1985 Montana Grizzlies football team

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1985 Montana Grizzlies football
Conference Big Sky Conference
Record3–8 (2–5 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Joe Glenn (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Ken Flajole (1st season)
Home stadium Dornblaser Field
Seasons
  1984
1986  
1985 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Idaho $^ 6 1 09 3 0
No. T–2 Nevada ^ 6 1 011 2 0
Boise State 5 2 07 4 0
Weber State 4 3 06 5 0
Idaho State 3 4 05 6 0
Montana 2 5 03 8 0
Northern Arizona 1 6 03 8 0
Montana State 1 6 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll

The 1985 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky). The Grizzlies were led by sixth-year head coach Larry Donovan, played their home games at Dornblaser Field in Missoula, and finished with three wins and eight losses (3–8, 2–5 Big Sky).

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In the season finale at Northern Arizona, the Griz rallied to win by a point and snap a five-game losing streak. [1] Two days later, Donovan and his staff were fired. [2] [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7 Cal State Fullerton *W 31–306,235 [4]
September 21at Minnesota *L 17–6255,700
September 28 Portland State *
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
L 16–21
October 5No. 11 Nevada
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
L 23–38
October 12 Idaho State
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
W 35–29
October 19at No. 4 Idaho L 0–3811,300
October 26at Montana State L 18–41
November 2 Weber State
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
L 29–57
November 9 Boise State
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
L 3–283,450
November 16at No. T–13 Eastern Washington *L 19–52
November 23at Northern Arizona W 32–31

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References

  1. "Montana 32, No. Arizona 31". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 24, 1985. p. 7C.
  2. "Donovan, eight assistants let go after dismal season". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 26, 1985. p. 5B.
  3. "Donovan fired". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). staff and wire reports. November 26, 1985. p. C2.
  4. John Weyler (September 8, 1985). "Montana Defeats Fullerton on Late Pass, 31-30, Then Tunes Up". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. III-7. Retrieved February 11, 2017 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. "Montana yearly results". College Football Data Warehouse . Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
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