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2013 Montana

10–⁠2 (7–⁠2 Big Sky). The season’s Wikipedia article records 10–⁠3, over 13 games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

Montana in 2013, game by game: won vs. App State 30–6; won at North Dakota 55–17; won vs. Oklahoma Panhandle 47–14; lost at Northern Arizona 16–34; won vs. Portland State 55–27; won at UC Davis 42–7; won vs. Cal Poly 21–14; lost vs. Eastern Washington 37–42; won at Sacramento State 51–48; won at South Dakota 31–27; won vs. Weber State 42–6; won at Montana State 28–14+38−18Won 30–6 vs. App State+24App StateWon 55–17 at North Dakota+38North DakotaWon 47–14 vs. Oklahoma Panhandle+33Oklahoma Panhan…Lost 16–34 at Northern Arizona-18Northern ArizonaWon 55–27 vs. Portland State+28Portland StateWon 42–7 at UC Davis+35UC DavisWon 21–14 vs. Cal Poly+7Cal PolyLost 37–42 vs. Eastern Washington-5Eastern Washing…Won 51–48 at Sacramento State+3Sacramento StateWon 31–27 at South Dakota+4South DakotaWon 42–6 vs. Weber State+36Weber StateWon 28–14 at Montana State+14Montana State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsApp StateW 30–⁠658%
Sep 14atNorth DakotaW 55–⁠1758%
Sep 21vsOklahoma PanhandleW 47–⁠1489%
Sep 28atNorthern ArizonaL 16–⁠3461%
Oct 5vsPortland StateW 55–⁠2767%
Oct 12atUC DavisW 42–⁠766%
Oct 19vsCal PolyW 21–⁠1473%
Oct 26vsEastern WashingtonL 37–⁠4264%
Nov 2atSacramento StateW 51–⁠4857%
Nov 9atSouth DakotaW 31–⁠2772%
Nov 16vsWeber StateW 42–⁠690%
Nov 23atMontana StateW 28–⁠1452%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Montana State 28–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big Sky.

In program history: The 10th-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 2013 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 7vsCoastal CarolinaL 35–⁠42Coastal Carolina’s articleNot in Montana’s season article.
Record
10–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠2 3rd in Big Sky
AP final
Unranked
Points
455–⁠256
Coach
—
Elo
1502 +109 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−10.4 No. 13 of 126 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 166
Offensive coordinators
Scott Gragg and Kefense Hynson
Defensive coordinator
Ty Gregorak

Top recruits in the 2013 class

Connor Strahm S★★No. 2532
Noah Scarver TE★★No. 2564
Mike Ralston TE★★No. 2564

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2013 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Receivers22.00.767
Defensive backs12.00.768
Whole class32.00.767

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2014

The 2014 draft
Rd 5Jordie Tripp OLBMiami Dolphins

2013 Big Sky standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Eastern Washington8–⁠010–⁠3
Northern Arizona8–⁠19–⁠3
Montana7–⁠210–⁠2
Southern Utah6–⁠38–⁠5
Montana State5–⁠37–⁠5
Cal Poly5–⁠36–⁠6
UC Davis5–⁠55–⁠7
Portland State4–⁠56–⁠6
Sacramento State4–⁠55–⁠7
North Dakota2–⁠73–⁠8
Idaho State1–⁠73–⁠9
Weber State1–⁠72–⁠10
Northern Colorado0–⁠81–⁠11

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