Grizzly football

Montana Sports Information reports on Thursday, December 12, that University of Montana Grizzly linebacker Jordan Tripp has accepted an invitation to play in the annual East-West Shrine Game on January 18 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

University of Montana head football coach Mick Delaney has been nominated for the Liberty Mutual Insurance FCS Coach of the Year Award.

University of Montana Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information Dave Guffey released an explanation from Ken Frey from the Southland Conference on the conference replay call which negated Montana's first-and-goal play in the third quarter of the Montana vs. Coastal Carolina game on Saturday, December 7.

The 2013 Montana Grizzly football season may have ended in disappointing fashion, but one after another, speakers at the Sunday December 8th football awards banquet encouraged players, parents and fans to consider how remarkable a season it was.

The Chanticleers of Coastal Carolina (11-2) beat Bethune-Cookman Saturday, November 30, 48-24 behind four touchdown passes by quarterback Alex Ross.

Continuity. That's the word that University of Montana Athletic Director Kent Haslam emphasized when he announced that head football coach Mick Delaney had accepted a one-year extension on his contract, bringing it to the maximum three years possible by university policy...

Montana Grizzly linebacker Brock Coyle was named the ROOT Sports defensive player of the week on Monday, November 25, according to the Big Sky Conference.

The Big Sky Conference got some big-time respect from the FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) selection committee with a total of four teams in the 24 team playoff field,  and the University of Montana Grizzlies gaining the No. 8 seed.

The Montana Grizzlies defeated the Montana State Bobcats on a cold, but sunny afternoon 28-14 at Bobcat Stadium in Bozeman on Saturday, November 23.

The Montana Grizzlies lead the Big Sky Conference in turnover margin, a fact of which Weber State is now well aware, giving up six turnovers in their Saturday November 16 42-6 loss at Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

Are you and your friends staying in Missoula for the Bobcat/Griz game? Townsquare Media and Town Pump have put together a fun local event for those of us who are unable to make the trek over to Bozeman.

On a day when the normally unflappable Jordan Johnson threw three interceptions, Montana's defense and special teams came through with yet another heart-pounding win on the road, beating the University of South Dakota 31-27.