1947 Montana Grizzlies football team

1947 Montana Grizzlies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record7–4 (2–1 PCC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Sam Leeper
  • Ben Tyvand
Home stadiumDornblaser Field
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 USC $ 6 0 0 7 2 1
No. 15 California 5 1 0 9 1 0
Oregon 5 1 0 7 3 0
UCLA 4 2 0 5 4 0
Montana 2 1 0 7 4 0
Oregon State 3 4 0 5 5 0
Washington 2 5 0 3 6 0
Washington State 2 5 0 3 7 0
Idaho 1 4 0 4 4 0
Stanford 0 7 0 0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Montana Grizzlies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Montana as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1947 college football season.

Under ninth-year head coach Doug Fessenden,[1] Montana compiled a 7–4 record (2–1 in PCC),[2] with home games played on campus at Dornblaser Field in Missoula, Montana.[3]

The coaching staff included Harry Adams as backs coach and Paul Szakash as line coach.[1]

Montana was ranked at No. 110 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Montana Grizzlies coaching staff". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (photo). September 19, 1947. p. 12.
  2. ^ "1947 Montana Grizzlies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  3. ^ 2010 Montana Football Media Guide Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, University of Montana, 2010.
  4. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.