1999 Montana Grizzlies football team

The 1999 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Grizzlies were led by fourth-year head coach Mick Dennehy and played their home games at Washington–Grizzly Stadium.[1]

1999 Montana Grizzlies football
Big Sky champion
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 27–30 vs. Youngstown State
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 8
FCS Coaches	No. 7
1999 record	9–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Mick Dennehy (4th season)
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium (Capacity: 18,845)

1999 Big Sky Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 8 Montana $^		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 20 Portland State		6	–	2					8	–	3
Eastern Washington		6	–	2					7	–	4
Cal State Northridge		5	–	3					6	–	5
Sacramento State		3	–	5					6	–	5
Weber State		3	–	5					4	–	7
Idaho State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Montana State		2	–	6					4	–	7
No. 16 Northern Arizona ^		2	–	6					4	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Portland State games did not count in conference standings Includes six forfeits by Northern Arizona, with conference forfeits to Idaho State, Montana State, Weber State, & Cal State Northridge Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 4	1:00 pm	South Dakota (Div. II)*	No. 3	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	W 45–13	18,191
September 11	1:00 pm	Sacramento State	No. 3	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	W 41–38 ^2OT	18,648
September 25	1:00 pm	Weber State	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	W 81–22	18,740
October 2	6:00 pm	at Portland State	No. 2	Civic Stadium Portland, OR	L 48–51 ^OT	23,489
October 9	1:00 pm	Cal State Northridge	No. 8	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	W 48–27	18,874
October 16	5:00 pm	at No. 21 Northern Arizona	No. 7	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 42–23	13,304
October 23	2:00 pm	Eastern Washington	No. 4	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Governors Cup)	W 25–7	18,847
October 30	6:30 pm	at Idaho State	No. 5	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	W 73–23	4,051
November 6	2:00 pm	at Cal Poly*	No. 5	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 28–14	5,720
November 13	12:00 pm	Idaho (Div. I-A)*	No. 4	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Little Brown Stein)	L 30–33	19,078
November 20	12:00 pm	at Montana State	No. 7	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	W 49–3	15,007
November 27	12:00 pm	No. 9 Youngstown State*	No. 8	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Division I-AA First Round)	L 27–30	17,261
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network (Div. I-AA) poll All times are in Mountain time

Roster

1999 Montana Grizzlies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 7 Drew Miller Jr WR 8 Jimmy Farris Jr WR 17 Etu Molden So RB 21 Yohance Humphery So TE 44 John Fitzgerald So OT 72 Dylan McFarland Fr G 73 Thatcher Szalay So WR 80 Brock Sunderland  Fr WR 81 Rory Zikmund  Fr WR 85 Randyn Akiona  Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class SS 3 Trey Young  Fr CB 13 Calvin Coleman So DT 90 Curt Colter  Fr DE 97 Herbert Fernandez  Fr DT 98 Jason Francis So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 30 Kris Heppner Sr P, TE 32 Dallas Neil Sr	Head coach Mick Dennehy Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

1. Montana Grizzlies Media Guide Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine