1940 Montana Grizzlies football team

1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1940 college football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). The Grizzlies were led by sixth-year head coach Doug Fessenden, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of four wins, four losses and one tie (4–4–1, 1–2 PCC).^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Eastern Washington*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, Montana (future rivalry)	W 9–0
October 5	at Washington State	Rogers Field Pullman, Washington	L 0–13	7,500
October 12	Texas Tech*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, Montana	L 19–32
October 19	vs. Montana State*	Butte High Stadium Butte, Montana (rivalry)	W 6–0	6,000	^[2]
October 26	Gonzaga*	Butte High Stadium Butte, Montana	W 13–10	4,000	^[3]
November 2	at Oregon	Hayward Field Eugene, Oregon	L 0–38
November 9	Idaho	Dornblaser Field Missoula, Montana (Little Brown Stein)	W 28–18	7,000
November 15	at San Diego Marines*	San Diego	L 20–38
November 23	at Portland*	Multnomah Stadium Portland, Oregon	T 0–0
*Non-conference game

^ 2010 Montana Football Media Guide Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, University of Montana, 2010.
^ "Grizzly Eleven Defeats Bobcats, 6-0". The Montana Standard. October 20, 1940. pp. 1, 21 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Grizzlies Win, 13-10, From Gonzaga Team". Montana Standard. October 27, 1940. pp. 1, 21 – via Newspapers.com.

v t Montana Grizzlies football
Venues	Dornblaser Field (I) (1912–1967) (alternate (Butte), 1938–1950) Dornblaser Field (II) (1968–1986) Washington–Grizzly Stadium (1986–present)
Bowls & rivalries	EWU–UM Governors Cup (Eastern Washington) Little Brown Stein (Idaho) 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
National championship seasons in bold

1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Stanford $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Washington	7	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Oregon State	4	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Washington State	3	–	4	–	2	4	–	4	–	2
Oregon	3	–	4	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
California	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
USC	2	–	3	–	2	3	–	4	–	2
Montana	1	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
UCLA	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
Idaho	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll