The 2015 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by first-year coach Bob Stitt who took over after 15 years coaching the NCAA Division IIColorado Mines Orediggers. The Grizzlies played their home games on campus at Washington–Grizzly Stadium. Montana participated as a member of the Big Sky Conference, of which they are a charter member. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated South Dakota State in the first round before losing in the second round to North Dakota State.
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The 2015 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season The Grizzlies were led by first year coach Bob Stitt who took over after 15 years coaching the NCAA Division II Colorado Mines Orediggers The Grizzlies played their home games on campus at Washington Grizzly Stadium Montana participated as a member of the Big Sky Conference of which they are a charter member They finished the season 8 5 6 2 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for second place They received an at large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated South Dakota State in the first round before losing in the second round to North Dakota State 2015 Montana Grizzlies footballFCS Playoffs Second Round L 6 37 vs North Dakota StateConferenceBig Sky ConferenceRankingSTATSNo 14FCS CoachesNo 14Record8 5 6 2 Big Sky Head coachBob Stitt 1st season Defensive coordinatorTy Gregorak 4th season Home stadiumWashington Grizzly StadiumSeasons 20142016 2015 Big Sky Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L W L No 18 Southern Utah 7 1 8 4 No 10 Portland State 6 2 9 3 No 14 Montana 6 2 8 5 North Dakota 5 3 7 4 Northern Arizona 5 3 7 4 Eastern Washington 5 3 6 5 Weber State 5 3 6 5 Northern Colorado 3 5 6 5 Montana State 3 5 5 6 Cal Poly 3 5 4 7 UC Davis 2 6 2 9 Idaho State 1 7 2 9 Sacramento State 1 7 2 9 Conference champion FCS playoff participantRankings from STATS Poll Contents 1 Schedule 2 Game summaries 2 1 North Dakota State 2 2 Cal Poly 2 3 Liberty 2 4 Northern Arizona 2 5 UC Davis 2 6 Weber State 2 7 North Dakota 2 8 Portland State 2 9 Idaho State 2 10 Eastern Washington 2 11 Montana State 3 FCS Playoffs 3 1 First Round South Dakota State 3 2 Second Round North Dakota State 4 Ranking movements 5 ReferencesSchedule editDateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceAugust 291 30 pmNo 1 North Dakota State No 13Washington Grizzly StadiumMissoula MT FCS Kickoff ESPNW 38 3526 472September 57 00 pmCal Poly No 13Washington Grizzly StadiumMissoula MTCMML 19 2026 065September 195 00 pmat No 15 Liberty No 8Williams StadiumLynchburg VACMM ESPN3L 21 3122 551September 262 00 pmNorthern Arizona nbsp No 14Washington Grizzly StadiumMissoula MTRTNWW 23 1426 136October 32 00 pmat UC DavisNo 13Aggie StadiumDavis CARTNWW 27 136 241October 102 00 pmWeber StateNo 12Washington Grizzly StadiumMissoula MTCMML 21 24 OT25 500October 241 30 pmNorth DakotaNo 19Washington Grizzly StadiumMissoula MTRTNWW 42 1625 014October 313 00 pmat No 12 Portland StateNo 17Providence ParkPortland ORCMML 16 3511 045November 71 30 pmat Idaho StateNo 22Holt ArenaPocatello IDCMMW 33 27 OT7 795November 141 30 pmNo 10 Eastern WashingtonNo 22Washington Grizzly StadiumMissoula MT EWU UM Governors Cup RTNWW 57 1625 213November 2112 00 pmat Montana StateNo 17Bobcat StadiumBozeman MT rivalry RTNWW 54 3520 507November 281 00 pmNo 10 South Dakota State No 16Washington Grizzly StadiumMissoula MT NCAA Division I First Round ESPN3W 24 1714 575December 51 30 pmat No 2 North Dakota State No 16FargodomeFargo ND NCAA Division Second Round ESPN3L 6 3718 232 Non conference game nbsp HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain timeDespite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference the game with Cal Poly on September 5 is considered a non conference game Game summaries editNorth Dakota State edit 1 2 3 4 Total 1 Bison 7 21 0 7 35 13 Grizzlies 10 11 7 10 38See also 2015 North Dakota State Bison football team Cal Poly edit 1 2 3 4 TotalMustangs 7 7 3 3 20 13 Grizzlies 7 7 0 5 19See also 2015 Cal Poly Mustangs football team Liberty edit 1 2 3 4 Total 8 Grizzlies 0 12 7 2 21 15 Flames 14 3 7 7 31See also 2015 Liberty Flames football team Northern Arizona edit 1 2 3 4 TotalLumberjacks 0 0 14 0 14 14 Grizzlies 10 6 0 7 23See also 2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team UC Davis edit 1 2 3 4 Total 13 Grizzlies 7 7 7 6 27Aggies 6 7 0 0 13See also 2015 UC Davis Aggies football team Weber State edit 1 2 3 4OT TotalWildcats 7 14 0 03 24 12 Grizzlies 14 0 0 70 21See also 2015 Weber State Wildcats football team North Dakota edit 1 2 3 4 TotalNorth Dakota 7 3 0 6 16 19 Grizzlies 7 14 14 7 42See also 2015 University of North Dakota football team Portland State edit 1 2 3 4 Total 17 Grizzlies 0 10 0 6 16 12 Vikings 7 14 7 7 35See also 2015 Portland State Vikings football team Idaho State edit 1 2 3 4OT Total 22 Grizzlies 14 7 3 36 33Bengals 7 6 0 140 27See also 2015 Idaho State Bengals football team Eastern Washington edit 1 2 3 4 Total 10 Eagles 3 6 7 0 16 22 Grizzlies 14 16 20 7 57See also 2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football team and EWU UM Governors Cup Montana State edit 1 2 3 4 Total 17 Grizzlies 17 20 7 10 54Bobcats 7 7 8 13 35See also 2015 Montana State Bobcats football team and Brawl of the WildFCS Playoffs editFirst Round South Dakota State edit 1 2 3 4 Total 10 Jackrabbits 0 0 10 7 17 16 Grizzlies 7 17 0 0 24See also 2015 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team Second Round North Dakota State edit 1 2 3 4 Total 16 Grizzlies 0 0 6 0 6 2 Bison 7 14 10 6 37See also 2015 North Dakota State Bison football teamRanking movements editRanking movementsLegend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking t Tied with team above or below First place votesWeekPollPre123456789101112FinalSTATS FCS138 2 81413122019172222171614Coaches128 3 715121119181722 T22171714References edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2015 Montana Grizzlies football team amp oldid 1189689743, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
