# 2012 Montana Grizzlies football team

The 2012 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Mick Delaney and played their home games on campus at Washington–Grizzly Stadium. Montana is a charter member of the Big Sky Conference.
Previous head coach Robin Pflugrad was fired in March by university president Royce Engstrom before starting his third season.
The Grizzlies finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 1:30 pm | South Dakota* | No. 11 | Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT | Max Media/Big Sky TV/KDLT | W 35–24 | 25,126 |
| September 8 | 4:30 pm | at No. 11 Appalachian State* | No. 12 | Kidd Brewer StadiumBoone, NC | ESPN3 | L 27–35 | 30,856 |
| September 15 | 1:30 pm | Liberty* | No. 14 | Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT | Altitude/MASN | W 34–14 | 24,991 |
| September 22 | 1:30 pm | Northern Arizona | No. 14 | Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT | RTNW/Audience Network | L 31–41 | 25,254 |
| September 29 | 5:00 pm | at No. 7 Eastern Washington | No. 21 | Roos FieldCheney, WA (Governors Cup) | RTNW/Audience Network | L 26–32 | 10,529 |
| October 6 | 1:30 pm | at Northern Colorado | | Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO | RTNW/Audience Network | W 40–17 | 4,751 |
| October 13 | 1:30 pm | Southern Utah | | Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT | Max Media/Big Sky TV | L 20–30 | 25,684 |
| October 20 | 1:30 pm | at North Dakota | | Alerus CenterGrand Forks, ND | RTNW/Audience Network | L 34–40 | 9,000 |
| October 27 | 1:30 pm | Idaho State | | Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT | RTNW/Audience Network | W 70–24 | 24,152 |
| November 3 | 1:30 pm | at Weber State | | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | RTNW/Audience Network | W 24–21 | 7,251 |
| November 17 | 1:30 pm | No. 2 Montana State | | Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT (Brawl of the Wild) | RTNW/Audience Network | L 7–16 | 26,210 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### South Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Coyotes | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| #11 Grizzlies | 3 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 35 |

### Appalachian State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #12 Grizzlies | 7 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| #11 Mountaineers | 21 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
First ever regular season meeting. Previous two meetings came in the playoff semifinals in 2000 and 2009.

### Liberty

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Flames | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| #14 Grizzlies | 7 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 34 |

### Northern Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 7 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 41 |
| #14 Grizzlies | 17 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 31 |

### Eastern Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #21 Grizzlies | 7 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| #7 Eagles | 7 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 32 |

### Northern Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Grizzlies | 0 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 40 |
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |

### Southern Utah

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Thunderbirds | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| Grizzlies | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |

### North Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Grizzlies | 7 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 34 |
| North Dakota | 17 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 40 |

### Idaho State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Grizzlies | 21 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 70 |

### Weber State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Grizzlies | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Montana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #2 Bobcats | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Grizzlies | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| The Sports Network | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 21 | RV | RV | | | | | | | |
| FCS Coaches | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 20 | RV | RV | | | | | | | |