Montana vs. Portland

Montana and Portland first met in 1939 and have played 3 times; Montana leads the series 2–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Montana 2–⁠0. Share

Montana wins: 2
Portland wins: 0
Ties: 1
First meeting: 1939
Longest streak: 1 Montana
Current streak: 1 Montana
Last 10 meetings: Montana 2–⁠0
Most recent: 1947

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
	’0	’1	’2	’3	’4	’5	’6	’7	’8	’9	W–L
1930s											1–⁠0
1940s											1–⁠0–⁠1

Average margin: 10 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Montana: 2–⁠0–⁠1 Montana’s record at home
Shutouts: 2

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

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

1940 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 25, 1940

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

Sep 27, 1947	Montana 21, Portland 0	at Montana
Nov 23, 1940	Montana 0, Portland 0	at Montana
Sep 30, 1939	Montana 9, Portland 0	at Montana

Every game is listed as played on the field.

The series at a glance

Both programs through the years

From the newspapers

Every game

Their other rivalries