1999 Montana Grizzlies football team

American college football season

1999 Montana Grizzlies football

Big Sky champion

NCAA Division I-AA First Round,
L 27–30 vs. Youngstown State

Conference| Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network| No. 8
Record| 9–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach|

* Mick Dennehy (4th season)

Home stadium| Washington–Grizzly Stadium

Seasons

<- 1998

2000 ->

1999 Big Sky Conference football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 8 Montana $^  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
No. 20 Portland State |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  |
Eastern Washington |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  |
Cal State Northridge |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 5  |
Sacramento State |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 5  |
Weber State |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 7  |
Idaho State |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 7  |
Montana State |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 7  |
No. 16 Northern Arizona ^  |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 8  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
* Portland State games did not count in conference standings.
Northern Arizona forfeited four conference wins, to Idaho State, Montana State, Weber State, Cal State Northridge.

Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1999 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Grizzlies were led by fourth-year head coach Mick Dennehy and played their home games at Washington–Grizzly Stadium.[1]

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 4| 1:00 pm| South Dakota*| No. 3|

* Washington–Grizzly Stadium
* Missoula, MT

| W 45–13| 18,191|
September 11| 1:00 pm| Sacramento State| No. 3|

* Washington–Grizzly Stadium
* Missoula, MT

| W 41–38 2OT| 18,648|
September 25| 1:00 pm| Weber State| No. 2|

* Washington–Grizzly Stadium
* Missoula, MT

| W 81–22| 18,740|
October 2| 6:00 pm| at Portland State| No. 2|

* Civic Stadium
* Portland, OR

| L 48–51 OT| 23,489|
October 9| 1:00 pm| Cal State Northridge| No. 8|

* Washington–Grizzly Stadium
* Missoula, MT

| W 48–27| 18,874|
October 16| 5:00 pm| at No. 21 Northern Arizona| No. 7|

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ

| W 42–23| 13,304|
October 23| 2:00 pm| Eastern Washington| No. 4|

* Washington–Grizzly Stadium
* Missoula, MT (Governors Cup)

| W 25–7| 18,847|
October 30| 6:30 pm| at Idaho State| No. 5|

* Holt Arena
* Pocatello, ID

| W 73–23| 4,051|
November 6| 2:00 pm| at Cal Poly*| No. 5|

* Alex G. Spanos Stadium
* San Luis Obispo, CA

| W 28–14| 5,720|
November 13| 12:00 pm| Idaho*| No. 4|

* Washington–Grizzly Stadium
* Missoula, MT (Little Brown Stein)

| L 30–33| 19,078|
November 20| 12:00 pm| at Montana State| No. 7|

* Bobcat Stadium
* Bozeman, MT (rivalry)

| W 49–3| 15,007| [2]
November 27| 12:00 pm| No. 9 Youngstown State*| No. 8|

* Washington–Grizzly Stadium
* Missoula, MT (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)

| L 27–30| 17,261|

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Mountain time

## Roster

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1999 Montana Grizzlies football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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QB | `7` | Drew Miller | Jr
WR | `8` | Jimmy Farris | Jr
WR | `17` | Etu Molden | So
RB | `21` | Yohance Humphery | So
TE | `44` | John Fitzgerald | So
OT | `72` | Dylan McFarland | Fr
G | `73` | Thatcher Szalay | So
WR | `80` | Brock Sunderland |  Fr
WR | `81` | Rory Zikmund |  Fr
WR | `85` | Randyn Akiona |  Fr
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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SS | `3` | Trey Young |  Fr
CB | `13` | Calvin Coleman | So
DT | `90` | Curt Colter |  Fr
DE | `97` | Herbert Fernandez |  Fr
DT | `98` | Jason Francis | So
LB | `51` | Rylan Jollymore | Sr
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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K | `30` | Kris Heppner | Sr
P, TE | `32` | Dallas Neil | Sr

Head coach

* Mick Dennehy

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

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Roster

## References

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1. ^ Montana Grizzlies Media Guide Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Joe Kusek (November 21, 1999). "Griz maul 'Cats, 49-3". The Billings Gazette. pp. 1B, 9B - via Newspapers.com.

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Montana Grizzlies football

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
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* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

National championship seasons in bold

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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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1999 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants

* Appalachian State
* Colgate
* Florida A&M
* Furman
* Georgia Southern
* Hofstra
* Illinois State
* James Madison
* Lehigh
* UMass
* Montana
* North Carolina A&T
* Northern Arizona
* Tennessee State
* Troy State
* Youngstown State

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