UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA GRIZZLY FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1995, 2001

2017 GRIZ SCHEDULE (2-2 overall, 0-1 Big Sky) @ DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 9/2 Valparaiso W, 45-23 9/9 @ Washington L, 63-7 9/16 Savannah State W, 56-3 GAME 5 9/23 Eastern Washington* L, 48-41 Montana (2-2) @ Portland State (0-3) 9/30 @ Portland State* 3 PM (MT) 10/7 @ Idaho State* 2:30 PM Sept. 30, 2017 - Hillsboro Stadium (7,600) 10/14 North Dakota* 1 PM HIllsboro, Ore. - 2 PM (PT) 3 PM (MT) 10/28 @ Weber State* 2 PM TV: ABC Montana | Web: WatchBigSky.com / Pluto TV 11/4 Northern Arizona* 3:30 PM Radio: Montana Grizzly Radio Network 11/11 Northern Colorado* 1 PM 11/18 @ Montana State* Noon GRIZ LOOK FOR REDEMPTION ON THE ROAD IN PORTLAND * = Big Sky Conferece game

The Montana Grizzlies continue Big Sky Conference play this week, traveling to Portland MONTANA QUICK FACTS State in the team’s first road game of the league season, looking to right the ship after a Location: ...... Missoula, Mont. tough loss to rival Eastern Washington. Enrollment: ...... 12,419 (Spring 2017) Against the Eagles - who moved up to No. 9 in the national polls this week – Montana Founded: ...... Feb. 17, 1893 put up over 500 yards of total offense led by freshman QB Gresch Jensen’s 358 yards of Nickname: ...... Grizzlies, Griz passing. School Colors: ...... Copper, Silver, Gold For the second-straight week, Jensen’s offensive firepower earned him an Honorable Spirit Colors: ...... Maroon (PMS 209) and Silver (PMS 8 C) Mention for the STATS FCS National Freshman Player of the Week. Defensive end Tucker Stadium/Capacity: ...Washington-Grizzly Stadium / 25,217 Schye also earned an Honorable Mention for the STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Week with a three-sack performance against EWU. Playing Surface: .Field Turf - Revolution 360 with CoolPlay President: ...... Dr. Sheila Stearns (Interim) Both Jensen and Schye will be called on once again to lead the Griz against a Viking team Athletic Director: ...... Kent Haslam that was on the cusp of upsetting a pair of FBS teams to start the season. Head Coach: ...... Bob Stitt (Doane College, 1987) “They played BYU very well, and they should have beat Oregon State,” said Montana head Record at Montana (Years): ...... 16-12 (3) coach Bob Stitt. “They’re a good team, and they went toe-to-toe with a couple FBS pro- Overall Record (Years): ...... 125-74 (16) grams. We’re definitely going to have our hands full. They’re loaded with a lot of talent.” Football Office Phone: ...... (406) 243-2969 THE GAME: The Griz (2-2, 0-1 BSC) travel down the Columbia River to Portland, Ore., to 2016 Record: ...... 6-5, 3-5 Big Sky face the Portland State Vikings (0-3, 0-0 BSC) for the first time since 2015, and for only the Big Sky Titles* (18): ...... 1969, 1970, 1982, 1993, 1995, fourth time since 2011 due to an unbalanced Big Sky schedule. Both teams will be looking for their first conference win of the year when the two meet on Saturday, Sept. 30, in Rip ...... 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, City...... 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, ...... 2007, 2008, 2009. *Includes shared titles The UM/PSU game was moved to Hillsboro Stadium (7,600) due to scheduling conflicts with the Portland Thorns soccer team at Providence Park, the usual home of Portland State NCAA/FCS Playoff Apperances: ...... 23 (FCS Record) football. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. (PT), 3 p.m. (MT). NCAA/FCS Championships (2): ...... 1995, 2001 NCAA/FCS Championship Appearances (7): .1995, 1996, . TAILGATE IN PORTLAND: The Grizzly Scholarship Association is hosting a tailgate party for Griz fans in Portland for Saturday’s game. Admission is free, with proceeds from food ...... 2000 . and beverage sales going to support scholarships for student-athletes...... 2001,2004, 2008, 2009 FCS Postseason Record: .....32-21 Over, 29-7 at Home (.805) The GSA tailgate will take place at Ron Tonkin Field, home of the Hillsboro Hops minor league baseball team, located right next to Hillsboro Stadium. The party starts two hours All-time WGS Stadium Record: ...... 194-30 (.866) before kickoff at noon, and runs until 2 p.m. Entrance to the party is located along the right- All-Time Record: ...... 586-486-23 (.535) field fence. Keep an eye out for the Griz flag flying high. Big Sky Record: ...... 235-130-1 (.643) WATCH: Griz fans statewide can watch the game on their local ABC Montana station (SWX in Billings market). MONTANA COMMUNICATIONS Contact: Eric Taber If you live outside the state, the game will be available on in select markets on the Altitude Office:(406) 243-5402 Cell: (646) 287-7492 Sports Network, or you can watch worldwide for free via web stream at WatchBigSky.com or Email: [email protected] Website: GoGriz.com via the Pluto TV app on any over the top device such as Apple TV or Roku. For more details Twitter: @UMGRIZZLIES_FB - @erictaber visit the “Where to Watch” page on GoGriz.com. Check local listings to find the ABC/SWX Facebook: /UM-Grizzly-Athletics-Football Montana channel in your area. GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017

Chris Byers will lead the broadcast play-by-play, with former Griz head coach Mick Delaney and former UM quarterback Grady Bennett providing color commentary and analysis. Shaun Rainey will cover the sidelines.

LISTEN: “Voice of the Griz” Riley Corcoran will have the call of Saturday’s game in Portland, supported by long-time color commentator Greg Sundberg in the booth. Fans can tune-in state- wide to hear the call on the Montana Grizzly Sports Network, or visit gogriz.com to listen to the audio-only web stream worldwide.

SERIES HISTORY: The Griz lead the all-time series with Portland State 29-12, and are 12-9 in 2017 BIG SKY FOOTBALL STANDINGS Portland dating back to the first meeting between the two in 1965. Since the ikingsV joined the As of Sept. 24, 2017 Big Sky Conference in 1996, the Griz hold a commanding 15-3 lead in the series.

LAST MEETING: While Montana holds a comfortable lead over the Vikings in the all-time SCHOOL BIG SKY OVER. series, the Griz travel to PSU with redemption on their minds and dreams of a sunny day in the Weber State 1-0 3-1 Pacific Northwest. Northern Colorado 1-0 2-1 Eastern Washington 1-0 2-2 The Griz last faced the Vikings on Halloween weekend, 2015, in a torrential rainstorm that Sacramento State 1-0 2-2 soaked players, coaches, and fans alike down to the bone. Montana State 1-0 1-2 Northern Arizona 1-0 1-2 Then-quarterback Makena Simis made the second start of his UM career, filling in for the Portland State 0-0 0-3 injured Brady Gustafson and Chad Chalich. After tying a school record for touchdown passes Idaho State 0-1 2-2 in a game the week previous, Simis was tasked with going against a Viking defense led by Montana 0-1 2-2 future professionals Xavier Coleman and Patrick Onwuasor in the driving rain, throwing three interceptions. Southern Utah 0-1 2-2 UC Davis 0-1 2-2 Meanwhile, the PSU offense was right a home in the storm and rushed for over 300 yards in North Dakota 0-1 1-3 the 35-16 win for the Vikings. Cal Poly 0-1 0-4 SEASON TEAM STATS FIRST AND 10 WITH THE GRIZ LET’S PLAY TWO! Montana’s game at PSU is the first in a two-game road stretch for the Griz Team Statistics ...... UM ...... PSU that both hold important Big Sky implications. After facing Portland State on Sept. 30, the Griz FIRST DOWNS ...... 88...... 60 then head to Pocatello, Idaho, to face the upstart Idaho State Bengals, who defeated the Moun- Rushing ...... 29...... 30 tain West’s Nevada Wolfpack 30-28 two weeks ago in Reno. Passing ...... 50...... 27 Penalty ...... 9...... 3 With three of the Grizzlies’ last five games coming at home, the next two weeks of Big Sky play RUSHING YARDAGE ...... 543...... 623 on the road will be key to UM’s playoff hopes down the line. Rushing Attempts ...... 147...... 132 Average Per Rush ...... 3.7...... 4.7 OFFENSE IS CLICKING: The Grizzlies have scored an average of 47 points in their first three games against FCS opponents this season, landing them at the top of several Big Sky stats Average Per Game ...... 135.8...... 207.7 categories. TDs Rushing ...... 9...... 3 PASSING YARDAGE ...... 1257...... 473 After four games, UM is ranked No. 1 in total offense in the Big Sky, averaging 450 yards-per- Comp - Att - Int ...... 102-158-5...... 44-95-3 game and racking up exactly 1800 yards on the season. Average Per Pass ...... 8.0...... 5.0 Average Per Catch ...... 12.3...... 10.8 Despite a change in quarterback, Montana’s passing game is ranked No. 9 in the nation with Average Per Game ...... 314.2...... 157.7 an average of 314.3 YPG and No. 10 in the FCS in offensive first downs with a total of 88 (the TDs Passing ...... 9...... 5 most in the Big Sky). TOTAL OFFENSE ...... 1800...... 1096 Average Per Play ...... 5.9...... 4.8 The two quarterbacks responsible for that output (Jensen and Reese Phillips before him), sit at Average Per Game ...... 450.0...... 365.3 No. 5 and No. 6 in the league in terms of pass efficiency with a 144 and 148.7 rating, respec- KICK RETURNS: #-Yards ...... 22-395...... 14-251 tively. PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards ...... 5-53...... 5-41 INT RETURNS: #-Yards ...... 6-117...... 1-3 Jensen - the first UM quarterback to see time as a freshman since Jordan Johnson in 2010 – TIME OF POSSESSION/Game ..... 27:22...... 32:14 attempted 51 passes against EWU, the second most passes in the Big Sky this season. The most passes in a game? Gage Gubrud’s 65 attempts versus the Griz last week. 3RD-DOWN Conversions ...... 27/65...... 15/48 4TH-DOWN Conversions ...... 4/11...... 5/10 SPLITTING THE UPRIGHTS: Brandon Purdy is one of five players in the Big Sky to remain at Sacks by - Yards ...... 14-114...... 2-5 100 percent on the season kicking PATs, but with 20 attempts the Kalispell native has split the Tackles For Loss - Yards...... 38-165...... 9-23 posts more than anyone else in the league. Red-Zone Scores...... 16-16 (100%)....6-9 (67%) Purdy also set a new career-long last week with a 39-yard field goal in the third quarter. He’s NCAA RANKINGS now three-for-three on field goals this season with one make from 39 yards and two from 24 (As of 9/25/17)...... UM...... PSU yards. Rushing Offense ...... 67...... 27 RED ZONE SUCCESS: The Griz remained perfect in the red zone this week with 16 scores in Passing Offense ...... 9...... 94 16 visits inside the opponents 20 with 14 touchdowns and two field goals. Total Offense ...... 18...... 61 Scoring Offense ...... 16...... 97 Montana is one of only five teams nationally at 100 percent in the red zone, but those 16 scores Rushing Defense ...... 40...... 69 are the most of any other FCS team. Two teams in the Big Sky are perfect from the Red Zone, Passing Yards Allowed ...... 120...... 80 Montana, and Northern Colorado. The Bears, by comparison, only have six appearances to Total Defense ...... 99...... 78 UM’s 16. Passes Intercepted...... 11...... 102 3rd Down Conv...... 35...... 90 DEFENSIVE STARS: Schye’s honorable mention for national Player of the Week wasn’t a Red Zone Offense ...... 1...... 101 fluke. The senior from Malta leads the conference in tackles-for-loss with 7.5 on the year and is Red Zone Defense...... 29...... 48 tied at No. 3 in the Big Sky in sacks with 4. Nationally, Schye sits at No. 10 in sacks and No. 14 Team Sacks ...... 8...... 114 in TFLs. His three sacks and four TFLs against EWU were both career highs. Team Tackles for Loss ...... 3...... 119 PAGE 2 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 As a team, Montana has the most TFLs in FCS football with 38.

