1936 Montana Grizzlies football team

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1936 Montana Grizzlies football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Record6–3 (1–3 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadium Dornblaser Field
Seasons
←  1935
1937  →
1936 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Washington $7–0–17–2–1
Washington State 6–2–16–3–1
USC 3–2–24–2–3
California 4–3–06–5–0
UCLA 4–3–16–3–1
Stanford 2–3–22–5–2
Oregon State 3–5–04–6–0
Montana 1–3–06–3–0
Oregon 1–6–12–6–1
Idaho 0–4–03–7–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1936 college football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). The Grizzlies were led by second-year head coach Doug Fessenden, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of six wins and three losses (6–3, 1–3 PCC). [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Washington State
L 0–196,500 [2]
October 2at UCLA
L 0–3025,000 [3]
October 10 Idaho Southern Branch *
W 45–13 [4]
October 17 Gonzaga *
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
W 6–06,000 [5]
October 24vs. Montana State *
W 27–0 [6]
October 31at Oregon State
L 7–14 [7]
November 14 Idaho
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT (rivalry)
W 16–06,000 [8]
November 21 San Francisco *
  • Clark Park
  • Butte, MT
W 24–7 [9] [10]
November 26 North Dakota *
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
W 13–65,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Source: [12]

References

  1. ↑ 2010 Montana Football Media Guide Archived 2012-08-17 at the Wayback Machine , University of Montana, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Cougars defeat Montana squad 10 to 0". The Sunday Missoulian. September 27, 1936. Retrieved January 11, 2026– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Bruins take opener 30–0 over Montana". The Pasadena Post. October 3, 1936. Retrieved January 11, 2026– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "University Grizzlies Score in Every Period to Smother Idaho, Southern Branch, 45–13". The Billings Gazette. October 11, 1936. p. 9. Retrieved March 6, 2022– via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Scrappy Montanans Whip Gonzaga". The Missoulian. October 18, 1936. p. Sports 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Montana takes the state title". The Spokesman-Review. October 25, 1936. Retrieved January 11, 2026– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Oregon State team scores over Grizzly". The Tacoma Daily Ledger. November 1, 1936. Retrieved January 11, 2026– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Grizzlies smash down Idaho, 16-0". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. November 15, 1936. p. 14.
  9. ↑ Rocene, Ray T. (November 22, 1936). "Grizzlies Run Wild to Beat Dons". The Missoulian . Missoula, Montana. p. 11. Retrieved October 17, 2020– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  10. ↑ Rocene, Ray T. (November 22, 1936). "Montana Routs San Francisco By 24-7 Score (continued)". The Missoulian . Missoula, Montana. p. 12. Retrieved October 17, 2020– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  11. ↑ "Grizzlies beat North Dakota Sioux, 13–6, in hardest fought battle of home football season". The Great Falls Tribune. November 27, 1936. Retrieved January 11, 2026– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "1936 Montana Grizzlies Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved January 11, 2026.
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