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2006 Montana

12–⁠1 (8–⁠0 Big Sky). The season’s Wikipedia article records 12–⁠2, over 14 games to the 13 on file here.

Schedule and results

Montana in 2006, game by game: lost at No. 16 Iowa 7–41; won vs. South Dakota State 36–7; won vs. Sacramento State 59–14; won vs. Portland State 26–20; won at Eastern Washington 33–17; won vs. Northern Arizona 24–21; won at Weber State 33–30; won vs. Idaho State 23–10; won vs. Cal Poly 10–9; won at Northern Colorado 53–21; won vs. Montana State 13–7; won vs. McNeese 31–6; won vs. Southern Illinois 20–3+45−34Lost 7–41 at No. 16 Iowa-34No. 16 IowaWon 36–7 vs. South Dakota State+29South Dakota St…Won 59–14 vs. Sacramento State+45Sacramento StateWon 26–20 vs. Portland State+6Portland StateWon 33–17 at Eastern Washington+16Eastern Washing…Won 24–21 vs. Northern Arizona+3Northern ArizonaWon 33–30 at Weber State+3Weber StateWon 23–10 vs. Idaho State+13Idaho StateWon 10–9 vs. Cal Poly+1Cal PolyWon 53–21 at Northern Colorado+32Northern Colora…Won 13–7 vs. Montana State+6Montana StateWon 31–6 vs. McNeese+25McNeeseWon 20–3 vs. Southern Illinois+17Southern Illino…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2at16IowaL 7–⁠4116%
Sep 9vsSouth Dakota StateW 36–⁠767%
Sep 23vsSacramento StateW 59–⁠1482%
Sep 30vsPortland StateW 26–⁠2046%
Oct 7atEastern WashingtonW 33–⁠1753%
Oct 14vsNorthern ArizonaW 24–⁠2181%
Oct 21atWeber StateW 33–⁠3070%
Oct 28vsIdaho StateW 23–⁠1084%
Nov 4vsCal PolyW 10–⁠964%
Nov 11atNorthern ColoradoW 53–⁠2186%
Nov 18vsMontana StateW 13–⁠772%
Nov 25vsMcNeeseNCAA Division I Football ChampionshipW 31–⁠674%
Dec 2vsSouthern IllinoisNCAA Division I Football ChampionshipW 20–⁠359%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Southern Illinois 20–⁠3 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship; unranked in the final AP poll; Big Sky champions.

In program history: The 7th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 103 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Montana’s 2006 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Dec 8vsMassachusettsL 17–⁠19Montana’s article

Big Sky champions8–⁠0 in the conference

Record
12–⁠1
Conference
8–⁠0 first in Big Sky
AP final
Unranked
Points
368–⁠206
Coach
—
Elo
1528 +153 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−9.5 No. 8 of 120 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Rob Phenicie
Defensive coordinator
Kraig Paulson

2006 Big Sky standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Montana8–⁠012–⁠1
Portland State6–⁠27–⁠4
Montana State6–⁠28–⁠5
Northern Arizona5–⁠36–⁠5
Sacramento State4–⁠44–⁠7
Weber State3–⁠54–⁠7
Eastern Washington3–⁠53–⁠8
Idaho State1–⁠72–⁠9
Northern Colorado0–⁠81–⁠10

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