Josh Buss had another excellent outing against EWU, notching a career-high 17 tackles, a sack, and 2.5 TFLs. The junior from Boise has the sixth-most tackles in the Big Sky this season with 39, averaging 9.8 takedowns per contest.

Montana’s leader in tackling, however, goes to James Banks who, with 41, has the second most in the league. Banks also set a career-high in tackles against the Eagles with 14.

YOUTH MOVEMENT: Despite a strong upperclassmen presence on the offensive and defensive lines, the Griz are spreading the majority of reps to underclassmen across the board.

9/2 Valparaiso, 1:00 PM ^ On this week’s two-deep, 12 offensive players and 10 defensive players are either freshmen or sophomores, exactly half of the 44 players listed. - FOX Montana / Altitude / GoGriz.com 9/9 @ Washington, 6 PM (MT) GRIZ IN THE POLLS: Montana missed a chance to break into the national polls this week against - Pac-12 Network / Pac-12.com Eastern Washington, currently sitting just outside the polls with 38 votes in the STATS FCS media 9/16 Savannah St., 1:00 PM § poll and six votes in the FCS Coaches Poll. - FOX Montana / Altitude / GoGriz.com With a 41-point, 500-plus-yard outing against the top-10 Eagles, the Griz may be the best 2-2 9/23 Eastern Washington* 6 PM # team in the country not currently ranked. - ROOT Sports 9/30 @ Portland State* 3 PM (MT) GRIZ QUICK HITS: Gage Gubrud threw for 549 yards and four TDs against the Griz on Saturday. - ABC Montana / WatchBigSky.com / Pluto TV The last player to do that? Gage Gubrud in 2016. Nic Sblendorio and Nsimba Webster each 10/7 @ Idaho State* 2:30 PM caught passes for 100-plus yards last week. The last two receivers to do that against UM? Future professionals Cooper Kupp and Kendrick Bourne for EWU in 2016 as well. - Eleven Sports / WatchBigSky.com / Pluto TV 10/14 North Dakota*, 1 PM % Passing performances like that against Montana are rare, however. Last time an opponent - ROOT Sports passed for more than 400 yards against the Griz was way back in 2012 when North Dakota’s 10/28 @ Weber State*, 2 PM Braden Hanson threw for 660 in Grand Forks. - ABC Montana / WatchBigSky.com / Pluto TV BIG PICTURE: Not to say Montana’s loss to EWU didn’t sting (It did), but in the history of Wash- 11/4 Northern Arizona*, 3:30 PM ! ington-Grizzly Stadium, losses have been a rarity. In fact, it was only the 30th loss for UM in the - ROOT Sports history of the stadium dating back to 1986, and only the 130th overall loss for the Griz in Big Sky 11/11 Northern Colorado* 1 PM $ Conference history. - ROOT Sports 11/18 @ Montana State*, Noon & The Griz are 194-30 (.866) in WGS all-time and 235-130-1 in league games since joining the Big Sky as an inaugural member in 1963. - ROOT Sports

NOTE: Web stream not available for games broadcast on ROOT Sports PLAYS ON PLAYS: Montana and Eastern Washington each ran 96 plays from scrimmage last week. For the Griz, that 96 is just three plays shy of tying the school record of 99 plays in a game ^= White out (presented by Western States Cat) set at South Dakota State in 1970. §= Pride and Tradition Game #= Cancer Awareness Game (presented by Providence Health & Services) %= Homecoming (presented by Missoula Federal Credit Union) FOUR DOWNS WITH THE VIKINGS != UM Family Weekend (presented by Stockman Bank) $= Military Appreciation Game Portland State is also a young squad with 11 true freshmen playing a role on the active roster so &= 117th Brawl of the Wild *= Big Sky Conference game far this season. PSU has played 26 underclassmen in total.

The Vikings have three backs that are averaging around 50 yards rushing per game in Za’Quan Summer (58), Jalani Eason (55.3) and Jason Talley (46). PSU is outrushing its opponents so far this season 208-166 yards on the ground.

Eason is also Portland State’s leading passer. The dual-threat freshman QB from Los Angeles The Montana Grizzly Sports Network is your radio home for Griz has thrown for five touchdowns and 397 after three games. football action across the state of Montana. Tune in on game day hear the Griz LIVE all season long, featuring the “Voice of the Griz”, Riley Corcoran and Greg Sundberg. Defensively, PSU’s leading tackler is Artuz Manning with 26 tackles. The Vikings have seven defenders with a double-digit tackling total. Also tune in to the Bob Stitt Radio Show, your weekly look inside the Grizzly huddle every Thursday at 6 p.m. The Coaches’ Show airs LIVE from Brooks & Browns Bar & Grill at the Holiday Inn – Downtown Missoula. Anaconda/Deer Lodge KQRV-FM 96.9 Billings...... KYYA-AM...... 730 Butte (transmitter)...... KQRV-FM...... 99.3 Glasgow...... KLTZ-AM...... 1240 Great Falls...... KXGF-AM...... 1400 Great Falls (KXGF-AM translator)...... KXGF-FM...... 98.3 Helena...... KCAP-AM...... 1340 Kalispell...... KOFI-AM...... 1180 Lewistown...... KXLO-AM...... 1230 Lewistown (KXLO-AM translator)...... KXLO-FM...... 106.9 Miles City...... KMTA-AM...... 1050 Miles City (KMTA-AM translator)...... KMTA-FM...... 95.3 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 3 Mick Delaney S 6-0 196 R-Sr. 1V Bozeman, Mont. / Bozeman HS 88 Colin Bingham R-So. WR 4 Rey Green RB 5-11 195 R-Fr. RS Vancouver, Wash. / Union HS 85 Danny Burton Fr. WR 5 Kobey Eaton WR 6-3 180 R-So. 1V Vancouver, Wash. / Evergreen HS 42 Josh Buss R-Jr. LB 5 Justin Strong S 5-11 190 Sr. 1V Rialto, Calif. / Oregon State 8 Jeremy Calhoun Jr. RB 6 Keenan Curran WR 6-2 203 Jr. 2V Federal Way, Wash. / Federal Way HS 3 Justin Calhoun R-So. WR 7 Dareon Nash CB 6-2 178 R-Fr. RS Covina, Calif. / Charter Oak HS 57 Shayne Cochran R-Jr. LB 7 Matthew Rensvold WR 6-4 211 Fr. HS Polson, Mont. / Polson HS 9 Brennan Corbin R-Fr. WR 8 Jeremy Calhoun RB 6-0 213 Jr. 2V Long Beach, Calif. / Long Beach Poly HS 8 Lewis Cowans R-Fr. CB 8 Lewis Cowans CB 6-1 192 R-Fr. RS Mission Viejo, Calif. / Mission Viejo HS 20 Gavin Crow R-Fr. CB 9 Brennan Corbin WR 6-5 210 R-Fr. RS Anaheim, Calif. / Villa Park HS 6 Keenan Curran Jr. WR 10 Nate Dick QB 5-10 188 Fr. HS Billings, Mont. / Senior HS 91 Brandt Davidson Sr. DT 10 Connor Strahm LB 6-0 240 R-Sr. 3V Eugene, Ore. / Sheldon HS 55 Kyle Davis R-Jr. DT 11 Isiahia Banks S 6-0 203 Fr. HS Aurora, Colo. / Mullen HS 3 Mick Delaney R-Sr. S 11 Reese Phillips QB 6-2 212 R-Sr. SQ Chattanooga, Tenn. / Kentucky 93 Braydon Deming Fr. DE 12 Korey Alexander S 5-11 190 Sr. 1V Pittsburg, Calif. / Los Medanos College 87 Bryson Deming Fr. WR 12 Caleb Hill QB 6-4 215 Jr. TR Brenham, Tex. / Blinn College 28 Josh Deshner Fr. ATH 13 Josh Sandry S 6-1 203 R-So. 1V Bigfork, Mont. / Bigfork HS 10 Nate Dick Fr. QB 13 Tanner Wilson QB 6-2 195 Fr. HS Polson, Mont. / Polson HS 5 Kobey Eaton R-So. WR 14 Michael McGinnis S 6-3 191 Fr. HS Sidney, Mont. / Sidney HS 23 Josh Egbo R-Fr. CB 15 Retired in Honor of Dave Dickenson 62 Dylan Eickmeyer R-Fr. OG 16 Jerry Louie-McGee WR 5-9 175 R-So. 1V Coeur d’Alene, Idaho / Lake City HS 30 Evan Epperly R-Jr. S 17 Makena Simis WR 6-2 235 R-Sr. 1V Boise, Idaho / Capital HS 45 Vika Fa’atuiese R-So. LB 18 Samuel Akem WR 6-4 195 R-Fr. RS Broken Arrow, Okla. / Broken Arrow HS 43 Chris Favoroso R-So. DE 19 Malik Flowers WR 6-2 185 Fr. HS Fontana, Calif. / A.B. Miller HS 1 Treshawn Favors R-Sr. RB 20 Gavin Crow CB 6-1 200 R-Fr. RS Kennewick, Wash. / Kamiakin HS 19 Malik Flowers Fr. WR 20 Terron Moses RB 5-7 166 Fr. HS Vian, Okla. / Vian HS 30 Nick Fouch Fr. WR 21 Lamarriel Taylor WR 6-2 198 R-So. 1V East St. Louis, Ill. / Massachusetts 4 Rey Green R-Fr. RB 22 Retired in Honor of Terry Dillon 95 Andrew Harris R-So. LB 23 Josh Egbo CB 6-2 193 R-Fr. RS Gilbert, Ariz. / Highland HS 77 Dallas Hart R-So. RG 24 Alijah Lee RB 5-6 197 R-Jr. TR Los Angeles, Calif. / Washington State 12 Caleb Hill Jr. QB 25 Shane Moody RB 5-8 176 R-Sr. 1V Parker, Colo. / Regis Jesuit HS 41 Curtis Holmes Fr. CB 26 Jared Thurber WR 6-4 169 Fr. HS Burien, Wash. / Kennedy Catholic HS 90 McKenzie Holt Fr. ATH 27 Cody McCombs RB 5-9 196 R-So. SQ Billings Mont. / West HS 80 Josh Horner Sr. WR 28 Josh Deshner ATH 6-0 190 Fr. WO Missoula, Mont. / Sentinel HS 67 Thayne Jackson R-Fr. LT 29 Kendall Sweet LB 5-11 216 Fr. HS Tulsa, Okla. / Booker T. Washington HS 2 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. QB 30 Evan Epperly S 5-10 197 R-Jr. 1V Kalispell, Mont. / Glacier HS 60 Colton Keintz Fr. OL 30 Nick Fouch WR 6-0 162 Fr. WO Woodinville, Wash. / Woodinville HS 53 Carder Key Fr. LB 31 Trase Le Texier LB 6-2 236 R-Fr. RS Boulder, Mont. / Jefferson County HS 24 Alijah Lee R-Jr. RB 33 Dante Olson LB 6-3 230 R-So. 1V Medford, Ore. / Cascade Christian HS 31 Trase Le Texier R-Fr. LB 34 Jace Lewis LB 6-1 220 R-Fr. RS Townsend, Mont. / Broadwater County HS 34 Jace Lewis R-Fr. LB 35 Eric Williams KP 6-0 188 Jr. 1V Missoula, Mont. / Carleton College 98 Esai Longoria R-Fr. DT 36 James Banks LB 6-1 215 Sr. 1V Junction City, Ore. / Alabama-Birmingham 16 Jerry Louie-McGee R-So. WR 37 Tucker Schye DE 6-4 242 R-Sr. 3V Malta, Mont. / Malta HS 75 Robert Luke Sr. C 38 Caleb Mitchell LS/S 6-1 195 R-Fr. RS North Bend, Wash. / Mount Si HS 70 Skyler Martin Fr. OL 39 Brandon Purdy KP 5-10 182 R-So. 1V Kalispell, Mont. / Glacier HS

