1980 Montana Grizzlies football team

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1980 Montana Grizzlies football
Conference Big Sky Conference
Record3–7 (1–6 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadium Dornblaser Field
Seasons
←  1979
1981  →
1980 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Boise State $^ 6 –1 –010 –3 –0
Idaho 4 –3 –06 –5 –0
Nevada 4 –3 –06 –4 –1
Idaho State* 4 –4 –06 –5 –0
Weber State* 4 –4 –04 –7 –0
Montana State 3 –4 –04 –6 –0
Northern Arizona 3 –4 –05 –6 –0
Montana 1 –6 –03 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • * – Idaho State and Weber State met twice in league play with each game counting as a half game.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA AP Poll

The 1980 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky). The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Larry Donovan, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of three wins and seven losses (3–7, 1–6 Big Sky).

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13 Simon Fraser *
W 60–27
September 20at Portland State *
L 0–2011,381 [1]
September 2711:30 a.m. Idaho
L 0–428,535 [2] [3]
October 4at Boise State
L 10–4420,453
October 11at No. 6 Weber State
L 21–38
October 18at Idaho State
L 0–179,782 [4]
October 25 Eastern Washington *
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT (rivalry)
W 42–7
November 1 Montana State
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT (rivalry)
L 7–24
November 8 Northern Arizona
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
W 31–21
November 15at Nevada
L 7–107,311

[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Vince Devlin (September 21, 1980). "Lomax, Vikings pummel Grizzlies". The Missoulian. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Montana prepares 'razzle dazzle' offense for Vandals today". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). September 27, 1980. p. 3C.
  3. ↑ Katsilometes, George (September 28, 1980). "Idaho shellacks Montana 42-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 2C.
  4. ↑ "ISU wins league game". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 19, 1980. p. 7B.
  5. ↑ "Montana yearly results". College Football Data Warehouse . Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
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