1937 Montana Grizzlies football team

1937 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 California $	6	–	0	–	1	10	–	0	–	1
Stanford	4	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	2
Washington	4	–	2	–	2	7	–	2	–	2
Washington State	3	–	3	–	2	3	–	3	–	3
Idaho	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	1
Oregon State	2	–	3	–	3	3	–	3	–	3
USC	2	–	3	–	2	4	–	4	–	2
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
UCLA	1	–	5	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Montana	0	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1937 college football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). The Grizzlies were led by third-year head coach Doug Fessenden, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of seven wins and one loss (7–1, 0–1 PCC).^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Whitman*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 25–0
October 1	at Texas Tech*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 13–6	8,000
October 8	Oklahoma City*	Great Falls, MT	W 36–6
October 16	San Francisco*	Clark Park Butte, MT	W 13–7	7,000	^[2]
October 30	vs. Montana State*	Butte, MT (rivalry)	W 19–0
November 6	Gonzaga*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 23–0		^[3]
November 20	at Idaho	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID (rivalry)	L 0–6	6,000	^[4]^[5]
November 25	North Dakota*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 14–3
*Non-conference game

The following Grizzlies were selected in the 1938 NFL draft after the season.^[6]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
2	15	Milt Popovich	Back	Chicago Cardinals
7	56	Paul Szakash	Back	Detroit Lions
8	63	Len Noyes	Tackle	Brooklyn Dodgers

^ 2010 Montana Football Media Guide Archived August 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, University of Montana, 2010.
^ "7,000 Fans See Grizzlies Beat Dons, 13-7: Montana Team Undefeated in Grid Campaign". Montana Standard. October 17, 1937. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Grizzlies Overwhelm Gonzaga, 23-0: Iron Men Slash and Rip Bulldogs for Montana's Ninth Straight Triumph". The Sunday Missoulian. November 7, 1937. pp. Sports 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Unbeaten Montana loses to Vandals". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 21, 1937. p. 6.
^ Jones, Paul E. (November 21, 1937). "Idaho triumphs over Montana 6-0 in brilliant 1937 gridiron finale". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 12.
^ "1938 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 1, 2024.

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
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