1947 Montana Grizzlies football team

The 1947 Montana Grizzlies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Montana as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1947 college football season.

1947 Montana Grizzlies football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	7–4 (2–1 PCC)
Head coach	Doug Fessenden (9th season)
Captains	Sam Leeper Ben Tyvand
Home stadium	Dornblaser Field
Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

1947 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 USC $	6	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
No. 15 California	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Oregon	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
UCLA	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Montana	2	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Washington	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Stanford	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Under ninth-year head coach Doug Fessenden,^[1] Montana compiled a 7–4 record (2–1 in PCC),^[2] with home games played on campus at Dornblaser Field in Missoula, Montana.^[3]

The coaching staff included Harry Adams as backs coach and Paul Szakash as line coach.^[1]

Montana was ranked at No. 110 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	at Eastern Washington*	Gonzaga Stadium Spokane, WA (rivlary)	W 21–0	7,000	[5]
September 27	Portland*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 21–0	5,000	[6]
October 4	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 7–40	14,300	[7]
October 11	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	L 7–13	5,000	[8]
October 18	vs. Montana State*	Naranche Stadium Butte, MT (rivalry)	L 12–13	10,350	[9]
October 25	at Washington State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	W 13–12	13,000	[10]
November 7	at Idaho	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID (Little Brown Stein)	W 21–0	5,000	[11]
November 15	at No. 10 California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 14–60	25,000	[12]
November 29	Colorado A&M*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 41–7	5,000	[13]
December 20	at Hawaii*	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 14–12	5,000	[14]
December 27	at Hawaii All-Stars*	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 28–14
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game