2014 Montana Grizzlies football team

The 2014 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by head coach Mick Delaney in his third and final year and played their home games on campus at Washington–Grizzly Stadium. Montana participated as a member of the Big Sky Conference, of which they are a charter member. They finished the season 9–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish tied for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to inter conference rival Eastern Washington.

2014 Montana Grizzlies football
FCS Playoffs Second Round vs Eastern Washington, L 20–37
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 13
FCS Coaches	No. 11
2014 record	9–5 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Mick Delaney (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Scott Gragg (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Kefense Hynson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Ty Gregorak (3rd season)
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium (Capacity: 25,217)

2014 Big Sky Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington $^		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 13 Montana ^		6	–	2					9	–	5
No. 20 Montana State ^		6	–	2					8	–	5
No. 25 Idaho State		6	–	2					8	–	4
Cal Poly		5	–	3					7	–	5
Northern Arizona		5	–	3					7	–	5
Sacramento State		4	–	4					7	–	5
North Dakota		3	–	5					5	–	7
Southern Utah		3	–	5					3	–	9
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					3	–	8
Portland State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Weber State		2	–	6					2	–	10
UC Davis		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

On November 17, head coach Mick Delaney announced he would be retiring at the end of the season.[1] He finished at Montana with a three-year record of 24–14.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	2:00 PM	at Wyoming*	No. 5	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	RTNW	L 12–17	25,243
September 6	3:30 PM	Central Washington*	No. 4	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	CMM	W 48–14	24,697
September 13	7:00 PM	South Dakota*	No. 4	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	CMM	W 28–20	26,303
September 20	1:30 PM	at No. 1 North Dakota State*	No. 4	Fargodome Fargo, ND	CMM	L 10–22	18,890
September 27	1:30 PM	Northern Colorado	No. 7	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	RTNW	W 38–13	25,269
October 4	12:30 PM	at North Dakota	No. 7	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	CMM	W 18–15	9,025
October 18	12:00 PM	UC Davis	No. 7	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	CMM	W 42–28	25,766
October 25	7:00 PM	at Cal Poly	No. 7	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	CMM	L 21–41	10,775
November 1	12:00 PM	Sacramento State	No. 12	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	RTNW	W 31–13	24,035
November 8	1:00 PM	at No. 5 Eastern Washington	No. 11	Roos Field Cheney, WA (Governors Cup)	RTNW	L 26–36	11,339
November 15	1:00 PM	at Southern Utah	No. 16	Eccles Coliseum Ceder City, UT	CMM	W 35–17	3,079
November 22	3:00 PM	No. 12 Montana State	No. 13	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	RTNW	W 34–7	26,352
November 29	2:00 PM	San Diego*	No. 12	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 52–14	14,018
December 6	2:30 PM	at No. 4 Eastern Washington*	No. 12	Roos Field Cheney, WA (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 20–37	7,919
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

• Source: Official Schedule

*- Cowles Montana Media Broadcasting is the former Max Media. ABC or FOX stations in Missoula, Kalispell, Butte, Bozeman, Great Falls, and Helena; the Bilins NBC affiliate, and a mix of SWX and KULR in Billings will air the games.

Game summaries

@ Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Grizzlies	0	6	0	6	12
Cowboys	3	0	14	0	17

See also: 2014 Wyoming Cowboys football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–13	1997	WYO, 28–13

Central Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	7	0	7	14
#4 Grizzlies	17	17	14	0	48

See also: Central Washington Wildcats

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2008	MONT, 38–35

South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Coyotes	0	3	7	10	20
#4 Grizzlies	7	0	14	7	28

See also: 2014 South Dakota Coyotes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–6	2013	MONT, 31–27

@ North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Grizzlies	0	10	0	0	10
#1 Bison	6	6	7	3	22

See also: 2014 North Dakota State Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–3	2003	NDSU, 25–24

Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	3	3	0	13
#7 Grizzlies	28	7	3	0	38

See also: 2014 Northern Colorado Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–1	2012	MONT, 40–17

@ North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Grizzlies	2	6	7	3	18
North Dakota	0	0	0	15	15

See also: 2014 University of North Dakota football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–8–1	2013	MONT, 55–17

UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	14	0	14	28
#7 Grizzlies	7	7	14	14	42

See also: 2014 UC Davis Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2013	MONT, 42–7

@ Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Grizzlies	0	14	0	7	21
Mustangs	7	7	13	14	41

See also: 2014 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–2	2013	MONT, 21–14 ^OT

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	3	3	0	7	13
#12 Grizzlies	7	10	14	0	31

See also: 2014 Sacramento State Hornets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–1	2013	MONT, 51–48 ^OT

@ Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Grizzlies	3	7	13	3	26
#5 Eagles	13	7	13	3	36

See also: 2014 Eastern Washington Eagles football team and EWU–UM Governors Cup

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–13–1	2013	EWU, 42–37

@ Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Grizzlies	0	14	7	14	35
Thunderbirds	0	14	3	0	17

See also: 2014 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–2	2012	SUU, 30–20

Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Bobcats	0	0	0	7	7
#13 Grizzlies	17	10	0	7	34

See also: 2014 Montana State Bobcats football team and Brawl of the Wild

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
70–37–5	2013	MONT, 28–14

FCS Playoffs

First Round–San Diego

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	0	0	0	14	14
#12 Grizzlies	14	24	7	7	52

See also: 2014 San Diego Toreros football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1958	SD, 24–13

Second Round–@ Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Grizzlies	3	0	7	10	20
#4 Eagles	7	6	14	10	37

See also: 2014 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–14–1	11/8/2014	EWU, 36–26

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	5	4	4	4	7	7	7	7	7	12	11	16	13	12	13
Coaches	5	5	4	3	6	7	7	6	6	11	10	15	13	11	11

References

1. http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11891355/montana-coach-mick-delaney-retiring-end-season