COMPLETE BIG SKY STANDINGS SCHOOL CONF PCT OVERALL HOME AWAY STREAK Weber State 1-0 1.000 3-1 2-0 1-1 W2 Northern Colorado 1-0 1.000 2-1 2-0 0-1 W1 Eastern Washington 1-0 1.000 2-2 0-1 2-1 W2 Sacramento State 1-0 1.000 2-2 2-1 0-1 W1 Montana State 1-0 1.000 1-2 0-1 1-1 W1 Northern Arizona 1-0 1.000 1-2 0-1 1-1 W1 Portland State 0-0 0.000 0-3 0-1 0-2 L3 Idaho State 0-1 0.000 2-2 1-0 1-2 L1 Montana 0-1 0.000 2-2 2-1 0-1 L1 Southern Utah 0-1 0.000 2-2 1-0 1-2 L1 UC Davis 0-1 0.000 2-2 1-0 1-2 L1 North Dakota 0-1 0.000 1-3 1-1 0-2 L2 Cal Poly 0-1 0.000 0-4 0-2 0-2 L4 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 11 Reese Phillips R-Sr. QB 61 Matthew O’Donoghue LS 6-1 248 R-Fr. SQ Santa Ana, Calif. / Foothill HS 39 Brandon Purdy R-So. KP 62 Dylan Eickmeyer OG 6-4 292 R-Fr. RS Tucson, Ariz. / Salpointe Catholic HS 51 Mike Ralston R-Sr. RT 66 Ashton Torres OT 6-4 292 R-Fr. RS Aurora, Colo. / Cherokee Trail HS 76 David Reese Sr. LT 67 Thayne Jackson OG 6-5 296 R-Fr. RS Gilbert, Ariz. / Gilbert HS 7 Matthew Rensvold Fr. WR 70 Skyler Martin OL 6-5 255 Fr. HS Vancouver, Wash. / Skyview HS 83 Mitch Roberts Fr. WR 71 Payton Stoner OL 6-6 282 Fr. HS San Diego, Calif. / Mt. Carmel HS 44 Randy Rodriguez R-Fr. DE 72 Cooper Sprunk OL 6-4 300 R-Sr. 2V Tigard, Ore. / Jesuit HS 47 Cole Rosling R-Fr. DE 73 Brandon Scott OT 6-7 295 R-Fr. RS Owasso, Okla. / Owasso HS 1 Markell Sanders R-Jr. CB 74 Angel Villanueva OL 6-5 324 R-So. 1V Duarte, Calif. / Duarte HS 13 Josh Sandry R-So. S 75 Robert Luke OL 6-4 318 Sr. 3V Tacoma, Wash. / Charles Wright Acad. HS 37 Tucker Schye R-Sr. DE 76 David Reese OL 6-7 301 Sr. 3V Happy Valley, Ore. / Clackamas HS 73 Brandon Scott R-Fr. LG 77 Dallas Hart OL 6-5 315 R-So. 1V Cypress, Calif. / Pacifica HS 89 Tim Semenza R-So. K 78 Conlan Beaver OT 6-5 293 R-Fr. RS Fredericksburg, Va. / Massaponax HS 96 David Shaw Jr. DT 80 Josh Horner WR 6-5 232 Sr. 3V Great Falls, Mont. / C.M. Russell HS 17 Makena Simis R-Sr. WR 81 Mitch McLaughlin WR 5-9 174 Jr. SQ Riverside, Calif. / Chaffey College 49 Jesse Sims R-So. DT 82 Samori Toure WR 6-3 186 R-Fr. RS Portland, Ore. / Westview HS 40 Cy Sirmon R-So. DE 83 Mitch Roberts WR 6-1 188 Fr. HS Missoula, Mont. / Sentinel HS 54 Gage Smith R-Jr. LB 84 Jed Nagler WR 6-4 218 R-Fr. RS Whitefish, Mont. / Whitefish HS 72 Cooper Sprunk R-Sr. C 85 Danny Burton WR 5-10 172 Fr. WO Helena, Mont. / Capital HS 10 Connor Strahm R-Sr. LB 87 Bryson Deming WR 6-4 228 Fr. HS Billings, Mont. / West HS 71 Payton Stoner Fr. OL 88 Colin Bingham WR 6-3 230 R-So. 1V Missoula, Mont. / Big Sky HS 5 Justin Strong Sr. S 89 Tim Semenza K 5-7 155 R-So. 1V San Diego, Calif. / Cathedral Catholic HS 29 Kendall Sweet Fr. LB 90 McKenzie Holt ATH 6-4 238 Fr. HS Thompson Falls, Mont. / Thompson Falls HS 21 Lamarriel Taylor R-So. WR 91 Brandt Davidson DT 6-3 293 Sr. 1V Tucson, Ariz. / Scottsdale Community College 26 Jared Thurber Fr. WR 92 Myles Mckee-Osibodu DT 6-3 272 Sr. 1V Sana Ana, Calif. / Santa Ana College 99 Reggie Tilleman R-Jr. DT 93 Braydon Deming DE 6-4 234 Fr. HS Billings, Mont. / West HS 66 Ashton Torres R-Fr. OG 94 Devin Maua DE 6-3 232 R-Fr. RS Billings, Mont. / Senior HS 82 Samori Toure R-Fr. WR 95 Andrew Harris LB 6-2 231 R-So. SQ Kalispell, Mont. / Glacier HS 74 Angel Villanueva R-So. LG 96 David Shaw DT 6-5 319 Jr. TR Spring Grove, Pa. / Maryland 56 Marcus Welnel Fr. LB 97 RJ Nelson DE 6-4 221 Fr. HS Hillsboro, Ore. / Hillsboro HS 35 Eric Williams Jr. KP 98 Esai Longoria DT 6-3 305 R-Fr. RS Caldwell, Idaho / Vallivue HS 13 Tanner Wilson Fr. QB 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) Cornerbacks Brian Hendricks (Wyoming 2011) Defensive Line Shann Schillinger (Montana 2010) Safeties Andrew Selle (Montana 2010) Quarterbacks Matt Nicholson (Houston 2010) Strength & Conditioning Colin Bonnicksen (Minn. St. Mankato ‘08) Director of Football Operations 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 Wide Receiver 7 Washington 4 Linebacker 4 California 4 Defensive End 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 Cornerback 1 Total 28 Defensive Tackle 1 Total 28

PAGE 6 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 2017 GRIZ FOOTBALL TWO-DEEP WEEK 5: PORTLAND 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 - 358YDS - 80LG - 3TD 0/0 4/1 1 12 Caleb Hill Jr. 6-4 215 4C - 6A - 42YDS - 24 0/0 2/0 0 WR (X) 6 Keenan Curran Jr. 6-2 203 7REC - 129YDS - 75LG - 4TD 11/11 24/16 15 18 Sammy Akem R-Fr. 6-4 195 3REC - 41YDS - 26LG - 1TD 0/0 4/0 0 WR (Y) 3 Justin Calhoun R-So. 5-10 174 8REC - 133YDS - 2 TD - 61LG 11/10 15/14 5 5 Kobey Eaton R-So. 6-3 180 7/0 9/0 0 WR (Z) 16 Jerry Louie-McGee R-So. 5-9 175 21REC* - 159YDS - 2TD - 63LG 8/8 12/12 8 82 Samori Toure R-So. 6-3 186 5REC - 111YDS - 1TD - 80LG 0/0 4/0 0 WR (H) 80 Josh Horner Sr. 6-5 232 6REC - 80YDS - 44LG - 1TD 8/8 35/14 3 17 Makena Simis R-Sr. 6-2 235 2REC - 34YDS - 23LG - 0TD 10/0 20/3 0 RB 8 Jeremy Calhoun Jr. 6-0 213 21ATT - 98YDS - 59LG - 3TD 10/0 24/4 4 24 Alijah Lee R-Jr. 5-6 197 17ATT - 79YDS - 33LG - 2TD 0/0 4/0 0 LT 76 David Reese Sr. 6-7 301 11/11 40/39 39 67 Thayne Jackson R-Fr. 6-5 296 0/0 3/0 0 LG 74 Angel Villanueva R-So. 6-5 324 11/11 15/15 15 73 Brandon Scott R-Fr. 6-7 295 0/0 3/0 0 C 72 Cooper Sprunk R-Sr. 6-4 300 10/11 28/14 14 50 Cody Meyer R-So. 6-3 293 0/0 2/0 0 RG 75 Robert Luke R-Sr. 6-4 318 9/0 36/17 4 77 Dallas Hart R-So. 6-5 315 7/0 10/0 0 RT 51 Mike Ralston R-Sr. 6-5 302 4/0 29/4 4 78 Conlan Beaver R-Fr. 6-5 293 0/0 0/0 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 - 1.5TFL - 2QBH - .5SACK 11/11 14/14 14 33 Dante Olson R-So. 6-3 230 8TACK - 1SACK - 2TFL - 1QBH 11/0 14/0 0 MIKE 45 Vika Fa’atuiese R-Fr. 6-3 220 4TACK - 1TFL - 1FR 10/0 14/4 4 10 Connor Strahm R-Sr. 6-0 240 11TACK, 2TFL, 1.5SACK, 1BLK, 1QBH, 1FR, 1TD, 1PB, 1FF 13/0 38/10 0 STAR 42 Josh Buss R-Jr. 6-2 220 17TACK - 1.5SACK - 4.5TFL - 1PB - 1BLK - 2QBH 11/11 26/14 14 33 Dante Olson R-So. 6-3 230 8TACK - 1SACK - 2TFL - 1QBH 11/0 14/0 0 DE 44 Randy Rodriguez R-Fr. 6-3 244 3TAK - 1.5TFL - 1.5SACK 0/0 4/1 1 43 Chris Favoroso R-So. 6-3 245 5TAK - 1PB - 1QBH 0/0 4/3 0 NT 96 David Shaw Jr. 6-5 319 3TAK - 1BLK - 1SACK - 2TFL 0/0 4/3 1 91 Brandt Davidson Sr. 6-3 293 7 TACK - 1TFL - 1FF - 1FR 11/11 15/12 0 DT 49 Jesse Sims R-So. 6-4 254 5TACK - 1.5TFL - 1SACK - 1QBH 11/6 15/10 4 99 Reggie Tilleman R-Jr. 6-4 272 4TAK - 1.5TFL - 1.5SACK 6/0 10/0 0 DE 37 Tucker Schye R-Sr. 6-4 242 8TACK, 4TFL, 3SACK, 1FR, 1FF, 1BLK, 1BR, 1QBH 11/0 42/4 4 40 Cy Sirmon R-So. 6-3 250 5TACK - .5TFL - 1QBH 11/0 14/0 0 CB 2 Ryan McKinley R-Sr. 6-1 193 9TACK - 1INT - 3PB - 1TD - 1TFL 10/6 30/10 4 7 Dareon Nash R-Fr 6-2 178 1TAK 0/0 3/0 0 CB 1 Markell Sanders R-Jr. 6-2 185 5TACK - 1TFL - 3BRU - 1FR - 1INT 22/11 26/14 2 8 Lewis Cowans R-Fr. 6-1 192 6TAK - 1PB - 0.5TFL 0/0 4/0 0 FS 5 Justin Strong Sr. 5-11 190 11TACK - 1.5TFL - 1PB - 1INT - 1TD 10/10 13/13 3 30 Evan Epperly R-Jr. 5-10 197 6TAK - 1TFL - 1INT - 1PB 11/0 18/0 0 SS 13 Josh Sandry R-So. 6-1 203 10T - 1S - 1TFL - 1FR - 1PB - 1INT - 1TD - 1BLK - 1QBH 11/3 15/7 4 3 Mick Delaney R-Sr. 6-0 196 2TACK 9/0 20/0 0 SPECIALISTS P 35 Eric Williams Jr. 6-0 188 AVG 53.25/KICK - 59LG - 3In20 11/11 15/15 15 39 Brandon Purdy R-So. 5-10 182 5/1 9/5 5 KO 35 Eric Williams Jr. 6-0 188 AVG 61.1/KICK 11/11 15/14 14 89 Tim Semenza R-So. 5-7 155 10/10 1/1 0 PK 39 Brandon Purdy R-So. 5-10 182 2/2 FGs - 39LG - 8/8PAT 5/1 9/5 5 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 4/3 4 54 Gage Smith R-Jr. 6-3 217 3/0 3/0 0 KR 16 Jerry Louie-McGee R-So. 5-9 175 5RET - 114YDS 8/8 12/12 12 82 Samori Toure R-So. 6-3 186 7RET- 145YDS - 31LG 0/0 3/0 2 PR 16 Jerry Louie-McGee R-So. 5-9 175 1 PR TD - 118YDS 8/8 12/12 12 PAGE 7 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 2017 GRIZ FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART WEEK 5: PORTLAND 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. 11 Reese Phillips, 6-2, 212, R-Sr.* PLACEKICKER 39 Brandon Purdy, 5-10, 182, R-So. MIKE (MIDDLE) LINEBACKER 89 Tim Semenza, 5-7, 155, R-So. WIDE RECEIVER (X) 45 Vika Fa’atuiese, 6-3, 230, R-So. 6 Keenan Curran, 6-2, 203, Jr. 10 Connor Strahm, 6-0, 240, R-Sr. KICKOFFS 18 Samuel Akem, 6-4, 195, R-Fr. 57 Shayne Cochran, 6-1, 220, R-Jr. 35 Eric Williams, 6-0, 188, Jr. 21 Lamarriel Taylor, 6-2, 198, R-So. 95 Andrew Harris, 6-2, 231, R-So. 89 Tim Semenza, 5-7, 155, R-So. 85 Danny Burton, 5-10, 172, 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. 61 Matthew O’Donoghue, 6-1, 248, R-Fr. 28 Josh Deshner, 6-0, 190, Fr. DEFENSIVE END (LEO) 44 Randy Rodriguez, 6-3, 244, R-Fr. 54 Gage Smith, 6-3, 217, R-Jr. WIDE RECEIVER (Z) 43 Chris Favoroso, 6-3, 245, R-So. 38 Caleb Mitchell, 6-1, 195, R-Fr. 16 Jerry Louie-McGee, 5-9, 175, R-So. 94 Devin Maua, 6-3, 232, R-Fr. PUNT RETURN 82 Samori Toure, 6-3, 186, R-Fr. 16 Jerry Louie-McGee, 5-9, 175, R-So. 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) 91 Brandt Davidson, 6-3, 293, Sr. 82 Samori Toure, 6-3, 186, R-Fr. 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. 98 Esai Longoria, 6-3, 305, R-Fr. 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. 92 Myles Mckee-Osibodu, 6-3, 272, Sr. 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. 30 Nick Fouch: FOWCH (like couch) 67 Thayne Jackson, 6-5, 296, R-Fr. BOUNDARY CORNERBACK 92 Myles Mckee-Osibodu: Oh-shee-BOW-doo 98 Esai Longoria: EE-sigh 2 Ryan McKinley, 6-1, 193, R-Sr. LEFT GUARD 7 Dareon Nash, 6-2, 178, R-Fr. COACHES: 74 Angel Villanueva, 6-5, 324, R-So. 20 Gavin Crow, 6-1, 200, R-Fr. Mike Ferriter: FAIR-it-er 73 Brandon Scott, 6-7, 295, R-Fr. Chad Germer: JUR-mur 66 Ashton Torres, 6-4, 292, R-Fr. FIELD CORNERBACK Travis Niekamp: KNEE-camp Shann Schillinger: SHILL-in-jer 1 Markell Sanders, 6-2, 189, R-Jr. CENTER 8 Lewis Cowans, 6-1, 192, R-Fr. 72 Cooper Sprunk, 6-4, 300, R-Sr. 23 Josh Egbo, 6-2, 193, R-Fr. 50 Cody Meyer, 6-3, 293, R-So. -OR- *= Inactive/Injured 62 Dylan Eickmeyer, 6-4, 292, R-Fr. FREE SAFETY RIGHT GUARD 5 Justin Strong, 5-11, 190, Sr. 30 Evan Epperly, 5-10, 197, R-Jr. 75 Robert Luke, 6-4, 318, Sr. 3 Mick Delaney, 6-0, 196, R-Sr. 77 Dallas Hart, 6-5, 315, R-So. 12 Korey Alexander, 5-11, 190, Sr. RIGHT TACKLE STRONG SAFETY 51 Mike Ralston, 6-5, 302, R-Sr. 13 Josh Sandry, 6-1, 203, R-So. 78 Conlan Beaver, 6-5, 293, R-Fr. 3 Mick Delaney, 6-0, 196, R-Sr. 11 Isiahia Banks, 6-0, 203, Fr. PAGE 8 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 2017 GRIZ FOOTBALL START CHART

