURN come from two catches: one for 71 yards Dakota 94*...... Marc Mariani vs. ISU, 2008(TD) against ISU and one for 80 yards against 94*...... Tuff Harris at E. Wash., 2006 (TD) Savannah State. Defensive Tackle: Robert Torgerson, South- 90...... Peter Nguyen vs. Liberty, 2012 ern Utah; Anthony Del Toro, Portland State 82.....Marc Mariani vs. E. Wash. 2009 (TD) However, on both of those plays Toure Defensive End: Albert Havili, Eastern Wash- 81..... Jerry Louie-McGee, @N. Iowa (TD) was tripped up before he could reach the ington; Ben Sorensen, Sacramento State end zone, putting him in the UM record Outside : Mike Needham, South- TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS - Game books for the longest catch ever without a ern Utah; Josh Buss, Montana 4...... Keenan Curran, 2016, Idaho State TD (80) and the third-longest catch ever Inside Linebackers: Mac Bignell, Montana ...... 5 others... without a TD. The previous record of 72 State; Landon Stice, Weber State Cornerbacks: Deion Harris, North Dakota; was thrown by QB Shay Smithwick-Hann Taron Johnson, Weber State AVG YDS PER PUNT - Career at Weber State in 2012. Safeties: Cole Reyes, North Dakota; Mitch (Min. 50 Attempts - Since1948) Fettig, Eastern Washington 42.56...... Mike Rice, 1985-86 His 81-yard touchdown reception at Weber Punter: Jacob DeMaio, Weber State 42.13...... Tyson Johnson, 2003-05, 07 State is the ninth-longest in Montana his- Special Teams: Hakeem Deggs, Northern 41.80...... Dan Carpenter, 2004-06 tory and the longest play of the season for Colorado 41.26...... Jody Farmer, 1986-89 the Griz as of 10-29-17...... Lon Howard, 1968 41.23...... Ken Wood, 2008 40.6...... Eric Williams, 2016-Present 40.83...... Mark Spencer, 2001-02 PAGE 15 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 2017 GRIZ SEASON NOTES

KEEPING THE STREAK ALIVE: The Grizzlies Schye leads the team in appearances with 39 have won every season-opening game inside (every game of his career) but has never picked GAME DAY CAPTAINS Washington-Grizzly Stadium since 2003 when up a start. North Dakota State upset the Griz in Missoula - Each week, the coaching staff will select a new a 15-game win streak. Also picking up his first start against Valpo group of seniors to lead the team out of the was redshirt-freshman long snapper Matthew tunnel as game day captains. Since Washington-Grizzly Stadium hosted its O’Donoghue. first season opener in 1987, the Grizzlies have Valparaiso...... Schye, Delaney, Horner gone 27-4 in opening games. Montana’s all-time PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE: 26 of Mon- Washington...... Strong, Phillips, Luke record in the friendly confines is 193-29, an tana’s 31 newcomers to the 2017 squad will Savannah St...... Sprunk, Ralston 87-percent winning percentage. redshirt this season, allowing the coaching staff Eastern Wash...... Luke, McKee-Osibodu to build for the future of the program. Freshman Portland St...... Banks, Ralston, Reese, Sprunk PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF: Senior Mike safety Isiahia Banks out of Mullen HS in Col- Idaho St...... Banks, Simis Ralston won a starting spot at right tackle during orado is scheduled to dress for the Griz this sea- North Dakota.... Strong, Reese, Herschel Walker fall camp. It’s the fourth position he’s played son, but only to be used in case of emergency. Weber St..... McKinley, Favors, McKee-Osibodu for the Griz in his career. Ralston started four No. Arizona...... McKinley, Favors, Davidson games for the Griz as a tight end in 2014 before The last time Montana dug into its supply of No. Colorado...... Simis, Phillips, Banks moving over to the defensive side of the ball true freshman was in 2015 when running back Montana St...... in 2015 as a DE. In 2016 he played “H” wide Jeremy Calhoun took the field at UC Davis and receiver, since then he bulked-up to 302 pounds proceeded to rattle off nine touchdowns that BACK EAST: Montana has played only 37 to earn a spot on the O-line. season. teams from East of the Mississippi River in the 31-year history of Washington-Grizzly Stadium, NEW STARTERS: Nine different Grizzlies YOUTHFUL GRIZ: The Montana roster is load- with the bulk of those games (19) occurring in earned their first career start in maroon and ed with talent, but still skews toward youth as the D1-AA/FCS playoffs and a 30-7 all-time silver against Valparaiso in the home-opener; opposed to veteran experience. Among active record. three on offense, five on defense and one players (non-redshirts), the Griz are suiting up a specialist. robust 23 freshmen and 18 sophomores, making GRIZ VS. TEAMS FROM EAST up more than half of the 74-man squad. At quarterback, senior Reese Phillips made his OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN first start since his senior year of high school, On the week-one two-deep, Montana lined up WASHINGTON-GRIZZLY STADIUM over 1,700 days previous to that day’s game. 13 underclassmen as a starter or a backup on Mike Ralston also got his first start as a Grizzly the offensive side of the ball and eight on the at right tackle (see above). defensive side. Not to mention the specialists 1989...... Jackson State (MS)*...... W (P/K/LS), where the only upperclassman is 1989...... Eastern Illinois*...... W Junior running back Jeremy Calhoun also made junior punter Eric Williams. 1990...... Thomas More (KY)...... W his first-ever start as RB’s coach Justin Green 1990...... McNeese State (LA)*...... W begins a season without a Nguyen brother since PLAYING THE BEST: Montana’s game at UW 1992...... Hofstra (NY)...... W 2009. the first FBS game for the Grizzlies since 2014 1993...... Jacksonville State (AL)...... W when UM nearly upset Wyoming in Laramie 1993...... Delaware*...... L Defensively, sophomore linebacker Vika Fa’atu- 17-12. Before that, Montana last played a FBS 1994...... Carson-Newman (TN)...... W iese earned a start at the Mike linebacker spot, team in 2011 when UM went to Tennessee 1994...... McNeese State (LA)*...... W filling in for Connor Strahm who is serving a two- and fell 42-16. The last time the Griz played a 1995...... Minnesota-Duluth...... W game suspension. Transfer defensive end Chris ranked opponent was in 2006 when they faced 1995...... Eastern Kentucky*...... W Favoroso picked up his first start as a junior, the No. 16 Iowa Hawkeyes. At No. 7 in the 1995...... Georgia Southern*...... W as did safety Evan Epperly. David Shaw, also previous week’s AP Poll, the Huskies were the 1996...... East Tennessee State*...... W a junior, made a start at defensive tackle over highest ranked team UM has faced in modern 1996...... Troy State (AL)*...... W senior incumbent Brandt Davidson. history. 1999...... Youngstown State (OH)*...... L 2000...... Hofstra (NY)...... L Perhaps the most surprising inaugural start at The contest against the Huskies marked the first 2000...... Eastern Illinois*...... W the home-opener was that of #37 Tucker Schye. time the two former Pacific Coast Conference 2000...... Richmond (VA)*...... W foes had faced off since 1951 (when, coinci- 2000...... Appalachian State (NC)*...... W PRODUCTION BELTS dentally, the Huskies were ranked No. 8 in the 2002...... Albany (NY)...... W nation), with the rivalry dating all the way back 2003...... Western Illinois*...... L to 1920. The Griz are 1-17-1 all-time against the 2004...... Maine...... W Defensive coordinator Jason Semore has start- 2004...... Hofstra (NY)...... W ed a new tradition in the defensive locker room. Huskies, with UM’s only win coming at UW in 1920. 2004...... New Hampshire*...... W Each week the coaching staff will award two 2006...... McNeese State (LA)*...... W boxing-style “production belts” to the two defen- In the 19-game series history against the Hus- 2006...... Southern Illinois*...... W sive players who leave the best performances 2006...... Massachusetts*...... L on the field that day. kies, only one game was played in Missoula. Montana hosted Washington at UM on Home- 2007...... Albany (NY)...... W 2007...... Wofford (SC)*...... L Valparaiso...... Schye, Banks coming weekend in 1927, with the Huskies going away 32-0 winners. 2009...... Appalachian State (NC)*...... W Washington...... Sandry, Strong 2012...... Liberty (VA)...... W Savannah St...... Buss, Banks Montana’s 56-3 win over Savannah State 2013...... Appalachian State (NC)...... W Eastern Wash...... Schye, McKinley 2013...... Coastal Carolina (NC)*...... L Portland St...... Strong, Strahm marked only the third time in program history the Griz have faced an HBCU school, with all three 2016...... Saint Francis (PA)...... W Idaho St...... Sims, Favoroso 2016...... Mississippi Valley State...... W North Dakota...... Schye, Sandry meetings occurring in Missoula. The last time was in 2016 when the Griz defeated Mississip- 2017...... Valparaiso (IN)...... W Weber St...... Favoroso, Buss 2017...... Savannah State (GA)...... W No. Arizona...... Strahm, Sims pi Valley State. The first was against Jackson State in 1989, also a win for the Griz...... Record: 30-7 No. Colorado...... Schye, Strahm * = D1-AA/FCS Playoff Game Montana St...... PAGE 16 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 2017 GRIZ SEASON NOTES

RECORD SETTING OPPONENT: Washing- NIGHT GAME RECORD ton speedster Dante Pettis set a new Pac-12 conference for most punt returns for touchdowns Montana’s all-time recrod in night games at against the Griz with a 67-yard return, the sev- Washington-Grizzly Stadium. enth of his career.

Year...... Opponent...... Time.....Result...... Score Returning a punt for a TD against the Griz is 2011...... Northern Iowa...... 6PM.....W...... 48-10 a rare occurrence. The last time it happened 2013...... Appalachian St...... 7PM.....W...... 30-6 GRIZ VS. MONTANA STATE 2014...... South Dakota...... 7PM.....W...... 28-20 to UM was in 2014 when, now, NFL receiver ...... Montana State...... 3PM.....W...... 34-7 Cooper Kupp took it 67 yards as well for Eastern Montana leads series 72-38-5 2015...... Cal Poly...... 7PM.....L...... 20-19 Washington. Griz are: 31-16-1 at UM, 23-19-3 at MSU, 2016...... Saint Francis...... 7PM.....W...... 41-31 18-3-1 Neutral ...... Idaho State...... 5PM.....W...... 62-44 Montana’s loss at Washington is now tied for the 2017...... E. Washington...... 6PM.....L...... 48-41 fifth-worst in program history by point margin. The last time the Griz gave up a 56-point score Year ....Location ...... Result ...... Score line was in 1963 against Utah State. The last 1897....Montana...... W...... 18-6, UM 1898....Montana State...... W...... 6-0, UM team to hang 60 on the Griz was Minnesota in 1898....Montana...... W...... 16-0, UM A DREAM COME TRUE: The Grizzlies 1985. The worst loss in program history dates 1899....Montana State...... L...... 38-0, MSU squeezed in some time to make a little boy’s back to 1931 when the Griz lost 69-0 at USC. 1899....Montana...... L...... 5-0, MSU dream come true ahead of the game against 1900....Montana...... L...... 12-11, UM Washington. Josh Sandry’s pick-six at UW landed him in 1901....Montana State...... L...... 31-0, MSU 1902....Montana...... L...... 38-0, MSU some pretty elite company. Only one other player has ever scored a touchdown off an 1903....Montana State...... L...... 13-6 , MSU Coach Stitt, Reese Phillips, Makena Simis, Coo- 1904....Montana...... W...... 79-0, UM per Sprunk, director of football operations Colin interception thrown by Heisman candidate Jake 1908....Montana...... T...... 0-0 Bonnicksen and Great Falls native Josh Horner Browning. Alabama’s Ryan Anderson picked off 1908....Montana State...... L...... 5-0, MSU paid a visit to Troy Ross, a three-year-old Griz a Browning pass for a 26-yard TD in last year’s 1909....Montana State...... W...... 3-0, UM fan from Great Falls the Friday night before the national semifinal. Anderson ended up being 1909....Montana...... W...... 15-5, UM game while the rest of the team toured Husky drafted by the Redskins in the second round of 1910....Montana State...... T...... 0-0 1910....Montana...... W...... 10-0, UM Stadium. the 2017 NFL Draft as the 49th overall pick and remains on their 53-man roster. 1912....Montana State...... W...... 7-0, UM 1912....Montana...... W...... 39-3, UM Ross, who was in the stands at the Sept. 2 1913....Montana State...... W...... 7-0, UM home opener against Valparaiso, was rushed to PHILLIPS INJURY: There was no hiding the fact 1913 ...Montana...... W...... at 20-0, UM Seattle Children’s Hospital the next week with a that Grizzly starting quarterback Reese Phillips 1914....Montana...... W...... 26-9, UM respiratory condition. went down with a severe injury in the second 1916....Montana State...... T...... 6-6 quarter against Savannah State, witnessed by 1917....Montana...... W...... 9-7, UM 1919....Montana State...... T...... 6-6 “This little guy is a huge, huge, Griz fan,” said over 22,000 in Washington-Grizzly Stadium. The redshirt senior transfer from Kentucky 1920....Montana...... W...... 28-0, UM Stitt. “It was good for us to be there because as 1921....Montana State...... W...... 14- 7, UM a parent, it’s really tough to see a three-year-old underwent surgery that night at St. Patrick’s 1922....Montana...... W...... 7-6, UM in the state Troy was.” Hospital in Missoula and released the following 1923....Montana State...... W...... 24-16, UM statement on Tuesday morning regarding his 1925....Montana...... W...... 29-7, UM “We wish him the best, and our prayers go out condition. 1926....Neutral&...... W...... 27-0, UM to him and his family, and we can’t wait to see 1927....Neutral...... W...... 6-0, UM 1928....Neutral...... T...... 0-0 him at the next Griz game,” Stitt added. “First off, I’d like to thank all my teammates, coaches and the fans of Griz Nation who have 1929....Neutral...... L...... 14-12, MSU 1930....Neutral...... W...... 13-6, UM “It’s just awesome to know that we have fans, reached out to me and treated me like family 1931....Neutral...... W...... 7-6, UM that even when they’re in a tough situation, we during this time. So you can hear it from me, I 1932....Neutral...... L...... 19-7, MSU can do something to lighten the situation up for shattered my fibula, ruptured just about all the 1933....Neutral...... W...... 32-0, UM them,” added Horner. ligaments in my foot and dislocated my left foot 1934....Neutral...... W...... 25-0, UM all in one play. Pretty impressive, right? 1935....Neutral...... W...... 20-0, UM 1936....Neutral...... W...... 27-0, UM FRESH STARTS FOR THE GRIZ: Redshirt “Being the QB for this team is truly the honor 1937....Neutral...... W...... 19-0, UM freshman Lewis Cowans made his first start at 1938....Neutral...... W...... 13-0, UM cornerback against Washington over junior CB of a lifetime and simply a dream come true. 1939....Neutral...... W...... 6-0, UM Markell Sanders. Sanders graded out well after Although I won’t be on the field playing, I’ll be 1940....Neutral...... W...... 6-0, UM the UW game as the one responsible for the at every game doing everything in my power to 1941....Neutral...... W...... 23-13, UM tipped pass that led to the Sandry touchdown, help my team continue to reach our goals. I look 1946....Neutral...... W...... 20-7, UM and will once again get the start against Savan- forward to communicating more with Griz Nation 1947....Neutral...... L...... 13-12, MSU 1948....Neutral...... W...... 14-0, UM nah State. in the near future. Until then let’s pack WGS this Saturday and get after the Eagles! Go Griz!” - 1949....Neutral...... W...... 34-12, UM 1950....Neutral...... W...... 33-0, UM Josh Horner also got his first start of the year at Reese Phillips. 1951....Neutral...... W...... 38-0, UM Washington in the H receiver spot and pro- 1952....Montana...... W...... 35-12, UM ceeded to lead the Griz with five catches for 34 PHILLIPS ON THE SIDELINE: Montana quar- 1953....Montana State...... W...... 32-13, UM yards. terback Reese Phillips was be back at Idaho 1954....Montana...... W...... 25-21, UM State, but was leading from a position best suit- 1955....Montana State...... W...... 19-0, UM 1956....Montana...... L...... 33-13, MSU Freshman Samori Toure got his first start as a ed for a guy on crutches, a coaching position. 1957....Montana State...... L...... 22-13, MSU kick returner against Washington, leading all 1958....Montana...... L...... 20-6, MSU players in the game with 143 total all-purpose The team announced earlier that week Phillips 1959....Montana State...... L...... 40-6, MSU yards. had officially made the transition to the role of 1960....Montana...... W...... 10-6, UM undergraduate student coach, and is now able 1961....Montana State...... L...... 10-9, MSU Connor Strahm returned to action agaisnt Sa- to travel with the team for the rest of its away 1962....Montana...... W...... 36-19, UM vannah State at middle linebacker following his contests. 1963*... Montana State...... L...... 18-3, MSU 1964....Montana...... L...... 30-6, MSU two-game suspension PAGE 17 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 2017 GRIZ SEASON NOTES

