1948 Montana Grizzlies football team

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American college football season

1948 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 California ^ + 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Oregon + 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
USC 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Washington State 4 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Stanford 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Oregon State 2 – 3 – 2 5 – 4 – 3
Washington 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
UCLA 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Idaho 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Montana 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1948 college football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). The Grizzlies were led by tenth-year head coach Doug Fessenden, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of three wins and seven losses (3–7, 0–3 PCC).[1]

Montana was ranked at No. 163 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]

Schedule[edit]

Date Opponent Site Result
September 18 Eastern Washington* Great Falls, MT (EWU–UM Governors Cup) L 7–12
September 25 Utah State* L 7–18
October 2 Pacific (OR)*
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
 W 27–0
October 9 Washington State
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
 L 0–48
October 16 vs. Montana State* W 14–0
October 23 at Idaho L 0–39
October 30 at BYU* L 20–26
November 6 Pacific (CA)*
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
 L 14–32
November 13 at Stanford L 7–39
November 20 North Dakota*
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
 W 47–7

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2010 Montana Football Media Guide Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, University of Montana, 2010.
  2. ^

    “Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings”. Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.