2012 Montana Grizzlies football team
The 2012 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Mick Delaney and played their home games on campus at Washington–Grizzly Stadium. Montana is a charter member of the Big Sky Conference.
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| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (3–5 Big Sky) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Timm Rosenbach (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Ty Gregorak (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Washington–Grizzly Stadium (Capacity: 25,217) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Eastern Washington +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Montana State +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Cal Poly +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Northern Arizona | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland State | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous head coach Robin Pflugrad was fired in March by university president Royce Engstrom before starting his third season.[1][2]
The Grizzlies finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 | 1:30 pm | South Dakota* | No. 11 | Max Media/Big Sky TV/KDLT | W 35–24 | 25,126 | |
| September 8 | 4:30 pm | at No. 11 Appalachian State* | No. 12 | ESPN3 | L 27–35 | 30,856 | |
| September 15 | 1:30 pm | Liberty* | No. 14 |
| Altitude/MASN | W 34–14 | 24,991 |
| September 22 | 1:30 pm | Northern Arizona | No. 14 |
| RTNW/Audience Network[3] | L 31–41 | 25,254 |
| September 29 | 5:00 pm | at No. 7 Eastern Washington | No. 21 | RTNW/Audience Network | L 26–32 | 10,529 | |
| October 6 | 1:30 pm | at Northern Colorado | RTNW/Audience Network | W 40–17 | 4,751 | ||
| October 13 | 1:30 pm | Southern Utah |
| Max Media/Big Sky TV | L 20–30 | 25,684 | |
| October 20 | 1:30 pm | at North Dakota | RTNW/Audience Network | L 34–40 | 9,000 | ||
| October 27 | 1:30 pm | Idaho State |
| RTNW/Audience Network | W 70–24 | 24,152 | |
| November 3 | 1:30 pm | at Weber State | RTNW/Audience Network | W 24–21 | 7,251 | ||
| November 17 | 1:30 pm | No. 2 Montana State |
| RTNW/Audience Network | L 7–16 | 26,210 | |
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Game summaries
South Dakota
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Coyotes | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| #11 Grizzlies | 3 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 35 |
Appalachian State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| #12 Grizzlies | 7 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| #11 Mountaineers | 21 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
First ever regular season meeting. Previous two meetings came in the playoff semifinals in 2000 and 2009.
Liberty
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Flames | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| #14 Grizzlies | 7 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 34 |
Northern Arizona
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Lumberjacks | 7 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 41 |
| #14 Grizzlies | 17 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
Eastern Washington
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| #21 Grizzlies | 7 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| #7 Eagles | 7 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 32 |
Northern Colorado
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Grizzlies | 0 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 40 |
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
Southern Utah
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Thunderbirds | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| Grizzlies | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
North Dakota
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Grizzlies | 7 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 34 |
| North Dakota | 17 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 40 |
Idaho State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bengals | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Grizzlies | 21 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 70 |
Weber State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Grizzlies | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Montana State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| #2 Bobcats | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Grizzlies | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| The Sports Network | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 21 | RV | RV | |||||||
| FCS Coaches | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 20 | RV | RV | |||||||
References
- "Montana fires football coach, AD". ESPN. Associated Press. March 29, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- "New football coach addresses advisory board". Montanagrizzlies.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
- "DIRECTV Sports Networks and Big Sky Conference Announce Inaugural 2012 Football Schedule on ROOT SPORTS". Rootsports.com. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- Official Schedule
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