1942 Montana Grizzlies football team

1942 Montana Grizzlies football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	0–8 (0–6 PCC)
Head coach	Clyde Carpenter (1st season)
Home stadium	Dornblaser Field
Seasons ←  1941 1945  →

1942 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 13 UCLA $	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	5	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
No. 12 Stanford	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Oregon State	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Washington	3	–	3	–	2			4	–	3	–	3
California	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Idaho	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Montana	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1942 college football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC).

Clyde Carpenter led the Grizzlies in his only season as head coach; they played their three home games on campus in Missoula at Dornblaser Field and lost all eight games (0–6 in PCC, last), ^[1] shut out in the final five, all in conference.

Montana was ranked at No. 272 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. ^[2]

With manpower shortages due to World War II, Montana's football program went on hiatus after this season and resumed play in  1945.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	BYU *	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 6–12		[3]
October 3	Mather Field *	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 13–19
October 10	at Washington State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 16–68	10,000
October 17	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 0–35	10,000
October 31	Idaho	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT (Little Brown Stein)	L 0–21	2,000	[4] [5]
November 7	at Oregon State	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	L 0–33
November 14	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 0–13
December 5	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–38	25,000
*Non-conference game

References

1. 2010 Montana Football Media Guide Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , University of Montana, 2010.
2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Grizzlies beaten by Brigham Young, 12 to 6". The Independent Record. September 27, 1942. Retrieved May 4, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Vandals aerial attack defeats Montana, 21-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 1, 1942. p. 13.
5. "Idaho puts Montana in conference cellar". Eugene Register-Guard. United Press. November 1, 1942. p. 18.

External links

• Game program: Montana at WSC – October 10, 1942