2005 Montana Grizzlies football team

American college football season

2005 Montana Grizzlies football

Big Sky co-champion
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 35–21 vs. Cal Poly
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	8–4 (5–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bobby Hauck (3rd season)
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium
Seasons← 2004 2006 →

2005 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 13 E. Washington $^	5	–	2	7	–	5
No. 12 Montana ^	5	–	2	8	–	4
No. 18 Montana State	5	–	2	7	–	4
Portland State	4	–	3	6	–	5
Weber State	4	–	3	6	–	5
Idaho State	3	–	4	5	–	6
Sacramento State	1	–	6	2	–	9
Northern Arizona	1	–	6	3	–	8

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

The 2005 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Grizzlies were led by third-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 3	1:00 pm	Fort Lewis*	No. 3	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 55–0	23,432
September 10	1:30 pm	at Oregon*	No. 3	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		L 14–47	58,169
September 17	1:05 pm	South Dakota State*	No. 4	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 7–0	23,086
October 1	1:05 pm	Weber State	No. 4	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 24–19	23,773
October 8	3:05 pm	at No. 25 Idaho State	No. 4	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	KPAX	W 32–10	10,273
October 15	1:05 pm	No. 12 Eastern Washington	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	L 20–34	23,732
October 22	1:05 pm	No. 3 Cal Poly*	No. 9	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 36–27	23,565
October 29	1:05 pm	No. 20 Portland State	No. 5	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 37–16	23,605
November 5	3:05 pm	at Northern Arizona	No. 4	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	KPAX	W 23–0	9,109
November 12	5:05 pm	at Sacramento State	No. 3	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	KPAX	W 31–14	4,243
November 19	12:00 pm	at No. 22 Montana State	No. 3	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	KPAX	L 6–16	15,327
November 26	12:00 pm	No. 10 Cal Poly*	No. 9	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	L 21–35	16,162
*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
"2005 Cumulative Season Statistics". stats.gogriz.com. Retrieved July 6, 2024.

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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

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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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