University of Montana Grizzly Football National Champions 1995, 2001
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UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA GRIZZLY FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1995, 2001 2018 GRIZ SCHEDULE (2-0 overall, 0-0 Big Sky, 2-0 Home, 0-0 Away) @ DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 9/1 Northern Iowa W, 26-23 9/8 Drake W, 48-16 9/15 @ Western Illinois 2 PM (MT) GAME 3 9/22 Sacramento State* 1 PM 9/29 @ Cal Poly 5 PM (MT) #14 Montana (2-0, 0-0) @ Western Illinois (0-2, 0-0) 10/6 Portland State 2 PM September 15, 2018, Hanson Field (16,368) 10/13 @ North Dakota* NOON (MT) Macomb,Ill. - 2:00 PM (MT) Bye TV: None 10/27 UC Davis* 2 PM Web Stream: ESPN+ ($) 11/3 @ Southern Utah* 1 PM 11/10 @ Idaho* 4:30 PM (MT) Radio: Montana Grizzly Radio Network / KGVO Missoula Live Twitter feed: @MontanaGrizFB - Official Hashtag: #UMvsWIU 11/17 Montana State* Noon * = Big Sky Conferece game #15 GRIZ HEAD EAST FOR FIRST ROAD TEST MONTANA QUICK FACTS Location: ...................................................Missoula, Mont. At 2-0, Montana football head coach Bobby Hauck is pleased where his Grizzlies sit in the early stages of his first season back at the helm of his former team and alma mater. But Enrollment: .......................................... 10,987 (Spring ‘18) since returning to Missoula and settling into his old role, he’s known the 2018 schedule Founded: ......................................................Feb. 17, 1893 would be favorable for the Griz with a pair of home games to open the year. Nickname: ....................................................Grizzlies, Griz Now comes the real test: Montana’s first game on the road – a place the Grizzlies haven’t School Colors: ...................................Copper, Silver, Gold produced a winning record since 2013 – as UM travels east to face the Western Illinois Spirit Colors: .....Maroon (PMS 209) and Silver (PMS 8 C) Leathernecks of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) on week three. Stadium/Capacity: .. Washington-Grizzly Stadium / 25,217 “We knew this would be a tough one going into it, looking at the schedule clear back last Playing Surface: Field Turf - Revolution 360 with CoolPlay spring. We’re excited to get together, get back to work this week, get on to Western Illinois President: .......................................................Seth Bodnar and go to their place and see if we can’t get to 3-0.,” said Hauck at his Monday press Athletic Director: .......................................... Kent Haslam conference. Head Coach: ...................... Bobby Hauck (Montana, 1988) “If you’re going to have a good season you can’t just win at home, you got to win on the Record at Montana (Years): ...................... 82-17, 47-6 (8) road. We’ve talked about that as a team, and I’m excited to go on the road with these guys Overall Record (Years): .................................... 97-67 (14) and see how they perform. We need to understand its’ a different environment when we go someplace else, but the field is the same size. It’s 120 yards long and 53 yards wide.” Football Office Phone: ............................. (406) 243-2969 2017 Record: ............................................ 7-4, 5-3 Big Sky THE GAME: The No. 15 Grizzlies (2-0) take a rare trip east of the Mississippi to face a Big Sky Titles* (18): ..........1969, 1970, 1982, 1993, 1995, Leatherneck outfit that was picked to finish seventh the preseason MVFC poll, with kickoff set for 2 p.m. (MT). .............................................1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, .............................................2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, At 0-2 on the season, WIU may not look the part of a tough opponent on paper, but after .............................2007, 2008, 2009. *Includes shared titles giving up a late lead to the Bobcats in Bozeman on week one and hanging tough with the Big Ten’s Illinois Illini on week two, Hauck knows this trip is all business. NCAA/FCS Playoff Apperances: ...........23 (FCS Record) NCAA/FCS Championships (2): .....................1995, 2001 “I like their team, they’re good. I like their defense, they’ve got good players at all three NCAA/FCS Championship Appearances (7): 1995, 1996, layers on the defense,” said Hauck. ................................................2000 2001,2004, 2008, 2009 “They have a good quarterback. If you go and look, the throw he made on the post route on FCS Postseason Record: .....32-21 Overall, 29-7 Home (.805) the opening drive against Illinois last week looked like the real deal. By all accounts, he’s a All-time WGS Stadium Record: .................. 199-30 (.866) terrific player. They’ve got a lot of skill and good team speed. They play hard and do things right.” All-Time Record: ................................... 593-488-23 (.535) Big Sky Record: ...................................... 240-132-1 (.643) After two road losses that could easily have been big wins, Western Illinois hosts the Griz in its home opener, hungry to pick up a win. Unfortunately for Montana, the Leathernecks have been very good at defending their home MONTANA COMMUNICATIONS turf in recent years, holding a 33-4 record against non-MVFC teams at Hanson Field since Contact: Eric Taber 1999, and riding an 11-game win streak against nonconference visitors. Office: (406) 243-5402 Cell: (646) 287-7492 Email: [email protected] Website: GoGriz.com “We know we have our hands full, and we have to be ready to go,” Hauck added. Twitter: @MontanaGrizFB - @erictaber Facebook: /UM-Grizzly-Athletics-Football GRIZ FOOTBALL 2018 WATCH: The broadcast rights to Montana’s game at Western Illinois are owned and managed by WIU. Through its affiliation with the MVFC and its partnership with ESPN the Griz/Leath- ernecks game will only be available to stream on ESPN+, the network’s subscription-based OTT streaming service, available on Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire Stick, and other app-based streaming services, via the ESPN App. The game will not be shown by a local broadcaster in Montana. Ryan Kent Jr. will provide the play-by-play on the broadcast, while Patrick Morris will be the color commentator. 2018 BIG SKY FOOTBALL STANDINGS LISTEN: “Voice of the Griz” Riley Corcoran and Greg Sundberg will bring you the UM/WIU As of Sept. 9, 2018 action live from Macomb on the Grizzly Sports Radio Network. Fans from Polson to Plentywood can tune in to hear the live call on one of 15 radio stations SCHOOL ..................... BIG SKY ..........OVER. statewide. You can also hear a digital stream of the game live worldwide via GoGriz.com/listen Eastern Washington ................0-0 ......................2-0 or the TuneIn app on our computer or smartphone. Montana ..................................0-0 ......................2-0 UC Davis ................................0-0 ......................2-0 COACHES’ SHOWS: Each Wednesday the Bobby Hauck Radio Show airs statewide on Griz- Idaho State ..............................0-0 ......................1-0 zly Sports Radio Network LIVE from The Press Box Bar and Grill in Missoula – The Official Fan Idaho........................................0-0 ......................1-1 Headquarters of Grizzly Athletics – at 6:30 p.m. Montana State .........................0-0 ......................1-1 Northern Arizona......................0-0 ......................1-1 The Grizzly Sports Report with Bobby Hauck airs on SWX and ABC/ Montana each Wednes- Sacramento State ....................0-0 ......................1-1 day night at 9:30. Get to know a different student-athlete each week, and break down the Weber State .............................0-0 ......................1-1 previous week’s game with Hauck and host Shaun Rainey. Cal Poly ...................................0-0 ......................0-2 GRIZ TRACKS Northern Colorado ...................0-0 ......................0-2 DANTE’S INFERNO: Last week, Dante Olson hit a peak as the ROOT Sports Big Sky Defen- Portland State ..........................0-0 ......................0-2 sive Player of the Week. After a huge game against Drake where the junior logged 16 tackles, Southern Utah .........................0-0 ......................0-2 two sacks, 3.5 TFLs a forced fumble and a pass breakup, Olson has caught fire. Not only was 2018 TEAM STATS COMPARISON he named Big Sky Player of the Week for a second-straight week, he was also named the STATS FCS national Defensive Player of the Week as well. It’s worth repeating that Olson has only started two games as a Grizzly… and has been named Player of the Week following both Team Statistics ..............................UM ....................WIU of them. FIRST DOWNS ................................41 ........................37 Rushing .............................................8 .........................13 N*A*S*H: Sophomore cornerback Dareon Nash could very well have earned the Big Sky Passing .............................................27 ........................19 Defensive Player of the Week award if it weren’t for Olson’s production explosion. Nash had Penalty ...............................................6 ...........................5 the best game of his career with three tackles, a pass breakup, a fumble recovery, and a pair of RUSHING YARDAGE ......................192 .....................219 interceptions – one of which he returned 40 yards for the first pick-six of his career. Rushing Attempts .............................56 ........................61 Average Per Rush ........................... 3.4 .......................3.6 The last Grizzly to pick-off two or more passes in a game was Justin Strong, who had three Average Per Game ......................... 96.0 ..................109.5