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1949 Montana

5–⁠4 (0–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Ted Shipkey.

Schedule and results

Montana in 1949, game by game: won vs. South Dakota 33–13; lost at Washington State 7–13; won at Utah State 16–13; lost at Colorado State 12–27; lost at Oregon State 14–63; lost vs. Idaho 19–47; won vs. Montana State 34–12; won vs. Eastern Washington 19–6; won vs. BYU 25–6+22−49Won 33–13 vs. South Dakota+20South DakotaLost 7–13 at Washington State-6Washington StateWon 16–13 at Utah State+3Utah StateLost 12–27 at Colorado State-15Colorado StateLost 14–63 at Oregon State-49Oregon StateLost 19–47 vs. Idaho-28IdahoWon 34–12 vs. Montana State+22Montana StateWon 19–6 vs. Eastern Washington+13Eastern Washing…Won 25–6 vs. BYU+19BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsSouth DakotaW 33–⁠1387%
Sep 24atWashington StateL 7–⁠1327%
Oct 1atUtah StateW 16–⁠1336%
Oct 8atColorado StateL 12–⁠2730%
Oct 15atOregon StateL 14–⁠6325%
Oct 22vsIdahoL 19–⁠4756%
Oct 29vsMontana StateW 34–⁠1248%
Nov 5vsEastern WashingtonW 19–⁠675%
Nov 19vsBYUW 25–⁠677%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat BYU 25–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 52nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 103 on file).

Record
5–⁠4
Conference
0–⁠3 10th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
179–⁠200
Coach
Ted Shipkey
Elo
1362 +1 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−21.3 No. 109 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

  • Ray BauerECoaches-1

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California7–⁠010–⁠13
UCLA5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford4–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
USC4–⁠25–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon State5–⁠37–⁠3
Oregon2–⁠54–⁠6
Washington2–⁠53–⁠7
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠43–⁠5
Montana0–⁠35–⁠4

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.