1980 Montana Grizzlies football team

The 1980 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky). The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Larry Donovan, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of three wins and seven losses (3–7, 1–6 Big Sky).

1980 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Boise State $^	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
Idaho	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Nevada	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Idaho State*	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Weber State*	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Montana State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Northern Arizona	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Montana	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant * – Idaho State and Weber State met twice in league play with each game counting as a half game. Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA AP Poll

Schedule edit

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13		Simon Fraser*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 60–27
September 20		at Portland State*	Civic Stadium Portland, OR	L 0–20	11,381	^[1]
September 27	11:30 a.m.	Idaho	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT (Little Brown Stein)	L 0–42	8,535	^[2]^[3]
October 4		at Boise State	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	L 10–44	20,453
October 11		at No. 6 Weber State	Wildcat Stadium Ogden, IT	L 21–38
October 18		at Idaho State	ASISU MiniDome Pocatello, ID	L 0–17	9,782	^[4]
October 25		Eastern Washington*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT (rivalry)	W 42–7
November 1		Montana State	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT (rivalry)	L 7–24
November 8		Northern Arizona	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 31–21
November 15		at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	L 7–10	7,311
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

^ Vince Devlin (September 21, 1980). "Lomax, Vikings pummel Grizzlies". The Missoulian. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Montana prepares 'razzle dazzle' offense for Vandals today". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). September 27, 1980. p. 3C.
^ Katsilometes, George (September 28, 1980). "Idaho shellacks Montana 42-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 2C.
^ "ISU wins league game". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 19, 1980. p. 7B.
^ "Montana yearly results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.