DID YOU KNOW THE MONTANA GRIZZLIES... - Have had 23 winning seasons in a row, dating back to 1986 and have 225 wins during that time, for an average of 9.8 victories per year. - Since 1993, have won or shared 14 (of the last 16) league championships, have an overall record of 178-40 (.817), and are 103-16 in conference games since then. - Were the first team to earn 100 victories during this decade (the Grizzlies won their 100th game of the millennium on Nov. 8, 2009, a 29-12 victory at Portland State), and are 59-8 in league contests since 2000. - In the first nine years of the millennium have a record of 105-19 overall for a winning percentage of .847. - Head coach Bobby Hauck reached the 60-win plateau faster than any coach in Big Sky history, winning his 60th game in his 74th contest at UM. - Current coaching staff has now won six Big Sky titles, three more than any other staff in school history. - Have 66 wins over the past six seasons, which are the most by any FCS (Appalachian State is second with 63 victories) school. - Begin the 2009 season with 105 victories, three more than Oklahoma at the FBS level and 15 more than Appalachian State, which is second in the FCS. - Set Big Sky regular-season home attendance records in 2008, drawing 174,236 fans in seven games, averaging 24,891 per contest. - Also set the league standard for the largest crowd at a regular-season game with 25,326 against Central Washington. - Have gone 23-1 in the Big Sky over the past three seasons, the most in a three-year span by any team in league history. - Have won 10 or more games 11 times in the past 16 seasons. - Have been ranked in the Sports Networks top 25 for 150 weeks in a row since 1993. - Added to their on-going record with their 16th straight FCS playoff appearance in 2008. - Have 27 playoff victories - the second most in FCS history. - Have played in the FCS s championship game six out of the past 14 seasons. - Have participated in 19 of 31 (61.2%) FCS tournaments - the most berths in playoff history. - Have won 11 straight Big Sky Conference titles, a Big Sky record. - Won 27 straight regular-season games from 2006-08, a Big Sky record. GRIZ IN 2008 NCAA TEAM RANKINGS GRIZ IN 2008 INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS 10th in Scoring Defense (17.75 ppg) Punt Returns: 4th, Marc Mariani (16.59 ypg) 10th in Punt Returns (14.74 ypr) Passing Eff.: 8th, Cole Bergquist (152.70) 10th in Net Punting (35.63 ypg) Punting: 20th, Ken Wood (41.23 avg.) 13th in Turnover Margin (+1.00) All-purpose Yards: 24th, Marc Mariani (141.56 ypg) 5* 21st in Scoring Offense (31.81 ypg) Rec. Yards Per Game: 29th Marc Mariani (81.75 ypg) 24th Pass Eff. Defense (112.68 ypg) Rushing: 30th, Chase Reynolds (98.94 ypg) 2009 Grizzly Football STEVEN PFAHLER SENIOR TIGHT END 2009 OPPONENTS Western State at UC Davis ........ : . ___________ Saturday, Sept. 5 • 1:05 p.m. Mtn. Saturday, Sept. 12* 7:00 p.m. Pac. Washington-Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, Mont. Aggie Stadium • Davis. Calif. 2008 Record 2008 Record 2-8 Overall/2-7 Rocky Mountain AC 5-7 Overall/2-1 Great West Conference 2009 Schedule 2009 Schedule Aug. 29 Fort Hays State 1:00 p.m. Sept. 5 at Fresno State 7:00 p.m. Sept. 5 at Montana 1:05 p.m. Sept. 12 Montana 7:00 p.m. Sept. 12 at Nebraska-Kearney* 12:00 p.m. Sept. 26 Western Oregon 6:00 p.m. Sept. 19 New Mexico Highlands* 1:00 p.m. Oct. 3 at Boise State 5:00 p.m. Sept. 26 at Western New Mexico* 1:00 p.m. Oct. 10 at South Dakota State* 12:00 p.m. Oct. 3 Fort Lewis* 1:00 p.m. Pat Stewart Oct. 17 Winston-Salem State 6:00 p.m. Bob Biggs Oct. 24 at Portland State 1:05 p.m. Oct. 10 at Colo. School of Mines* 12:00 p.m. Head Coach Head Coach Oct. 17 Mesa State* 1:00 p.m. Oct. 31 at Southern Utah* 12:00 p.m. Oct. 24 at Colo. State-Pueblo* 2:00 p.m. Nov. 7 Cal Poly* 1:00 p.m. Oct. 31 at Adams State* 12:00 p.m. Nov. 14 North Dakota* 1:00 p.m. Nov. 7 Chadron State* 1:00 p.m. Nov. 21 at Sacramento State 2:05 p.m. *Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference game *Great West Conference game Times Mountain and subject to change Times Pacific and subject to change Location: Gunnison, Colo. Location: Davis, Calif. Enrollment: 2,500 Enrollment: 30,685 Founded: 1901 Founded: 1908 Colors:Crimson and Slate Colors:Yale Blue & Gold Nickname: Mountaineers