UNIVERSITY OF MONTANAGRIZZLY FOOTBALLNATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1995, 2001

WEEK 8#21/#25 Montana (5-2, 3-1)

- Bye Week -

GRIZ ENTER BYE WEEK WITH HOT HAND ON OFFENSEAfter seven straight weeks of action, the Montana football team will take some well-earned rest this Saturday during the bye week.

The Grizzlies (5-2, 3-1 BSC) enter the weekend break with a truckload of momentum with three-straight wins following a two-game road sweep and a convincing victory over defending league champs North Dakota on Homecoming.

With such momentum, some may think it may not be the ideal time to take a break, opting instead to keep the ball rolling. But with league contenders like Weber State and Northern Arizona still left on the schedule, and the always important game against Montana State on the horizon, head coach Bob Stitt calls this “the perfect time for a bye week.”

“We’re a little banged up. Nothing serious, but bumps and bruises. A week off will allow us to head to Weber with our bodies and our minds at 100 percent.”

Montana enters the bye week after posting its best offensive game of the season with 442 yards passing and 604 yards of total offense.

Freshman quarterback Gresch Jensen was the man largely responsible for the passing-attack onslaught against UND with 423 yards in the air, despite a shaky start where he suffered three turnovers on UM’s first four drives of the game.

“The numbers he put up in that game were with very limited time too,” said Stitt. “He didn’t play the fourth quarter and the three turnovers in the first quarter limited his yards too, so realistical-ly he could have thrown for 600 yards.”

Six hundred yards. Let that sink in for a minute.

Of all the amazing quarterback performances in Montana history, no player has ever crossed the 600-yard barrier, and only three players have achieved it in the 50-plus year history of the Big Sky Conference.

Jensen’s 423 yards against North Dakota ties him at No. 20 on UM’s all-time greatest passing games list, right there with Brian Ah Yat’s 423 against Southern Utah in 1998.

All the would’ves and could’ves in the world won’t give Jensen more yards after the fact, but it remains one of the best passing games in Grizzly history – especially for a Freshman.

In fact, it is the best. All of Jensen’s games this season have been the best. And that is an incredibly rare feat.

Jensen’s 423 passing yard game against UND was the best performance by a freshman quarterback in modern Montana history. Surpassing some elite performances by greats such as Dave Dickenson, Jordan Johnson, and Marty Mornhinweg – the only other Griz QBs that started, or even saw significant playing time as either a true or redshirt freshman.

In four games as a starter, Jensen has racked up 1,630 yards passing and has averaged 356 yards per game during that time. Other freshmen to do something similar? It’s not even close.

In 1980, Mornhinweg earned his first start as a true freshman against Idaho State and threw for

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2017 GRIZ SCHEDULE(5-2 overall, 3-1 Big Sky, 3-1 Home, 2-1 Away)

DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT9/2 Valparaiso W, 45-239/9 @ Washington L, 63-79/16 Savannah State W, 56-39/23 Eastern Washington* L, 48-419/30 @ Portland State* W, 45-3310/7 @ Idaho State* W, 39-3110/14 North Dakota* 1 PMBye10/28 @ Weber State* 2 PM11/4 Northern Arizona* 3:30 PM11/11 Northern Colorado* 1 PM11/18 @ Montana State* Noon* = Big Sky Conferece game

MONTANA QUICK FACTSLocation: ...................................................Missoula, Mont.Enrollment: ............................................ 11,865 (Fall 2017)Founded: ......................................................Feb. 17, 1893Nickname: ....................................................Grizzlies, GrizSchool Colors: ...................................Copper, Silver, GoldSpirit Colors: .....Maroon (PMS 209) and Silver (PMS 8 C)Stadium/Capacity: ..Washington-Grizzly Stadium / 25,217Playing Surface: Field Turf - Revolution 360 with CoolPlayPresident: ................................Dr. Sheila Stearns (Interim)Athletic Director: .......................................... Kent HaslamHead Coach: .................... Bob Stitt (Doane College, 1987)Record at Montana (Years): ............................... 19-12 (3)Overall Record (Years): .................................. 128-74 (16)Football Office Phone: ............................. (406) 243-29692016 Record: ............................................ 6-5, 3-5 Big SkyBig Sky Titles* (18): ..........1969, 1970, 1982, 1993, 1995,.............................................1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,.............................................2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,.............................2007, 2008, 2009. *Includes shared titlesNCAA/FCS Playoff Apperances: ...........23 (FCS Record)NCAA/FCS Championships (2): .....................1995, 2001NCAA/FCS Championship Appearances (7): 1995, 1996, ......................................................................................2000 .........................................................2001,2004, 2008, 2009FCS Postseason Record: .....32-21 Over, 29-7 at Home (.805)All-time WGS Stadium Record: .................. 195-30 (.866)All-Time Record: ................................... 589-486-23 (.535)Big Sky Record: ...................................... 238-130-1 (.643)

