Oss\xN n t a n a F o o t b a l l 5- 2 0 0 * eca o f f t ommance fating its 10-Year Anniversary of the 5 Division l-AA Championship 2005 UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Sept. 3 Fort Lewis 1:05 p.m. Sept. 10 at Oregon 1:35 p.m. Sept. 17 South Dakota State 1:05 p.m. Sept. 24 Open Oct. 1 Weber State* 1:05 p.m. Oct. 8 at Idaho State* 3:05 p.m. Oct. 15 Eastern Washington* 1:05 p.m. Oct. 22 Cal Poly 1:05 p.m. Oct. 29 Portland State* 1:05 p.m. Nov. 5 at Northern Arizona* 3:05 p.m. Nov. 12 at Sacramento State* 5:05 p.m. Nov. 19 at Montana State* 12:05 p.m. *Big Sky Conference Game ABOUT THE COVERS: Front :Design by Neal Wiegert, UM Printing and Graphics. Inside front (Design by Renee The Grizzlies’ 1995 Divi­ sion l-AA national championship football team was inducted into the Griz­ zly Sports Hall of Fame in the fall of 2005 and is the first team to be inducted. Back:Montana’s 2004 quarterfinal l-AA playoff game against New Hampshire. This is the first (and only) night game played in Washing­ Background photo of #15 Dave Dickenson. Other photos, center ton-Grizzly Stadium and was seen by a national television audience on clockwise, #8 Mike Erhardt, #47 Andy Larson and #38 Larry Tofanelli, ESPN2. Photo by Luke George. Courtesy of Curt Jacobson of Computer * #23 Joe Douglass, #34 Blaine McElmurry, #21 Josh Branen, #19 Technology Group. Mike Temple, #5 Matt Wells, all from the 1995 championship team. • • • • • o m m m ■*» - :i M ontana Cjrizzlies the dominance This is U M ................................................. 107-1 1 ~1~able of ^.ontents r agc(s) The University of Montana ............................................................108 P ootball p acts ...............2 The City of Missoula ..................................................................... 109 (poaching .............................................................. ............5-10 Grizzly Academics.................................................................110-111 2005 Outlook. ....................................................... ................... 11-16 Grizzly Athletics.....................................................................112-113 M eet the 2005 G rizzlies.........................................................1 Grizzly Facilities.....................................................................114-115 All-American Candidates........................................................... 18-19 Grizzly Administration ...................................................................116 Past All Americans.........................................................................20 Grizzly Staff.................................................................................. 117 Honors Candidates ................................................................... 21-32 UM Alumni/Mascot/Hall of Fame ...................................................118 2005 Grizzlies...........................................................................32-45 New Grizzlies............................................................................46-47 Giriz Quick. Yacts Alphabetical Roster ................................................................... 48-49 Location: Missoula, Montana Geographical Roster .......................................................................50 Chartered: February 17,1893 200+ Review............................................................................. 51-62 Enrollment: 13,352 Results and Recap .........................................................................52 President: Dr. George M. Dennison Maine............................................................................................. 53 Athletic Director: Jim 0’Day, (406) 243-5348 Hofstra/Sam Houston State.............................................................54 Associate Athletic Director: Jean Gee, (406) 243-5370 Northern Colorado/Weber State ..................................................... 55 Nickname/Colors: Grizzlies, Griz/Copper, Silver, Gold Idaho State/Eastern Washington ..................................................... 56 Conference: Big Sky, Division I (Division l-AA in Football) Portland State/Northern Arizona ..................................................... 57 Conference Commissioner: Doug Fullerton, (801) 392-1978 Sacramento State/Montana State ................................................... 58 Conference Media Relations, Football: Jon Kasper, (801) 392-1978 Northwestern State/New Hampshire .............................................. 59 Head Coach: Bobby Hauck (Montana, 1988) Sam Houston State/James Madison ............................................... 