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2009 Montana

13–⁠0 (8–⁠0 Big Sky). The season’s Wikipedia article records 14–⁠1, over 15 games to the 13 on file here.

Schedule and results

Montana in 2009, game by game: won vs. Western Colorado 38–0; won at UC Davis 17–10; won vs. Portland State 49–17; won at Northern Arizona 41–34; won vs. Cal Poly 35–23; won vs. Eastern Washington 41–34; won at Sacramento State 45–30; won vs. Weber State 31–10; won at Idaho State 12–10; won vs. Northern Colorado 38–10; won at Montana State 33–19; won vs. South Dakota State 61–48; won vs. Stephen F. Austin 51–0+51Won 38–0 vs. Western Colorado+38Western ColoradoWon 17–10 at UC Davis+7UC DavisWon 49–17 vs. Portland State+32Portland StateWon 41–34 at Northern Arizona+7Northern ArizonaWon 35–23 vs. Cal Poly+12Cal PolyWon 41–34 vs. Eastern Washington+7Eastern Washing…Won 45–30 at Sacramento State+15Sacramento StateWon 31–10 vs. Weber State+21Weber StateWon 12–10 at Idaho State+2Idaho StateWon 38–10 vs. Northern Colorado+28Northern Colora…Won 33–19 at Montana State+14Montana StateWon 61–48 vs. South Dakota State+13South Dakota St…Won 51–0 vs. Stephen F. Austin+51Stephen F. Aust…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsWestern ColoradoW 38–⁠088%
Sep 12atUC DavisW 17–⁠1069%
Sep 19vsPortland StateW 49–⁠1781%
Sep 26atNorthern ArizonaW 41–⁠3468%
Oct 10vsCal PolyW 35–⁠2375%
Oct 17vsEastern WashingtonW 41–⁠3475%
Oct 24atSacramento StateW 45–⁠3079%
Oct 31vsWeber StateW 31–⁠1070%
Nov 7atIdaho StateW 12–⁠1093%
Nov 14vsNorthern ColoradoW 38–⁠1093%
Nov 21atMontana StateW 33–⁠1970%
Nov 28vsSouth Dakota StateNCAA Division I Football Championship – First RoundW 61–⁠4870%
Dec 5vsStephen F. AustinNCAA Division I Football ChampionshipW 51–⁠079%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Stephen F. Austin 51–⁠0 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship; unranked in the final AP poll; Big Sky champions.

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

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of Montana’s 2009 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
Dec 12vsApp StateW 24–⁠17Montana’s article, App State’s article
Dec 18vsVillanovaL 21–⁠23Montana’s article, Villanova’s article

Big Sky champions8–⁠0 in the conference

Record
13–⁠0
Conference
8–⁠0 first in Big Sky
AP final
Unranked
Points
492–⁠245
Coach
—
Elo
1605 +144 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−7.5 No. 7 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Rob Phenicie
Defensive coordinator
Kraig Paulson

Drafted in 2010

The 2010 draft
Rd 6Shann Schillinger SAtlanta Falcons
Rd 7Marc Mariani WRTennessee Titans

2009 Big Sky standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Montana8–⁠013–⁠0
Eastern Washington6–⁠28–⁠4
Weber State6–⁠27–⁠5
Montana State5–⁠37–⁠4
Northern Arizona4–⁠45–⁠6
Sacramento State4–⁠45–⁠6
Northern Colorado1–⁠73–⁠8
Portland State1–⁠72–⁠9
Idaho State1–⁠71–⁠10

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