1952 Montana Grizzlies football team

1952 Skyline Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

The 1952 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1952 college football season as a member of the Skyline Conference. The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Ed Chinske, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of two wins, seven losses and one tie (2–7–1, 1–5 Skyline).^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 20	Utah State	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 0–7
September 27	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	L 0–14
October 4	BYU	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 7–28
October 11	at Denver	DU Stadium Denver, CO	W 17–7
October 18	at Colorado A&M	Colorado Field Fort Collins, CO	L 0–41
October 25	at Oregon*	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	T 14–14
November 1	Montana State*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	W 35–12
November 8	at Idaho*	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID (Little Brown Stein)	L 0–27
November 14	at San Jose State*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	L 20–39
November 22	at New Mexico	Zimmerman Field Albuquerque, NM	L 6–12
*Non-conference game

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

1952 Skyline Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Utah $	5	–	0	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
New Mexico	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Colorado A&M	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Wyoming	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
BYU	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Utah State	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Montana	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
Denver	0	–	7	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion