1979 Montana Grizzlies football team

1979 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Boise State *	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Montana State $	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
No. 5 Nevada ^	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. T–10 Northern Arizona	3	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Weber State	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Idaho	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Montana	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Idaho State	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant * – Boise State was ineligible for conference title or I-AA playoffs. Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA AP Poll

The 1979 Montana Grizzlies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Montana in the Big Sky Conference during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth year under head coach Gene Carlson, the team compiled a 3–7 record.^[1]

Montana won three games and Carlson was let go at the end of the season;^[2] his annual salary was $24,000.^[3]^[4]

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	at Washington State*	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA	L 14–34	20,157
September 22	at No. 6 Northern Arizona	NAU Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 13–26
September 29	Weber State	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 23–16
October 6	Boise State	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 35–37	6,129	^[5]
October 13	Idaho State	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 28–24
October 20	at Idaho	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID (Little Brown Stein)	L 17–20	14,200	^[6]
October 27	Nevada*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 20–27
November 3	at No. 8 Montana State	Reno H. Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT (rivalry)	L 21–38		^[7]
November 10	at Northern Colorado*	Jackson Field Greeley, CO	W 20–10
November 17	Portland State*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 32–40	3,434	^[8]
*Non-conference game Rankings from Associated Press Poll released prior to the game

^ "1980 Grizzly Football Yearbook". University of Montana—Missoula Athletics Department. 1980. p. 2. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
^ "Montana coach out". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). UPI. November 20, 1979. p. 17.
^ "Fired: University of Montana dumps coaching staff". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 20, 1979. p. 23.
^ "Losing seasons catch up with Carlson". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 20, 1979. p. 3C.
^ "Safety lifts Boise State past Grizzlies". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 7, 1979. p. 6D.
^ Killen, John (October 21, 1979). "Cool and calm". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 4D.
^ "Bobcats clinch 'Sky title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 4, 1979. p. 4D.
^ "Portland State drops Montana". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 18, 1979. p. 12D.

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