Nickname: Aggies Chancellor: Dr. Linda Katehi President: Dr. Jay Helman Athletic Director: Greg Warzecka Athletic Director: Dr. Greg Waggoner Shaun Suttorp Chris Carter Conference: Rocky Mountain Athletic Jr. Wide Receiver Conference: Great West Sr. Wide Receiver Stadium: Mountaineer Bowl Stadium/Capacity: Aggie Stadium/ 10,849 Stadium Surface: Sportex Capacity: 4,000 Stadium Surface: Natural Grass Head Coach/Alma Mater/Year: Bob Biggs/UC Davis/1973 Head Coach/Alma Mater/Year: Pat Stewart/ Western State/1990 Record at School-Years: 124-61-1—16 Record at School-Years/Overall Record-Years: 6-26-3/6-26-3 Overall Record-Years: 124-61-1—16 Assistant Coaches: Brenton Ilium, Asst. Head Coach/Def. Coord.; Zach Assistant Coaches: Nevan Bergan, CBs; Keith Buckley,DBs; Greg Chap- Lochard, Safeties; David Pena, OL; Kevin Stanley, CB/Strength; C.J. la, RBs/Special Teams; Jason Gelber, DL; Mark Johnson,Def. Coord.; Teply,Off. Coord.; Lane Wasinger, TEs; Jeff Wilkerson,WRs; Jeff Wil­ Mike Moroski,OL/Co-Off. Coord.; Tim Plough, QBs; Eric Sanders, LBs; Tres Sullivan, Matt Wade, liamson, RBs. WRs; TEs. 2008 Overall Record: 5-7 2008 Overall Record: 2-8 2008 Conference Record/Place: 2-7/8th-T 2008 Conference Record/Place: 2-l/2nd Starters Returning-Lost/Lettermen Returning-Lost: 16-12/27-26 Starters Returning-Lost/Lettermen Returning-Lost: 22-8/51-12 Top Returnees: Jason Assanah, Sr., DB; Paul Bakka, Sr., OL; Trevor Bobb, Top Returnees: Chris Carter, Sr., WR; Greg Denham, So., QB; Mark Tos, Jr., LT; Steven Wulff, Sr., DE. Jr., LB; Shaun Suttorp, Jr., WR. Football Contact: Jared Verner Email: [email protected] Football Contact: Mike Robles Email: [email protected] Office Phone: (970) 943-2831 Cell Phone: (660) 853-8092 Office Phone: (530) 752-3680 Cell Phone: (530) 979-1747 Home Phone:(660) 853-8092 Fax: (970) 943-2754 Home Phone:(530) 979-1747 Fax: (530) 754-5674 Web Address: www.wscathletics.com Web Address: www.ucdavisaggies.com 2008 Results 2008 Results W, 49-26 at Emporia State L, 0-42 at Mesa State* L, 19-29 at San Jose State L, 10-13 Southern Utah* W, 55-24 Nebraska-Kearney* L, 15-44 Colorado State-Pueblo* L, 17-20 at Central Arkansas L, 21-24 Iona W-34-21 at N.M. Highlands* W, 34-31 Adams State* L, 10-16 Portland State W, 38-24 North Dakota* Western New Mexico* W, 53-24 at Chadron State* L, 7-39 at Montana L, 24-29 Sacramento State L, 19-29 at Fort Lewis* L, 17-20 *Rocky Mountain Athletic Conf. game at Northeastern L, 10-27 at Cal Poly* L, 28-51 L, 20-28 Colo. School of Mines* L, 13-41 Northern Colorado W, 34-30 at San Diego *Great West Conference game i ' i i * 2009 m i Grizzly Football \v . ■ ' * \ - v 9 i m Portland State Northern Arizona ...... Saturday, Sept. 19 • 1:05 p.m. Mtn. Saturday, Sept. 26 • 3:05 p.m. Mtn. Washington-Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, Mont. J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, Ariz. 2008 Record 2008 Record 4-7 Overall/3-5 Big Sky Conference 6-5 Overall/4-4 Big Sky Conference 2009 Schedule 2009 Schedule Sept. 5 @Oregon State TBA Sept. 12 @Arizona 7:05 p.m. Sept. 12 Southern Oregon 1:05 p.m. Sept. 19 Southern Utah 3:05 p.m. Sept. 19 @Montana* 1:05 p.m. Sept. 26 Montana* 3:05 p.m. Sept. 26 Weber State* 1:05 p.m. Oct. 3 Northern Colorado* 3:05 p.m. Oct. 3 Sacramento State* 1:05 p.m. Oct. 10 @Montana State* 1:35 p.m. 1:05 p.m. Oct. 10 @Northern Colorado* 1:35 p.m. Jerry Glanville Oct. 17 @Portland State* Jerome Souers Oct. 17 Northern Arizona* 1:05 p.m. Oct. 24 Idaho State* 3:05 p.m. Head Coach Head Coach Oct. 24 UC Davis 1:05 p.m. Oct. 31 @Sacramento State* 2:05 p.m. Oct. 31 vs. Eastern Washington*! 1:05 p.m. Nov. 7 @Mississippi 2:05 p.m. Nov. 7 Montana State* 1:05 p.m. Nov. 14 @Weber State* 12:05 p.m. Nov. 14 @Idaho State* 3:35 p.m. Nov. 21 Eastern Washington* 3:05 p.m. *Big Sky Conference game !in Seattle *Big Sky Conference game Times local to site and subject to change Times local to site and subject to change Location: Flagstaff, Ariz. Location: Portland, Ore. Enrollment: 21,352 Enrollment: 27,000 Founded: 1899 Founded: 1946 Colors:Blue, Gold & Sage Colors:Green, White & Silver Nickname: Lumberjacks d Nickname: Vikings President: Dr. John Haeger President: Dr. Wim Wiewel Aaron Woods Athletic Director: Jim Fallis Alex Henderson Athletic Director: Torre Chisholm Sr. Wide Receiver Conference: Big Sky Sr.