Gonzaga vs. Montana
Gonzaga and Montana first met in 1922 and have played 18 times; Montana leads the series 8–7–3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Montana 6–3, and Montana has won the last 2. Share
- Gonzaga wins
- 7
- Montana wins
- 8
- Ties
- 3
- First meeting
- 1922
- Longest streak
- 3 Gonzaga
- Current streak
- 2 Montana
- Last 10 meetings
- Montana 6–3
- Most recent
- 1941
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 4–1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 3–5–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–2 |
- Average margin
- 11.3 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Gonzaga
- 4–3–2 Gonzaga’s record at home
- At Montana
- 5–3–1 Montana’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 5
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Gonzaga’s biggest win1932: Gonzaga 56, Montana 13by 43 points
- Montana’s biggest win1937: Montana 23, Gonzaga 0by 23 points
- Upset1922: Gonzaga 37, Montana 6Gonzaga had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
1923 · The daily star-mirror, Moscow, Idaho, Oct 30, 1923
1934 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 30, 1934
1938 · Imperial Valley press, California, Nov 6, 1938
1941 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 20, 1941
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Oct 18, 1941 | Montana 13, Gonzaga 6 | at Gonzaga | ||
| Oct 26, 1940 | Montana 13, Gonzaga 10 | at Montana | ||
| Nov 11, 1939 | Gonzaga 23, Montana 0 | at Montana | ||
| Nov 5, 1938 | Montana 9, Gonzaga 0 | at Gonzaga | ||
| Oct 30, 1937 | Montana 23, Gonzaga 0 | at Montana | ||
| Oct 17, 1936 | Montana 6, Gonzaga 0 | at Montana | ||
| Nov 9, 1935 | Gonzaga 7, Montana 7 | at Gonzaga | ||
| Nov 24, 1934 | Gonzaga 6, Montana 4 | at Gonzaga | ||
| Nov 11, 1933 | Montana 13, Gonzaga 7 | at Montana | ||
| Oct 22, 1932 | Gonzaga 56, Montana 13 | at Gonzaga | ||
| Nov 8, 1930 | Montana 27, Gonzaga 15 | at Montana | ||
| Nov 29, 1928 | Montana 7, Gonzaga 0 | at Gonzaga | ||
| Nov 12, 1927 | Montana 0, Gonzaga 0 | at Montana | ||
| Oct 30, 1926 | Gonzaga 10, Montana 7 | at Gonzaga | ||
| Oct 17, 1925 | Gonzaga 14, Montana 14 | at Gonzaga | ||
| Nov 1, 1924 | Gonzaga 20, Montana 14 | at Montana | ||
| Oct 27, 1923 | Gonzaga 25, Montana 2 | at Gonzaga | ||
| Oct 28, 1922 | Gonzaga 37, Montana 6 | at Montana |
Every game is listed as played on the field.