Montana State continued Since a season-ending injury against Savannah and a 29-3 record since moving into Washing- State, Phillips has been seen putting around ton-Grizzly Stadium in 1986. This year’s UM/ Year Location Result Score practice, leg elevated in a golf cart, doing what- UND matchup was the second time in history 1965....Montana State...... L...... 24-7, MSU ever he can to help the team, whether that be the two have played during Montana’s home- 1966....Montana...... L...... 38-0, MSU technical pointers or words of encouragement. coming celebration. In 1941 North Dakota paid a 1967....Montana State...... L...... 14-8, MSU 1968....Montana...... L...... 29-24, MSU visit to Missoula for homecoming weekend, with 1969....Montana State...... W...... 7-6, UM #11STRONG: Phillips’ brother and Director of the Griz coming away with a 13-6 win. 1970....Montana...... W...... 35-0, UM Football Operations Colin Bonnicksen imple- 1971....Montana State...... W...... 30-0, UM mented a token of appreciation for the injured STARTING FAST: In three seasons and 30 1972....Montana...... L...... 21-3, MSU QB with a large flag with the number 11 across games under Coach Stitt, the Grizzlies were 1973....Montana State...... L...... 33-7, MSU the front that the team has run out of the tunnel 6-8 in games where they have not scored a 1974....Montana...... L...... 43-29, MSU with since the Eastern Washington game. Car- touchdown in the first two offensive drives of 1975....Montana State...... L...... 20-3, MSU 1976....Montana...... L...... 21-12, MSU rying the 11 flag? Phillips’ friend and roommate the game heading into the game against North 1977....Montana State...... L...... 24-19, MSU Keenan Curran. Dakota. 1978....Montana...... W...... 24-8, UM 1979....Montana State...... L...... 38-21, MSU STRONG HAD A DAY: Montana senior safety In UM’s two losses before the UND game, the 1980....Montana...... L...... 24-7, MSU Justin Strong picked up a trifecta of weekly FCS Griz were forced to punt twice to start the game 1981....Montana State...... W...... 27-17, UM awards after collecting three interceptions a and dug themselves a 21-13 hole at halftime of 1982....Montana...... W...... 45-14, UM touchdown and 116 against Port- the Idaho State game after punting twice to start 1983....Montana State...... L...... 28-8, MSU 1984....Montana State...... L...... 34-24, MSU land State – all with the use of only one hand. the game. 1985....Montana State...... L...... 41-18, MSU 1986....Montana...... W...... 59-28, UM Strong was named the NCAA FCS National Montana scored a touchdown on the second 1987....Montana State...... W...... 55-7, UM Defensive Player of the Week, the STATS FCS drive against the Fighting Hawks, and the 1988....Montana...... W...... 17-3, UM National Defensive Player of the Week, and the Grizzly defense forced UND to punt five-straight 1989....Montana State...... W...... 17-2, UM ROOT Sports Big Sky Conference Defensive times to start the game. 1990....Montana...... W...... 35-18, UM Player of the week as well. 1991....Montana State...... W...... 16-9, UM 1992....Montana...... W...... 29-17, UM GROUND GAME: With an ever-improving 1993....Montana State...... W...... 42-30, UM The awards were the first weekly accolades for rushing attack led by juniors Jeremy Calhoun 1994....Montana...... W...... 55-20, UM the Griz this season, and the first of Strong’s and Alijah Lee, the Griz averaged 164.5 yards 1995....Montana State...... W...... 42-33, UM career. Strong injured his thumb in fall camp and rushing during the two-game road sweep of 1996....Montana...... W...... 35-14, UM has played the last four games with a “club” on PSU and ISU. 1997....Montana State...... W...... 27-25, UM his left hand to protect the cast. 1998....Montana...... W...... 28-21, UM Compare that to the 74 average yards rush- 1999....Montana State...... W...... 49-3, UM 2000....Montana...... W...... 28-3, UM TAKE A BOW JEREMY CALHOUN: Junior ing per game over the first four games of the 2001....Montana State...... W...... 38-27, UM running back Jeremy Calhoun also posted a season, and it paints a picture of a drastically 2002....Montana...... L...... 10-7 , MSU career day down at Portland State, rushing for improved ground game with more than double 2003....Montana State...... L...... 27-20, MSU over 100 yards for the first time as a Grizzly with the output heading into the UND game. 2004....Montana...... W...... 38-22, UM 124 yards on 22 carries. 2005....Montana State...... L...... 16-6, MSU Led by a combined 99 yards from Lee and 2006....Montana...... W...... 13-7, UM Calhoun also scored a pair of touchdowns Calhoun against the Fighting Hawks, Montana 2007....Montana State...... W...... 41-20, UM 2008....Montana...... W...... 35-3, UM against the Vikings to put him at 23 in his career outrushed a run-first team with two of the most 2009....Montana State...... W...... 33-19, UM moving him into sixth place on Montana’s dangerous running backs in the Big Sky 162- 2010....Montana...... L...... 21-16, MSU all-time rushing touchdowns list, passing his 155. 2011!....Montana State...... W...... 36-10 position coach Justin Green’s 22 career TDs. 2012....Montana...... L...... 16-7, MSU FRESHMAN SUCCESS: Redshirt freshman 2013....Montana State...... W...... 28-14, UM BROTHER Vs. BROTHER: Montana’s Jerry quarterback Gensen’s 423 passing yards 2014....Montana...... W...... 34-7, UM Louie-McGee was awfully familiar with one of against North Dakota tied him at No. 20 on UM’s 2015....Montana State...... W...... 54-35, UM 2016....Montana...... L...... 24-17, MSU ISU’s defensive backs. Jerry’s brother Tucker all-time greatest passing games list, right there Louie-McGee is a junior DB for the Bengals, and with Brian Ah Yat’s 423 against Southern Utah in the team’s twelfth-leading tackler. 1998, and is one of the best passing games by &Neutral games played in Butte, Mont. a freshman in Griz history. *Year Montana State joined Big Sky Montana’s win over ISU was the last time the !Vacated win due to NCAA infraction two brothers will get the chance to meet on the In fact, it is the best. All of Jensen’s games this football field in their careers, with the Griz not season to date have been the best, and that is scheduled to play the Bengals again until after an incredibly rare feat. Tucker’s graduation. Jensen’s 423 passing yard game against UND COACH STITT MILESTONES: This season’s was the best performance by a freshman quar- game at Idaho State marked the 30th game of terback in modern Montana history. Surpassing head coach Bob Stitt’s career, and the Portland some elite performances by greats such as State game the week previous marked the 200th Dave Dickenson, Jordan Johnson, and Marty game of his 16-year coaching history. Heading Mornhinweg – the only other Griz QBs that into the UND game, Stitt was 18-12 in his three started, or even saw significant playing time as seasons at UM and 127-74 in 16 years as a either a true or redshirt freshman. head coach. In his first four games as a starter, Jensen HOMECOMING RECORD: This year’s game racked up 1,630 yards passing and has av- against North Dakota marked the 98th home- eraged 356 yards per game during that time. coming football game in the history of the Uni- Other freshmen to do something similar? It’s not versity of Montana. With the win, the Griz now even close. hold an overall 65-32-1 record on homecoming PAGE 18 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 2017 GRIZ SEASON NOTES

10 BEST PASSING GAMES BY UM TRUE OR REDSHIRT FRESHMEN Receiver Jerry Louie-McGee finished seventh in voting for the 2016 , despite Year Player Class Opp. C-A-I Yards TDs missing three games to injury. 2017 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. North Dakota 22-35-2 423 3 2017 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. Idaho State 23-35-0 360 4 Since getting his first start against Eastern 2017 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. Eastern Wash. 25-49-1 358 2 Washington, Jensen has found his stride quickly, 2017 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. Portland State 23-38-2 284 1 passing for the most yards ever for a freshman 1980 Marty Mornhinweg Fr. Eastern Wash. 9-20-0 186 4 QB at Montana against North Dakota with 423. 2017 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. Savannah State 11-15-1 178 3 1980 Marty Mornhinweg Fr. Weber State 8-12-1 138 1 Jensen has turned heads this season since 1992 Dave Dickenson R-Fr. Hofstra 8-19-2 129 1 filling in for injured senior Reese Phillips, throw- 1980 Marty Mornhinweg Fr. Idaho State 9-24-0 125 0 ing for 1,630 yards and earning four honorable 1980 Marty Mornhinweg Fr. Northern Ariz. 9-15-0 118 0 mentions for the STATS FCS Freshman Player of the Week award at the time of being placed JENSEN AMONG UM TRUE OR REDSHIRT SOPHOMORES on the watch list.

Year Player Class Opp. C-A-I Yards TDs Jensen is the only player from the Big Sky Con- 1996 Brian Ah Yat So. Eastern Wash. 32-48-2 560 4 ference to earn a nomination for the Jerry Rice 1993 Dave Dickenson R-So. Idaho 32-40-0 512 4 Award and has the second-most passing yards 1996 Brian Ah Yat So. Northern Ariz. 32-50-2 510 4 among the other nominees behind Mercer’s 1996 Brian Ah Yat So. Sacramento St. 24-40-4 453 4 Kaelan Riley (1,726). 2017 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. North Dakota 22-35-2 423 3 1993 Dave Dickenson R-So. Delaware 33-44-0 409 4 Other notable players on the watch list include 1993 Dave Dickenson R-So. Boise State 22-36-2 407 4 quarterback Caylin Newton of Howard University 1996 Brian Ah Yat So. ETSU 28-34-1 404 2 (the younger brother of Heisman Trophy winner 1993 Dave Dickenson R-So. South Dakota St. 27-39-0 401 4 Cam Newton) and North Dakota State lineback- 1993 Dave Dickenson R-So. Montana State 21-35-0 395 3 er Jabril Cox. 1996 Brian Ah Yat So. Idaho State 24-39-1 385 5 1996 Brian Ah Yat So. Montana State 36-51-2 376 3 A national panel of over 150 sports information 1996 Brian Ah Yat So. Nicholls State 30-48-2 363 3 and media relations directors, broadcasters, 2017 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. Idaho State 23-35-0 360 4 writers and other dignitaries will vote on the 2017 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. Eastern Wash. 25-49-0 358 2 STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award for Freshman of … Other Sophomore Bests … … … … … the Year following the regular season. 2011 Jordan Johnson So. Weber State 23-32-0 299 6 1981 Marty Mornhinweg So. Northern Iowa 14-17-0 208 2 Other national awards presented by STATS at the end of the year include the Award for Offensive Player of the Year (won by In 1980, Mornhinweg earned his first start as a Of course, you can’t talk about outstanding Dave Dickenson in 1995), the Buck Buchanan true freshman against Idaho State and threw sophomore performances without mentioning Award for Defensive Player of the year (won by for 125 yards. He followed that up a week later Brian Ah Yat. Kroy Biermann in 2007 and Tyrone Holmes in with a 186-yard, four touchdown game against 2015), the Eddie Robinson Award for Coach of Eastern Washington that tied the then-school Ah Yat played understudy to Dickenson during the Year (won by Joe Glenn in 2000). STATS record for TD passes in a game. the ’95 National Championship season and also presents the Doris Robinson Scholar-Ath- led the Griz back to the title game as a true lete of the Year award In 1992, Dickenson, the “Legend of the Fall,” sophomore in 1996. During that season he set threw for 129 yards and one touchdown as a the still-standing school record for passing yards The nominees, listed alphabetically by last redshirt freshman. And in 2010 Jordan John- in a game with 560 at Eastern Washington and name: son’s best game as a true freshman was 19 followed it up with 510 against Northern Arizona yards and one TD against Idaho State. But in Missoula. Bryson Armstrong, Kennesaw State, LB, 5-11, neither Dickenson or Johnson were starters in 201, Marietta, Georgia their first year of action. Earlier that season he threw for 453 yards Statistics: 56 tackles, 6 TFL, 6 sacks, 3 INT, 4 against Sacramento State, making Jensen’s PBU, 2 FR, 1 FF, 1 BLK (7 games) A productive freshman quarterback is so rare it’s passing total the fifth-best in modern Griz history difficult to find an apples-to-apples comparison amongst freshmen OR sophomores. Grant Breneman, Colgate, QB, 6-1, 195, Me- to stack up against Jensen. chanicsburg, Pennsylvania JERRY RICE AWARD WATCHLIST: Freshman Statistics: 98 of 175 (56.1 percent), 1,188 yards, Dickenson burst onto the national scene a year Quarterback Gresch Jensen was placed on the 12 TD, 1 INT; 89 carries, 268 yards, 4 TD (7 later in 1993 as a redshirt sophomore, putting 2017 STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award watch list for games) together four games of 400 yards or more, the Freshman of the Year on Oct. 25 by the FCS something that hadn’t been achieved by a fresh- newsgathering service. Davis Cheek, Elon, QB, 6-2, 200, Matthews, man or sophomore until last week. North Carolina “This is a great honor for Gresch and a real Statistics: 93 of 148 (62.8 percent), 1,193 yards, Jordan Johnson’s best game as a true soph- testament to how well our team as a whole is 10 TD, 5 INT; 2 rushing TD (7 games) omore was outstanding, tying the new school playing right now,” said head coach Bob Stitt. record for touchdowns in a game with six, and Jabril Cox, North Dakota State, LB, 6-3, 220, passing for 299 yards in a win over Weber State Jensen is one of 17 players nominated for the Kansas City, Missouri in 2011. Mornhinweg’s best game as a true award named for the Hall of Fame wide receiver Statistics: 32 tackles, 4 1/2 TFL, 3 sacks, 1 FR, sophomore came against Northern Iowa in 1981 that has been presented to the top freshman in 1 FF (7 games) when he passed for 208 yards and a pair of the FCS since 2011. touchdowns. Zane Dudek, Yale, RB, 5-9, 190, Kittanning, The Auburn, Wash. native is the second Mon- Pennsylvania tana player in two years to be put on the list. PAGE 19 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 2017 GRIZ SEASON NOTES

