Montana vs. Montana State

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Montana’s biggest win1951: Montana 38, Montana State 0by 38 points
2. Montana State’s biggest win2022: Montana State 55, Montana 21by 34 points
3. Upset1956: Montana State 33, Montana 14Montana State had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset2016: Montana State 24, Montana 17Montana State had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1961: Montana State 10, Montana 9Montana State had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Montana’s side (Milburn 1–⁠1–⁠1 against Dyche). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1936 · Imperial Valley press, California, Oct 26, 1936

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  1948 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 18, 1948

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  1949 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 31, 1949

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.

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2022.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Montana vs. Idaho62 meetings, Montana 22–⁠39–⁠1
• Montana vs. Utah State28 meetings, Montana 6–⁠22
• Montana vs. Eastern Washington27 meetings, Montana 18–⁠9
• Montana vs. Washington State25 meetings, Montana 1–⁠24
• Montana State vs. Idaho27 meetings, Montana State 13–⁠13–⁠1
• Montana State vs. Utah State26 meetings, Montana State 3–⁠19–⁠4
• Montana State vs. Northern Colorado25 meetings, Montana State 19–⁠6
• Montana State vs. Idaho State23 meetings, Montana State 19–⁠2–⁠2