1948 Montana Grizzlies football team

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]

1948 Montana Grizzlies football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	3–7 (0–3 PCC)
Head coach	Doug Fessenden (10th season)
Home stadium	Dornblaser Field
Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

1948 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	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

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Eastern Washington*	Great Falls, MT (rivalry)	L 7–12
September 25	Utah State*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 7–18		[3]
October 2	Pacific (OR)*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 27–0
October 9	Washington State	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 0–48	9,000
October 16	vs. Montana State*	Naranche Stadium Butte, MT (rivalry)	W 14–0
October 23	at Idaho	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID (Little Brown Stein)	L 0–39	7,500	[4][5]
October 30	at BYU*	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 20–26		[6]
November 6	Pacific (CA)*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 14–32
November 13	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 7–39
November 20	North Dakota*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 47–7
*Non-conference game