2012 Montana Grizzlies football team

American college football season

2012 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^	7	–	1	11	–	3
No. 5 Montana State +^	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 12 Cal Poly +^	7	–	1	9	–	3
No. 20 Northern Arizona	6	–	2	8	–	3
Sacramento State	4	–	4	6	–	5
Northern Colorado	4	–	4	5	–	6
Southern Utah	4	–	4	5	–	6
North Dakota	3	–	5	5	–	6
Montana	3	–	5	5	–	6
UC Davis	3	–	5	4	–	7
Portland State	2	–	6	3	–	8
Weber State	2	–	6	2	–	9
Idaho State	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Mick Delaney and played their home games on campus at Washington–Grizzly Stadium. Montana is a charter member of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous head coach Robin Pflugrad was fired in March by university president Royce Engstrom before starting his third season.^[1]^[2]

The Grizzlies finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	1:30 pm	South Dakota*	No. 11	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	Max Media/Big Sky TV/KDLT	W 35–24	25,126
September 8	4:30 pm	at No. 11 Appalachian State*	No. 12	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	ESPN3	L 27–35	30,856
September 15	1:30 pm	Liberty*	No. 14	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	Altitude/MASN	W 34–14	24,991
September 22	1:30 pm	Northern Arizona	No. 14	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	RTNW/Audience Network^[3]	L 31–41	25,254
September 29	5:00 pm	at No. 7 Eastern Washington	No. 21	Roos Field Cheney, WA (Governors Cup)	RTNW/Audience Network	L 26–32	10,529
October 6	1:30 pm	at Northern Colorado		Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	RTNW/Audience Network	W 40–17	4,751
October 13	1:30 pm	Southern Utah		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	Max Media/Big Sky TV	L 20–30	25,684
October 20	1:30 pm	at North Dakota		Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	RTNW/Audience Network	L 34–40	9,000
October 27	1:30 pm	Idaho State		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	RTNW/Audience Network	W 70–24	24,152
November 3	1:30 pm	at Weber State		Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	RTNW/Audience Network	W 24–21	7,251
November 17	1:30 pm	No. 2 Montana State		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	RTNW/Audience Network	L 7–16	26,210
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Coyotes	0	10	14	0	24
#11 Grizzlies	3	13	19	0	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Grizzlies	7	14	0	6	27
#11 Mountaineers	21	0	0	14	35

First ever regular season meeting. Previous two meetings came in the playoff semifinals in 2000 and 2009.

	1	2	3	4	Total
Flames	0	0	7	7	14
#14 Grizzlies	7	17	0	10	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	7	7	13	14	41
#14 Grizzlies	17	7	0	7	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Grizzlies	7	3	13	3	26
#7 Eagles	7	10	0	15	32

	1	2	3	4	Total
Grizzlies	0	10	14	16	40
Bears	0	0	10	7	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	6	7	7	10	30
Grizzlies	7	10	0	3	20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Grizzlies	7	10	17	0	34
North Dakota	17	14	0	9	40

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	3	7	7	7	24
Grizzlies	21	21	21	7	70

	1	2	3	4	Total
Grizzlies	3	7	3	11	24
Wildcats	0	7	7	7	21

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Bobcats	3	7	3	3	16
Grizzlies	7	0	0	0	7

^ "Montana fires football coach, AD". ESPN. Associated Press. March 29, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
^ "New football coach addresses advisory board". Montanagrizzlies.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
^ "DIRECTV Sports Networks and Big Sky Conference Announce Inaugural 2012 Football Schedule on ROOT SPORTS". Rootsports.com. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
^ Official Schedule

v t e Montana Grizzlies football
Venues	Dornblaser Field (I) (1912–1967) Naranche Stadium (alternate (Butte), 1938–1950) Dornblaser Field (II) (1968–1986) Washington–Grizzly Stadium (1986–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Eastern Washington: EWU–UM Governors Cup Idaho: Little Brown Stein Montana State
Culture and lore	Monte "Up With Montana" University of Montana Grizzly Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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