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 IDAHO STATE NORTH DAKOTA WEBER STATE NO. ARIZONA NO. COLORADO MONTANA STATE

OFFENSE 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 Favoroso Shaw Sims Schye McKinley Sanders Strong Sandry PORTLAND STATE IDAHO STATE NORTH DAKOTA WEBER STATE NO. ARIZONA NO. COLORADO MONTANA STATE

SPECIALISTS K P LS H KR PR VALPARAISO Purdy Williams O’Donoghue Simis Eaton/Louie-McGee Louie-McGee WASHINGTON Purdy Williams O’Donoghue Phillips Toure/Louie-McGee Louie-McGee SAVANNAH STATE Purdy Williams O’Donoghue Simis ToureLouie-McGee Louie-McGee EASTERN WASH. Purdy Williams O’Donoghue Simis ToureLouie-McGee Louie-McGee PORTLAND STATE IDAHO STATE NORTH DAKOTA WEBER STATE NO. ARIZONA NO. COLORADO MONTANA STATE CAREER STARTS BY POSITION OFFENSE WR (X) WR (Z) WR (Y) WR (H) RB LT LG C RG RT QB Curran (15) Louie-McGee (12) Calhoun (14) Horner (15) Calhoun (4) Reese (39) Villanueva (15) Sprunk (14) Luke (17) Ralston (4) Jensen (1) Akem (0) Toure (0) Eaton (0) Simis (3) Lee (0) Jackson (0) Scott (0) Meyer (0) Hart (0) Beaver (0) Hill (0)

DEFENSE OLB MLB OLB DE NT DT DE CB CB FS SS Banks (15) Fa’atuiese (4) Buss (15) Rodriguez (1) Shaw (3) Sims (10) Schye (4) McKinley (10) M. Sanders (14) Strong (13) Sandry (7) Olson (0) Cochran (0) Olson (0) Favoroso (3) Davidson (12) Tilleman (0) Sirmon (0) Nash (0) Cowans (1) Epperly (1) Delaney (0)

SPECIAL TEAMS K P LS KR PR Purdy (5) Williams (15) O’Donoghue (4) Louie-McGee/Toure (3) Louie-McGee (12) Semenza (10) Purdy (0) Smith (0) Louie-McGee/Eaton (1) Ju. Calhoun (0)

Longest Active Start Streak Most Career Starts (Active) David Reese - 39 David Reese - 39 Keenan Curran - 15 Keenan Curran - 15 Angel Villanueva - 15 Angel Villanueva - 15 James Banks - 15 James Banks - 15 Josh Buss - 15 Josh Buss - 15 Eric Williams - 15 Eric Williams - 15 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 ...... 116, John Nguyen vs Sacramento St., 2016 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 ...... 358, Gresch Jensen vs. Eastern Washington, 2017 Passed for 400+ yards ...... 415, Brady Gustafson vs Southern Utah, 2016 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, Reese Phillips vs. Valparaiso, 2017 Threw 3 or more Interceptions in a game ...... 4, Brady Gustafson at North Dakota State, 2015 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 Savannah State 2017 Recorded 500 yards of total offense ...... 549, Brian Ah Yat vs. Northern Arizona, 1996 Recorded 400 yards of total offense ...... 403, Gresch Jensen vs Eastern Washington, 2017 Recorded 250 all-purpose yards ...... 275, Jerry Louie-McGee at Cal Poly, 2016 Returned a punt for a Touchdown ...... 81, Jerry Louie-McGee at Northern Iowa, 2016 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 ...... Daniel Sullivan, vs. E. Washington 2015 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, Matt Hermanson vs. Montana State, at UM, 2014 Returned a fumble for a TD ...... 0, Donald Bedell vs. Mississippi Valley State, 2016 Returned an interception for a TD ...... 53, Ryan McKinley vs Savannah State, 2017 Blocked a punt ...... Tucker Schye & Connor Strahm at Liberty 2015 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 fumbles in a game ...... Brock Coyle at Montana State, 2013 Blocked a PAT ...... Craig Mettler at Montana State, 2007 Forced a safety ...... Derek Crittenden vs Cal Poly, 2015

THE LAST TIME AN OPPONENT...

Rushed for 100+ yards ...... 142, Chris Murray, Montana State at UM, 2016 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, Gage Gubrud at UM, 2017 Passed for 5 TDs ...... 6. Vernon Adams, EWU at Montana, 2013 Passed for 4 TDs ...... 4, Gage Gubrud, Eastern Washington at UM, 2017 Threw 3+ interceptions ...... 4, Cameron Higgins, Weber State at UM, 2009 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 ...... 79, Lorenzo Jerome, Saint Francis at UM, 2016 Returned an interception for a TD ...... Jamon Dotson (68), Washington at UW, 2017 Returned a fumble for a TD ...... 98, Ryan Reardon & 22, Marcus Alford, at NAU, 2013 Player had Two (2) interceptions in a game ...... Lorenzo Jerome (2) Saint Francis at UM, 2016 Team had Three (3) or more INTs. in a game ...... 4 by North Dakota State at NDSU, 2015 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 ...... Marquis Green, Mississippi Valley State at UM, 2016 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 Sept. 25, 2017 As of Sept. 25, 2017

RANK SCHOOL VOTES PREV RANK SCHOOL POINTS LAST WEEK RECORD 1 James Madison (4-0) 4041 (154) 1 1 James Madison (25) 649 1 4-0 2 North Dakota State (3-0) 3875 (5) 2 2 North Dakota State (1) 625 2 3-0 3 Sam Houston State (3-0) 3679 (2) 3 3 Sam Houston State 594 3 3-0 4 South Dakota State (3-0) 3564 (1) 4 4 South Dakota State 551 4 3-0 5 Jacksonville State (2-1) 3401 5 T-5 Youngstown State 530 5 2-1 6 Youngstown State (2-1) 3226 6 T-5 Jacksonville State 530 7 2-1 7 Wofford (3-0) 2945 9 7 Wofford 482 9 3-0 8 Citadel (3-0) 2661 10 T-8 Illinois State 396 12 3-0 9 Eastern Washington (2-2) 2519 11 T-8 Eastern Washington 396 11 2-2 10 South Dakota (3-0) 2414 13 10 South Dakota 383 14 3-0 11 Central Arkansas (2-1) 2314 12 11 The Citadel 382 10 3-0 12 Illinois State (3-0) 2124 14 12 Central Arkansas 340 13 2-1 13 Western Illinois (3-0) 1890 19 13 North Carolina A&T 319 15 4-0 14 Villanova (2-2) 1883 7 14 New Hampshire 310 16 3-1 15 New Hampshire (3-1) 1734 15 15 Richmond 292 6 2-2 16 Richmond (2-2) 1671 8 16 Western Illinois 276 21 3-0 17 North Carolina A&T (4-0) 1268 21 17 Villanova 262 8 2-2 18 UT Martin (3-1) 1098 24 18 Weber State 261 18 3-1 19 Albany (3-1) 1014 NR 19 Grambling State 174 22 3-1 20 Weber State (3-1) 928 23 20 Northern Iowa 103 24 1-2 21 Grambling State (2-1) 829 22 21 UT Martin 95 RV 3-1 22 Liberty (3-1) 805 16 22 Albany 84 RV 3-1 23 Elon (3-1) 743 NR 23 Samford 82 17 2-2 24 Tennessee State (3-1) 355 20 24 Tennessee State 59 20 3-1 25 Samford (2-2) 299 18 25 McNeese 46 RV 3-1

Others: Stony Brook (220) , North Dakota (218) , Western Carolina (189) , Charleston Southern Others receiving votes: Stony Brook (34), Elon (27), Nicholls (25), Chattanooga (24), North Dakota (116) , Chattanooga (107) , UNI (75) , North Carolina Central (72) , Princeton (55) , Montana (21), Montana State (19), Yale (13), Charleston Southern (12), Western Carolina (10), Holy Cross (38) , Holy Cross (34) , Nicholls (30) , Howard (29) , Montana State (28) , Penn (27) , McNeese (7), Princeton (7), Towson (6), Kennesaw State (6), Montana (6), Saint Francis (3), Northern Colo- (24) , Dartmouth (17) , Delaware (17) , Kennesaw State (15) , Southern Illinois (14) , Harvard rado (2), Monmouth (2), Prairie View A&M (2), N.C. Central (1), Howard (1), William & Mary (1). (10) , William & Mary (6) , Saint Francis U (6) , Yale (4) , Duquesne (4) , Colgate (4) , Alcorn State (4) , Monmouth (3) , Sacramento State (2) , Northern Arizona (1) , Eastern Kentucky (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, Sept. 30 DATE ...... OPPONENT ...... NOMINEE 9/2...... Valparaiso...... Jerry Louie-McGee (O) Sacramento State at Eastern Washington ...... 1:35 p.m. PT ...... Tucker Schye (D) ...... Eric Williams (S) TV: Pluto TV 9/9...... @ Washington...... N/A (O) Weber State at Montana State ...... 1:35 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) Montana at Portland State ...... 2:05 p.m. PT ...... Josh Buss (D) TV: ABC Montana/SWX/Pluto TV ...... Brandon Purdy (S) ...... Gresch Jensen (F)

Cal Poly at Idaho State ...... 2:35 p.m. MT 9/23...... Eastern Wash...... Gresch Jensen (O) TV: Pluto TV ...... Tucker Schye (D) ...... Samori Toure (S) Northern Colorado at Northern Arizona ...... 4:00 p.m. PT ...... Gresch Jensen (F) TV: Pluto TV 9/30...... @ Portland St...... (O) North Dakota at UC Davis ...... 6:05 p.m. PT ...... (D) TV: Eleven Sports (Game of the Week)/Pluto TV ...... (S) Talent: Bill Doleman, Darius Walker 10/7...... @ Idaho St...... (O) ...... (D) ...... (S)

10/14...... North Dakota...... (O) PRESEASON BIG SKY POLLS ...... (D) ...... (S)

Media Poll...... Point Total (1st votes) 10/28...... @ Weber St...... (O) ...... (D) 1: North Dakota...... 298 (15) ...... (S) 2: Eastern Washington...... 271 (5) 3: Northern Arizona...... 236 (3) 11/4...... N. Arizona...... (O) ...... (D) 4: Cal Poly...... 224 ...... (S) 5: Weber State...... 209 6: Montana...... 204 (1) 11/11...... N. Colorado...... (O) ...... (D) 7: Southern Utah...... 175 ...... (S) 8: Montana State...... 156 9: Northern Colorado...... 135 11/18...... @ Montana St...... (O) ...... (D) 10: Portland State...... 104 ...... (S) 11: UC Davis...... 62 12: Sacramento State...... 61 F = STATS FCS Freshman of the Week Nominee 13: Idaho State...... 44 GRIZ IN THE PROS Coaches’ Poll...... Point Total (1st votes) 6 Players (As of 9/18/17) 1: North Dakota...... 130 (6) 2: Eastern Washington...... 124 (2) NAME TEAM HOMETOWN Brock Coyle San Francisco 49ers Bozeman, Mont. 3: Northern Arizona...... 119 (2) Trumaine Johnson Los Angeles Rams Stockton, Calif. 4: Cal Poly...... 108 (1) William Poehls Jacksonville Jaguars Chander, Ariz. 5: Weber State...... 103 (1) Travon Van Edmonton Eskimos San Diego, Calif. 6: Montana...... 83 (1) Colt Anderson Buffalo Bills Butte, Mont. 7: Southern Utah...... 80 Jordan Tripp Atlanta Falcons Missoula, Mont. 8: Montana State...... 69 9: Portland State...... 62 COACHES: 10: Northern Colorado...... 60 COACH NAME TEAM HOMETOWN 11: UC Davis...... 35 Dave Dickenson Calgary Stampeders Great Falls, Mont. Tim Hauck Philiadelphia Eagles Butte, Mont. 12: Sacramento State...... 26 Marty Mornhinweg Baltimore Ravens Edmond, Okla. 13: Idaho State...... 15 Andre Patterson Minnesota Vikings Camden, Ark. Bruce Read Montreal Alouettes Santa Rosa, Calif. MONTANA IN THE STATS FCS TOP-25 Brock Sunderland Edmonton Eskimos Great Falls, Mont.

Pre. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final NR NR NR NR NR 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 PAGE 13 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 ...... 38 more... 24...... Tony Rice, 1989-92 675...... Justin Olsen, 1998 Record-breaking sophomore wide receiver 22...... Justin Green, 2003-04 661...... Tate Hancock, 2004 Jerry Louie-McGee and senior offensive tack- ...... Jody Farmer, 1986-89 651...... Jerry Louie-McGee, 2016 le David Reese were both given All-Big Sky 20...... Jeremy Calhoun, 2015-Present 641...... Craig Chambers, 2006 accolades, following up on their postseason ...... Dave Dickenson, 1992-95 all-conference awards in 2016...... Josh Branen, 1995-97 THE GRIZ WHEN.... 17...... Kelly Stensrud, 1992-95 On the defensive side of the ball, junior line- ...... Rocky Klever, 1977-81 backer and last year’s Steve Carlson Defen- Leading after 1st Quarter: ...... 2-1 sive MVP Josh Buss also earned a place on MOST RECEPTIONS - Game Trailing after 1st Quarter: ...... 0-1 the preseason All-Big Sky team after earning all-conference honors in the fall. 21.. Jerry Louie-McGee, @Cal Poly, 2016 Tied after 1st Quarter:...... 0-0 15...... Josh Paffhausen, St. Mary’s, 1997 Leading at Halftime: ...... 2-1 BIG SKY PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE Trailing at Halftime: ...... 0-1 TEAM RECEPTIONS - Game Tied at Halftime: ...... 0-0 21.. Jerry Louie McGee, @Cal Poly, 2016 Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Playing Overtime: ...... 0-0 15...... Josh Paffhausen, 1997, St. Mary’s Gage Gubrud, QB, Eastern Washington ...... 15 more... Leading after 3rd Quarter: ...... 2-0 Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: 10...... Jerry Louie-McGee, @ EWU, 2016 Trailing after 3rd Quarter: ...... 0-1 Cole Reyes, S, North Dakota Tied after 3rd Quarter: ...... 0-1 PASS RECEPTIONS - Season Quarterback: Gage Gubrud, Eastern Wash- 82...... Joe Douglass, 1996 Scoring First: ...... 2-0 ington 80...... Marc Mariani, 2009 Opponents Score First: ...... 0-2 Wide Receivers: Emmanuel Butler, North- ...... Jefferson Heidelberger, 2004 Outrushing Opponents:...... 2-1 ern Arizona (Consensus); Keelan Doss, UC Davis; Jerry Louie-McGee, Montana 76...... Etu Molden, 2001 Outrushed By Opponents: ...... 0-1 75...... Jamaal Jones, 2015 Offensive Tackles: David Reese, Montana; Outpassing Opponents: ...... 2-0 73...... Jerry Louie-McGee, 2016 Randin Crecelius, Portland State 72...... Jeremy Watkins, 1998 Outpassed By Opponents: ...... 0-2 Offensive Guard: Tyler Shank, Northern 71...... Mike Trevathan, 1990 More Total Yards Than Opponents: ...... 2-0 Arizona; Demon Taylor, North Dakota Center: Joey Kuperman, Cal Poly 69...... Marc Mariani, 2008 Fewer Total Yards Than Opponents: .....0-2 Tight End: Andrew Vollert, Weber State Winning the Turnover Battle: ...... 2-1 (Consensus) AVG RECEPTIONS/GAME - Season Losing the Turnover Battle: ...... 0-1 Running Backs: John Santiago, North Dakota 9.1...... Jerry Louie-McGee, 2016 Even in Turnovers: ...... 0-0 (Consensus); Brady Oliveira, North Dakota 7.45...... Joe Douglass, 1996 Fullback: Joe Protheroe, Cal Poly 7.10...... Mike Trevathan, 1990 More Penalties than Opponents: ...... 0-0 Placekicker: Griffin Roehler, Northern Arizona Fewer Penalties than Opponents: ...... 2-2 Return Specialist: John Santiago, North LONGEST PUNT RETURN Same Penalties as Opponents: ...... 0-0 Dakota 94*...... Marc Mariani vs. ISU, 2008(TD) Largest halftime lead ...... 18 94*...... Tuff Harris at E. Wash., 2006 (TD) Defensive Tackle: Robert Torgerson, South- 90...... Peter Nguyen vs. Liberty, 2012 Largest halftime deficit...... 28 ern Utah; Anthony Del Toro, Portland State 82.....Marc Mariani vs. E. Wash. 2009 (TD) Score 20 or more points ...... 2-1 Defensive End: Albert Havili, Eastern Wash- 81..... Jerry Louie-McGee, @N. Iowa (TD) Hold opponent to 20 points or less ...... 1-0 ington; Ben Sorensen, Sacramento State Outside Linebackers: Mike Needham, South- Games decided by 3 points or less ...... 0-0 TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS - Game ern Utah; Josh Buss, Montana Games decided by 10 points or less .....0-1 4...... Keenan Curran, 2016, Idaho State Inside Linebackers: Mac Bignell, Montana ...... 5 others... Games decided by 11-20 points ...... 0-0 State; Landon Stice, Weber State Games decided by 21 points or more ...2-1 Cornerbacks: Deion Harris, North Dakota; Taron Johnson, Weber State AVG YDS PER PUNT - Career Temperature in the 90s ...... 1-0 Safeties: Cole Reyes, North Dakota; Mitch (Min. 50 Attempts - Since1948) Temperature in the 80s ...... 0-0 Fettig, Eastern Washington 42.56...... Mike Rice, 1985-86 Temperature in the 70’s ...... 0-0 Punter: Jacob DeMaio, Weber State 42.13...... Tyson Johnson, 2003-05, 07 Special Teams: Hakeem Deggs, Northern Temperature in the 60’s ...... 0-1 41.80...... Dan Carpenter, 2004-06 Colorado 41.4...... Eric Williams, 2016-Present Temperature in the 50’s ...... 1-1 41.26...... Jody Farmer, 1986-89 Temperature below 50 degrees ...... 0-0 ...... Lon Howard, 1968 Coldest game time temperature ...... 52 41.23...... Ken Wood, 2008 Warmest game time temperature ...... 97 40.83...... Mark Spencer, 2001-02 PAGE 14 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...... PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF: Senior Mike safety Isiahia Banks out of Mullen HS in Col- Idaho St...... Ralston won a starting spot at right tackle during orado is scheduled to dress for the Griz this sea- North Dakota...... fall camp. It’s the fourth position he’s played son, but only to be used in case of emergency. Weber St...... for the Griz in his career. Ralston started four No. Arizona...... games for the Griz as a tight end in 2014 before The last time Montana dug into its supply of No. Colorado...... 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...... 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...... 2016...... Mississippi Valley State...... W North Dakota...... meetings occurring in Missoula. The last time was in 2016 when the Griz defeated Mississip- 2017...... Valparaiso (IN)...... W Weber St...... 2017...... Savannah State (GA)...... W No. Arizona...... pi Valley State. The first was against Jackson State in 1989, also a win for the Griz...... Record: 30-7 No. Colorado...... * = D1-AA/FCS Playoff Game Montana St...... PAGE 15 GRIZ FOOTBALL 2017 2017 GRIZ SEASON NOTES

RECORD SETTING OPPONENT: Washing- GRIZ VS. PORTLAND STATE 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- Montana leads series 29-12 Washington-Grizzly Stadium. enth of his career. Griz are: 17-3 at UM, 12-9 at PSU

Year...... Opponent...... Time.....Result...... Score Returning a punt for a TD against the Griz is Year ....Location ...... Result ...... Score 2011...... Northern Iowa...... 6PM.....W...... 48-10 a rare occurrence. The last time it happened 2013...... Appalachian St...... 7PM.....W...... 30-6 1965 ...Portland State ...... W ...... 33-7, UM 2014...... South Dakota...... 7PM.....W...... 28-20 to UM was in 2014 when, now, NFL receiver 1966 ...Montana...... W ...... 10-0, UM ...... Montana State...... 3PM.....W...... 34-7 Cooper Kupp took it 67 yards as well for Eastern 1967 ...Portland State ...... W ...... 55-7, UM 2015...... Cal Poly...... 7PM.....L...... 20-19 Washington. 1968 ...Montana ...... W ...... 58-0, UM 2016...... Saint Francis...... 7PM.....W...... 41-31 1969 ...Portland State ...... W ...... 49-14, UM 1970 ...Montana ...... W ...... 31-25, UM ...... Idaho State...... 5PM.....W...... 62-44 Montana’s loss at Washington is now tied for the 2017...... E. Washington...... 6PM.....L...... 48-41 1971 ...Portland State ...... L ...... 36-29, PSU fifth-worst in program history by point margin. 1974 ...Portland State ...... W ...... 24-14, UM The last time the Griz gave up a 56-point score 1975 ...Montana ...... W ...... 33-16, UM line was in 1963 against Utah State. The last 1976 ...Portland State ...... L ...... 50-49, PSU team to hang 60 on the Griz was Minnesota in 1977 ...Montana ...... W ...... 40-25, UM 1978 ...Portland State...... L ...... 27-16, PSU A DREAM COME TRUE: The Grizzlies 1985. The worst loss in program history dates back to 1931 when the Griz lost 69-0 at USC. 1979 ...Montana ...... L ...... 40-32, PSU squeezed in some time to make a little boy’s 1980 ...Portland State ...... L ...... 20-0, PSU dream come true ahead of the game against 1981 ...Montana ...... W ...... 33-3, UM Washington. Josh Sandry’s pick-six at UW landed him in 1982 ...Portland State ...... L ...... 35-28, PSU some pretty elite company. Only one other 1983 ...Montana ...... W ...... 35-19, UM Coach Stitt, Reese Phillips, Makena Simis, Coo- player has ever scored a touchdown off an 1984 ...Portland State ...... W ...... 17-16, UM 1985 ...Montana ...... L ...... 21-16, PSU per Sprunk, director of football operations Colin interception thrown by Heisman candidate Jake 1986 ...Portland State ...... W ...... 35-14, UM Bonnicksen and Great Falls native Josh Horner Browning. Alabama’s Ryan Anderson picked off a Browning pass for a 26-yard TD in last year’s 1987 ...Montana ...... L ...... 20-3, PSU paid a visit to Troy Ross, a three-year-old Griz 1988 ...Portland State ...... L ...... 21-0, PSU fan from Great Falls the Friday night before the national semifinal. Anderson ended up being 1989 ...Montana ...... W ...... 30-21, UM game while the rest of the team toured Husky drafted by the Redskins in the second round of 1996* ..Montana ...... W ...... 63-6, UM Stadium. the 2017 NFL Draft as the 49th overall pick and 1997 ...Portland State ...... W ...... 37-7, UM remains on their 53-man roster. 1998 ...Montana ...... W ...... 20-17, UM 1999 ...Portland State...... L .....51-48 (OT), PSU Ross, who was in the stands at the Sept. 2 2000 ...Portland State ...... W ...... 33-21, UM home opener against Valparaiso, was rushed to PHILLIPS INJURY: There was no hiding the fact that Grizzly starting quarterback Reese Phillips 2001 ...Montana ...... W ...... 33-13, UM Seattle Children’s Hospital the next week with a 2002 ...Portland State ...... W ...... 24-21, UM respiratory condition. went down with a severe injury in the second 2003 ...Montana ...... W ...... 42-14, UM quarter against Savannah State, witnessed by 2004 ...Portland State ...... L ...... 35-32, PSU “This little guy is a huge, huge, Griz fan,” said over 22,000 in Washington-Grizzly Stadium. 2005 ...Montana ...... W ...... 37-16, UM Stitt. “It was good for us to be there because as The redshirt senior transfer from Kentucky 2006 ...Portland State ...... W ...... 26-20, UM 2007 ...Montana ...... W ...... 34-31, UM a parent, it’s really tough to see a three-year-old underwent surgery that night at St. Patrick’s 2008 ...Portland State ...... W ...... 29-12, UM in the state Troy was.” Hospital in Missoula and released the following statement on Tuesday morning regarding his 2009 ...Montana ...... W ...... 49-17, UM 2010 ...Portland State ...... W ...... 23-21, UM “We wish him the best, and our prayers go out condition. 2011 ....Montana ...... W ...... 24-30, UM to him and his family, and we can’t wait to see 2013 ...Montana ...... W ...... 55-27, UM him at the next Griz game,” Stitt added. “First off, I’d like to thank all my teammates, 2015 ...Portland State ...... L ...... 35-16, PSU coaches and the fans of Griz Nation who have *Year Portland State joined the Big Sky Conference “It’s just awesome to know that we have fans, reached out to me and treated me like family that even when they’re in a tough situation, we during this time. So you can hear it from me, I can do something to lighten the situation up for shattered my fibula, ruptured just about all the them,” added Horner. ligaments in my foot and dislocated my left foot all in one play. Pretty impressive, right? FRESH STARTS FOR THE GRIZ: Redshirt freshman Lewis Cowans made his first start at “Being the QB for this team is truly the honor cornerback against Washington over junior CB of a lifetime and simply a dream come true. Markell Sanders. Sanders graded out well after Although I won’t be on the field playing, I’ll be the UW game as the one responsible for the at every game doing everything in my power to tipped pass that led to the Sandry touchdown, help my team continue to reach our goals. I look and will once again get the start against Savan- forward to communicating more with Griz Nation nah State. in the near future. Until then let’s pack WGS this Saturday and get after the Eagles! Go Griz!” - Josh Horner also got his first start of the year at Reese Phillips Washington in the H receiver spot and pro- ceeded to lead the Griz with five catches for 34 yards.

Freshman Samori Toure got his first start as a kick returner against Washington, leading all players in the game with 143 total all-purpose yards.

Connor Strahm returned to action agaisnt Sa- vannah State at middle linebacker following his two-game suspension PAGE 16 2017 Montana Football Montana Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 23, 2017) All games

Team Statistics UM OPP SCORING 149 137 Points Per Game 37.2 34.2 Points Off Turnovers 35 42 FIRST DOWNS 88 94 R u s h in g 29 28 P a s s in g 50 62 P e n a lt y 9 4 RUSHING YARDAGE 543 498 Yards gained rushing 611 676 Yards lost rushing 68 178 Rushing Attempts 147 146 Average Per Rush 3.7 3.4 Average Per Game 135.8 124.5 TDs Rushing 9 7 PASSING YARDAGE 1257 1329 C o m p - A t t - I n t 102-158-5 100-162-6 Average Per Pass 8.0 8.2 Average Per Catch 12.3 13.3 Average Per Game 314.2 332.2 TDs Passing 9 8 TOTAL OFFENSE 1800 1827 Total Plays 305 308 Average Per Play 5.9 5.9 Average Per Game 450.0 456.8 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 22-395 19-382 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-53 2-75 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 6-117 5-96 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 18.0 20.1 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 10.6 37.5 INT RETURN AVERAGE 19.5 19.2 FUMBLES-LOST 6-4 4-2 PENALTIES-Yards 20-188 35-295 Average Per Game 47.0 73.8 PUNTS-Yards 20-820 21-780 Average Per Punt 41.0 37.1 Net punt average 36.2 32.7 KICKOFFS-Yards 26-1434 26-1536 Average Per Kick 55.2 59.1 Net kick average 37.6 40.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 7 : 2 2 3 2 : 3 8 3RD-DOWN Conversions 27/65 23/59 3rd-Down Pct 42% 39% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4/11 2/3 4th-Down Pct 36% 67% SACKS BY-Yards 14-114 8-43 MISC YARDS 8 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 20 17 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 3-3 6-10 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (16-16) 100% (14-19) 74% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (14-16) 88% (11-19) 58% PAT-ATTEMPTS (20-20) 100% (17-17) 100% ATTENDANCE 71332 68491 Games/Avg Per Game 3/23777 1/68491 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Montana 45 38 24 42 0 149 Opponents 30 27 35 45 0 137 2017 Montana Football Montana Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 23, 2017) All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg CALHOUN, Jeremy 4 63 235 9 226 3.6 3 17 56.5 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 5 53 10.6 0 34 LEE, Alijah 4 41 196 1 195 4.8 3 33 48.8 Total 5 53 10.6 0 34 JENSEN, Gresch 4 14 72 19 53 3.8 2 17 13.2 Opponents 2 75 37.5 1 67 McCOMBS, Cody 2 6 41 3 38 6.3 0 21 19.0 FAVORS,Treshawn 4 7 24 3 21 3.0 1 14 5.2 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg LOUIE-McGEE, J. 4 2 8 0 8 4.0 0 5 2.0 SANDRY, Josh 2 40 20.0 1 36 HILL, Caleb 2 2 7 0 7 3.5 0 4 3.5 BUSS, Josh 1 21 21.0 0 21 SIMIS, Makena 4 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.2 SANDERS,Markell 1 9 9.0 0 9 DESHNER, Josh 1 2 4 4 0 0.0 0 4 0.0 EPPERLY, Evan 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 PHILLIPS, Reese 3 8 23 25 -2 -0.2 0 12 -0.7 McKINLEY, Ryan 1 53 53.0 1 53 TOURE, Samori 4 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 0 -1.0 Total 6 117 19.5 2 53 Total 4 147 611 68 543 3.7 9 33 135.8 Opponents 5 96 19.2 1 68 Opponents 4 146 676 178 498 3.4 7 30 124.5 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g TOURE, Samori 16 289 18.1 0 31 PHILLIPS, Reese 3 148.71 57-80-3 71.2 652 4 63 217.3 EATON, Kobey 3 62 20.7 0 28 JENSEN, Gresch 4 143.99 41-70-2 58.6 563 5 80 140.8 CROW, Gavin 2 27 13.5 0 20 HILL, Caleb 2 125.47 4-6-0 66.7 42 0 24 21.0 BANKS, James 1 17 17.0 0 17 TEAM 1 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 22 395 18.0 0 31 Total 4 143.85 102-158-5 64.6 1257 9 80 314.2 Opponents 19 382 20.1 0 51 Opponents 4 139.53 100-162-6 61.7 1329 8 66 332.2 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 4 17 250 14.7 2 63 62.5 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 TOURE, Samori 4 15 216 14.4 2 80 54.0 CURRAN, Keenan 4 12 243 20.2 3 66 60.8 LEE, Alijah 4 12 60 5.0 0 15 15.0 CALHOUN, Justin 4 11 195 17.7 1 47 48.8 AKEM, Samuel 4 10 98 9.8 1 26 24.5 HORNER, Josh 4 10 93 9.3 0 15 23.2 CALHOUN, Jeremy 4 6 25 4.2 0 9 6.2 SIMIS, Makena 4 2 17 8.5 0 11 4.2 McLAUGHLIN, M. 2 2 2 1.0 0 6 1.0 NAGLER, Jed 4 1 24 24.0 0 24 6.0 BURTON, Danny 1 1 16 16.0 0 16 16.0 CORBIN, Brennan 2 1 12 12.0 0 12 6.0 TAYLOR, L. 4 1 6 6.0 0 6 1.5 FAVORS,Treshawn 4 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Total 4 102 1257 12.3 9 80 314.2 Opponents 4 100 1329 13.3 8 66 332.2 2017 Montana Football Montana Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 23, 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 - 3-3 20-20 - - - - - 29 PHILLIPS, Reese 3 88 -2 652 650 216.7 CURRAN, Keenan 3 ------18 JENSEN, Gresch 4 84 53 563 616 154.0 LEE, Alijah 3 ------18 CALHOUN, Jeremy 4 63 226 0 226 56.5 CALHOUN, Jeremy 3 ------18 LEE, Alijah 4 41 195 0 195 48.8 JENSEN, Gresch 2 ------12 HILL, Caleb 2 8 7 42 49 24.5 TOURE, Samori 2 ------12 McCOMBS, Cody 2 6 38 0 38 19.0 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 2 ------12 FAVORS,Treshawn 4 7 21 0 21 5.2 FAVORS,Treshawn 1 ------6 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 4 2 8 0 8 2.0 CALHOUN, Justin 1 ------6 SIMIS, Makena 4 1 1 0 1 0.2 AKEM, Samuel 1 ------6 TOURE, Samori 4 1 -4 0 -4 -1.0 McKINLEY, Ryan 1 ------6 Total 4 305 543 1257 1800 450.0 SANDRY, Josh 1 ------6 Opponents 4 308 498 1329 1827 456.8 Total 20 3-3 20-20 - - - - - 149 Opponents 17 6-10 17-17 - - - - - 137

