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Washington-Grizzly Stadium

Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, MT, home of Montana. Capacity 25,217. Opened October 18, 1986.

Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, MT
Washington-Grizzly Stadium, Missoula, MTPhoto: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
25,217
Opened
1986
Surface
FieldTurf –
Roof
Open air
Elevation
3,184 ft
Home team
Montana
Montana here
139–⁠18 games on file since 2001

Since it opened: Montana is 139–⁠19 in home games from the 1999 season on. Our source names a game’s stadium only from 2001, so that count takes every earlier home game not marked neutral and may include a few played elsewhere.

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2001 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Washington-Grizzly Stadium by season, 2001 to 202610k20k30k2001: 18,056 a game over 1 games; biggest 18,0562003: 23,466 a game over 3 games; biggest 23,6872004: 22,082 a game over 8 games; biggest 23,8672005: 22,479 a game over 7 games; biggest 23,7732006: 22,494 a game over 8 games; biggest 24,0182007: 22,800 a game over 8 games; biggest 23,5992008: 24,216 a game over 8 games; biggest 25,6292009: 24,443 a game over 8 games; biggest 25,8112010: 25,448 a game over 6 games; biggest 26,0192011: 25,662 a game over 6 games; biggest 26,0662012: 25,126 a game over 1 games; biggest 25,1262013: 25,419 a game over 6 games; biggest 26,2932014: 23,777 a game over 7 games; biggest 26,3522015: 24,139 a game over 7 games; biggest 26,4722016: 25,377 a game over 6 games; biggest 26,1822017: 23,535 a game over 6 games; biggest 25,9442018: 24,677 a game over 6 games; biggest 26,5082019: 22,545 a game over 7 games; biggest 25,0232021: 24,670 a game over 6 games; biggest 26,8562022: 23,597 a game over 7 games; biggest 26,3142023: 25,592 a game over 8 games; biggest 27,1782024: 24,174 a game over 8 games; biggest 26,4822025: 25,264 a game over 10 games; biggest 27,3402026: 26,323 a game over 4 games; biggest 27,131200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

27,340Montana State at Montana2025
27,178Montana State at Montana2023
27,131Northern Colorado at Montana2026
27,025Idaho at Montana2025
26,978Ferris State at Montana2023

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Snow at kickoff

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database). Game days: the day’s high and snowfall at the NOAA station nearest the stadium, for Montana’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Opened
October 18, 1986
Architect
Fox, Ballas & Barrow
Rossman, Schneider & Gadvery
Surface over the years
FieldTurf – (2016–present)
SprinTurf – (2001–⁠2016)
Natural grass – (1986–⁠2000)
Record crowd
27,340 (November 22, 2025)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 180 by 190 meters (580 by 620 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Idaho 42, Montana 35
Oct 3, 2026Montana 36, Northern Colorado 14
Sep 12, 2026Montana 35, Utah Tech 14
Sep 5, 2026Montana 45, Drake 10
Aug 29, 2026Montana 28, Southern Utah 21
Dec 13, 2025Montana 52, South Dakota 22
Dec 6, 2025Montana 50, South Dakota State 29
Nov 22, 2025Montana State 31, Montana 28
Nov 8, 2025Montana 29, Eastern Washington 24
Oct 18, 2025Montana 43, Sacred Heart 21
Oct 11, 2025Montana 28, Cal Poly 9
Sep 27, 2025Montana 41, Idaho 30