Ready for Some Griz Football? Schedule Finalized

Sure, we have to get through the dead of winter, the fickle of spring and the heat of summer. But every Montana Grizzly football fan knows it's NEVER too early to start charting those fall Saturdays. And the home season will start pretty quietly that first month.

Two FCS teams from east of the Mississippi will travel to Missoula in 2016, as the Montana Grizzlies have finalized next season’s football schedule with the addition of Mississippi Valley State on October 8, at Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

The finalized schedule gives the Grizzlies three home games in a row during the month of October, and six home games on the 11 game slate, all against Division I institutions.

Mississippi Valley State is a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), comprised of historically black universities. The SWAC has not competed in the FCS playoffs since 1997, instead choosing to hold it’s own championship in December. The 2015 SWAC championship was held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, and drew a crowd of over 40,000.

Notable MVSU alumni include NFL legend Jerry Rice and Deacon Jones, who is said to have revolutionized the defensive end position, and, according to CNN, is credited with coining the phrase “sacking the quarterback”, something the Grizzlies know a thing or two about.

DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME
9/3/2016 Saint Francis in Missoula, Mont. TBD
9/10/2016 Northern Iowa at Cedar Falls, Iowa TBD
Bye
9/24/2016 Cal Poly  at San Luis Obispo, Calif. TBD
10/1/2016 Southern Utah  in Missoula, Mont. TBD Homecoming
10/8/2016 Mississippi Valley State in Missoula, Mont. TBD
10/15/2016 Sacramento State in Missoula, Mont. TBD
10/22/2016 Northern Arizona at Flagstaff, Ariz. TBD
10/29/2016 Eastern Washington at Cheney, Wash. TBD
11/5/2016 Idaho State in Missoula, Mont. TBD
11/12/2016 Northern Colorado at Greeley, Colo. TBD
11/19/2016 Montana State in Missoula, Mont. TBD

Special thanks to Eric Taber, University of Montana Sports Information Dept., for keeping us in the loop!  DB