Montana and Bobby Hauck have agreed to a new three-year contract that will keep the school’s all-time winningest coach through the 2026 season. Hauck led the Grizzlies to the FCS National Championship game in the 2023 season where they lost 23-3 to South Dakota State. Hauck’s coaching days at Montana date back to 1988 when … Read more
South Dakota State opened the 2024 FCS National Championship with a touchdown drive and never looked back in a 23-3 win over Montana to win their second consecutive FCS Championship. SDSU used a suffocating defensive effort by holding Montana to 84 total yards in the second half to seal the title. The offense was far … Read more
The 2023 FCS Playoff bracket has been revealed and South Dakota State will be the deserving top seed as the Jackrabbits seek to defend their title. SDSU went undefeated in the regular season at 11-0 with only two games decided by a touchdown or less. The opening round of the FCS Playoffs will begin on … Read more
The Indiana State Sycamores and Montana Grizzlies have both agreed to play a home-and-home series in 2022 and 2025. The first game will be hosted by Indiana State on Saturday, September 17, 2022 in Terre Haute. Three years later, Montana will host the second game on Saturday, September 20, 2025 in Missoula. The home-and-home series … Read more
The Missouri Valley Football Conference has decided against a fall football season as the conference will move its conference slate to the spring of 2021. The MVFC will attempt an 8 game conference schedule in the spring and hope that the FCS Championship will be moved to the spring as well. The non-conference games are … Read more
The Big Sky Conference and Pioneer Football League have both announced they will not be playing a conference schedule for the 2020 season. As a result, the 2020 FCS Playoffs are in serious jeopardy of not being contested as 50% of the eligible teams have to be playing in the fall for the championship to … Read more
The Pioneer Football League announced on Monday afternoon that it will not have non-conference games and its conference only slate will begin no earlier than Saturday, September 26. “The Pioneer Football League’s Presidents Council has determined PFL fall schedules will not include any non-conference competition and, if conducted, a conference-only schedule will not begin before … Read more
The Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) has suspended all fall sports until after November 30. The announcement means that three football games featuring FCS opponents are now canceled. Two of those contests were scheduled to take place opening week on Saturday, September 5. Western Oregon was slated to visit Idaho while Central Washington had a … Read more
The Montana Grizzlies picked up another FBS transfer this week. Defensive end Justin Belknap announced his decision to transfer from Arizona on Sunday. He began his stay at Arizona in 2015 with a redshirt season. He walked-on to the team the following year and made an immediate impact by becoming a starter. He finished the … Read more
Quarterback Kirk Rygol has decided to transfer from South Florida to Montana. Rygol announced his decision via Twitter. Rygol started his collegiate journey at the Division II school North Greenville University. He only made a single appearance completing his only pass for 9 yards and finishing with negative 4 rushing yards on three attempts. He … Read more