Montana Grizzlies Football

The No. 3 Griz won the first-ever Brawl that featured both teams ranked inside the top five nationally 37-7 to win the outright Big Sky Conference Championship and a likely top-two seed and home field advantage throughout the playoffs.

The long-time tradition of the UM and MSU bands performing at the big rivalry big game came to an end as a way to increase the number of tickets available.

For the second straight week Montana allowed its opponent to score first, but just like last week's top 10 win over Sacramento State that was about all the Grizzlies gave up in Portland.

Saturday night's 34-7 domination of No. 7 Sacramento State lifted the Montana Grizzlies to first place in the Big Sky Conference.

The business end of the season officially arrives at Washington-Grizzly Stadium this week in a prove-it moment for Montana, with the two-time defending conference champion and No. 7 ranked Sacramento State coming to Missoula.

Montana's defense stifled Northern Colorado in the frigid temperatures inside Washington-Grizzly Stadium Saturday afternoon, earning two defensive scores and holding the Bears to just 94 total yards in a 40-0 shutout win.

Montana football bounced back on Homecoming and defeated an explosive Idaho State team 28-20 to improve to 4-1 on the season and 1-1 in Big Sky play.

The Montana Grizzlies dominated from the opening kick against Utah Tech on Saturday night in St. George, Utah, scoring the first 43 points of the game on their way to a 43-13 victory.

Two members of the Montana football family – one current player and one former – had their homes in the picturesque town of Lahaina, Hawaii, destroyed in the devastating Maui wildfires,

As of Thursday morning, Montana had sold and distributed 18,529 season tickets for the coming season, not including University of Montana students.