2000 Montana Grizzlies football team

2000 Montana Grizzlies football
2000 Montana Grizzlies football
Big Sky champion
Division I-AA Championship Game, ; L 25–27 vs. Georgia Southern
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	13–2 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach	Joe Glenn (1st season);
Home stadium	Washington–Grizzly Stadium
	Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Montana $^	8	–	0	13	–	2
No. 15 Portland State ^	5	–	3	8	–	4
No. 18 Weber State	5	–	3	7	–	4
Sacramento State	5	–	3	7	–	4
Eastern Washington	5	–	3	6	–	5
Idaho State	4	–	4	6	–	5
Cal State Northridge	2	–	6	4	–	7
Northern Arizona	2	–	6	3	–	8
Montana State	0	–	8	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2000 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Joe Glenn and played their home games at Washington–Grizzly Stadium.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	1:00 pm	No. 11 Hofstra*	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	MTN	L 9–10	19,248
September 9	2:00 pm	at Idaho*	No. 10	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (Little Brown Stein)	MTN	W 45–38	17,929
September 16	1:00 pm	Cal Poly*	No. 10	Washington-Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT		W 53–3	19,012
September 30	7:00 pm	at Eastern Washington	No. 9	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA (EWU–UM Governors Cup)	MTN	W 41–31	15,678
October 7	1:00 pm	Sacramento State	No. 9	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	MTN	W 24–20	19,264
October 14	4:00 pm	at North Campus Stadium Northridge, CA		W 34–30	3,072
October 21	1:00 pm	Northern Arizona	No. 5	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT		W 17–7	19,109
October 28	3:00 pm	at Portland State	No. 4	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	MTN	W 33–21	9,681
November 4	12:00 pm	Idaho State	No. 3	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT		W 38–21	18,943
November 11	1:00 pm	at No. 19 Weber State	No. 1	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	MTN	W 30–28	9,632
November 18	12:00 pm	Montana State	No. 1	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (rivalry)	MTN	W 28–3	19,367
November 25	12:00 pm	No. 17 Eastern Illinois*	No. 1	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	MTN	W 45–13	16,212
December 2	12:00 pm	No. 10 Richmond*	No. 1	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	MTN	W 34–20	17,345
December 9	12:00 pm	No. 14 Appalachian State*	No. 1	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal)	MTN	W 19–16 ^OT	17,401
December 16	1:00 pm	vs. No. 5 Georgia Southern*	No. 1	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN (NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game)	ESPN	L 25–27	17,156
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Roster

2000 Montana Grizzlies football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`8`	Jimmy Farris	Jr
OT	`72`	Dylan McFarland	Fr
QB	`7`	Drew Miller	Jr
WR	`17`	Etu Molden	Jr
G	`73`	Thatcher Szalay	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Joe Glenn (1st year)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

References

^ Grizzly Football Yearbook: Media Guide, Records & Awards. MontanaGrizzlies.Com
^ "I-AA Top 25". The Southern Illinoisan. Carbondale, Illinois. The Sports Network. November 21, 2000. p. 2D. Retrieved February 7, 2019 – via newspapers.com.

[1] Grizzly Football Yearbook: Media Guide, Records & Awards. MontanaGrizzlies.Com

[2] "I-AA Top 25". The Southern Illinoisan. Carbondale, Illinois. The Sports Network. November 21, 2000. p. 2D. Retrieved February 7, 2019 – via newspapers.com.

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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

v t e Big Sky Conference football champions
College Division / Division II	Idaho State (1963) Montana State (1964) Weber State & Idaho (1965) Montana State (1966) Montana State (1967) Idaho, Montana State, & Weber State (1968) Montana (1969) Montana (1970) Idaho (1971) Montana State (1972) Boise State (1973) Boise State (1974) Boise State (1975) Montana State (1976) Boise State (1977)
I-AA/FCS	Northern Arizona (1978) Montana State (1979) Boise State (1980) Idaho State (1981) Montana, Idaho, & Montana State (1982) Nevada (1983) Montana State (1984) Idaho (1985) Nevada (1986) Idaho (1987) Idaho (1988) Idaho (1989) Nevada (1990) Nevada (1991) Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992) Montana (1993) Boise State (1994) Montana (1995) Montana (1996) Eastern Washington (1997) Montana (1998) Montana (1999) Montana (2000) Montana (2001) Montana, Montana State, & Idaho State (2002) Montana State, Montana, & Northern Arizona (2003) Montana & Eastern Washington (2004) Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Montana (2005) Montana (2006) Montana (2007) Weber State & Montana (2008) Montana (2009) Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010) Montana State & Montana (2011) Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Cal Poly (2012) Eastern Washington (2013) Eastern Washington (2014) Southern Utah (2015) Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016) Southern Utah & Weber State (2017) Eastern Washington, UC Davis, & Weber State (2018) Sacramento State & Weber State (2019) Weber State (2020) Sacramento State (2021) Montana State & Sacramento State (2022) Montana (2023)
National championships in bold