2006 Montana Grizzlies football team

2006 Montana Grizzlies football
2006 Montana Grizzlies football
Big Sky champion
NCAA Division I Semifinal, L 19–17 vs. UMass
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 3
FCS Coaches	No. 3
Record	12–2 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bobby Hauck (4th season);
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium
	Seasons ← 2005 2007 →

2006 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 Montana $^	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 10 Montana State ^	6	–	2	8	–	5
No. 19 Portland State	6	–	2	7	–	4
Northern Arizona	5	–	3	6	–	5
Sacramento State	4	–	4	4	–	7
Weber State	4	–	4	5	–	6
Eastern Washington	3	–	5	3	–	8
Idaho State	1	–	7	2	–	9
Northern Colorado	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by fourth-year head coach Bobby Hauck and played their home games on campus at Washington–Grizzly Stadium in Missoula.^[1]

Schedule[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	10:00 am	at No. 16 (FBS) Iowa*	No. 3	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPNU	L 7–41	70,585
September 9	1:00 pm	South Dakota State*	No. 6	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 36–7	23,438
September 23	1:00 pm	Sacramento State	No. 5	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 59–14	23,619
September 30	7:00 pm	at No. 14 Portland State	No. 4	PGE Park Portland, OR	KPAX	W 26–20	13,156
October 7	3:00 pm	at Eastern Washington	No. 4	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	KPAX	W 33–17	11,583
October 14	1:00 pm	Northern Arizona	No. 3	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 24–21	23,626
October 21	1:00 pm	at Weber State	No. 2	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	KPAX	W 33–30	5,424
October 28	1:00 pm	Idaho State	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 23–10	23,435
November 4	12:00 pm	No. 6 Cal Poly*	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 10–9	22,853
November 11	12:00 pm	at Northern Colorado	No. 2	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	KPAX	W 53–21	4,632
November 18	12:30 pm	No. 15 Montana State	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	KPAX	W 13–7	24,018
November 25	12:00 pm	No. 22 McNeese State*	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (FCS Playoffs First Round)	KPAX	W 31–6	20,077	^[2]
December 2	12:30 pm	No. 10 Southern Illinois*	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (FCS Quarterfinals)	KPAX	W 20–3	18,883	^[3]
December 8	7:30 pm	No. 3 UMass*	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (FCS Semifinals)	ESPN2	L 17–19	23,454
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

References[edit]

^ Montana Grizzlies Media Guide Archived August 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Montana dominates Cowboys in all phases of game". Great Falls Tribune. November 26, 2006. Retrieved March 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Neighbor, Fritz (December 3, 2006). "Get along, lil' doggies". The Missoulian. p. C1. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] Montana Grizzlies Media Guide Archived August 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Montana dominates Cowboys in all phases of game". Great Falls Tribune. November 26, 2006. Retrieved March 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] Neighbor, Fritz (December 3, 2006). "Get along, lil' doggies". The Missoulian. p. C1. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t e 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 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)
National championships in bold