Posts Tagged ‘2013 Grizzly football’
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Nov 17
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- While the Grizzlies have posted double-digit wins over MSU in their last four visits to Bozeman the Cats haven’t won in Missoula by double-digits since 1984.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Nov 10
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Saturday will be the debut of Travis Decuire’s Montana Grizzly basketball team. Decuire would like to duplicate the coaching debut of his long-time mentor Blaine Taylor. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Nov 3
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- It has been a decade since the Montana Grizzly soccer team won the regular title and earned the host spot in the Conference tournament. Montana hosted 6 of the first 8 conference tourna... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Oct 27
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- The Grizzlies open play in November coming off a loss. The Griz lost their final October game in 2013 and then proceeded to handled 4 straight opponents in November. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Oct 20
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- In going to Cal-poly this weekend the Montana Grizzlies face a Mustangs team that has one of the most explosive rushing attacks in the country. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Oct 13
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Saturday, October 18, marks the 28th anniversary of the opening of Washington Grizzly Stadium before a crowd of some 8,000 as the Griz beat Idaho State 38-31.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Oct 6
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- The Griz win at UND on Saturday marked the 567th win in Griz history, and half of all Griz football wins have come since a September 1984 win over Don Read and his Portland State Viking... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Sept 8
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Few dates have been as lucky for the Grizzly football team as September 13th. The Grizzlies have won their last six September 13th games.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Sept 1
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Saturday the Montana Grizzly football team goes for its 14 win in the last 16 home openers when they faced the Central Washington Wildcats. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of August 25
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- As the Hellgate Knights open their football against Helena Capitol it was fifty years ago next week that the school played its first ever football game a 13-2 loss to Great Falls Cathol... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of August 19
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN-After an impressive showing in a home exhibition match with Carroll College, the Montana Grizzly soccer team embarks on an 8-city, 8-match road swing. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of August 11
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN-HOO-RAY!!! For the Zootown Senior Softball Team who played for the Senior Softball World series title. Let's put the team's achievement in perspective: ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of August 4
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN-Saturday’s dramatic state title win for the Missoula Mavericks gave the program its 8th title since 1984.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of July 28
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN-Grizzly football fans are hoping for a winning streak for the Griz after Paul McCartney’s concert just like the program had when the Rolling Stones appeared at Washington Grizzly stadi... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of July 21
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN-This fall the Montana Grizzly football team will face a lot of first-year head coaches. Four of the Grizzly’s first 6 games will be against teams with new head coaches.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of July 14
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Griz fans will be conflicted on which game to attend on Feb 29th--when Larry Krystiowiak’s Utah UTES take on Wayne Tinkle's OSU Beavers. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of June 16
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Sometimes a coaching change leads to immediate improvement, but for the Grizzlies it’s been a mixed blessing with the last 3 Griz football coaches having fewer wins in their first sea... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of June 2
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Travis Decuire got off to a fast start at Montana as a player. In his first start as the Griz point guard in November of 1991 Decuire helped lead the Griz to a 77-38 rout of PAC-12 powe... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of May 26
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Wayne Tinkle becomes the eighth University of Montana coach in the last 40 years to leave UM to take another Division 1 or NBA job. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of May 19
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Montana lost a legal Pioneer and a great sports mom last week with the passing of Judge Diane Barz at the age of 70.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of May 12
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Jordan Tripp, a third generation Grizzly, played his entire amateur football career in Zootown following in the steps of his grandfather Gene and dad, Bryan Tripp.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of May 5
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- This week for the first time ever the University of Montana Men's tennis team will compete in the NCAA tournament. The Griz will head to Norman Oklahoma to face the No. 2 ranked Sooners... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of April 28
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- If MSU Bobcat basketball fans are looking for a quick turnaround under new coach Brian Fish they may want to look back at Bobcat history. Over the last 40 only one first year head coach... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of April 21
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- It is considered by many as the quintessential quote from a football coach, "Winning Isn’t Everything It’s the only Thing” and is credited to legendary coach, Vince Lombardi. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of April 14
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Twenty Years ago this week one of Missoula’s more unique sporting traditions came to an end amid some controversy and hard feelings. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of April 7
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- In 1980 among the summer movies along with “Caddyshack” and “Airplane” was a movie called “The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh” starring pro basketball star Julius Erving.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of March 31
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Over the past 5 years the Montana Grizzlies and Lady Griz have combined for 5 trips to the NCAA tournaments and 206 wins--by far the best among Big Sky Conference schools.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of March 24
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN -For only the third time in the last 31 years the Montana State Men's basketball program is looking for a new head coach. For 35 of the last 40 seasons the MSU men’s coach had been a B... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of March 17
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN -The Sentinel Spartans girl’s basketball team became only the third AA girls team to record a “threepeat”, Joining Great Falls High in the early 1980’s and Billings West a decade... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of March 10
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN -For the first time since 2003 both the Montana Grizzly and Lady Griz basketball teams are playing in the Conference tournament quarterfinals.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of March 3
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN -In his 28 years as the head coach at Anaconda High John Cheek didn’t ever win a state basketball title, but he felt that he may have been a player short for what he needed for a title... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Feb 24
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN -This coming week will see the final home appearances for the Griz basketball seniors. Kareem Jamar has been special for the Griz in so many ways.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Feb 17
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN -The Montana Lady Griz will be out for two healthy helpings of revenge, as Northern Colorado and the University of North Dakota come to Missoula.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Feb 10
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN -The Montana Lady Griz will be out for two healthy helpings of revenge, as Northern Colorado and the University of North Dakota come to Missoula.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Feb 3
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - Finally, a championship for Seattle. The last major sports title for the Emerald City was the NBA Supersonics 1979 championship.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Jan 20
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - When Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson was born current Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning was in the seventh grade in New Orleans.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Jan 13
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN -If the Montana Grizzlies need any historical references to motivate them after 1-3 start they can look back 40 years to Jud Heathcote’s 1973-74 Grizzlies. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Jan 6
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - It was 39 years ago this coming Saturday that for the first time Montana’s women basketball began its first season as part of the official UM Athletic Department. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Dec 30
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - The last time the Montana Grizzlies Basketball team lost a home game to another Big Sky School none of the current Grizzly players were on the roster. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Dec 23
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - The Montana Lady Griz do not have another game until after the New Year, but Saturday is the 25th anniversary of a rather interesting game....... more
UM’s Tripp to Play in Senior Bowl Jan 25th
Montana linebacker Jordan Tripp continues to receive post-season attention and has been invited to participate in the 65th Annual Reese’s Senior Bowl, Jan. 25, in Mobile, Alabama.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Dec 16
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - Of the winningest programs in FCS football over the last 5 seasons North Dakota has won the most game with 53, followed by Eastern Washington with 50 and Montana with 47.... more
UM Linebacker Jordan Trip Selected for East-West Shrine Game
University of Montana Linebacker Jordan Tripp has has been selected to play in the Annual East-West Shrine Game, on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, in St. Petersburg, Florida. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Dec 9
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - The 10 wins the Montana Grizzlies ended up with in 2013 was a five win improvement over the 2012 season and is the second best single season improvement in modern Griz football history... more
Brock Coyle and Jordan Johnson Name 2013 Griz Co-MVPs (Photo Gallery)
By DAVE GUFFEY - Linebacker Brock Coyle and quarterback Jordan Johnson were named the University of Montana 2013 Football team’s Most Valuable Player(s).... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Dec 2
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - As regular a December tradition as Santa and his reindeer, Montana is hosting an FCS playoff games in Missoula. Since 1994 the Grizzlies have played 29 December play-off games.... more
UM’s Coach Mick Delaney Receives One-Year Contract Extension
The University of Montana has extended head football coach Mick Delaney’s contract to go through the 2014 football season, pending approval by the Montana Board of Regents.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of Nov 25
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN - For the 11th time in the last 21 seasons the Montana Grizzly football team has won at least 10 regular season games and have made a 5-win improvement over last year.... more
Griz Move Up a Notch in Final Regular-Season Polls
The University of Montana Grizzlies moved a notch in both the Sports Network and FCS Coaches’ final regular-season polls, coming off last Saturday’s 28-14 victory over the 13th-ranked Bobcats.... more
UM’s Coyle Named BSC’s Devensive Play of the Week
By DAVE GUFFEY - The University of Montana’s Brock Coyle was named the league’s Root Sports “Defensive Player of the Week".... more