1963 Montana Grizzlies football team

1963 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Idaho State $	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Montana State	2	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Weber State	1	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Montana	0	–	3	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Idaho was an independent in football and played only one Big Sky opponent, Idaho State.

The 1963 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1963 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the first-year Big Sky Conference. Led by sixth-year head coach Ray Jenkins, the Grizzlies played their home games at Dornblaser Field and were 1–9 overall, 0–3 in conference.^[1]

The rivalry game with Idaho for the Little Brown Stein was not played this season or the following year.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14		at UBC*	UBC Stadium Vancouver, BC	W 16–0
September 21	1:30 p.m.	vs. Wyoming*	Daylis Stadium Billings, MT	L 0–35	8,000	^[2]^[3]
September 28		North Dakota*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 13–19	4,500	^[4]
October 5	8:00 p.m.	at BYU*	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 0–27		^[5]^[6]
October 12		Idaho State	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 13–14
October 19		Utah State*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 6–62	3,500	^[7]^[8]
October 26		at New Mexico*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	L 6–24
November 2	1:30 p.m.	at Weber State	Municipal Stadium Ogden, UT	L 13–19		^[9]^[10]
November 9		at Montana State	Gatton Field Bozeman, MT (Brawl of the Wild)	L 3–18
November 16		Colorado State*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 12–20
*Non-conference game All times are in Mountain time

^ 2010 Montana Football Media Guide Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, University of Montana, 2010.
^ "Montana-Wyoming Finale Today". Billings Gazette. Billings, Montana. September 21, 1963. p. 8. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Anderson, Roy (September 22, 1963). "Wyoming Drubs MSU". Billings Gazette. Billings, Montana. p. 21. Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
^ Ferguson, George (October 5, 1963). "Y., Montana seek new spark". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 8A.
^ Ferguson, George (October 7, 1963). "Y. win tough to evaluate". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 4B.
^ "Fashionable Ags take on Montana". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). October 18, 1963. p. 6B.
^ Miller, Hack (October 21, 1963). "Knap task: fire up Ags". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 3B.
^ Robinson, Jim (November 1, 1963). "Weber, Montana set Big Sky cellar fight". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 7B.
^ Robinson, Jim (November 4, 1963). "Weber aims at Bengals, Big Sky crown". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 4B.

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
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 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold