Montana Grizzlies Football

In 1911, Montana Governor Norris issued a proclamation, “the first of its kind ever issued by a Montana governor, designating next Sunday (May 14th) as Mothers’ Day.”

Six of the 19 transfers come to Montana from FBS programs, including four from the Power Four conferences and two alone from USC.

Missoulians have always loved music, especially band music. Within a few years of the city’s establishment, the Missoula Coronet Band was formed. The band, wrote the local paper, was “progressing finely, under the instruction of the efficient teacher, Professor A.B. Charpie."

I had never met such a man before. He grew up on a cattle ranch in Montana. He graduated from the Journalism School at the University of Montana (“MSU” at that time) in 1950. He was a hero of the Korean War, awarded the Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for Valor for bravery for “leading his men to rescue soldiers trapped behind enemy lines.”

Jim Harmon writes, "As for those Christmas cards – they may be old fashioned, but I think most folks still enjoy receiving them in the mail."

Montana football standouts Junior Bergen and Brandon Casey each earned a spot on the Associated Press FCS All-American team, the AP announced on Tuesday in the first FCS All-America team released in 2024.

With the early signing period for high school prospects opening on Dec. 4 and the transfer portal officially opening four day later, recruiting season is in full swing at Montana.

Montana Grizzly head coach Bobby Hauck and his staff added 16 players to the incoming class of 2025 on Wednesday – the first day of the early signing period.

Montana (9-4, 5-3 BSC) returns to the second round of the playoffs for the seventh time in the last decade on Saturday, extending the program’s record of 28 postseason appearances by another week.

Junior Bergen brought his career total up to eight with a pair of second-half scores that were the difference-maker for Montana in the first-round win.