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2017 BIG SKY FOOTBALL STANDINGSAs of Oct. 17, 2017

SCHOOL BIG SKY OVER.Eastern Washington 4-0 5-2Northern Arizona 3-0 4-2Montana 3-1 5-2Southern Utah 2-1 4-2Weber State 2-1 4-2Sacramento State 2-1 3-3Montana State 2-2 2-4UC Davis 1-2 3-3Northern Colorado 1-2 2-3Idaho State 1-3 3-4North Dakota 1-3 2-5Cal Poly 0-3 0-6Portland State 0-3 0-6

NCAA RANKINGS (As of 10/17/17) ........................ UMRushing Offense ....................... 63Passing Offense ........................ 7Total Offense ............................. 8Scoring Offense ........................ 10Rushing Defense ...................... 68Passing Yards Allowed ............ 120Total Defense ........................... 108Passes Intercepted .................... 103rd Down Conv .......................... 22Red Zone Offense ..................... 1Red Zone Defense .................... 22Team Sacks .............................. 13Team Tackles for Loss ............... 8

125 yards. He followed that up a week later with a 186-yard, four touchdown game against Eastern Washington that tied the then-school record for TD passes in a game.

In 1992, Dickenson, the “Legend of the Fall,” threw for 129 yards and one touchdown as a redshirt freshman. And in 2010 Jordan Johnson’s best game as a true freshman was 19 yards and one TD against Idaho State. But neither Dickenson or Johnson were starters in their first year of action.

10 best passing games by true or redshirt freshmenYear Player Class Opp. C-A-I Yards TDs2017 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. North Dakota 22-35-2 423 32017 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. Idaho State 23-35-0 360 42017 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. Eastern Wash. 25-49-1 358 22017 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. Portland State 23-38-2 284 11980 Marty Mornhinweg Fr. Eastern Wash. 9-20-0 186 42017 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. Savannah State 11-15-1 178 31980 Marty Mornhinweg Fr. Weber State 8-12-1 138 11992 Dave Dickenson R-Fr. Hofstra 8-19-2 129 11980 Marty Mornhinweg Fr. Idaho State 9-24-0 125 01980 Marty Mornhinweg Fr. Northern Ariz. 9-15-0 118 0

A productive freshman quarterback is so rare it’s difficult to find an apples-to-apples comparison to stack up against Jensen.

Dickenson burst onto the national scene a year later in 1993 as a redshirt sophomore, putting together four games of 400 yards or more, something that hadn’t been achieved by a freshman or sophomore until last week.

Jordan Johnson’s best game as a true sophomore was outstanding, tying the new school record for touchdowns in a game with six, and passing for 299 yards in a win over Weber State in 2011. Mornhinweg’s best game as a true sophomore came against Northern Iowa in 1981 when he passed for 208 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

Of course, you can’t talk about outstanding sophomore performances without mentioning Brian Ah Yat.

Ah Yat played understudy to Dickenson during the ’95 National Championship season and led the Griz back to the title game as a true sophomore in 1996. During that season he set the still-stand-ing school record for passing yards in a game with 560 at Eastern Washington and followed it up with 510 against Northern Arizona in Missoula.

Earlier that season he threw for 453 yards against Sacramento State, making Jensen’s passing total the fifth-best in modern Griz history amongst freshmen OR sophomores.

Standout Sophomore GamesYear Player Class Opp. C-A-I Yards TDs1996 Brian Ah Yat So. Eastern Wash. 32-48-2 560 41993 Dave Dickenson R-So. Idaho 32-40-0 512 41996 Brian Ah Yat So. Northern Ariz. 32-50-2 510 41996 Brian Ah Yat So. Sacramento St. 24-40-4 453 42017 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. North Dakota 22-35-2 423 31993 Dave Dickenson R-So. Delaware 33-44-0 409 41993 Dave Dickenson R-So. Boise State 22-36-2 407 41996 Brian Ah Yat So. ETSU 28-34-1 404 21993 Dave Dickenson R-So. South Dakota St. 27-39-0 401 41993 Dave Dickenson R-So. Montana State 21-35-0 395 31996 Brian Ah Yat So. Idaho State 24-39-1 385 51996 Brian Ah Yat So. Montana State 36-51-2 376 31996 Brian Ah Yat So. Nicholls State 30-48-2 363 32017 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. Idaho State 23-35-0 360 42017 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. Eastern Wash. 25-49-0 358 2… Other Sophomore Bests … … … … …2011 Jordan Johnson So. Weber State 23-32-0 299 61981 Marty Mornhinweg So. Northern Iowa 14-17-0 208 2

All this stacks up to a rare performance indeed. But how rare is it? “It’s very rare,” says Stitt.

