1998 Montana Grizzlies football team

1998 Big Sky Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from The Sports Network poll

1998 Montana Grizzlies football
1998 Montana Grizzlies football
Big Sky champion
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 9–52 vs. Western Illinois
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 14
1998 record	8–4 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Mick Dennehy (3rd season);
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium; (Capacity: 18,845)
	Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Grizzlies were led by third-year head coach Mick Dennehy and played their home games at Washington–Grizzly Stadium.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	6:05 pm	at No. 20 Stephen F. Austin*	No. 3	Homer Bryce Stadium Nacogdoches, TX		W 49–42
September 12	1:05 pm	Southern Utah*	No. 3	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT		L 35–45	18,804
September 19	1:05 pm	Cal Poly*	No. 11	Washington-Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT		W 37–14	17,325
September 26	6:05 pm	at No. 21 Weber State	No. 11	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	KPAX	L 20–27	16,954
October 3	1:05 pm	Portland State	No. 21	Washington-Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT		W 20–17	18,731
October 10	4:00 pm	at No. 23 Cal State Northridge	No. 18	North Campus Stadium Northridge, CA		L 7–21	5,237
October 17	1:05 pm	Northern Arizona		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT		W 33–20	18,594
October 24	2:05 pm	at Eastern Washington		Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA (Governors Cup)	KPAX	W 30–27	8,721
October 31	1:05 pm	Idaho State		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX	W 40–13	17,384
November 14	2:05 pm	at Sacramento State	No. 22	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA		W 31–16
November 21	12:35 pm	No. 19 Montana State	No. 20	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	KPAX	W 28–21	19,238
November 28	11:30 am	at No. 4 Western Illinois*	No. 13	Hanson Field Macomb, IL (First Round, Division I Championship)		L 9–52	3,614	^[2]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Division I-AA Poll poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

^ Montana Grizzlies Media Guide Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ Geise, George (November 29, 1998). "Ouch!". Great Falls Tribune. p. 1S. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – 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

1998 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 15 Montana $^		6	–	2		8	–	4
Cal State Northridge		5	–	3		7	–	4
No. 25 Montana State		5	–	3		7	–	4
Weber State		4	–	4		6	–	5
Eastern Washington		4	–	4		5	–	6
Portland State		4	–	4		5	–	6
Northern Arizona		3	–	5		6	–	5
Sacramento State		3	–	5		5	–	6
Idaho State		2	–	6		3	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

v t 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football playoff participants
Appalachian State Colgate Connecticut Florida A&M Georgia Southern Hampton Illinois State Lehigh UMass McNeese State Montana Northwestern State Richmond Tennessee State Troy State Western Illinois
Champion – Massachusetts Minutemen