Statistics: 61 carries, 551 yards, 9.0 average, 8 senior linebacker Connor Strahm’s performance TD; 11 receptions, 94 yards, 1 TD (6 games) against Northern Arizona on Nov. 4 earned him THE GRIZ WHEN.... a pair of weekly honors. Leading after 1st Quarter: ...... 6-1 Wesley Dugger, Davidson, RB, 6-0, 192, Henri- Trailing after 1st Quarter: ...... 0-2 co, Virginia Strahm was named the ROOT Sports Big Sky Statistics: 136 carries, 721 yards, 4 TD (7 Conference Defensive Player of the Week, as Tied after 1st Quarter:...... 1-0 games) well as an Honorable Mention for the STATS Leading at Halftime: ...... 5-1 FCS National Defensive Player of the Week. Trailing at Halftime: ...... 2-2 Reynard Ellis, Furman, LB, 6-1, 227, Birming- ham, Alabama “He put the team on his shoulders and played as Tied at Halftime: ...... 0-0 Statistics: 47 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sack, 1 INT, 1 hard as he could for as long as he could,” said Leading after 3rd Quarter: ...... 7-0 PBU, 1 QBH (7 games) Semore. “He went out there on a mission, and had a great game.” Trailing after 3rd Quarter: ...... 0-2 Jaron Grayer, Maine, LB, 6-0, 224, Steelton, Tied after 3rd Quarter: ...... 0-1 Pennsylvania Strahm, one of three Grizzlies out of Sheldon Playing : ...... 0-0 Statistics: 47 tackles, 4 1/2 TFL, 2 sacks, 2 FF High School in Eugene, Ore., had nearly double (6 games) the number of tackles of any single Lumberjack, and his forced fumble was a game changer. Scoring First: ...... 5-0 Pete Guerriero, Monmouth, RB, 5-10, 195, Opponents Score First: ...... 2-3 Lyndhurst, New Jersey Against NAU, he eclipsed his previous ca- Statistics: 93 carries, 586 yards, 6 TD; 8 recep- reer-high mark of 14 tackles set in October at Outrushing Opponents:...... 4-2 tions, 40 yards; 4 KR, 46.0 average, 1 TD (6 Idaho State for his third double-digit tackle total Outrushed By Opponents: ...... 2-2 games) of the year. Despite missing the first two games Outpassing Opponents: ...... 5-1 of the season to suspension, Strahm is now the Gresch Jensen, Montana, QB, 6-2, 215, third-leading tackler on Montana’s defense with Outpassed By Opponents: ...... 1-3 Auburn, Washington 62 total takedowns. More Total Yards Than Opponents: ...... 4-1 Statistics: 109 of 178 (61.2 percent), 1,630 Fewer Total Yards Than Opponents: .....2-3 yards, 13 TD, 6 INT; 33 carries, 115 yards, 4 CURRAN KEEPS CLIMBING - Junior receiver TD (7 games) Keenan Curran passed his previous season Winning the Turnover Battle: ...... 4-1 career high of 601 receiving yards on 40 catch- Losing the Turnover Battle: ...... 1-2 Torrance Marable, Presbyterian, RB, 5-10, 185, es at Weber State. He came out of that game Even in Turnovers: ...... 1-1 Decatur, Georgia with a new season high of 609 yards on just 27 Statistics: 111 carries, 592 yards, 3 TD; 6 catch- catches. es, 86 yards, 2 TD (7 games) More Penalties than Opponents: ...... 2-0 MORE STITT MILESTONES: Montana’s 17-15 Franklin “Mac” McCain III, North Carolina A&T, win over NAU was the twentieth of head coach Fewer Penalties than Opponents: ...... 5-3 CB, 5-11, 174, Greensboro, North Carolina Bob Stitt’s career at UM. Stitt holds a 20-13 Same Penalties as Opponents: ...... 0-0 Statistics: 33 TKL, 1 TFL, 5 INT (274 return overall record (.606) in his third year of rebuild- Largest halftime lead ...... 30 yards), 3 TD, 6 PBU (8 games) ing a team mired in NCAA sanctions. Largest halftime deficit...... 28 Caylin Newton, Howard, QB, 5-11, 195, Atlanta #BUSS4BUCHANAN: Montana’s Josh Buss Score 20 or more points ...... 6-2 Statistics: 85 of 163 (52.2 percent), 1,549 yards, was good as a sophomore, but is becoming Hold opponent to 20 points or less ...... 5-0 9 TD, 8 INT; 103 carries, 542 yards, 9 TD (7 great as a junior. games) Games decided by 3 points or less ...... 1-0 That progression hasn’t gone unnoticed either, Games decided by 10 points or less .....1-1 Kaelan Riley, Mercer, QB, 6-3, 231, Calhoun, with the linebacker being named to the STATS Games decided by 11-20 points ...... 1-1 Georgia FCS Buck Buchanan Award Watch List for the Statistics: 138 of 216 (63.9 percent), 1,726 national Defensive Player of the Year on on Games decided by 21 points or more ...4-1 yards, 13 TD, 6 INT; 62 carries, 172 yards, 3 TD Week 11. Score TD on first 2 drives...... 5-1 (8 games) No TD on first 2 drives...... 2-2 Buss won Montana’s Steve Carlson Award for Daniel Smith, Campbell, QB, 6-0, 200. Lees- the team’s defensive player of the year following burg, Virginia his breakout sophomore season and took home Temperature in the 90s ...... 1-0 Statistics: 104 of 184 (56.5 percent), 1,401 All-America honors from HERO Sports among Temperature in the 80s ...... 0-0 yards, 15 TD, 3 INT; 77 carries, 711 yards, 9.2 his second-year peers with a team-high 81 tack- average, 4 TD (7 games) les and a national-best 20 tackles for loss. Temperature in the 70’s ...... 1-0 Temperature in the 60’s ...... 1-2 Isaiah Totten, North Carolina Central, RB/KR, This year, however, Buss has already racked 5-9, 185, Apex, North Carolina up 86 tackles, ranking him fourth in the Big Temperature in the 50’s ...... 1-1 Statistics: 87 carries, 525 yards, 4 TD; 2 catch- Sky Conference and No. 20 nationally in total Temperature below 50 degrees ...... 3-0 es, 8 yards; 11 KR, 19.6 average (7 games) takedowns. And he’s done it despite his emer- Coldest game time temperature ...... 34 gence as one of the Big Sky’s most dominant Mark Williams, Eastern Illinois, CB, 6-0, 160, defenders. Warmest game time temperature ...... 97 Fort Lauderdale, Florida UM wins coin toss...... 5-0 Statistics: 40 tackles, 3 INT (73 return yards), 1 “He’s being super productive even though he’s UM loses coin toss...... 2-3 TD, 6 PBU, 1 FR (8 games) not sneaking up on anybody this year,” said Montana defensive coordinator Jason Semore. Playing in Sept...... 3-2 STRAHM EARNS PLAYER OF THE WEEK “Last year, everyone was like, ‘who’s this Josh Playing in Oct...... 2-1 HONORS - With a career-high 16 tackles, a Buss kid getting TFLs every week’? Well, ev- Playing in Nov...... 2-0 sack, 2.5 TFLs and a forced fumble that led eryone knows who he is this year, and he’s still to a Grizzly touchdown just three play later, doing it.” Playing in Dec...... 0-0 PAGE 20 NCAA Statistics GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017

WEEKLYMontana - 2017-18 F FCSootball Ra nRANKINGSking Summary thru game sSUMMARY 11/11/2017 - TEAM

National Conference Conference Statistic Rank Rank Value National Leader Value Leader Value

3rd Down Conversion Pct (123 ranked) 32 5 0.414 San Diego 0.527 Montana St. 0.449

3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (123 ranked) 69 5 0.385 Sacramento St. 0.232 Sacramento St. 0.232

4th Down Conversion Pct (123 ranked) 71 7 0.435 Jacksonville St. 1.000 Montana St. 0.762

4th Down Conversion Pct Defense (123 ranked) 26 2 0.357 North Dakota St. 0.077 Southern Utah 0.111

Blocked Kicks (82 ranked) 7 1 5 South Carolina St. 9 Montana 5

Blocked Kicks Allowed (123 ranked) 51 5 2 18 teams tied 0 Weber St. 0 Cal Poly 0

Blocked Punts (26 ranked) 9 2 2 South Carolina St. 7 UC Davis 3

Blocked Punts Allowed (121 ranked) 1 1 0 62 teams tied 0 8 teams tied 0

Completion Percentage (123 ranked) 33 4 0.608 Princeton 0.714 UC Davis 0.685

Defensive TDs (32 ranked) 15 2 3 Central Conn. St. 6 Northern Ariz. 4

Fewest Penalties (123 ranked) 21 2 53 Furman 34 Sacramento St. 48

Fewest Penalties Per Game (123 ranked) 19 1 5.30 Furman 3.40 Montana 5.30

Fewest Penalty Yards (123 ranked) 30 3 514 VMI 332 Sacramento St. 440

Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game (123 ranked) 29 2 51.40 VMI 30.18 Sacramento St. 48.89

First Downs Defense (123 ranked) 110 8 225 North Dakota St. 127 Cal Poly 177

First Downs Offense (123 ranked) 19 7 224 South Dakota 271 Northern Ariz. 242

Fumbles Lost (123 ranked) 82 11 9 Lafayette 1 Montana St. 3 Southern Utah 3

Fumbles Recovered (122 ranked) 59 5 7 4 teams tied 14 Southern Utah 10

Kickoff Return Defense (123 ranked) 66 9 20.59 Mercer 14.41 Cal Poly 17.20

Kickoff Returns (123 ranked) 113 12 17.29 Eastern Ky. 27.52 Eastern Wash. 25.19

Net Punting (123 ranked) 53 8 36.10 Incarnate Word 42.00 Montana St. 39.48

Passes Had Intercepted (123 ranked) 105 13 15 Wofford 1 Weber St. 4

Passes Intercepted (122 ranked) 5 1 16 Kennesaw St. 19 Montana 16 James Madison 19 Campbell 19

Passing Offense (123 ranked) 10 4 303.5 Richmond 353.0 UC Davis 350.6

Passing Yards Allowed (123 ranked) 111 10 268.0 James Madison 147.7 Northern Ariz. 162.5

Passing Yards per Completion (123 ranked) 25 6 13.67 The Citadel 19.24 Cal Poly 18.41

Punt Return Defense (123 ranked) 116 11 13.20 Southern Ill. 2.14 Eastern Wash. 3.50

Punt Returns (123 ranked) 63 5 7.44 Southern U. 22.46 North Dakota 18.55

Red Zone Defense (123 ranked) 20 3 0.722 Weber St. 0.593 Weber St. 0.593 Alcorn 0.593

Red Zone Offense (123 ranked) 26 4 0.851 Mercer 0.941 Sacramento St. 0.909

Rushing Defense (123 ranked) 63 5 154.3 McNeese 58.7 Weber St. 119.5

Rushing Offense (123 ranked) 58 9 153.2 Kennesaw St. 332.4 Cal Poly 249.6

Sacks Allowed (123 ranked) 47 5 1.80 Kennesaw St. 0.50 Montana St. 0.90 Furman 0.50

Scoring Defense (123 ranked) 86 5 28.8 James Madison 9.6 Weber St. 17.6 Scoring Offense (123 ranked) 14 1 36.2 Sam Houston St. 45.2 Montana 36.2

Tackles for Loss Allowed (123 ranked) 84 11 6.90 San Diego 3.10 Montana St. 4.20

Team Passing Efficiency (123 ranked) 28 5 143.24 Central Ark. 182.65 UC Davis 155.28

Team Passing Efficiency Defense (123 ranked) 44 3 121.95 James Madison 78.45 Northern Ariz. 108.16

Team Sacks (123 ranked) 5 2 3.50 Sacramento St. 4.11 Sacramento St. 4.11

Team Tackles for Loss (123 ranked) 1 1 9.2 Montana 9.2 Montana 9.2

Time of Possession (123 ranked) 108 11 28:03 San Diego 34:12 Weber St. 33:49

Total Defense (123 ranked) 97 6 422.3 James Madison 228.8 Weber St. 351.6

Total Offense (123 ranked) 13 4 456.7 Sam Houston St. 530.9 UC Davis 467.3

Turnover Margin (123 ranked) 65 5 -0.10 Grambling 1.90 Weber St. 1.30

Turnovers Gained (123 ranked) 12 2 23 Murray St. 28 Southern Utah 24

Turnovers Lost (123 ranked) 106 13 24 San Diego 7 Sacramento St. 9 Grambling 7

Winning Percentage (121 ranked) 22 3 0.700 N.C. A&T 1.000 Southern Utah 0.800 James Madison 1.000 Weber St. 0.800 PAGE 21 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 WEEKLY FCS RANKINGS SUMMARY - INDIVIDUAL

National Conference Conference Statistic Player Rank Rank Value National Leader Value Leader Value

All Purpose (200 ranked) Samori Toure 82 13 92.60 Josh Mack, Maine 163.44 John Santiago, North Dakota 161.82 Jerry Louie-McGee 147 24 78.60

Blocked Kicks (9 ranked) Kevin Lazo, Bryant 4 Marshaun Cameron, Northern Colo. 2 Darrius Montgomery, Incarnate Word 4 Ryan Parenteau, UC Davis 2

Combined Kick Returns (200 ranked) Samori Toure 76 7 379 Kahlil Dawson, Portland St. 1,080 Kahlil Dawson, Portland St. 1,080 Jerry Louie-McGee 162 17 182

Completion Percentage (108 ranked) Gresch Jensen 45 5 0.600 Chad Kanoff, Princeton 0.722 Jake Maier, UC Davis 0.700

Completions Per Game (150 ranked) Gresch Jensen 55 6 16.33 Devlin Hodges, Samford 28.30 Jake Maier, UC Davis 27.50

Field Goal Percentage (91 ranked) Brandon Purdy 6 3 0.857 Gunnar Raborn, McNeese 0.909 Trey Tuttle, Weber St. 0.889

Field Goals Per Game (127 ranked) Brandon Purdy 21 4 1.20 Lorran Fonseca, Nicholls St. 1.70 Trey Tuttle, Weber St. 1.60

Forced Fumbles (40 ranked) Tucker Schye 17 2 0.30 Richard Jarvis, Brown 0.56 George Obinna, Sacramento St. 0.33

Fumbles Recovered (23 ranked) Tucker Schye 5 2 3 4 players tied 4 Taylor Nelson, Southern Utah 4

Interceptions Per Game (125 ranked) Josh Sandry 61 7 0.3 Phillip Parham, Lafayette 0.7 Dre Terrell, Sacramento St. 0.6

Kickoff Return TDs (5 ranked) Desmond Hite, Incarnate Word 3 Rashid Shaheed, Weber St. 2

Kickoff Returns (119 ranked) Samori Toure 104 10 18.0 Juwan Petit-Frere, Southeastern La. 34.6 Rashid Shaheed, Weber St. 32.3

Passes Defended (55 ranked) Ryan McKinley 10 1 1.4 Phillip Parham, Lafayette 1.9 Ryan McKinley, Montana 1.4 Vincent White, UC Davis 1.4

Passing Efficiency (108 ranked) Gresch Jensen 15 2 153.8 P.J. Blazejowski, Furman 185.7 Jake Maier, UC Davis 156.5

Passing TDs (129 ranked) Gresch Jensen 25 6 19 Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston St. 32 Jake Maier, UC Davis 24 Reese Phillips 129 16 4

