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.

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
Record	9–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Mick Dennehy (4th season)
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium

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. Northern Arizona forfeited four conference wins, to Idaho State, Montana State, Weber State, Cal State Northridge. Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	1:00 pm	South Dakota*	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	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 28–14	5,720
November 13	12:00 pm	Idaho*	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 (rivalry)	W 49–3	15,007
November 27	12:00 pm	No. 9 Youngstown State*	No. 8	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	L 27–30	17,261
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game 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 ILB 45 Jacob Yoro So LB 51 Rylan Jollymore Sr 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