1945 Montana Grizzlies football team

1945 Montana Grizzlies football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	1–4 (0–1 PCC)
Head coach	George Dahlberg (1st season)
Home stadium	Dornblaser Field
Seasons ←  1942 1946  →

1945 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 11 USC $	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	6	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Washington	6	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Oregon State	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
UCLA	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
California	2	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Oregon	3	–	6	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Idaho	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Montana	0	–	1	–	0			1	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1945 college football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach George Dahlberg, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of one win and four losses (1–4, 0–1 PCC). ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 13		at Utah State *	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	L 13–44	2,500	[2]
October 20		at Idaho	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID (Little Brown Stein)	L 0–46
October 29		at Farragut NTS *	Farragut, ID	L 13–21	5,500	[3]
November 10	2:00 p.m.	Pocatello Marine Base*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 36–6		[4] [5]
November 22		Farragut NTS*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 13–18	4,000	[6]
*Non-conference game All times are in Mountain time

References

1. 2010 Montana Football Media Guide Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , University of Montana, 2010.
2. "UTags run up 44–13 score on Montanans". The Sunday Herald. October 14, 1945. Retrieved May 4, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Farragut Tips Montana, 21-13". The Idaho Sunday Statesman . Boise, Idaho. Associated Press. October 28, 1945. p. 11. Retrieved April 1, 2023– via Newspapers.com .
4. "Grizzlies Marines Are Foes in Grid Fray This Afternoon". The Daily Missoulian . Missoula, Montana. November 10, 1945. p. 5. Retrieved April 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com .
5. "Grizzlies Claw Marines Viciously For Six-Touchdown Victory, First In Four Years". The Sunday Missoulian . Missoula, Montana. November 11, 1945. p. 13. Retrieved April 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com .
6. "Tars Squeeze Montana, 18-13". The Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. November 23, 1945. p. 10. Retrieved April 1, 2023– via Newspapers.com .