Passing Yards (150 ranked) Gresch Jensen 30 6 2,205 Kyle Lauletta, Richmond 3,516 Jake Maier, UC Davis 3,344

Passing Yards Per Game (150 ranked) Gresch Jensen 24 6 245.0 Kyle Lauletta, Richmond 351.6 Jake Maier, UC Davis 334.4

Passing Yards per Completion (108 ranked) Gresch Jensen 8 2 15.00 Caylin Newton, Howard 18.73 Tanner Gueller, Idaho St. 15.24

Points Responsible For (190 ranked) Gresch Jensen 14 2 150 Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston St. 204 Gage Gubrud, Eastern Wash. 164 Brandon Purdy 83 11 78

Points Responsible For Per Game (150 ranked) Gresch Jensen 12 2 16.7 Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston St. 20.4 Gage Gubrud, Eastern Wash. 18.2 Brandon Purdy 88 12 7.8

Punt Return TDs (3 ranked) Jerry Louie-McGee 3 1 1 Davion Davis, Sam Houston St. 2 5 players tied 1 Justice Shelton-Mosley, Harvard 2

Punt Returns (61 ranked) Jerry Louie-McGee 32 2 7.5 Xequille Harry, Weber St. 18.8 Xequille Harry, Weber St. 18.8 Justice Shelton-Mosley, Harvard 18.8

Punting (105 ranked) Eric Williams 43 8 40.4 Joe Zema, Incarnate Word 47.3 Jered Padmos, Montana St. 42.7

Receiving TDs (93 ranked) Keenan Curran 43 5 6 Nehari Crawford, Duquesne 13 Michael Dean, Idaho St. 8 Samori Toure 53 7 5 Davion Davis, Sam Houston St. 13 Mitch Gueller, Idaho St. 8 Justin Calhoun 93 18 4 Justin Watson, Penn 13 Wesley Preece, UC Davis 8

Receiving Yards (149 ranked) Keenan Curran 45 6 694 Keelan Doss, UC Davis 1,326 Keelan Doss, UC Davis 1,326 Samori Toure 90 14 555 Jerry Louie-McGee 93 15 550 Justin Calhoun 126 24 459

Receiving Yards Per Game (200 ranked) Keenan Curran 48 7 69.4 Keelan Doss, UC Davis 132.6 Keelan Doss, UC Davis 132.6 Samori Toure 97 15 55.5 Jerry Louie-McGee 99 16 55.0 Justin Calhoun 142 26 45.9

Receptions Per Game (192 ranked) Jerry Louie-McGee 81 11 4.2 Keelan Doss, UC Davis 10.2 Keelan Doss, UC Davis 10.2 Keenan Curran 183 24 3.1 Samori Toure 192 25 3.0

Rush Yards Per Carry (140 ranked) Jeremy Calhoun 102 13 4.25 Daniel Smith, Campbell 9.13 Chris Murray, Montana St. 6.17 Alijah Lee 113 16 3.96

Rushing TDs (131 ranked) Jeremy Calhoun 60 8 6 Dominick Bragalone, Lehigh 16 Ty Flanagan, Idaho St. 11 Gresch Jensen 60 8 6 Alijah Lee 60 8 6

Rushing Yards (200 ranked) Jeremy Calhoun 62 10 621 Daniel Smith, Campbell 1,269 Chris Murray, Montana St. 1,025 Alijah Lee 119 15 487

Rushing Yards Per Game (200 ranked) Jeremy Calhoun 68 10 62.1 Josh Mack, Maine 140.2 Jared Mohamed, Cal Poly 104.4 Alijah Lee 120 15 48.7

Sacks (58 ranked) Tucker Schye 42 4 0.65 Jonathan Petersen, San Diego 1.20 Ben Sorensen, Sacramento St. 1.00 Chris Favoroso 58 6 0.60

Scoring (200 ranked) Brandon Purdy 15 4 7.8 Dominick Bragalone, Lehigh 11.4 Trey Tuttle, Weber St. 8.6

Solo Tackles (41 ranked) Mike Basile, Monmouth 8.1 Mike Needham, Southern Utah 5.8

Tackles For Loss (95 ranked) Tucker Schye 29 1 1.4 Jonathan Petersen, San Diego 1.9 Tucker Schye, Montana 1.4 Josh Buss 42 7 1.3 James Banks 42 7 1.3 Chris Favoroso 50 9 1.2 Connor Strahm 60 11 1.2

Total Offense (200 ranked) Gresch Jensen 23 6 263.7 Kyle Lauletta, Richmond 359.8 Gage Gubrud, Eastern Wash. 340.7 Jeremy Calhoun 194 20 62.1

Total Points Scored (0 ranked)

Total Tackles (193 ranked) James Banks 15 2 10.0 Brett Taylor, Western Ill. 13.4 Mario Jenkins, Idaho St. 10.1 PAGE 22 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 WEEKLY FCS RANKINGS SUMMARY - INDIVIDUAL CONT.

National Conference Conference Statistic Player Rank Rank Value National Leader Value Leader Value Josh Buss 34 5 9.1 All Purpose (200 ranked) Samori Toure 40 8 112.75 Elijah Marks, Northern Ariz. 184.29 Elijah Marks, Northern Ariz. 184.29 Connor Strahm 41 7 8.9 Keenan Curran 166 23 76.13 Total Touchdowns (116 ranked) JJerryerem Louie-McGeey Calhoun 117416 1254 675.13 Dominick Bragalone, Lehigh 19 Ty Flanagan, Idaho St. 11 KJeremyeenan CCalhounurran 117816 1264 674.75 Blocked Kicks (6 ranked) Gresch Jensen 116 14 6 5 players tied 3 Marshaun Cameron, Northern Colo. 2 Alijah Lee 116 14 6 Ryan Parenteau, UC Davis 2 Yards per Pass Attempt (108 ranked) Gresch Jensen 9 1 9.00 P.J. Blazejowski, Furman 11.17 Gresch Jensen, Montana 9.00 Combined Kick Returns (199 ranked) Samori Toure 56 6 379 Jaunyea Tarver, Morehead St. 1,020 Kahlil Dawson, Portland St. 924 Yards per Reception (200 ranked) KKobeyeenan Eaton Curran 11130 513 22162.39 Andre Lindsey, Sacramento St. 30.32 Andre Lindsey, Sacramento St. 30.32 Samori Toure 31 8 18.50 Completion Percentage (110 ranked) Gresch Jensen 51 5 0.591 Chad Kanoff, Princeton 0.750 Jake Maier, UC Davis 0.706 Justin Calhoun 46 11 17.00 Completions Per Game (150 ranked) JGrescherry Lo uJensenie-McGee 15455 267 116.253.10 Devlin Hodges, Samford 28.38 Gage Gubrud, Eastern Wash. 27.75

Field Goal Percentage (94 ranked) Brandon Purdy 16 4 0.800 Gunnar Raborn, McNeese 1.000 Trey Tuttle, Weber St. 0.941

Field Goals Per Game (130 ranked) Brandon Purdy 29 6 1.00 Trey Tuttle, Weber St. 2.00 Trey Tuttle, Weber St. 2.00

Forced Fumbles (41 ranked) Tucker Schye 41 4 0.25 Jonathan Petersen, San Diego 0.63 Chinedu Ahanonu, Southern Utah 0.43

Fumbles Recovered (85 ranked) Tucker Schye 11 3 2 Kobie Grace, Eastern Ky. 4 Ryan Bua, UC Davis 3 2017 GRIZ SEASONRandy Rodriguez NOTES 85 13 1 Taylor Nelson, Southern Utah 3 Connor Strahm 85 13 1

#BUSS4BUCHANANInterceptions Per Game (125 continued... ranked) Justin Strong add15 to already1 astronomical0.5 tackleD'Montre and Wade, TFL Murray total St. Matthew0.7 Oplinger,4 players Yale, tied OLB, Sr., 6-3, 242,0.5 Josh Sandry 41 5 0.4 this season, as Montana plays host to Northern Summit, New Jersey InKickoff his three-yearReturn TDs (3 career ranked) at UM, Buss has racked Colorado on Saturday, followedDesmond by the Hite, Brawl Incarnate of Word 3 5 players tied 1 upKickoff 188 Returns total tackles (121 ranked) and an astoundingSamori 33 tack Toure- the 101Wild on Nov.11 18 in Bozeman.18.0 Juwan Petit-Frere, SoutheasternStatistics: La. 36.3 29 TacklesRashid Shaheed, (23 Solo), Weber 12.5 St. TFL, 9.528.7 les for loss, placing him at No. 9 on Montana’sKobey Eaton 102 12 18.0 Sacks, 1 PBU (8 games) top-10 career leaders in TFLs, up there with Griz Passes Defended (59 ranked) Ryan McKinley 11 1 1.5 Dylan Mabin, Fordham 2.0 Vincent White, UC Davis 1.5 greats like Tim Bush and Andy Petek. BUCK BUCHANAN AWARD (D1-AA/FCS De- Jaison Williams, Austin Peay, DE, 6-1, 225, So., Ryan McKinley, Montana 1.5 fensive Player of the Year) Trussville, Alabama “There’sPassing Efficiency not too (110 many ranked) players out thereGresch like Jensen 200019 - Andy4 Petek* (Runner-up)150.4 Hayden Hildebrand, Central Ark. 184.5 Jake Maier, UC Davis 161.3 JoshPassing Buss. TDs (115There’s ranked) no weakness to hisGresch game, Jensen 200123 - Vince5 Huntsberger*16 (Runner-up)Kyle Lauletta, Richmond Statistics:26 39 TacklesGage Gubrud, (18 TFL),Eastern 11.5 Wash. TFL, 9.521 and he has a lot of tools in his football toolbox,”Reese Phillips 2002115 - Trey 14Young* 4 Sacks, 1 PBU,Tanner 9 QBH, Gueller, 1 FR, Idaho 4 St.FF (10 games)21 said Semore. “He’s one of our better cover guys. 2006 - Kroy Biermann* Passing Yards (150 ranked) Gresch Jensen 18 5 1,977 Kyle Lauletta, Richmond 2,953 Jake Maier, UC Davis 2,675 He’s our best pass rusher, and probably our 2007 - Kroy Biermann! Nominated previously to the watch list were de- bestPassing tackler. Yards PerSo, Game there’s (150 a ranked) reason he’s really,Gresch Jensen 201020 - Trumaine6 Johnson*247.1 Kyle Lauletta, Richmond fensive 369.1linemenJake Pat Maier, Afriyie UC Davis of Colgate, Keontre334.4 reallyPassing productive.” Yards per Completion (110 ranked) Gresch Jensen 20119 - Trumaine3 Johnson*15.21 Caylin Newton, Howard Anderson18.70 of JacksonKevin Thomson, State, Sacramento Andrew AnkrahSt. 17.40 of 2012 - Jordan Tripp* James Madison, Anthony Ellis of Charleston ForPoints Semroe, Responsible that For fact (188 speaks ranked) volumes Greschabout Jensenthe 201314 - Jordan3 Tripp* 126 Kyle Lauletta, Richmond Southern,168 AhmadGage Gooden Gubrud, Eastern of Samford, Wash. P.J. 158Hall Brandon Purdy 101 16 59 quiet leader who shows up to work every day of Sam Houston State, Kurt Holuba of Princ- andPoints goes Responsible about Forhis Per business Game (149 – theranked) businessGresch ofJensen STATS15 FCS3 (Defensive 15.8PlayerKyle of theLauletta, Year) Richmond eton, Darius21.0 JacksonGage Gubrud, of Jacksonville Eastern Wash. State,19.8 becoming a league-leading linebacker.Brandon Purdy 2015103 - Tyrone15 Holmes! 7.4 Greg Menard of North Dakota State, Ebenezer Punt Return TDs (2 ranked) Justice Shelton-Mosley, HarvardOgundeko2 of Tennessee4 players tied State and Jonathan1 “He prepares, he plays hard, and he’s a really ! = Award Winner Peterson of San Diego; linebackers Nick Punt Returns (56 ranked) Jerry Louie-McGee 37 5 6.5 Justice Shelton-Mosley, Harvard 23.1 Xequille Harry, Weber St. 18.8 good athlete. So, you put all those things togeth- * = Finalist DeLuca of North Dakota State, Garrett Dolan of er,Punting and (106 you’ve ranked) got a recipe for one of theEric best Williams 58 8 39.9 Joe Zema, Incarnate Word Houston46.6 Baptist,Jered Jared Padmos, Farley Montana of NorthernSt. Iowa,42.7 playersReceiving in TDs the (112 country,” ranked) Semore added.Keenan Curran 28 4 6 Nehari Crawford, Duquesne Mario Jenkins11 Michaelof Idaho Dean, State, Idaho DariusSt. Leonard8 of Samori Toure The57 new nominees10 to the4 watchKelvin list: McKnight, Samford South Carolina11 Mitch State, Gueller, Warren Idaho St.Messer of Elon,8 Montana has placed ten players on theJustin Buchan Calhoun- 112 19 3 , South DakotaChristian St. 11 Rozeboom of South Dakota State, an Award/STATS FCS Defensive PlayerJerry of theLouie-McGee Brandon112 Bryant,19 Lafayette,3 LB, Sr., 5-11, 225, Brett Taylor of Western Illinois and Sione Teuhe- YearReceiving Watch Yards List (150 since ranked) 2000, with Kroy BiermannKeenan Curran Cherry36 Hill, New6 Jersey609 Keelan Doss, UC Davis ma of Southeastern1,121 Keelan Doss, Louisiana; UC Davis and defensive1,121 winning in 2007 and Tyron Holmes winningSamori in Toure 55 10 531 backs Mike Basile of Monmouth, Marlon Bridges 2015 (the one year it was not officially Jerrynamed Louie-McGee Statistics: 64 11611 Tackles (56514 Solo), 7 TFL, 2.5 of Jacksonville State, Davontae Harris of Illinois the Buchanan Award). Justin Calhoun Sacks,146 1 INT,28 1 QBH (9 351games) State, Cole Reyes of North Dakota, Rob Rolle Receiving Yards Per Game (200 ranked) Keenan Curran 35 6 76.1 Keelan Doss, UC Davis of Villanova,140.1 TremonKeelan Doss, Smith UC ofDavis Central Arkansas140.1 Three different Grizzlies have been in theSamori run Toure- Josh58 Buss, Montana,11 LB,66.4 R-Jr., 6-2, 220, Boise, and Kailik Williams of The Citadel. ning for the Buck Buchanan Award as juniors.Jerry Louie-McGee Idaho 65 12 64.3 In 2006, Kroy Biermann was a finalist Justinfor the Calhoun 156 30 43.9 A national panel of over 150 sports information awardReceptions before Per Game winning (187 ranked)it in 2007 and goingJerry on Louie-McGee to Statistics: 86 8912 Tackles (454.1 Solos),Keelan 12.5 Doss, TFL, UC 5.5 Davis and media10.0 relationsKeelan Doss, directors, UC Davis broadcasters,10.0 a lengthy NFL career. Samori Toure Sacks,119 1 INT,19 4 PBU, 2 QBH3.6 (9 games) writers and other dignitaries will vote on 25 Keenan Curran 140 23 3.4 finalists following the regular season.

InRush 2010 Yards and Per 2011, Carry (147Trumaine ranked) Johnson wasJeremy a Calhoun De’Arius94 Christmas,10 Grambling4.42 Daniel State, Smith, LB, Campbell Jr., 9.36 Kevin Thomson, Sacramento St. 6.92 finalist for the Buchanan Award in bothAlijah his Leejunior 5-10,119 220, Vicksburg,18 Mississippi3.92 Also this season, STATS will present the Walter and senior seasons. He’s gone on to become Payton Award (FCS offensive player of the theRushing highest TDs (147paid ranked) cornerback in the NFL,Jeremy carrying Calhoun Statistics:65 638 Tackles (335 Solo),Lance 12 TFL,Dunn, 3.5North Dakota St.year), Jerry12 RiceTy Flanagan, Award (FCS Idaho St. freshman player9 Gresch Jensen 65 8 5 the franchise tag for the Los Angeles Rams.Alijah Lee Sacks,65 1 PBU,8 5 QBH, 25 FF (9 games) of the year), Eddie Robinson Award (FCS coach of the year) and Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete JordanRushing YardsTripp (199 is another ranked) two-time BuchananJeremy Calhoun Malik53 Duncan,7 Saint Francis,548 CB,Josh Sr., Mack, 5-10, Maine 205, of the Year.979 Chris Murray, Montana St. 848 Award finalist for UM (2012-2013) whoAlijah is Lee Cleveland143 19 361 stillRushing plying Yards his Per trade Game in (199 the ranked) NFL for the AtlantaJeremy Calhoun 54 7 68.5 Josh Mack, Maine 139.9 Chris Murray, Montana St. 106.0 Falcons. Alijah Lee Statistics:151 3119 Tackles (2245.1 Solo), 3 INT, 4 PBU, 1 Sacks (65 ranked) Josh Buss QBH,37 1 FR (94 games) 0.69 Matthew Oplinger, Yale 1.36 George Obinna, Sacramento St. 1.06 Buss will have two more guaranteed chances to Scoring (173 ranked) Brandon Purdy 27 6 7.4 Lance Dunn, North Dakota St. 11.1 Trey Tuttle, Weber St. 9.1 Keenan Curran 173 25 4.5 PAGE 23

Solo Tackles (46 ranked) Josh Buss 40 5 5.1 Mike Basile, Monmouth 8.3 Mike Needham, Southern Utah 5.6

Tackles For Loss (88 ranked) Josh Buss 16 1 1.6 Malachi Washington, Morgan St. 1.9 Josh Buss, Montana 1.6 Tucker Schye 22 3 1.4 Darius Jackson, Jacksonville St. 1.9 Mckay Murphy, Weber St. 1.6 James Banks 53 8 1.2

Total Offense (200 ranked) Gresch Jensen 21 7 264.4 Kyle Lauletta, Richmond 375.5 Gage Gubrud, Eastern Wash. 353.1 Jeremy Calhoun 184 18 68.5 2017 Montana Football Montana Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

Team Statistics UM OPP SCORING 362 288 Points Per Game 36.2 28.8 Points Off Turnovers 76 77 FIRST DOWNS 224 225 R u s h in g 81 82 P a s s in g 122 126 P e n a lt y 21 17 RUSHING YARDAGE 1532 1543 Yards gained rushing 1724 1968 Yards lost rushing 192 425 Rushing Attempts 416 400 Average Per Rush 3.7 3.9 Average Per Game 153.2 154.3 TDs Rushing 20 14 PASSING YARDAGE 3035 2680 C o m p - A t t - I n t 222-365-15 206-376-16 Average Per Pass 8.3 7.1 Average Per Catch 13.7 13.0 Average Per Game 303.5 268.0 TDs Passing 23 18 TOTAL OFFENSE 4567 4223 Total Plays 781 776 Average Per Play 5.8 5.4 Average Per Game 456.7 422.3 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 42-727 54-1112 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 18-134 10-132 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 16-369 15-239 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 17.3 20.6 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 7.4 13.2 INT RETURN AVERAGE 23.1 15.9 FUMBLES-LOST 14-9 11-7 PENALTIES-Yards 53-514 80-742 Average Per Game 51.4 74.2 PUNTS-Yards 49-1981 60-2149 Average Per Punt 40.4 35.8 Net punt average 36.1 31.9 KICKOFFS-Yards 67-3799 56-3249 Average Per Kick 56.7 58.0 Net kick average 37.1 39.7 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 8 : 0 3 3 1 : 5 7 3RD-DOWN Conversions 67/162 60/156 3rd-Down Pct 41% 38% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 10/23 5/14 4th-Down Pct 43% 36% SACKS BY-Yards 36-269 19-110 MISC YARDS 8 8 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 47 37 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 12-14 11-16 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (40-47) 85% (26-36) 72% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (30-47) 64% (20-36) 56% PAT-ATTEMPTS (42-45) 93% (33-34) 97% ATTENDANCE 141212 89694 Games/Avg Per Game 6/23535 4/22424 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Montana 90 103 85 84 0 362 Opponents 64 81 56 87 0 288 2017 Montana Football Montana Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg CALHOUN, Jeremy 10 146 639 18 621 4.3 6 24 62.1 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 17 128 7.5 1 48 LEE, Alijah 10 123 495 8 487 4.0 6 33 48.7 OLSON, Dante 1 6 6.0 0 0 JENSEN, Gresch 9 48 237 69 168 3.5 6 22 18.7 Total 18 134 7.4 1 48 SIMIS, Makena 10 22 106 1 105 4.8 1 12 10.5 Opponents 10 132 13.2 1 67 FAVORS,Treshawn 9 24 77 10 67 2.8 1 14 7.4 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 10 9 58 4 54 6.0 0 34 5.4 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg McCOMBS, Cody 7 10 52 3 49 4.9 0 21 7.0 STRONG, Justin 3 116 38.7 1 64 CURRAN, Keenan 10 1 10 0 10 10.0 0 10 1.0 SANDRY, Josh 3 114 38.0 1 74 DESHNER, Josh 1 2 4 4 0 0.0 0 4 0.0 McKINLEY, Ryan 2 58 29.0 1 53 PHILLIPS, Reese 3 8 23 25 -2 -0.2 0 12 -0.7 EPPERLY, Evan 2 -6 -3.0 0 0 TOURE, Samori 10 2 0 8 -8 -4.0 0 0 -0.8 BUSS, Josh 2 21 10.5 0 21 TEAM 4 7 0 9 -9 -1.3 0 0 -2.2 CURRAN, Keenan 1 2 2.0 0 2 HILL, Caleb 6 14 23 33 -10 -0.7 0 6 -1.7 NASH, Dareon 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 10 416 1724 192 1532 3.7 20 34 153.2 SANDERS,Markell 1 9 9.0 0 9 Opponents 10 400 1968 425 1543 3.9 14 64 154.3 ALEXANDER,Korey 1 55 55.0 0 55 Total 16 369 23.1 3 74 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Opponents 15 239 15.9 3 68 JENSEN, Gresch 9 153.84 147-245-9 60.0 2205 19 81 245.0 PHILLIPS, Reese 3 148.71 57-80-3 71.2 652 4 63 217.3 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg HILL, Caleb 6 83.72 12-23-2 52.2 134 0 29 22.3 TOURE, Samori 21 379 18.0 0 31 SIMIS, Makena 10 51.31 6-15-1 40.0 44 0 33 4.4 EATON, Kobey 12 217 18.1 0 28 TEAM 4 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 3 54 18.0 0 37 Total 10 143.24 222-365-15 60.8 3035 23 81 303.5 McCOMBS, Cody 2 32 16.0 0 20 Opponents 10 121.95 206-376-16 54.8 2680 18 75 268.0 CROW, Gavin 2 27 13.5 0 20 CALHOUN, Jeremy 1 1 1.0 0 1 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g BANKS, James 1 17 17.0 0 17 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 10 42 550 13.1 3 64 55.0 Total 42 727 17.3 0 37 CURRAN, Keenan 10 31 694 22.4 6 66 69.4 Opponents 54 1112 20.6 1 87 TOURE, Samori 10 30 555 18.5 5 81 55.5 CALHOUN, Justin 10 27 459 17.0 4 56 45.9 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg LEE, Alijah 10 22 119 5.4 0 19 11.9 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 HORNER, Josh 10 20 203 10.1 1 29 20.3 Opponents 1 10 10.0 0 10 AKEM, Samuel 10 18 207 11.5 2 41 20.7 CALHOUN, Jeremy 10 10 49 4.9 0 16 4.9 SIMIS, Makena 10 9 95 10.6 2 23 9.5 TAYLOR, L. 8 4 39 9.8 0 13 4.9 FAVORS,Treshawn 9 3 3 1.0 0 5 0.3 NAGLER, Jed 9 2 32 16.0 0 24 3.6 McLAUGHLIN, M. 4 2 2 1.0 0 6 0.5 BURTON, Danny 3 1 16 16.0 0 16 5.3 CORBIN, Brennan 4 1 12 12.0 0 12 3.0 Total 10 222 3035 13.7 23 81 303.5 Opponents 10 206 2680 13.0 18 75 268.0 2017 Montana Football Montana Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g PURDY, Brandon - 12-14 42-45 - - - - - 78 JENSEN, Gresch 9 293 168 2205 2373 263.7 CURRAN, Keenan 6 ------36 PHILLIPS, Reese 3 88 -2 652 650 216.7 JENSEN, Gresch 6 ------36 CALHOUN, Jeremy 10 146 621 0 621 62.1 LEE, Alijah 6 ------36 LEE, Alijah 10 123 487 0 487 48.7 CALHOUN, Jeremy 6 - - 0-1 - - - - 36 SIMIS, Makena 10 37 105 44 149 14.9 TOURE, Samori 5 ------30 HILL, Caleb 6 37 -10 134 124 20.7 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 4 ------24 FAVORS,Treshawn 9 24 67 0 67 7.4 CALHOUN, Justin 4 ------24 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 10 9 54 0 54 5.4 SIMIS, Makena 3 - - 0-1 - - - - 18 McCOMBS, Cody 7 10 49 0 49 7.0 AKEM, Samuel 2 ------12 CURRAN, Keenan 10 1 10 0 10 1.0 FAVORS,Treshawn 1 ------6 TOURE, Samori 10 2 -8 0 -8 -0.8 HORNER, Josh 1 ------6 TEAM 4 9 -9 0 -9 -2.2 McKINLEY, Ryan 1 ------6 Total 10 781 1532 3035 4567 456.7 SANDRY, Josh 1 ------6 Opponents 10 776 1543 2680 4223 422.3 STRONG, Justin 1 ------6 STRAHM, Connor ------1 - 2 Total 47 12-14 42-45 0-2 - - 1 - 362 Opponents 37 11-16 33-34 - - 0-3 - - 288

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk PURDY, Brandon 12-14 85.7 0-0 6-7 5-5 1-2 0-0 47 1 WILLIAMS, Eric 49 1981 40.4 58 4 20 18 7 0 Total 49 1981 40.4 58 4 20 18 7 0 FG Sequence Montana Opponents Opponents 60 2149 35.8 66 5 10 13 5 2 Valparaiso (24) (23),(29),(44) Washington - 46 Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Savannah State - 25,(43) WILLIAMS, Eric 36 1934 53.7 4 3 Eastern Washington (24),(39) (39),40,(23),48 SEMENZA, Tim 31 1865 60.2 4 0 Portland State (34),(33),(22) - Total 67 3799 56.7 8 3 20.6 37.1 27 Idaho State 46 (35) Opponents 56 3249 58.0 12 2 17.3 39.7 25 North Dakota (30),(23),26 (35) Weber State - (39),(48) Northern Arizona (34) 26,(30) Northern Colorado (27),(24),(47) -

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. 2017 Montana Football Montana Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g TOURE, Samori 10 -8 555 0 379 0 926 92.6 L O U I E - M c G E E , 10 54 550 128 54 0 786 78.6 CURRAN, Keen 10 10 694 0 0 2 706 70.6 CALHOUN, Jere 10 621 49 0 1 0 671 67.1 LEE, Alijah 10 487 119 0 0 0 606 60.6 CALHOUN, Justi 10 0 459 0 0 0 459 45.9 EATON, Kobey 7 0 0 0 217 0 217 31.0 AKEM, Samuel 10 0 207 0 0 0 207 20.7 HORNER, Josh 10 0 203 0 0 0 203 20.3 SIMIS, Makena 10 105 95 0 0 0 200 20.0 JENSEN, Gresc 9 168 0 0 0 0 168 18.7 STRONG, Justin 7 0 0 0 0 116 116 16.6 SANDRY, Josh 10 0 0 0 0 114 114 11.4 McCOMBS, Cod 7 49 0 0 32 0 81 11.6 FAVORS,Tresha 9 67 3 0 0 0 70 7.8 McKINLEY, Rya 10 0 0 0 0 58 58 5.8 ALEXANDER,Ko 10 0 0 0 0 55 55 5.5 TAYLOR, L. 8 0 39 0 0 0 39 4.9 NAGLER, Jed 9 0 32 0 0 0 32 3.6 CROW, Gavin 9 0 0 0 27 0 27 3.0 BUSS, Josh 10 0 0 0 0 21 21 2.1 BANKS, James 10 0 0 0 17 0 17 1.7 BURTON, Dann 3 0 16 0 0 0 16 5.3 CORBIN, Brenn 4 0 12 0 0 0 12 3.0 SANDERS,Mark 10 0 0 0 0 9 9 0.9 OLSON, Dante 10 0 0 6 0 0 6 0.6 M c L A U G H L I N , 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.5 PHILLIPS, Rees 3 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.7 EPPERLY, Evan 10 0 0 0 0 -6 -6 -0.6 TEAM 4 -9 0 0 0 0 -9 -2.2 HILL, Caleb 6 -10 0 0 0 0 -10 -1.7 Total 10 1532 3035 134 727 369 5797 579.7 Opponents 10 1543 2680 132 1112 239 5706 570.6 2017 Montana Football Montana Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd # Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 36 BANKS, James 10 31 69 100 12.5-37 3.0-21 . 1 2 1-0 . . . 42 BUSS, Josh 10 47 44 91 12.5-69 5.5-53 2-21 5 2 . . . . 10 STRAHM, Connor 8 34 37 71 9.5-32 1.5-12 . 1 2 1-0 1 . . 13 SANDRY, Josh 10 24 24 48 0.5-2 0.5-2 3-114 2 1 1-0 1 1 . 37 SCHYE, Tucker 10 24 22 46 13.5-68 7.5-53 . 3 1 3-0 3 1 . 2D McKINLEY, Ryan 10 29 16 45 1.0-3 . 2-58 12 . . . . . 49 SIMS, Jesse 10 12 30 42 5.5-24 3.5-21 . . 2 . . 1 . 43 FAVOROSO, Chris 10 20 19 39 12.0-55 6.0-42 . 1 2 . 1 . . 33 OLSON, Dante 10 16 21 37 2.0-9 1.0-7 . . 2 . . 1 . 5D STRONG, Justin 7 23 14 37 1.5-2 . 3-116 1 . . . . . 30 EPPERLY, Evan 10 16 18 34 1.0-6 . 2--6 3 . . . . . 1D SANDERS,Markell 10 13 12 25 1.5-1 . 1-9 4 . . . . . 44 RODRIGUEZ,Randy 10 8 14 22 5.0-36 3.0-28 . . . 1-0 . . . 57 COCHRAN, Shayne 10 8 10 18 2.0-6 0.5-2 . . . . 1 . . 96 SHAW, David 10 5 11 16 3.5-14 1.5-12 . 1 . . . 1 . 45 FA'ATUIESE,Vika 10 8 8 16 2.0-3 ...... 34 LEWIS, Jace 9 2 13 15 ...... 8D COWANS, Lewis 9 8 6 14 0.5-1 . . 2 . . . . . 99 TILLEMAN,Reggie 10 1 12 13 2.0-12 1.5-11 ...... 92 MCKEE-OSIBODU,M 9 2 11 13 1.0-3 0.5-2 ...... 1B ALEXANDER,Korey 10 5 6 11 1.0-4 . 1-55 1 . . 1 . . 7 NASH, Dareon 10 6 4 10 . . 1-0 4 . . . . . 40 SIRMON, Cy 9 1 8 9 2.0-8 0.5-3 . . 2 . . . . 23 EGBO, Josh 7 2 4 6 ...... 91 DAVIDSON,Brandt 4 . 6 6 ...... 6 CURRAN, Keenan 10 2 4 6 . . 1-2 ...... 3D DELANEY, Mick 4 2 3 5 ...... 84 NAGLER, Jed 9 1 3 4 ...... 20 CROW, Gavin 9 1 3 4 ...... 16 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 10 3 . 3 ...... 55 DAVIS, Kyle 5 1 2 3 ...... 18 AKEM, Samuel 10 2 . 2 ...... 54 SMITH, Gage 5 . 2 2 ...... 51 RALSTON, Mike 10 1 . 1 ...... 24 LEE, Alijah 10 1 . 1 ...... 61 O'DONOGHUE, M. 9 . 1 1 ...... 21 TAYLOR, L. 8 1 . 1 ...... 72 SPRUNK, Cooper 10 1 . 1 ...... 74 VILLANUEVA, A. 10 1 . 1 ...... 2O JENSEN, Gresch 9 1 . 1 ...... 3O CALHOUN, Justin 10 . 1 1 ...... 88 BINGHAM, Colin 7 . 1 1 ...... 9 CORBIN, Brennan 4 1 . 1 ...... Total 10 364 459 823 92-395 36-269 16-369 41 16 7-0 8 5 . Opponents 10 351 552 903 69-216 19-110 15-239 39 5 9-10 12 2 . 2017 Montana Football Montana Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral Sep 02, 2017 VALPARAISO W 45-23 23160 All games 7-3 5-1 2-2 0-0 Sep 9, 2017 at #7 Washington L 7-63 68491 Conference 5-2 3-1 2-1 0-0 Sep 16, 2017 SAVANNAH STATE W 56-3 22228 Non-Conference 2-1 2-0 0-1 0-0 * Sep 23, 2017 #11 EASTERN WASHINGTON L 41-48 25944 * Sep 30, 2017 at Portland State W 45-33 5012 Team Statistics UM OPP * Oct 06, 2017 at Idaho State W 39-31 7279 FIRST DOWNS 224 225 * Oct 14, 2017 NORTH DAKOTA W 41-17 25085 R u s h in g 81 82 * Oct 28, 2017 at #22 Weber State L 27-41 8912 P a s s in g 122 126 * Nov 04, 2017 #9 NORTHERN ARIZONA W 17-15 22747 P e n a l ty 21 17 * Nov 11, 2017 NORTHERN COLORADO W 44-14 22048 RUSHING YARDAGE 1532 1543 Rushing Attempts 416 400 Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Average Per Rush 3.7 3.9 CALHOUN, Jeremy 10 146 639 18 621 4.3 6 24 62.1 Average Per Game 153.2 154.3 LEE, Alijah 10 123 495 8 487 4.0 6 33 48.7 TDs Rushing 20 14 JENSEN, Gresch 9 48 237 69 168 3.5 6 22 18.7 PASSING YARDAGE 3035 2680 SIMIS, Makena 10 22 106 1 105 4.8 1 12 10.5 C o m p - A t t- In t 222-365-15 206-376-16 FAVORS,Treshawn 9 24 77 10 67 2.8 1 14 7.4 Average Per Pass 8.3 7.1 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 10 9 58 4 54 6.0 0 34 5.4 Average Per Catch 13.7 13.0 McCOMBS, Cody 7 10 52 3 49 4.9 0 21 7.0 Average Per Game 303.5 268.0 CURRAN, Keenan 10 1 10 0 10 10.0 0 10 1.0 TDs Passing 23 18 Total 10 416 1724 192 1532 3.7 20 34 153.2 TOTAL OFFENSE 4567 4223 Opponents 10 400 1968 425 1543 3.9 14 64 154.3 Average Per Play 5.8 5.4 Average Per Game 456.7 422.3 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 42-727 54-1112 JENSEN, Gresch 9 153.84 147-245-9 60.0 2205 19 81 245.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 18-134 10-132 PHILLIPS, Reese 3 148.71 57-80-3 71.2 652 4 63 217.3 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 16-369 15-239 HILL, Caleb 6 83.72 12-23-2 52.2 134 0 29 22.3 FUMBLES-LOST 14-9 11-7 SIMIS, Makena 10 51.31 6-15-1 40.0 44 0 33 4.4 PENALTIES-Yards 53-514 80-742 TEAM 4 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 PUNTS-AVG 49-40.4 60-35.8 Total 10 143.24 222-365-15 60.8 3035 23 81 303.5 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 8 :0 3 3 1 :5 7 Opponents 10 121.95 206-376-16 54.8 2680 18 75 268.0 3RD-DOWN Conversions 67/162 60/156 4TH-DOWN Conversions 10/23 5/14 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g LOUIE-McGEE, J. 10 42 550 13.1 3 64 55.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg CURRAN, Keenan 10 31 694 22.4 6 66 69.4 STRONG, Justin 3 116 38.7 1 64 TOURE, Samori 10 30 555 18.5 5 81 55.5 SANDRY, Josh 3 114 38.0 1 74 CALHOUN, Justin 10 27 459 17.0 4 56 45.9 EPPERLY, Evan 2 -6 -3.0 0 0 LEE, Alijah 10 22 119 5.4 0 19 11.9 BUSS, Josh 2 21 10.5 0 21 HORNER, Josh 10 20 203 10.1 1 29 20.3 McKINLEY, Ryan 2 58 29.0 1 53 AKEM, Samuel 10 18 207 11.5 2 41 20.7 ALEXANDER,Korey 1 55 55.0 0 55 CALHOUN, Jeremy 10 10 49 4.9 0 16 4.9 NASH, Dareon 1 0 0.0 0 0 SIMIS, Makena 10 9 95 10.6 2 23 9.5 CURRAN, Keenan 1 2 2.0 0 2 TAYLOR, L. 8 4 39 9.8 0 13 4.9 SANDERS,Markell 1 9 9.0 0 9 FAVORS,Treshawn 9 3 3 1.0 0 5 0.3 NAGLER, Jed 9 2 32 16.0 0 24 3.6 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk McLAUGHLIN, M. 4 2 2 1.0 0 6 0.5 WILLIAMS, Eric 49 1981 40.4 58 4 20 18 7 0 BURTON, Danny 3 1 16 16.0 0 16 5.3 CORBIN, Brennan 4 1 12 12.0 0 12 3.0 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Total 10 222 3035 13.7 23 81 303.5 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 17 128 7.5 1 48 Opponents 10 206 2680 13.0 18 75 268.0 OLSON, Dante 1 6 6.0 0 0 Total 18 134 7.4 1 48 Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Opponents 10 132 13.2 1 67 PURDY, Brandon 12-14 85.7 0-0 6-7 5-5 1-2 0-0 47 1 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg PAT TOURE, Samori 21 379 18.0 0 31 Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts EATON, Kobey 12 217 18.1 0 28 PURDY, Brandon - 12-14 42-45 - - - - - 78 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 3 54 18.0 0 37 JENSEN, Gresch 6 ------36 McCOMBS, Cody 2 32 16.0 0 20 CURRAN, Keenan 6 ------36 CROW, Gavin 2 27 13.5 0 20 LEE, Alijah 6 ------36 BANKS, James 1 17 17.0 0 17 CALHOUN, Jeremy 6 - - 0-1 - - - - 36 CALHOUN, Jeremy 1 1 1.0 0 1 TOURE, Samori 5 ------30 Total 42 727 17.3 0 37 CALHOUN, Justin 4 ------24 Opponents 54 1112 20.6 1 87 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 4 ------24 SIMIS, Makena 3 - - 0-1 - - - - 18 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g AKEM, Samuel 2 ------12 TOURE, Samori 10 -8 555 0 379 0 926 92.6 HORNER, Josh 1 ------6 L O U IE - M c G E E , 10 54 550 128 54 0 786 78.6 FAVORS,Treshawn 1 ------6 CURRAN, Keena 10 10 694 0 0 2 706 70.6 SANDRY, Josh 1 ------6 CALHOUN, Jere 10 621 49 0 1 0 671 67.1 STRONG, Justin 1 ------6 LEE, Alijah 10 487 119 0 0 0 606 60.6 McKINLEY, Ryan 1 ------6 Total 10 1532 3035 134 727 369 5797 579.7 Total 47 12-14 42-45 0-2 - - 1 - 362 Opponents 10 1543 2680 132 1112 239 5706 570.6 Opponents 37 11-16 33-34 - - 0-3 - - 288 Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total JENSEN, Gresch 9 293 168 2205 2373 263.7 Montana 90 103 85 84 0 362 PHILLIPS, Reese 3 88 -2 652 650 216.7 Opponents 64 81 56 87 0 288 CALHOUN, Jeremy 10 146 621 0 621 62.1 LEE, Alijah 10 123 487 0 487 48.7 SIMIS, Makena 10 37 105 44 149 14.9 Total 10 781 1532 3035 4567 456.7 Opponents 10 776 1543 2680 4223 422.3

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 36 BANKS, James 10 31 69 100 12.5-37 3.0-21 . 1 2 1-0 . . . 42 BUSS, Josh 10 47 44 91 12.5-69 5.5-53 2-21 5 2 . . . . 10 STRAHM, Connor 8 34 37 71 9.5-32 1.5-12 . 1 2 1-0 1 . . 13 SANDRY, Josh 10 24 24 48 0.5-2 0.5-2 3-114 2 1 1-0 1 1 . 37 SCHYE, Tucker 10 24 22 46 13.5-68 7.5-53 . 3 1 3-0 3 1 . Total 10 364 459 823 92-395 36-269 16-369 41 16 7-0 8 5 . Opponents 10 351 552 903 69-216 19-110 15-239 39 5 9-10 12 2 . 2017 Montana Football Montana - Long Plays

25-YARD PLUS PLAYS LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERS Yds Type Player(s) Opponent Long Plays By Yards No. TD 81* Pass TOURE, Samori from JENSEN, Gresch Weber State 100+ 0 0 80 Pass TOURE, Samori from JENSEN, Gresch Savannah State 90-99 0 0 74 INT SANDRY, Josh North Dakota 80-89 2 1 71 Pass TOURE, Samori from JENSEN, Gresch Idaho State 70-79 2 0 66 Pass CURRAN, Keenan from JENSEN, Gresch Eastern Washington 60-69 5 2 64* INT STRONG, Justin Portland State 50-59 6 3 64 Pass LOUIE-McGEE, J. from JENSEN, Gresch North Dakota 40-49 7 3 63 Pass LOUIE-McGEE, J. from PHILLIPS, Reese Valparaiso 30-39 16 4 60* Pass CURRAN, Keenan from JENSEN, Gresch Portland State 20-29 35 5 56* Pass CALHOUN, Justin from JENSEN, Gresch Northern Colorado 55* Pass CURRAN, Keenan from JENSEN, Gresch North Dakota Long Plays By Type No. TD 55 INT ALEXANDER,Korey Northern Colorado Rushing 6 0 55 Pass CURRAN, Keenan from JENSEN, Gresch Weber State Passing 42 14 53 Pass CURRAN, Keenan from PHILLIPS, Reese Savannah State Punt returns 3 1 53* INT McKINLEY, Ryan Savannah State Kick returns 14 0 48* PR LOUIE-McGEE, J. Northern Arizona Interceptions 8 3 47 Pass CALHOUN, Justin from JENSEN, Gresch Eastern Washington Fumble returns 0 0 46 Pass CALHOUN, Justin from JENSEN, Gresch Idaho State Other 0 0 45* Pass CURRAN, Keenan from PHILLIPS, Reese Valparaiso TOTAL 73 18 44* Pass CALHOUN, Justin from JENSEN, Gresch Eastern Washington 41 Pass AKEM, Samuel from JENSEN, Gresch Idaho State 25-YARD PLUS BY PLAYER 40 Pass LOUIE-McGEE, J. from JENSEN, Gresch Savannah State Player No. TD R P KR PR IR FR 38* Pass LOUIE-McGEE, J. from JENSEN, Gresch Weber State 37 Pass CURRAN, Keenan from JENSEN, Gresch Northern Colorado TOURE, Samori 17 4 0 10 7 0 0 0 37 Pass TOURE, Samori from JENSEN, Gresch Portland State LOUIE-McGEE, J. 13 3 1 8 1 3 0 0 37 KR LOUIE-McGEE, J. Northern Arizona CURRAN, Keenan 11 4 0 11 0 0 0 0 36* INT SANDRY, Josh+SANDRY, Josh Washington CALHOUN, Justin 7 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 35* Pass CALHOUN, Justin from JENSEN, Gresch Idaho State EATON, Kobey 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 34 PR LOUIE-McGEE, J. Savannah State STRONG, Justin 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 34 Rush LOUIE-McGEE, J. Northern Arizona AKEM, Samuel 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 33 Pass CALHOUN, Justin from SIMIS, Makena Northern Arizona McCOMBS, Cody 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 33 Rush LEE, Alijah Savannah State SIMIS, Makena 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 33 Pass TOURE, Samori from JENSEN, Gresch North Dakota JENSEN, Gresch 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 33 Pass LOUIE-McGEE, J. from JENSEN, Gresch Idaho State McKINLEY, Ryan 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 32 Pass CURRAN, Keenan from JENSEN, Gresch Portland State SANDRY, Josh+SANDRY, 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 31* Pass TOURE, Samori from JENSEN, Gresch North Dakota CROW, Gavin 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31 Pass TOURE, Samori from PHILLIPS, Reese Valparaiso BUSS, Josh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 KR TOURE, Samori Washington NAGLER, Jed 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 29* Pass CURRAN, Keenan from JENSEN, Gresch North Dakota CALHOUN, Jeremy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 Pass HORNER, Josh from HILL, Caleb Weber State HORNER, Josh 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 INT STRONG, Justin Portland State ALEXANDER,Korey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 28 KR EATON, Kobey Valparaiso SANDRY, Josh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 28 Pass CURRAN, Keenan from JENSEN, Gresch North Dakota LEE, Alijah 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 Pass CALHOUN, Justin from JENSEN, Gresch North Dakota TOTAL 73 18 6 42 14 3 8 0 27 PR LOUIE-McGEE, J. Weber State 26* Pass AKEM, Samuel from JENSEN, Gresch Eastern Washington LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR 25 KR EATON, Kobey Idaho State Rushing 25 KR TOURE, Samori Washington 34 LOUIE-McGEE, J. vs Northern Arizona (11/4/2017) 25* Pass LOUIE-McGEE, J. from PHILLIPS, Reese Valparaiso Rushing Touchdown 15 JENSEN, Gresch vs North Dakota (10/14/2017) * touchdown scored on play Passing 81 TOURE, Samori from JENSEN, Gresch vs Weber State (10/28/2017) Passing Touchdown 81 TOURE, Samori from JENSEN, Gresch vs Weber State (10/28/2017) Punt Return 48 LOUIE-McGEE, J. vs Northern Arizona (11/4/2017) Kick Return 37 LOUIE-McGEE, J. vs Northern Arizona (11/4/2017) Interception Return 74 SANDRY, Josh vs North Dakota (10/14/2017) Fumble Return None Punt 58 WILLIAMS, Eric vs Valparaiso (9/2/2017) Field Goal 47 PURDY, Brandon vs Northern Colorado (11/11/2017) 2017 Montana Football Montana - "Money" Plays

