1963 Montana

0–⁠5. The season’s Wikipedia article records 1–⁠9, over 10 games to the five on file here.

Schedule and results

Montana in 1963, game by game: lost vs. Wyoming 0–35; lost at BYU 0–27; lost vs. Utah State 6–62; lost at New Mexico 6–24; lost vs. Colorado State 12–20+7−56Lost 0–35 vs. Wyoming-35WyomingLost 0–27 at BYU-27BYULost 6–62 vs. Utah State-56Utah StateLost 6–24 at New Mexico-18New MexicoLost 12–20 vs. Colorado State-8Colorado State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsWyomingL 0–⁠3540%
Oct 5atBYUL 0–⁠2737%
Oct 19vsUtah StateL 6–⁠6220%
Oct 26atNew MexicoL 6–⁠2423%
Nov 16vsColorado StateL 12–⁠2061%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado State 20–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 74th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 103 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list five games of Montana’s 1963 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Sep 14atBritish ColumbiaW 16–⁠0Montana’s article
Sep 28vsNorth DakotaL 13–⁠19Montana’s article
Oct 12vsIdaho StateL 13–⁠14Montana’s article, Idaho State’s article
Nov 2atWeber StateL 13–⁠19Montana’s article
Nov 9atMontana StateL 3–⁠18Montana’s article
Record
0–⁠5
Conference
0–⁠3 5th in the Big Sky Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
24–⁠168
Coach
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Elo
1292 −106 this season
SP+ rating
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Recruiting class
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