60 Record at Montana/Overall: 21 -7, 2 years/Same 2004 Stats................................................................................61-62 Assistant Coaches: Ty Gregorak, Luther Carr III, Dominic Daste, Tim 2005 Opponents ..................................................................... Hauck, Tom Hauck, Mike Hudson, Pete Kaligis, Ron Kowalski, Kraig 2005 Schedule/Fort Lewis College ................................................. 64 Paulson, Rob Phenicie Oregon/South Dakota State .............................................................65 Football Office Phone: (406) 243-2969 Weber State/Idaho State .................................................................66 Stadium: Washington-Grizzly (23,183) Eastern Washington/Cal Poly ......................................................... 67 Press Row Phone: (406) 243-4167 Portland State/Northern Arizona ..................................................... 68 Ticket Office Phone: 243-4051 or (888) MONTANA Sacramento State/Montana State ................................................... 69 Football Athletic Trainer: J.C. Weida, 243-5173 AH-Opponent Mist ory ................................................................. Assistant Athletic Director, Media Relations: Dave Guffey, (406) 243- E>ig S k y Conference .............................................................. 5402-W; 728-1135-H; 370-9435-Cell; 243-6859-Fax Records and Awards ............................................................... Email: [email protected] Grizzly Mistory ......................................................................... Web Site: www.montanagrizzlies.com Grizzly in the Pros/Former Head Coaches .......................................86 Year-by-Year Scores ................................................................. 87-92 Qredits Grizzly Lettermen...................................................................... 93-98 Writing and Editing: Dave Guffey, Sports Information Gn'z in the N C A A Payoffs 55-1 02 Design, Typesetting, Editing: Renee Valley, Sports Information Grizzly Media ...................................................................... 105-105 Thanks to: Fritz Neighbor and Susan Matule for their assistance in proof­ Washington-Grizzly Stadium .................................................... 1 o 6 reading Printing: UM Printing and Graphic Services (Photos by UM photographer, Todd Goodrich, Spo MONTANA GRIZZLIES • Football Facts Pennsylvania (24 in a row, 1992-95) for the record. I ontana now has 19 winning seasons in a row, dating back to • Holds the record for 1986. i most consecutive con­ • The Griz have appeared in the playoffs a l-AA record 12 ference wins with 25, as * consecutive times. well as the most league road victories in a row with i • Was ranked among the top 25 schools in the nation in 2004 by 13. Sports lllustrated’s Sl.com as one of the “Best College Football < Weekends” locations (Tennessee was ranked first), and was the • Have had 11 of the Big i only non-Division l-A team that made the list. Sky’s offensive or de­ i j y fensive MVPs over the last • Participated in 15 of l-AA’s 27 (55.6%) playoff tournaments, i 12 years (six on offense, which is the second most in division history (Eastern Kentucky five on defense). * has the most with 17). • At this year’s 13th I • UM’s co-Big Sky Conference title in 2004 was its seventh in a Annual Robert Lindsay row, and it marked the ninth time in the last 10 years it has shared 4 Scholar-Athlete Banquet, « or out-right won the league championship. In the last 12 years, 44 football players were the Griz have won or shared 10 league titles and were second M ® « recognized for main­ the two seasons they did not win or tie for the championship. taining a 3.00 GPA or • Won the national title (2001); was the runner-up in 2000 and above. y M m 2004; advanced to the quarterfinals in 2002; and participated in • Since the 1970 season, the playoffs in 2003. In the first five years of the millennium the <1 18 different football play­ 1 i l l Griz are 60-13 (.822) overall and 31-5 (.861) in league. [t i WwmWm jlK?fJH ers from Montana have H r W i • Won 10 or more games eight times over the past 12 seasons: been named to the first or 10-2 in 1993; 11-4 in 1994; 13-2 in 1995; 14-1 in 1996; 13-2 in second Academic All- 1§ 1 America teams. 2000; 14-1 in 2001; 11-3 in 2002; and 12-3 in 2004. 3 • Have been ranked in The Sports Network’s top 25 for 172 of • Montana has been ranked among l-AA’s national leaders in the past 176 weeks (since 1993). attendance the past several seasons and was second in the <1 country last year, averaging 22,218 fans in 10 home games. • Montana tied the l-AA record for consecutive wins with 24. $ The win streak started with a 30-0 home win on September 22, • Since playing in Washington-Grizzly Stadium mid-way through € 2001 over Western Washington and ended with