Money plays are defined as plays resulting in first down or a touchdown

MONEY RUSHERS 1st TD No. Att MONEY RECEPTIONS 1st TD No. Rec CALHOUN, Jeremy 28 6 33 146 CURRAN, Keenan 24 6 26 31 LEE, Alijah 23 6 28 123 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 21 3 21 42 JENSEN, Gresch 15 6 18 37 CALHOUN, Justin 18 4 18 27 SIMIS, Makena 6 1 7 22 TOURE, Samori 18 5 18 30 FAVORS,Treshawn 2 1 3 24 HORNER, Josh 12 1 13 20 HILL, Caleb 2 0 2 10 AKEM, Samuel 8 2 9 18 McCOMBS, Cody 2 0 2 10 SIMIS, Makena 5 2 7 9 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 2 0 2 9 LEE, Alijah 6 0 6 22 CURRAN, Keenan 1 0 1 1 CALHOUN, Jeremy 4 0 4 10 TOTALS 81 20 96 397 TAYLOR, L. 3 0 3 4 NAGLER, Jed 2 0 2 2 BURTON, Danny 1 0 1 1 TOTALS 122 23 128 222

1ST DOWN 1ST DOWN MONEY RUSHERS 1st TD No. Att MONEY RECEPTIONS 1st TD No. Rec CALHOUN, Jeremy 11 1 12 84 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 12 3 12 22 JENSEN, Gresch 3 2 4 15 TOURE, Samori 8 2 8 14 LEE, Alijah 2 2 3 64 CALHOUN, Justin 7 1 7 12 McCOMBS, Cody 2 0 2 6 AKEM, Samuel 5 1 6 11 SIMIS, Makena 1 0 1 4 CURRAN, Keenan 4 3 5 7 FAVORS,Treshawn 0 1 1 13 HORNER, Josh 3 0 3 4 CURRAN, Keenan 1 0 1 1 LEE, Alijah 2 0 2 7 TOTALS 20 6 24 204 BURTON, Danny 1 0 1 1 TOTALS 42 10 44 80

2ND DOWN 2ND DOWN MONEY RUSHERS 1st TD No. Att MONEY RECEPTIONS 1st TD No. Rec LEE, Alijah 10 2 12 39 CURRAN, Keenan 12 3 13 16 CALHOUN, Jeremy 9 3 11 43 TOURE, Samori 8 3 8 13 JENSEN, Gresch 3 1 4 6 HORNER, Josh 5 1 6 9 SIMIS, Makena 3 0 3 10 SIMIS, Makena 3 1 4 5 FAVORS,Treshawn 2 0 2 9 CALHOUN, Justin 4 1 4 8 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 2 0 2 6 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 4 0 4 12 TOTALS 29 6 34 123 CALHOUN, Jeremy 3 0 3 7 LEE, Alijah 2 0 2 4 AKEM, Samuel 1 1 1 3 TOTALS 42 10 45 79

3RD DOWN 3RD DOWN MONEY RUSHERS 1st TD No. Att MONEY RECEPTIONS 1st TD No. Rec LEE, Alijah 10 2 12 18 CURRAN, Keenan 6 0 6 6 CALHOUN, Jeremy 6 2 8 16 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 5 0 5 8 JENSEN, Gresch 8 2 8 14 CALHOUN, Justin 5 1 5 5 SIMIS, Makena 2 1 3 7 HORNER, Josh 4 0 4 6 HILL, Caleb 2 0 2 4 TAYLOR, L. 3 0 3 3 TOTALS 28 7 33 61 NAGLER, Jed 2 0 2 2 AKEM, Samuel 2 0 2 4 SIMIS, Makena 1 1 2 3 TOURE, Samori 2 0 2 3 LEE, Alijah 2 0 2 10 CALHOUN, Jeremy 1 0 1 3 TOTALS 33 2 34 56

4TH DOWN 4TH DOWN MONEY RUSHERS 1st TD No. Att MONEY RECEPTIONS 1st TD No. Rec JENSEN, Gresch 1 1 2 2 CALHOUN, Justin 2 1 2 2 CALHOUN, Jeremy 2 0 2 3 CURRAN, Keenan 2 0 2 2 LEE, Alijah 1 0 1 2 SIMIS, Makena 1 0 1 1 TOTALS 4 1 5 9 TOTALS 5 1 5 7 2017 Montana Football Montana Team Game-by-Game (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 02 VALPARAISO 35 139 2 13 30 399 4 63 30-41-1 399 4 63 4 69 0 28 1 1 0 1 538 Sep 9 at Washington 33 31 0 9 19 132 0 19 19-31-2 132 0 19 8 152 0 31 0 0 0 0 163 Sep 16 SAVANNAH STATE 34 193 4 33 28 368 3 80 28-35-1 368 3 80 1 23 0 23 3 53 0 34 561 Sep 23 EASTERN WASHINGTON 45 180 3 17 25 358 2 66 25-51-1 358 2 66 9 151 0 23 1 -1 0 0 538 Sep 30 at Portland State 48 170 3 24 23 284 1 60 23-38-2 284 1 60 3 53 0 19 2 -5 0 1 454 Oct 06 at Idaho State 39 159 2 15 23 360 4 71 23-35-0 360 4 71 6 91 0 25 1 2 0 0 519 Oct 14 NORTH DAKOTA 39 162 2 15 25 442 3 64 25-38-2 442 3 64 3 58 0 21 2 1 0 1 604 Oct 28 at Weber State 41 108 1 22 23 395 3 81 23-48-3 395 3 81 5 76 0 22 2 27 0 27 503 Nov 04 NORTHERN ARIZONA 45 174 1 34 6 44 0 33 6-15-1 44 0 33 3 54 0 37 3 62 1 48 218 Nov 11 NORTHERN COLORADO 57 216 2 22 20 253 3 56 20-33-2 253 3 56 0 0 0 0 3 -6 0 0 469 Montana 416 1532 20 34 222 3035 23 81 222-365-15 3035 23 81 42 727 0 37 18 134 1 48 4567 Opponents 400 1543 14 64 206 2680 18 75 206-376-16 2680 18 75 54 1112 1 87 10 132 1 67 4223

Games: 10 • Avg/rush: 3.7 • Avg/catch: 13.7 • Pass effic: 143.24 • KR avg: 17.3 • PR avg: 7.4 • All purpose avg/game: 579.7 • Total offense avg/gm: 456.7

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 02 VALPARAISO 27 50 77 5.0-13 1.0-5 1 1-0 2--2 2 7 0 6-6 0 0 0 7 45 Sep 9 at Washington 45 18 63 5.0-18 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-36 0 1 1 1-1 0 0 0 7 7 Sep 16 SAVANNAH STATE 27 66 93 15.0-85 8.0-74 0 0-0 2-74 3 2 1 8-8 0 0 0 14 56 Sep 23 EASTERN WASHINGTO 40 61 101 13.0-49 5.0-35 1 1-0 1-9 2 4 0 5-5 0 0 0 7 41 Sep 30 at Portland State 50 16 66 6.0-9 0.0-0 0 0-0 3-116 1 6 0 4-5 0 0 0 16 45 Oct 06 at Idaho State 35 74 109 10.0-47 6.0-38 2 1-0 0-0 2 7 1 3-4 0 0 0 6 39 Oct 14 NORTH DAKOTA 31 44 75 6.0-15 2.0-7 1 1-0 1-74 2 6 0 5-5 0 0 0 3 41 Oct 28 at Weber State 34 40 74 12.0-60 4.0-41 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3-4 0 0 0 0 27 Nov 04 NORTHERN ARIZONA 40 56 96 11.0-67 8.0-53 1 1-0 1-2 2 4 1 2-2 0 0 0 7 17 Nov 11 NORTHERN COLORAD 35 34 69 9.0-32 2.0-16 2 2-0 5-60 2 4 1 5-5 0 0 0 9 44 Montana 364 459 823 92.0-395 36.0-269 8 7-0 16-369 16 41 5 42-45 0 0 0 76 362 Opponents 351 552 903 69.0-216 19.0-110 12 9-10 15-239 5 39 2 33-34 0 0 0 77 288

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 02 VALPARAISO 4 213 53.2 58 0 0 3 3 3 1-1 24 0 8 489 61.1 2 1 Sep 9 at Washington 7 260 37.1 46 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 2 119 59.5 1 0 Sep 16 SAVANNAH STATE 3 134 44.7 53 0 1 1 1 1 0-0 0 0 9 508 56.4 0 1 Sep 23 EASTERN WASHINGTO 6 213 35.5 40 0 0 4 0 1 2-2 39 0 7 318 45.4 0 1 Sep 30 at Portland State 4 147 36.8 43 0 0 1 0 2 3-3 34 0 9 489 54.3 1 0 Oct 06 at Idaho State 6 275 45.8 51 0 0 4 2 3 0-1 0 0 7 448 64.0 4 0 Oct 14 NORTH DAKOTA 3 109 36.3 39 0 1 1 0 1 2-3 30 1 8 449 56.1 0 0 Oct 28 at Weber State 4 126 31.5 35 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 5 261 52.2 0 0 Nov 04 NORTHERN ARIZONA 7 309 44.1 55 0 2 1 1 2 1-1 34 0 4 229 57.2 0 0 Nov 11 NORTHERN COLORAD 5 195 39.0 46 0 0 3 0 3 3-3 47 0 8 489 61.1 0 0 Montana 49 1981 40.4 58 0 4 20 7 18 12-14 47 1 67 3799 56.7 8 3 Opponents 60 2149 35.8 66 2 5 10 5 13 11-16 48 1 56 3249 58.0 12 2 2017 Montana Football Montana Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 02 VALPARAISO 32 123 0 20 20 327 2 66 20-42-2 327 2 66 5 103 0 32 0 0 0 0 450 Sep 9 at Washington 37 213 5 30 24 293 2 31 24-28-1 293 2 31 1 20 0 20 1 67 1 67 506 Sep 16 SAVANNAH STATE 46 94 0 30 12 160 0 38 12-27-2 160 0 38 8 125 0 24 0 0 0 0 254 Sep 23 EASTERN WASHINGTON 31 68 2 22 44 549 4 50 44-65-1 549 4 50 5 134 0 51 1 8 0 8 617 Sep 30 at Portland State 46 295 3 47 18 249 1 34 18-42-3 249 1 34 8 193 1 87 2 5 0 4 544 Oct 06 at Idaho State 48 165 1 27 26 367 3 75 26-41-0 367 3 75 3 60 0 26 1 8 0 8 532 Oct 14 NORTH DAKOTA 36 155 1 56 12 188 1 62 12-29-1 188 1 62 8 139 0 24 1 6 0 6 343 Oct 28 at Weber State 39 93 1 29 18 205 3 32 18-32-0 205 3 32 4 96 0 29 0 0 0 0 298 Nov 04 NORTHERN ARIZONA 53 174 1 28 16 143 1 22 16-31-1 143 1 22 4 91 0 33 3 38 0 19 317 Nov 11 NORTHERN COLORADO 32 163 0 64 16 199 1 26 16-39-5 199 1 26 8 151 0 25 1 0 0 0 362 Opponents 400 1543 14 64 206 2680 18 75 206-376-16 2680 18 75 54 1112 1 87 10 132 1 67 4223 Montana 416 1532 20 34 222 3035 23 81 222-365-15 3035 23 81 42 727 0 37 18 134 1 48 4567

Games: 10 • Avg/rush: 3.9 • Avg/catch: 13.0 • Pass effic: 121.95 • KR avg: 20.6 • PR avg: 13.2 • All purpose avg/game: 570.6 • Total offense avg/gm: 422.3

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 02 VALPARAISO 29 66 95 3.0-4 0.0-0 1 1-0 1-24 1 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 7 23 Sep 9 at Washington 45 26 71 10.0-42 6.0-35 2 2-0 2-72 0 4 0 9-9 0 0 0 28 63 Sep 16 SAVANNAH STATE 34 52 86 8.0-22 0.0-0 1 1-0 1-0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 Sep 23 EASTERN WASHINGTO 42 64 106 6.0-15 2.0-8 2 0-0 1-0 0 5 0 6-6 0 0 0 7 48 Sep 30 at Portland State 48 40 88 6.0-15 0.0-0 0 0-0 2-31 0 4 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 33 Oct 06 at Idaho State 22 70 92 5.0-20 2.0-12 2 1-0 0-0 0 6 1 4-4 0 0 0 7 31 Oct 14 NORTH DAKOTA 36 50 86 6.0-18 1.0-7 1 1-0 2-3 0 4 1 2-2 0 0 0 0 17 Oct 28 at Weber State 38 52 90 8.0-38 5.0-35 1 2-10 3-87 2 4 0 5-5 0 0 0 21 41 Nov 04 NORTHERN ARIZONA 19 62 81 7.0-24 1.0-7 1 1-0 1-3 0 2 0 0-1 0 0 0 0 15 Nov 11 NORTHERN COLORAD 38 70 108 10.0-18 2.0-6 1 0-0 2-19 1 6 0 2-2 0 0 0 7 14 Opponents 351 552 903 69.0-216 19.0-110 12 9-10 15-239 5 39 2 33-34 0 0 0 77 288 Montana 364 459 823 92.0-395 36.0-269 8 7-0 16-369 16 41 5 42-45 0 0 0 76 362

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 02 VALPARAISO 6 188 31.3 45 0 0 1 0 0 3-3 44 0 6 350 58.3 2 0 Sep 9 at Washington 2 67 33.5 35 0 0 0 0 2 0-1 0 0 10 606 60.6 2 0 Sep 16 SAVANNAH STATE 10 414 41.4 66 0 1 1 2 3 1-2 43 1 1 62 62.0 0 0 Sep 23 EASTERN WASHINGTO 3 111 37.0 43 0 1 1 0 1 2-4 39 0 9 518 57.6 0 0 Sep 30 at Portland State 5 160 32.0 43 0 0 1 0 2 0-0 0 0 5 261 52.2 0 2 Oct 06 at Idaho State 7 223 31.9 45 1 2 0 0 2 1-1 35 0 6 307 51.2 0 0 Oct 14 NORTH DAKOTA 7 287 41.0 57 0 1 2 1 1 1-1 35 0 4 246 61.5 1 0 Oct 28 at Weber State 6 233 38.8 51 0 0 0 1 2 2-2 48 0 8 512 64.0 3 0 Nov 04 NORTHERN ARIZONA 8 276 34.5 51 0 0 2 1 0 1-2 30 0 4 192 48.0 1 0 Nov 11 NORTHERN COLORAD 6 190 31.7 47 1 0 2 0 0 0-0 0 0 3 195 65.0 3 0 Opponents 60 2149 35.8 66 2 5 10 5 13 11-16 48 1 56 3249 58.0 12 2 Montana 49 1981 40.4 58 0 4 20 7 18 12-14 47 1 67 3799 56.7 8 3 2017 Montana Football Montana Tackle For Loss Game-by-Game (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

