1972 Montana Grizzlies football team

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1972 Montana Grizzlies football
Conference Big Sky Conference
Record3–8 (3–3 Big Sky)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Bill Betcher (OL, DL)
  • Charley Armey (OB, LB)
  • Ron Nord (Rec, DB)
Captains
  • Mick Dennehy, FS
  • Jim Hann, OT [1]
Home stadium Dornblaser Field
Seasons
←  1971
1973  →
1972 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Montana State $ 5 –1 –08 –3 –0
Idaho State 4 –1 –07 –3 –0
Boise State 3 –3 –07 –4 –0
Montana 3 –3 –03 –8 –0
Idaho 2 –3 –04 –7 –0
Weber State 2 –4 –05 –5 –0
Northern Arizona 0 –4 –03 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1972 Montana Grizzlies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Montana in the Big Sky Conference during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season. In their sixth year under head coach Jack Swarthout, the Grizzlies played their home games at Dornblaser Field and compiled a 3–8 record, [2] (3–3 in Big Sky, third).

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 912:30 pmat South Dakota *
L 0–35  6,000
September 168:00 pmvs. North Dakota *
L 14–42  6,000 [3] [4] [5]
September 231:30 pm Northern Arizona
W 40–17  6,500
September 308:30 pmat Pacific (CA) *
L 6–2412,253
October 71:30 pm Weber State
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
W 12–7  7,200
October 147:30 pmat Idaho State
L 7–1411,000
October 2111:00 pmat Hawaii *
L 3–3017,901
October 281:30 pm Boise State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
W 42–28  6,000
November 41:30 pm Montana State
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT (rivalry)
L 3–2112,600 [1]
November 111:30 pmat Idaho
L 17–31  6,800 [6]
November 1812:30 pmat Tulsa *
L 7–10  3,000

[7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Game program: Montana - Montana State, 72nd annual game". University of Montana. (ScholarWorks). November 4, 1972. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  2. ↑ "1973 Grizzly Football Yearbook" (PDF). University of Montana—Missoula Athletics Department. 1972. p. 44. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Rocky, Senior, home; EMC, Laurel away". Billings Gazette . Billings, Montana. September 16, 1972. p. 9. Retrieved June 12, 2022– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. ↑ Tanner, Jack (September 17, 1972). "Deutsch scores six in Sioux massacre". Billings Gazette . Billings, Montana. p. 6. Retrieved June 12, 2022– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. ↑ "Final 1972 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  6. ↑ Manders, Jim (November 12, 1972). "Idaho comes alive, rips Montana 31-17". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 17.
  7. ↑ "Final 1972 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved June 12, 2022.
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