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 3-3 100.0 0-0 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 39 0 WILLIAMS, Eric 20 820 41.0 58 1 9 6 4 0 Total 20 820 41.0 58 1 9 6 4 0 FG Sequence Montana Opponents Opponents 21 780 37.1 66 2 3 6 2 0 Valparaiso (24) (23),(29),(44) Washington - 46 Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Savannah State - 25,(43) WILLIAMS, Eric 26 1434 55.2 3 3 Eastern Washington (24),(39) (39),40,(23),48 Total 26 1434 55.2 3 3 20.1 37.6 27 Opponents 26 1536 59.1 4 0 18.0 40.0 24 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. 2017 Montana Football Montana Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 23, 2017) All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g TOURE, Samori 4 -4 216 0 289 0 501 125.2 L O U I E - M c G E E , 4 8 250 53 0 0 311 77.8 LEE, Alijah 4 195 60 0 0 0 255 63.8 CALHOUN, Jere 4 226 25 0 0 0 251 62.8 CURRAN, Keen 4 0 243 0 0 0 243 60.8 CALHOUN, Justi 4 0 195 0 0 0 195 48.8 AKEM, Samuel 4 0 98 0 0 0 98 24.5 HORNER, Josh 4 0 93 0 0 0 93 23.2 EATON, Kobey 2 0 0 0 62 0 62 31.0 McKINLEY, Rya 4 0 0 0 0 53 53 13.2 JENSEN, Gresc 4 53 0 0 0 0 53 13.2 SANDRY, Josh 4 0 0 0 0 40 40 10.0 McCOMBS, Cod 2 38 0 0 0 0 38 19.0 CROW, Gavin 3 0 0 0 27 0 27 9.0 NAGLER, Jed 4 0 24 0 0 0 24 6.0 FAVORS,Tresha 4 21 0 0 0 0 21 5.2 BUSS, Josh 4 0 0 0 0 21 21 5.2 SIMIS, Makena 4 1 17 0 0 0 18 4.5 BANKS, James 4 0 0 0 17 0 17 4.2 BURTON, Dann 1 0 16 0 0 0 16 16.0 CORBIN, Brenn 2 0 12 0 0 0 12 6.0 SANDERS,Mark 4 0 0 0 0 9 9 2.2 HILL, Caleb 2 7 0 0 0 0 7 3.5 TAYLOR, L. 4 0 6 0 0 0 6 1.5 M c L A U G H L I N , 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1.0 PHILLIPS, Rees 3 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.7 EPPERLY, Evan 4 0 0 0 0 -6 -6 -1.5 Total 4 543 1257 53 395 117 2365 591.2 Opponents 4 498 1329 75 382 96 2380 595.0 2017 Montana Football Montana Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 23, 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 4 11 30 41 4.0-10 1.0-6 ...... 42 BUSS, Josh 4 20 19 39 6.5-40 3.0-32 1-21 1 1 . . . . 2D McKINLEY, Ryan 4 16 8 24 1.0-3 . 1-53 6 . . . . . 13 SANDRY, Josh 4 13 8 21 . . 2-40 1 1 . . 1 . 5D STRONG, Justin 3 12 7 19 1.5-2 ...... 33 OLSON, Dante 4 7 12 19 0.5-2 . . . 2 . . . . 37 SCHYE, Tucker 4 8 10 18 7.5-39 4.0-29 . 1 . 2-0 2 . . 8D COWANS, Lewis 4 8 6 14 0.5-1 . . 2 . . . . . 10 STRAHM, Connor 2 4 7 11 2.5-3 ...... 43 FAVOROSO, Chris 4 5 5 10 . . . 1 1 . . . . 30 EPPERLY, Evan 4 2 8 10 . . 1--6 1 . . . . . 49 SIMS, Jesse 4 1 9 10 . . . . 1 . . . . 44 RODRIGUEZ,Randy 4 5 4 9 3.5-25 1.5-17 ...... 1D SANDERS,Markell 4 5 4 9 1.5-1 . 1-9 1 . . . . . 45 FA'ATUIESE,Vika 4 4 5 9 2.0-3 ...... 57 COCHRAN, Shayne 4 3 6 9 0.5-2 0.5-2 ...... 99 TILLEMAN,Reggie 4 1 6 7 1.5-11 1.5-11 ...... 96 SHAW, David 4 1 6 7 3.0-14 1.5-12 . . . . . 1 . 34 LEWIS, Jace 3 1 6 7 ...... 40 SIRMON, Cy 4 1 5 6 1.5-7 0.5-3 . . 1 . . . . 91 DAVIDSON,Brandt 4 . 6 6 ...... 3D DELANEY, Mick 4 2 3 5 ...... 1B ALEXANDER,Korey 4 2 2 4 ...... 92 MCKEE-OSIBODU,M 3 1 3 4 0.5-2 0.5-2 ...... 23 EGBO, Josh 4 1 2 3 ...... 84 NAGLER, Jed 4 . 2 2 ...... 55 DAVIS, Kyle 2 . 2 2 ...... 54 SMITH, Gage 4 . 2 2 ...... 20 CROW, Gavin 3 . 1 1 ...... 3O CALHOUN, Justin 4 . 1 1 ...... 72 SPRUNK, Cooper 4 1 . 1 ...... 74 VILLANUEVA, A. 4 1 . 1 ...... 21 TAYLOR, L. 4 1 . 1 ...... 35 WILLIAMS, Eric 4 1 . 1 ...... 7 NASH, Dareon 4 1 . 1 ...... Total 4 139 195 334 38-165 14-114 6-117 14 7 2-0 2 2 . Opponents 4 150 208 358 27-83 8-43 5-96 13 2 4-0 6 . . 2017 Montana Football Montana Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 23, 2017) All games

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral Sep 02, 2017 VALPARAISO W 45-23 23160 All games 2-2 2-1 0-1 0-0 Sep 9, 2017 at #7 Washington L 7-63 68491 Conference 0-1 0-1 0-0 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 Team Statistics UM OPP Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g FIRST DOWNS 88 94 CALHOUN, Jeremy 4 63 235 9 226 3.6 3 17 56.5 R u s h in g 29 28 LEE, Alijah 4 41 196 1 195 4.8 3 33 48.8 P a s s in g 50 62 JENSEN, Gresch 4 14 72 19 53 3.8 2 17 13.2 P e n a l ty 9 4 McCOMBS, Cody 2 6 41 3 38 6.3 0 21 19.0 RUSHING YARDAGE 543 498 FAVORS,Treshawn 4 7 24 3 21 3.0 1 14 5.2 Rushing Attempts 147 146 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 4 2 8 0 8 4.0 0 5 2.0 Average Per Rush 3.7 3.4 HILL, Caleb 2 2 7 0 7 3.5 0 4 3.5 Average Per Game 135.8 124.5 SIMIS, Makena 4 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.2 TDs Rushing 9 7 Total 4 147 611 68 543 3.7 9 33 135.8 PASSING YARDAGE 1257 1329 Opponents 4 146 676 178 498 3.4 7 30 124.5 C o m p - A t t- In t 102-158-5 100-162-6 Average Per Pass 8.0 8.2 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Average Per Catch 12.3 13.3 PHILLIPS, Reese 3 148.71 57-80-3 71.2 652 4 63 217.3 Average Per Game 314.2 332.2 JENSEN, Gresch 4 143.99 41-70-2 58.6 563 5 80 140.8 TDs Passing 9 8 HILL, Caleb 2 125.47 4-6-0 66.7 42 0 24 21.0 TOTAL OFFENSE 1800 1827 TEAM 1 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Average Per Play 5.9 5.9 Total 4 143.85 102-158-5 64.6 1257 9 80 314.2 Average Per Game 450.0 456.8 Opponents 4 139.53 100-162-6 61.7 1329 8 66 332.2 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 22-395 19-382 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-53 2-75 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g INT RETURNS: #-Yards 6-117 5-96 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 4 17 250 14.7 2 63 62.5 FUMBLES-LOST 6-4 4-2 TOURE, Samori 4 15 216 14.4 2 80 54.0 PENALTIES-Yards 20-188 35-295 CURRAN, Keenan 4 12 243 20.2 3 66 60.8 PUNTS-AVG 20-41.0 21-37.1 LEE, Alijah 4 12 60 5.0 0 15 15.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 7 :2 2 3 2 :3 8 CALHOUN, Justin 4 11 195 17.7 1 47 48.8 3RD-DOWN Conversions 27/65 23/59 AKEM, Samuel 4 10 98 9.8 1 26 24.5 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4/11 2/3 HORNER, Josh 4 10 93 9.3 0 15 23.2 CALHOUN, Jeremy 4 6 25 4.2 0 9 6.2 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg SIMIS, Makena 4 2 17 8.5 0 11 4.2 SANDRY, Josh 2 40 20.0 1 36 McLAUGHLIN, M. 2 2 2 1.0 0 6 1.0 SANDERS,Markell 1 9 9.0 0 9 NAGLER, Jed 4 1 24 24.0 0 24 6.0 EPPERLY, Evan 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 BURTON, Danny 1 1 16 16.0 0 16 16.0 McKINLEY, Ryan 1 53 53.0 1 53 CORBIN, Brennan 2 1 12 12.0 0 12 6.0 BUSS, Josh 1 21 21.0 0 21 TAYLOR, L. 4 1 6 6.0 0 6 1.5 FAVORS,Treshawn 4 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Total 4 102 1257 12.3 9 80 314.2 WILLIAMS, Eric 20 820 41.0 58 1 9 6 4 0 Opponents 4 100 1329 13.3 8 66 332.2 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk LOUIE-McGEE, J. 5 53 10.6 0 34 PURDY, Brandon 3-3 100.0 0-0 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 39 0 Total 5 53 10.6 0 34 Opponents 2 75 37.5 1 67 PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg PURDY, Brandon - 3-3 20-20 - - - - - 29 TOURE, Samori 16 289 18.1 0 31 LEE, Alijah 3 ------18 EATON, Kobey 3 62 20.7 0 28 CALHOUN, Jeremy 3 ------18 CROW, Gavin 2 27 13.5 0 20 CURRAN, Keenan 3 ------18 BANKS, James 1 17 17.0 0 17 TOURE, Samori 2 ------12 Total 22 395 18.0 0 31 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 2 ------12 Opponents 19 382 20.1 0 51 JENSEN, Gresch 2 ------12 SANDRY, Josh 1 ------6 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g FAVORS,Treshawn 1 ------6 TOURE, Samori 4 -4 216 0 289 0 501 125.2 McKINLEY, Ryan 1 ------6 L O U IE - M c G E E , 4 8 250 53 0 0 311 77.8 CALHOUN, Justin 1 ------6 LEE, Alijah 4 195 60 0 0 0 255 63.8 AKEM, Samuel 1 ------6 CALHOUN, Jere 4 226 25 0 0 0 251 62.8 Total 20 3-3 20-20 - - - - - 149 CURRAN, Keena 4 0 243 0 0 0 243 60.8 Opponents 17 6-10 17-17 - - - - - 137 Total 4 543 1257 53 395 117 2365 591.2 Opponents 4 498 1329 75 382 96 2380 595.0 Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Montana 45 38 24 42 0 149 Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Opponents 30 27 35 45 0 137 PHILLIPS, Reese 3 88 -2 652 650 216.7 JENSEN, Gresch 4 84 53 563 616 154.0 CALHOUN, Jeremy 4 63 226 0 226 56.5 LEE, Alijah 4 41 195 0 195 48.8 HILL, Caleb 2 8 7 42 49 24.5 Total 4 305 543 1257 1800 450.0 Opponents 4 308 498 1329 1827 456.8

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 4 11 30 41 4.0-10 1.0-6 ...... 42 BUSS, Josh 4 20 19 39 6.5-40 3.0-32 1-21 1 1 . . . . 2D McKINLEY, Ryan 4 16 8 24 1.0-3 . 1-53 6 . . . . . 13 SANDRY, Josh 4 13 8 21 . . 2-40 1 1 . . 1 . 33 OLSON, Dante 4 7 12 19 0.5-2 . . . 2 . . . . Total 4 139 195 334 38-165 14-114 6-117 14 7 2-0 2 2 . Opponents 4 150 208 358 27-83 8-43 5-96 13 2 4-0 6 . . 2017 Montana Football Montana Game Results (as of Sep 23, 2017) All games

Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time Attend Sep 02, 2017 VALPARAISO W 45-23 1-0 0-0 3:20 23160 Sep 9, 2017 at #7 Washington L 7-63 1-1 0-0 2:54 68491 Sep 16, 2017 SAVANNAH STATE W 56-3 2-1 0-0 3:09 22228 * Sep 23, 2017 #11 EASTERN WASHINGTON L 41-48 2-2 0-1 3:36 25944 2017 Montana Football Montana Team Game-by-Game (as of Sep 23, 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 Montana 147 543 9 33 102 1257 9 80 102-158-5 1257 9 80 22 395 0 31 5 53 0 34 1800 Opponents 146 498 7 30 100 1329 8 66 100-162-6 1329 8 66 19 382 0 51 2 75 1 67 1827

Games: 4 • Avg/rush: 3.7 • Avg/catch: 12.3 • Pass effic: 143.85 • KR avg: 18.0 • PR avg: 10.6 • All purpose avg/game: 591.2 • Total offense avg/gm: 450.0

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 Montana 139 195 334 38.0-165 14.0-114 2 2-0 6-117 7 14 2 20-20 0 0 0 35 149 Opponents 150 208 358 27.0-83 8.0-43 6 4-0 5-96 2 13 0 17-17 0 0 0 42 137

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 Montana 20 820 41.0 58 0 1 9 4 6 3-3 39 0 26 1434 55.2 3 3 Opponents 21 780 37.1 66 0 2 3 2 6 6-10 44 1 26 1536 59.1 4 0 2017 Montana Football Montana Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Sep 23, 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 Opponents 146 498 7 30 100 1329 8 66 100-162-6 1329 8 66 19 382 0 51 2 75 1 67 1827 Montana 147 543 9 33 102 1257 9 80 102-158-5 1257 9 80 22 395 0 31 5 53 0 34 1800

Games: 4 • Avg/rush: 3.4 • Avg/catch: 13.3 • Pass effic: 139.53 • KR avg: 20.1 • PR avg: 37.5 • All purpose avg/game: 595.0 • Total offense avg/gm: 456.8

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 Opponents 150 208 358 27.0-83 8.0-43 6 4-0 5-96 2 13 0 17-17 0 0 0 42 137 Montana 139 195 334 38.0-165 14.0-114 2 2-0 6-117 7 14 2 20-20 0 0 0 35 149

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 Opponents 21 780 37.1 66 0 2 3 2 6 6-10 44 1 26 1536 59.1 4 0 Montana 20 820 41.0 58 0 1 9 4 6 3-3 39 0 26 1434 55.2 3 3 2017 Montana Football Montana Games Played (as of Sep 23, 2017) All games

## PLAYER GP-GS VALPO WASH SSU EWU 18 AKEM, Samuel 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 1B ALEXANDER,Korey 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 36 BANKS, James 4/4 START START START START 78 BEAVER, Conlan 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 88 BINGHAM, Colin 1/- X X X ...... 85 BURTON, Danny 1/- ...... X X X . .. 42 BUSS, Josh 4/4 START START START START 8O CALHOUN, Jeremy 4/4 START START START START 3O CALHOUN, Justin 4/4 START START START START 57 COCHRAN, Shayne 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 9 CORBIN, Brennan 2/- X X X . .. X X X . .. 8D COWANS, Lewis 4/1 X X X START X X X X X X 20 CROW, Gavin 3/- X X X X X X . .. X X X 6 CURRAN, Keenan 4/4 START START START START 91 DAVIDSON,Brandt 4/1 X X X X X X START X X X 55 DAVIS, Kyle 2/- X X X . .. X X X . .. 3D DELANEY, Mick 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 28 DESHNER, Josh 1/- ...... X X X . .. 5O EATON, Kobey 2/- X X X ...... X X X 23 EGBO, Josh 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 30 EPPERLY, Evan 4/1 START X X X X X X X X X 45 FA'ATUIESE,Vika 4/4 START START START START 43 FAVOROSO, Chris 4/3 START START START X X X 1O FAVORS,Treshawn 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 95 HARRIS, Andrew 1/- ...... X X X . .. 77 HART, Dallas 3/- X X X X X X X X X . .. 12 HILL, Caleb 2/- . .. X X X X X X . .. 80 HORNER, Josh 4/3 X X X START START START 67 JACKSON, Thayne 3/- X X X X X X X X X . .. 2O JENSEN, Gresch 4/1 X X X X X X X X X START 32 LABRADOR, Josh 1/- X X X ...... 24 LEE, Alijah 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 34 LEWIS, Jace 3/- . .. X X X X X X X X X 16 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 4/4 START START START START 75 LUKE, Robert 4/4 START START START START 94 MAUA, Devin 1/- ...... X X X . .. 27 McCOMBS, Cody 2/- . .. X X X X X X . .. 92 MCKEE-OSIBODU,M 3/- X X X X X X X X X . .. 2D McKINLEY, Ryan 4/4 START START START START 81 McLAUGHLIN, M. 2/- X X X . .. X X X . .. 50 MEYER, Cody 2/- X X X . .. X X X . .. 25 MOODY, Shane 1/- . .. X X X ...... 84 NAGLER, Jed 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 7 NASH, Dareon 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 61 O'DONOGHUE, M. 3/- X X X X X X . .. X X X 33 OLSON, Dante 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 11 PHILLIPS, Reese 3/3 START START START . .. 2017 Montana Football Montana Games Played (as of Sep 23, 2017) All games

## PLAYER GP-GS VALPO WASH SSU EWU 39 PURDY, Brandon 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 51 RALSTON, Mike 4/4 START START START START 76 REESE, David 4/4 START START START START 44 RODRIGUEZ,Randy 4/1 X X X X X X X X X START 1D SANDERS,Markell 4/3 START X X X START START 13 SANDRY, Josh 4/4 START START START START 37 SCHYE, Tucker 4/4 START START START START 73 SCOTT, Brandon 3/- X X X X X X X X X . .. 89 SEMENZA, Tim 1/- X X X ...... 96 SHAW, David 4/3 START START X X X START 17 SIMIS, Makena 4/1 START X X X X X X X X X 49 SIMS, Jesse 4/4 START START START START 40 SIRMON, Cy 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 54 SMITH, Gage 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 72 SPRUNK, Cooper 4/4 START START START START 10 STRAHM, Connor 2/- ...... X X X X X X 5D STRONG, Justin 3/3 . .. START START START 21 TAYLOR, L. 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 99 TILLEMAN,Reggie 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 82 TOURE, Samori 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 74 VILLANUEVA, A. 4/4 START START START START 35 WILLIAMS, Eric 4/- X X X X X X X X X X X X 2017 Montana Football Montana Game Superlatives (as of Sep 23, 2017) All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 20 CALHOUN, Jeremy vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) Yards Rushing 79 LEE, Alijah vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) TD Rushes 2 CALHOUN, Jeremy vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) 2 LEE, Alijah vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Long Rush 33 LEE, Alijah vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Pass attempts 49 JENSEN, Gresch vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Pass completions 27 PHILLIPS, Reese vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) Yards Passing 381 PHILLIPS, Reese vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) TD Passes 4 PHILLIPS, Reese vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) Long Pass 80 JENSEN, Gresch vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 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) Long Reception 80 TOURE, Samori vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Field Goals 2 PURDY, Brandon vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Long Field Goal 39 PURDY, Brandon vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Punts 7 WILLIAMS, Eric at Washington (Sep 9, 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) Long Punt Return 34 LOUIE-McGEE, J. vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Long Kickoff Return 31 TOURE, Samori at Washington (Sep 9, 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) Interceptions 1 SANDRY, Josh vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) 1 EPPERLY, Evan vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) 1 SANDRY, Josh at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) 1 McKINLEY, Ryan vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) 1 BUSS, Josh vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) 1 SANDERS,Markell vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) 2017 Montana Football Montana Game Superlatives (as of Sep 23, 2017) All games

TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 45 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Yards Rushing 193 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 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 399 vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) Yards Per Pass 10.5 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) TD Passes 4 vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) Total Plays 96 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Total Offense 561 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 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) First Downs 26 vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) 26 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) 26 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Penalties 6 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Penalty Yards 60 vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) Turnovers 4 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) Interceptions By 2 vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) 2 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Punts 7 at Washington (Sep 9, 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) Long Punt Return 34 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) 2017 Montana Football Montana Game Superlatives (as of Sep 23, 2017) All games

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 15 OLIVER,Uriah, vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Yards Rushing 82 OLIVER,Uriah, vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 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) Long Rush 30 Coleman, Lavon, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) 30 OLIVER,Uriah, vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 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 66 DUNCAN, vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 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) Long Reception 66 NORBERG, vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) Field Goals 3 LATSONAS, vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) Long Field Goal 44 LATSONAS, vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 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) Long Punt Return 67 Pettis, Dante, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) Long Kickoff Return 51 Dre Dorton, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Tackles 14 Mitch Fettig, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) Sacks 1.5 Warren, Jusstis, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) Tackles For Loss 2.0 BANKS,Stefen, vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Interceptions 1 NUNES, vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) 1 Dotson, Jomon, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) 1 Constantine, S., at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) 1 BONNER,Darrell, vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) 1 Josh Lewis, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017) 2017 Montana Football Montana Game Superlatives (as of Sep 23, 2017) All games

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 46 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Yards Rushing 213 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017) Yards Per Rush 5.8 at Washington (Sep 9, 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) Penalties 14 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Penalty Yards 116 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017) Turnovers 3 vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017) Interceptions By 2 at Washington (Sep 9, 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)