2022 Montana Grizzlies football

NCAA Division I Second Round, L 26–49 at North Dakota State
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 14
FCS Coaches	No. 14
Record	8–5 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Bobby Hauck (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Timm Rosenbach (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Kent Baer (4th season)
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Montana State +^	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 5 Sacramento State +^	8	–	0	12	–	1
No. 9 Weber State ^	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 18 Idaho ^	6	–	2	7	–	5
No. 25 UC Davis	5	–	3	6	–	5
No. 14 Montana ^	4	–	4	8	–	5
Portland State	3	–	5	4	–	7
Eastern Washington	2	–	6	3	–	8
Northern Colorado	2	–	6	3	–	8
Northern Arizona	2	–	6	3	–	8
Idaho State	1	–	7	1	–	10
Cal Poly	1	–	7	2	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2022 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by 12th-year head coach Bobby Hauck and played their home games at Washington–Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, Montana.

Preseason

Polls

On July 25, 2022, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Grizzlies were predicted to finish first in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.^[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Montana	111 (3)
2	Sacramento State	110 (4)
3	Montana State	109 (5)
4	Weber State	84
5	UC Davis	82
6	Eastern Washington	76
7	Northern Arizona	62
8	Idaho	45
9	Portland State	42
10	Cal Poly	33
T-11	Idaho State	19
T-11	Northern Colorado	19

Media poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Montana	356 (14)
2	Montana State	352 (13)
3	Sacramento State	335 (4)
4	Weber State	261
5	UC Davis	255 (1)
6	Eastern Washington	236
7	Northern Arizona	191
8	Portland State	146
9	Idaho	142
10	Cal Poly	85
11	Northern Colorado	71
12	Idaho State	66

Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Grizzlies had five players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.^[2]

Offense

Malik Flowers – WR

Defense

Patrick O'Connell – LB

Alex Gubner – DT

Robby Hauck – S

Justin Ford – CB

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	1:00 p.m.	Northwestern State*	No. 3	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KTMF/ESPN+	W 47–0	24,096
September 10	1:00 p.m.	South Dakota*	No. 3	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KTMF/ESPN+	W 24–7	24,204
September 17	11:00 a.m.	at Indiana State*	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN+	W 49–14	5,929
September 24	2:00 p.m.	Portland State	No. T–2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX/ESPN+	W 53–16	26,087
October 1	1:00 p.m.	at Idaho State	No. 3	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	KPAX/ESPN+	W 28–20	6,659
October 15	1:00 p.m.	Idaho	No. 3	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Little Brown Stein)	KPAX/ESPN+	L 23–30	26,314
October 22	9:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Sacramento State	No. 7	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	ESPN2	L 24–31 ^OT	15,927
October 29	1:00 p.m.	at No. T–5 Weber State	No. 11	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	KPAX/ESPN+	L 21–24	11,722
November 5	6:00 p.m.	Cal Poly	No. 16	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KPAX/ESPN+	W 57–0	25,684
November 12	1:00 p.m.	Eastern Washington	No. 16	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (EWU–UM Governors Cup)	KPAX/ESPN+	W 63–7	25,403
November 19	12:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Montana State	No. 13	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT (rivalry, College GameDay)	KPAX/ESPN+	L 21–55	22,047
November 26	8:00 p.m.	No. 14 Southeast Missouri State*	No. 19	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN2/ESPN+	W 34–24	13,390
December 3	2:30 p.m.	at No. 4 North Dakota State*	No. 19	Fargodome Fargo, ND (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN+	L 26–49	12,929
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Game summaries

Northwestern State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	0	0	0	0	0
No. 3 Grizzles	13	13	7	14	47

South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Coyotes	0	0	0	7	7
No. 3 Grizzles	13	0	9	2	24

At Indiana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 3 Grizzles	14	7	14	14	49
Sycamores	7	0	0	7	14

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	7	7	2	0	16
No. 2T Grizzles	14	25	0	14	53

At Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 3 Grizzles	0	21	7	0	28
Bengals	3	3	0	14	20

Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	3	9	10	8	30
No. 3 Grizzles	6	7	3	7	23

At No. 2 Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
No. 7 Grizzles	7	3	7	7	0	24
No. 2 Hornets	0	7	0	17	7	31

At No. 5т Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 11 Grizzles	3	7	3	8	21
No. 5T Wildcats	7	3	7	7	24

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	0	0	0	0	0
No. 16 Grizzles	14	17	13	13	57

Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	0	7	0	7
No. 16 Grizzles	21	21	14	7	63

At No. 3 Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Grizzles	7	0	0	14	21
No. 3 Bobcats	21	10	10	14	55

FCS Playoffs

No. 14 Southeast Missouri State – First Round

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Redhawks	7	10	7	0	24
No. 19 Grizzlies	0	3	21	10	34

At No. 4 North Dakota State – Second Round

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 19 Grizzlies	7	6	7	6	26
No. 4 Bison	14	7	14	14	49

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	3	3	3	2т (6)	3 (7)	3 (6)	3 (7)	7	11	16	16	13	19
Coaches	2	2	2 (1)	2 (5)	2 (4)	2 (3)	2 (3)	7	10	13	14	12	17

References

^ "Montana Tabbed Big Sky Preseason Favorites by Coaches & Media". July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
^ "O'Connell named MVP as five Griz land on preseason All-Big Sky team". University of Montana. July 25, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
^ "2022 Football Schedule". University of Montana Athletics. Retrieved April 6, 2022.

v t e Montana Grizzlies football
Venues	Dornblaser Field (I) (1912–1967) Naranche Stadium (alternate (Butte), 1938–1950) Dornblaser Field (II) (1968–1986) Washington–Grizzly Stadium (1986–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Eastern Washington: EWU–UM Governors Cup Idaho: Little Brown Stein Montana State
Culture and lore	Monte "Up With Montana" University of Montana Grizzly Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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National championship seasons in bold

v t e 2022 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Davidson Delaware Eastern Kentucky Elon Fordham Furman Gardner–Webb Holy Cross Idaho Incarnate Word Montana Montana State New Hampshire North Dakota North Dakota State Richmond Sacramento State Saint Francis (PA) Samford South Dakota State Southeast Missouri State Southeastern Louisiana Weber State William & Mary
Champion – South Dakota State