TACKLES FOR LOSS UA-A Total VALPO WASH SSU EWU PSU ISU UND WSU NAU NC SCHYE, Tucker DE 12-3 13.5 1.0-5 2.0-7 0.5-1 4.0-26 1.0-1 1.0-4 1.0-3 1.0-7 2.0-14 - BANKS, James LB 7-11 12.5 1.5-3 - 1.5-4 1.0-3 2.5-4 0.5-0 - 2.5-6 2.5-16 0.5-1 BUSS, Josh LB 10-5 12.5 0.5-1 - 3.5-32 2.5-7 1.0-1 - 1.0-2 4.0-26 - - FAVOROSO, Chris DE 9-6 12.0 - - - - - 2.0-6 2.5-6 2.0-15 3.0-15 2.5-13 STRAHM, Connor LB 7-5 9 .5 DNP DNP 1.0-1 1.5-2 - 0.5-3 0.5-1 1.0-1 2.5-18 2.5-6 SIMS, Jesse DT 3-5 5 .5 - - - - 1.0-2 2.5-17 0.5-1 - 1.0-4 0.5-0 RODRIGUEZ,Randy DT 4-2 5 .0 1.0-2 1.0-6 1.5-17 - - 0.5-3 - - - 1.0-8 SHAW, David DT 1-5 3 .5 - - 2.0-10 1.0-4 - - - 0.5-0 - - SIRMON, Cy DE 1-2 2 .0 - 1.0-4 0.5-3 - DNP - - 0.5-1 - - FA'ATUIESE,Vika LB 2-0 2 .0 1.0-2 - 1.0-1 ------OLSON, Dante LB 1-2 2 .0 - - - 0.5-2 - 1.0-7 - - - 0.5-0 TILLEMAN,Reggie DT 1-2 2 .0 - - 1.5-11 ------0.5-1 COCHRAN, Shayne LB 1-2 2 .0 - - 0.5-2 - 0.5-1 1.0-3 - - - - STRONG, Justin S 1-1 1 .5 DNP 0.5-1 1.0-1 - - - - DNP DNP - SANDERS,Markell CB 1-1 1 .5 - 0.5-0 - 1.0-1 ------ALEXANDER,Korey S 1-0 1 .0 - - - - - 1.0-4 - - - - EPPERLY, Evan S 0-2 1 .0 ------0.5-4 - 0.5-2 MCKEE-OSIBODU,M DT 0-2 1 .0 - - 0.5-2 DNP - - - - - 0.5-1 McKINLEY, Ryan CB 1-0 1 .0 - - - 1.0-3 ------SANDRY, Josh S 0-1 0 .5 ------0.5-2 - - - COWANS, Lewis CB 0-1 0 .5 - - - 0.5-1 - DNP - - - - 2017 Montana Football Montana By-Quarter Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 02, 2017 VALPARAISO W 45-23 9-15 60.0 1-3 33.3 5-5 100.0 2-4 50.0 1-3 33.3 Sep 9, 2017 at Washington L 7-63 2-17 11.8 1-3 33.3 1-6 16.7 0-5 0.0 0-3 0.0 Sep 16, 2017 SAVANNAH STATE W 56-3 6-12 50.0 3-3 100.0 1-2 50.0 1-3 33.3 1-4 25.0 Sep 23, 2017 EASTERN WASHINGTON L 41-48 10-21 47.6 2-4 50.0 2-5 40.0 2-5 40.0 4-7 57.1 Sep 30, 2017 at Portland State W 45-33 10-18 55.6 2-3 66.7 3-5 60.0 3-5 60.0 2-5 40.0 Oct 06, 2017 at Idaho State W 39-31 6-14 42.9 2-4 50.0 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 1-3 33.3 Oct 14, 2017 NORTH DAKOTA W 41-17 6-13 46.2 2-3 66.7 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 3-4 75.0 Oct 28, 2017 at Weber State L 27-41 9-20 45.0 4-7 57.1 2-4 50.0 1-4 25.0 2-5 40.0 Nov 04, 2017 NORTHERN ARIZONA W 17-15 2-13 15.4 0-2 0.0 0-4 0.0 1-3 33.3 1-4 25.0 Nov 11, 2017 NORTHERN COLORADO W 44-14 7-19 36.8 4-6 66.7 0-4 0.0 2-4 50.0 1-5 20.0 Montana 67-162 41.4 21-38 55.3 17-44 38.6 13-37 35.1 16-43 37.2 0-0 0.0 Opponents 60-156 38.5 13-37 35.1 15-39 38.5 18-40 45.0 14-40 35.0 0-0 0.0

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 02, 2017 VALPARAISO W 45-23 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 Sep 9, 2017 at Washington L 7-63 3-5 60.0 0-0 0.0 2-3 66.7 1-1 100.0 0-1 0.0 Sep 16, 2017 SAVANNAH STATE W 56-3 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 Sep 23, 2017 EASTERN WASHINGTON L 41-48 0-3 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-2 0.0 Sep 30, 2017 at Portland State W 45-33 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 06, 2017 at Idaho State W 39-31 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 Oct 14, 2017 NORTH DAKOTA W 41-17 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 28, 2017 at Weber State L 27-41 3-4 75.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 2-2 100.0 0-1 0.0 Nov 04, 2017 NORTHERN ARIZONA W 17-15 0-2 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 Nov 11, 2017 NORTHERN COLORADO W 44-14 2-4 50.0 2-2 100.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 Montana 10-23 43.5 2-3 66.7 3-8 37.5 4-4 100.0 1-8 12.5 0-0 0.0 Opponents 5-14 35.7 1-1 100.0 1-3 33.3 0-5 0.0 3-5 60.0 0-0 0.0

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 02, 2017 VALPARAISO W 45-23 27:06 5:20 7:41 6:30 7:35 Sep 9, 2017 at Washington L 7-63 29:37 6:00 9:55 9:17 4:25 Sep 16, 2017 SAVANNAH STATE W 56-3 24:14 6:37 4:09 6:44 6:44 Sep 23, 2017 EASTERN WASHINGTON L 41-48 28:31 8:19 5:48 7:39 6:45 Sep 30, 2017 at Portland State W 45-33 30:46 6:04 9:06 6:56 8:40 Oct 06, 2017 at Idaho State W 39-31 24:28 5:44 7:19 4:43 6:42 Oct 14, 2017 NORTH DAKOTA W 41-17 29:51 7:00 6:22 6:49 9:40 Oct 28, 2017 at Weber State L 27-41 26:12 7:59 6:02 5:47 6:24 Nov 04, 2017 NORTHERN ARIZONA W 17-15 26:57 4:40 6:28 6:55 8:54 Nov 11, 2017 NORTHERN COLORADO W 44-14 32:53 10:21 7:50 7:01 7:41 Montana Total 280:35 68:04 70:40 68:21 73:30 0:00 Avg. 28:03 6:48 7:04 6:50 7:21 0:00 Opponents Total 319:25 81:56 79:20 81:39 76:30 0:00 Avg. 31:56 8:11 7:56 8:09 7:39 0:00 2017 Montana Football Montana Red-Zone Results (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

Montana Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Sep 02, 2017 VALPARAISO W 45-23 5 5 31 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 9, 2017 at Washington L 7-63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 16, 2017 SAVANNAH STATE W 56-3 7 7 49 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 23, 2017 EASTERN WASHINGTON L 41-48 4 4 24 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 30, 2017 at Portland State W 45-33 6 6 30 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 06, 2017 at Idaho State W 39-31 5 5 33 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 14, 2017 NORTH DAKOTA W 41-17 5 4 20 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 28, 2017 at Weber State L 27-41 5 2 13 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 Nov 04, 2017 NORTHERN ARIZONA W 17-15 3 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Nov 11, 2017 NORTHERN COLORADO W 44-14 7 5 27 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 Totals 47 40 237 30 20 10 10 1 3 1 2 0 0 40 of 47 (85.1%)

Opponents Inside Montana Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Sep 02, 2017 VALPARAISO W 45-23 2 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 9, 2017 at Washington L 7-63 7 7 49 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 16, 2017 SAVANNAH STATE W 56-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 Sep 23, 2017 EASTERN WASHINGTON L 41-48 7 5 31 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Sep 30, 2017 at Portland State W 45-33 2 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Oct 06, 2017 at Idaho State W 39-31 4 3 17 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Oct 14, 2017 NORTH DAKOTA W 41-17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 28, 2017 at Weber State L 27-41 5 5 31 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 04, 2017 NORTHERN ARIZONA W 17-15 4 3 15 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 11, 2017 NORTHERN COLORADO W 44-14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Totals 36 26 156 20 11 9 6 3 4 2 1 0 0 26 of 36 (72.2%) 2017 Montana Football Montana Game Superlatives (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 22 CALHOUN, Jeremy at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017) 22 LEE, Alijah vs Northern Colorado (Nov 11, 2017) Yards Rushing 124 CALHOUN, Jeremy at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017) TD Rushes 2 CALHOUN, Jeremy vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) 2 LEE, Alijah vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) 2 CALHOUN, Jeremy at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017) Long Rush 34 LOUIE-McGEE, J. vs Northern Arizona (Nov 04, 2017) Pass attempts 49 JENSEN, Gresch vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Pass completions 27 PHILLIPS, Reese vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) Yards Passing 423 JENSEN, Gresch vs North Dakota (Oct 14, 2017) TD Passes 4 PHILLIPS, Reese vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) 4 JENSEN, Gresch at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017) Long Pass 81 JENSEN, Gresch at Weber State (Oct 28, 2017) Receptions 9 LOUIE-McGEE, J. vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) Yards Receiving 159 LOUIE-McGEE, J. vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) TD Receptions 2 LOUIE-McGEE, J. vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) 2 CURRAN, Keenan vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) 2 CURRAN, Keenan vs North Dakota (Oct 14, 2017) Long Reception 81 TOURE, Samori at Weber State (Oct 28, 2017) Field Goals 3 PURDY, Brandon at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017) 3 PURDY, Brandon vs Northern Colorado (Nov 11, 2017) Long Field Goal 47 PURDY, Brandon vs Northern Colorado (Nov 11, 2017) Punts 7 WILLIAMS, Eric at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) 7 WILLIAMS, Eric vs Northern Arizona (Nov 04, 2017) Punting Avg 53.2 WILLIAMS, Eric vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) Long Punt 58 WILLIAMS, Eric vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) Punts inside 20 3 WILLIAMS, Eric vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) 3 WILLIAMS, Eric at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017) 3 WILLIAMS, Eric vs Northern Colorado (Nov 11, 2017) Long Punt Return 48 LOUIE-McGEE, J. vs Northern Arizona (Nov 04, 2017) Long Kickoff Return 37 LOUIE-McGEE, J. vs Northern Arizona (Nov 04, 2017) Tackles 17 BUSS, Josh vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Sacks 3.0 SCHYE, Tucker vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Tackles For Loss 4.0 SCHYE, Tucker vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) 4.0 BUSS, Josh at Weber State (Oct 28, 2017) Interceptions 3 STRONG, Justin at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017) 2017 Montana Football Montana Game Superlatives (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 57 vs Northern Colorado (Nov 11, 2017) Yards Rushing 216 vs Northern Colorado (Nov 11, 2017) Yards Per Rush 5.7 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) TD Rushes 4 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Pass attempts 51 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Pass completions 30 vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) Yards Passing 442 vs North Dakota (Oct 14, 2017) Yards Per Pass 11.6 vs North Dakota (Oct 14, 2017) TD Passes 4 vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) 4 at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017) Total Plays 96 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Total Offense 604 vs North Dakota (Oct 14, 2017) Yards Per Play 8.1 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Points 56 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Sacks By 8 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) 8 vs Northern Arizona (Nov 04, 2017) First Downs 28 vs North Dakota (Oct 14, 2017) Penalties 7 at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017) Penalty Yards 70 vs Northern Arizona (Nov 04, 2017) Turnovers 5 at Weber State (Oct 28, 2017) Interceptions By 5 vs Northern Colorado (Nov 11, 2017) Punts 7 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) 7 vs Northern Arizona (Nov 04, 2017) Punting Avg 53.2 vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) Long Punt 58 vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) Punts inside 20 3 vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) 3 at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017) 3 vs Northern Colorado (Nov 11, 2017) Long Punt Return 48 vs Northern Arizona (Nov 04, 2017) 2017 Montana Football Montana Game Superlatives (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 19 SMARTT, Stone, vs Northern Arizona (Nov 04, 2017) Yards Rushing 132 KRAGHT,Josh, at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017) TD Rushes 1 Ahmed, Salvon, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) 1 McGrew, Sean, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) 1 Coleman, Lavon, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) 1 Gaskin, Myles, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) 1 Browning, Jake, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) 1 Antoine Custer, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) 1 Gage Gubrud, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) 1 TALLEY,Jason, at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017) 1 SUMMERS,Za'Quan, at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017) 1 KRAGHT,Josh, at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017) 1 FLANAGAN, Ty, at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017) 1 JOHANNESSON, J., vs North Dakota (Oct 14, 2017) 1 GARRETT, T., at Weber State (Oct 28, 2017) 1 SMARTT, Stone, vs Northern Arizona (Nov 04, 2017) Long Rush 64 DAVIS,Anthony, vs Northern Colorado (Nov 11, 2017) Pass attempts 65 Gage Gubrud, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Pass completions 44 Gage Gubrud, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Yards Passing 549 Gage Gubrud, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) TD Passes 4 Gage Gubrud, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Long Pass 75 GUELLER, Tanner, at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017) Receptions 18 Nic Sblendorio, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Yards Receiving 189 Nic Sblendorio, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) TD Receptions 2 Dissly, Will, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) 2 Sam McPherson, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) 2 GUELLER, Mitch, at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017) Long Reception 75 GUELLER, Mitch, at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017) Field Goals 3 LATSONAS, vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) Long Field Goal 48 TUTTLE, Trey, at Weber State (Oct 28, 2017) Punts 9 LUGO,Giovanni, vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Punting Avg 41.4 LUGO,Giovanni, vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Long Punt 66 LUGO,Giovanni, vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Punts inside 20 2 Whitford, Joel, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) 2 LUGO,Giovanni, vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) 2 COWDEN,Hayden, at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017) 2 CHENEY, Sean, at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017) 2 DEMAIO, Jacob, at Weber State (Oct 28, 2017) Long Punt Return 67 Pettis, Dante, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) Long Kickoff Return 87 DAWSON,Kahlil, at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017) Tackles 20 NELSON,Luke, vs Northern Colorado (Nov 11, 2017) Sacks 1.5 Warren, Jusstis, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) 1.5 WILLIAMS, Jonah, at Weber State (Oct 28, 2017) Tackles For Loss 3.0 SWOPES,Isaiah, vs Northern Colorado (Nov 11, 2017) 3.0 MORRIS,Keifer, vs Northern Colorado (Nov 11, 2017) Interceptions 2 SEISAY,Chris, at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017) 2 PREATOR, Jordan, at Weber State (Oct 28, 2017) 2017 Montana Football Montana Game Superlatives (as of Nov 14, 2017) All games

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 53 vs Northern Arizona (Nov 04, 2017) Yards Rushing 295 at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017) Yards Per Rush 6.4 at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017) TD Rushes 5 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) Pass attempts 65 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Pass completions 44 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Yards Passing 549 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Yards Per Pass 10.5 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) TD Passes 4 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Total Plays 96 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Total Offense 617 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Yards Per Play 7.8 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) Points 63 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) Sacks By 6 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) First Downs 30 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) 30 at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017) 30 at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017) Penalties 14 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Penalty Yards 116 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Turnovers 7 vs Northern Colorado (Nov 11, 2017) Interceptions By 3 at Weber State (Oct 28, 2017) Punts 10 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Punting Avg 41.4 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Long Punt 66 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Punts inside 20 3 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Long Punt Return 67 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)