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2015 Montana

8–⁠5 (6–⁠3 Big Sky).

Schedule and results

Montana in 2015, game by game: won vs. North Dakota State 38–35; lost vs. Cal Poly 19–20; lost at Liberty 21–31; won vs. Northern Arizona 23–14; won at UC Davis 27–13; lost vs. Weber State 21–24; won vs. North Dakota 42–16; lost vs. Portland State 16–35; won at Idaho State 33–27; won vs. Eastern Washington 57–16; won at Montana State 54–35; won vs. South Dakota State 24–17; lost at North Dakota State 6–37+41−31Won 38–35 vs. North Dakota State+3North Dakota St…Lost 19–20 vs. Cal Poly-1Cal PolyLost 21–31 at Liberty-10LibertyWon 23–14 vs. Northern Arizona+9Northern ArizonaWon 27–13 at UC Davis+14UC DavisLost 21–24 vs. Weber State-3Weber StateWon 42–16 vs. North Dakota+26North DakotaLost 16–35 vs. Portland State-19Portland StateWon 33–27 at Idaho State+6Idaho StateWon 57–16 vs. Eastern Washington+41Eastern Washing…Won 54–35 at Montana State+19Montana StateWon 24–17 vs. South Dakota State+7South Dakota St…Lost 6–37 at North Dakota State-31North Dakota St…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 29vsNorth Dakota StateW 38–⁠3538%
Sep 5vsCal PolyL 19–⁠2065%
Sep 19atLibertyL 21–⁠3146%
Sep 26vsNorthern ArizonaW 23–⁠1466%
Oct 3atUC DavisW 27–⁠1373%
Oct 10vsWeber StateL 21–⁠2481%
Oct 24vsNorth DakotaW 42–⁠1673%
Oct 31vsPortland StateL 16–⁠3549%
Nov 7atIdaho StateW 33–⁠2766%
Nov 14vsEastern WashingtonW 57–⁠1654%
Nov 21atMontana StateW 54–⁠3556%
Nov 28vsSouth Dakota StateNCAA Division I Football Championship – First RoundW 24–⁠1752%
Dec 5atNorth Dakota StateNCAA Division I Football Championship – Second RoundL 6–⁠3727%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Dakota State 37–⁠6 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship – Second Round; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Big Sky.

In program history: The tied 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 103 on file).

Record
8–⁠5
Conference
6–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Big Sky
AP final
Unranked
Points
381–⁠320
Coach
—
Elo
1459 +52 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−15.7 No. 24 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 147
Defensive coordinator
Ty Gregorak

Top recruits in the 2015 class

Jeremy Calhoun RB★★★No. 1555
Kamron Johnson RB★★★No. 1803

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

The 2015 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs23.00.819

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 2016

The 2016 draft
Rd 6Tyrone Holmes DEJacksonville Jaguars

2015 Big Sky standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Southern Utah7–⁠18–⁠4
Portland State6–⁠29–⁠3
Montana6–⁠38–⁠5
Eastern Washington6–⁠36–⁠5
Weber State6–⁠36–⁠5
Northern Arizona5–⁠37–⁠4
North Dakota5–⁠37–⁠4
Cal Poly4–⁠54–⁠7
Northern Colorado3–⁠56–⁠5
Montana State3–⁠65–⁠6
UC Davis2–⁠62–⁠9
Idaho State1–⁠72–⁠9
Sacramento State1–⁠82–⁠9

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