2004 Montana Grizzlies football team

American college football season

2004 Montana Grizzlies football

Big Sky co-champion
NCAA Division I-AA Championship, L 21–31 vs. James Madison
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 2
Record	12–3 (6–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bobby Hauck (2nd season)
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium
Seasons← 2003 2005 →

2004 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Montana $^	6	–	1	12	–	3
No. 8 E. Washington ^	6	–	1	9	–	4
Montana State	4	–	3	6	–	5
Portland State	4	–	3	7	–	4
Northern Arizona	3	–	4	4	–	7
Idaho State	2	–	5	3	–	8
Sacramento State	2	–	5	3	–	8
Weber State	1	–	6	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2004 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Grizzlies were led by second-year head coach Bobby Hauck and played their home games on campus at Washington–Grizzly Stadium in Missoula.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	1:00 pm	No. 11 Maine*	No. 3	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 27–20	23,228
September 11	1:00 pm	Hofstra*	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 41–23	23,100
September 18	6:00 pm	at Sam Houston State*	No. 1	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX		L 29–41	12,941
September 25	1:00 pm	Northern Colorado	No. 7	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 27–16	23,220
October 2	6:00 pm	at Weber State	No. 7	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	KPAX	W 42–21	5,139
October 9	1:00 pm	Idaho State	No. 7	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 24–22	23,582
October 16	3:00 pm	at No. 23 Eastern Washington	No. 5	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	KPAX	W 31–28	10,754
October 30	3:30 pm	at Portland State	No. 4	PGE Park Portland, OR		L 32–35	8,413
November 6	12:00 pm	Northern Arizona	No. 10	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 34–22	22,274
November 13	12:00 pm	Sacramento State	No. 9	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT		W 52–21	21,097
November 20	12:00 pm	Montana State	No. 7	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (rivalry)	KPAX	W 38–22	23,867
November 27	12:00 pm	No. 15 Northwestern State*	No. 7	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	KPAX	W 56–7	16,289
December 4	2:00 pm	No. 5 New Hampshire*	No. 7	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	ESPN2	W 47–17	20,919
December 11	12:30 pm	No. 9 Sam Houston State*	No. 7	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal)	ESPN2	W 34–13	23,607
December 17	6:00 pm	vs. No. 8 James Madison*	No. 7	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN (NCAA Division I-AA Championship)	ESPN2	L 21–31	16,771
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

References

Montana Grizzlies Media Guide Archived August 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
"Sam Houston slices, dices UM defense". Great Falls Tribune. September 19, 2004. Retrieved December 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
George Geise (November 21, 2004). "Griz strike back". Great Falls Tribune. pp. 1S, 6S – via Newspapers.com.
"Tuff enough, Harris' two interceptions helps Griz punch ticket to title game". The Missoulian. December 12, 2004. Retrieved December 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Dornblaser Field (I) (1912–1967) Naranche Stadium (alternate (Butte), 1938–1950) Dornblaser Field (II) (1968–1986) Washington–Grizzly Stadium (1986–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Eastern Washington: EWU–UM Governors Cup Idaho: Little Brown Stein Montana State
Culture and lore	Monte "Up With Montana" University of Montana Grizzly Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Big Sky Conference football champions
College Division / Division II	Idaho State (1963) Montana State (1964) Weber State & Idaho (1965) Montana State (1966) Montana State (1967) Idaho, Montana State, & Weber State (1968) Montana (1969) Montana (1970) Idaho (1971) Montana State (1972) Boise State (1973) Boise State (1974) Boise State (1975) Montana State (1976) Boise State (1977)
I-AA/FCS	Northern Arizona (1978) Montana State (1979) Boise State (1980) Idaho State (1981) Montana, Idaho, & Montana State (1982) Nevada (1983) Montana State (1984) Idaho (1985) Nevada (1986) Idaho (1987) Idaho (1988) Idaho (1989) Nevada (1990) Nevada (1991) Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992) Montana (1993) Boise State (1994) Montana (1995) Montana (1996) Eastern Washington (1997) Montana (1998) Montana (1999) Montana (2000) Montana (2001) Montana, Montana State, & Idaho State (2002) Montana State, Montana, & Northern Arizona (2003) Montana & Eastern Washington (2004) Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Montana (2005) Montana (2006) Montana (2007) Weber State & Montana (2008) Montana (2009) Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010) Montana State & Montana (2011) Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Cal Poly (2012) Eastern Washington (2013) Eastern Washington (2014) Southern Utah (2015) Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016) Southern Utah & Weber State (2017) Eastern Washington, UC Davis, & Weber State (2018) Sacramento State & Weber State (2019) Weber State (2020) Sacramento State (2021) Montana State & Sacramento State (2022) Montana (2023) Montana State (2024)
National championships in bold

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