“I’ve had some really good QBs that turned out to be great in the end, but they were not able to do the things as a freshman that Gresch has been able to do.”

Montana still has more than a third of the season left to play on the 2017 schedule against some of the league’s most difficult opponents. Anything can happen.

But what is clear is that Griz fans are witnessing the birth of something special in Jensen and Stitt’s potent offensive attack.

He likely won’t throw for 400 yards in every game, but he’s making a habit of putting up big numbers and showing no fear in doing so for such a young player. Stitt believes he’s just getting warmed up too.

“I expect him to do some things that people are going to be amazed at,” said Stitt. “All the great quarterbacks we’ve coached at Mines, all had a least a 500-yard day, and one of them had a 600-yard day. So, I expect Gresch to take this offense, and take it to another level.”

2017 Montana FootballMontana Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 17, 2017)

All games

Date Opponent Score Att.Sep 02, 2017 VALPARAISO W 45-23 23160Sep 9, 2017 at #7 Washington L 7-63 68491Sep 16, 2017 SAVANNAH STATE W 56-3 22228

* Sep 23, 2017 #11 EASTERN WASHINGTON L 41-48 25944* Sep 30, 2017 at Portland State W 45-33 5012* Oct 06, 2017 at Idaho State W 39-31 7279* Oct 14, 2017 NORTH DAKOTA W 41-17 25085

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/gCALHOUN, Jeremy 7 107 493 11 482 4.5 5 24 68.9LEE, Alijah 7 84 351 4 347 4.1 5 33 49.6JENSEN, Gresch 7 33 156 41 115 3.5 4 17 16.4McCOMBS, Cody 4 9 50 3 47 5.2 0 21 11.8FAVORS,Treshawn 6 12 46 8 38 3.2 1 14 6.3LOUIE-McGEE, J. 7 4 10 1 9 2.2 0 5 1.3HILL, Caleb 3 4 11 3 8 2.0 0 4 2.7SIMIS, Makena 7 3 4 0 4 1.3 1 2 0.6Total 7 273 1148 114 1034 3.8 16 33 147.7Opponents 7 276 1382 269 1113 4.0 12 56 159.0

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/gJENSEN, Gresch 7 155.52 109-178-6 61.2 1630 13 80 232.9PHILLIPS, Reese 3 148.71 57-80-3 71.2 652 4 63 217.3HILL, Caleb 3 134.71 7-9-0 77.8 61 0 24 20.3TEAM 3 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total 7 151.64 173-269-9 64.3 2343 17 80 334.7Opponents 7 130.68 156-274-10 56.9 2133 13 75 304.7

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/gTOURE, Samori 7 27 438 16.2 3 80 62.6LOUIE-McGEE, J. 7 27 435 16.1 2 64 62.1CURRAN, Keenan 7 22 512 23.3 6 66 73.1LEE, Alijah 7 19 98 5.2 0 19 14.0CALHOUN, Justin 7 18 324 18.0 2 47 46.3HORNER, Josh 7 18 155 8.6 1 15 22.1AKEM, Samuel 7 15 175 11.7 2 41 25.0CALHOUN, Jeremy 7 10 49 4.9 0 16 7.0SIMIS, Makena 7 7 78 11.1 1 23 11.1NAGLER, Jed 6 2 32 16.0 0 24 5.3TAYLOR, L. 6 2 19 9.5 0 13 3.2McLAUGHLIN, M. 3 2 2 1.0 0 6 0.7FAVORS,Treshawn 6 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 -0.3BURTON, Danny 2 1 16 16.0 0 16 8.0CORBIN, Brennan 3 1 12 12.0 0 12 4.0Total 7 173 2343 13.5 17 80 334.7Opponents 7 156 2133 13.7 13 75 304.7

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blkPURDY, Brandon 8-10 80.0 0-0 4-5 4-4 0-1 0-0 39 1

PATScoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf ptsPURDY, Brandon - 8-10 32-34 - - - - - 56CURRAN, Keenan 6 - - - - - - - 36LEE, Alijah 5 - - - - - - - 30CALHOUN, Jeremy 5 - - 0-1 - - - - 30JENSEN, Gresch 4 - - - - - - - 24TOURE, Samori 3 - - - - - - - 18CALHOUN, Justin 2 - - - - - - - 12AKEM, Samuel 2 - - - - - - - 12SIMIS, Makena 2 - - 0-1 - - - - 12LOUIE-McGEE, J. 2 - - - - - - - 12HORNER, Josh 1 - - - - - - - 6FAVORS,Treshawn 1 - - - - - - - 6STRONG, Justin 1 - - - - - - - 6SANDRY, Josh 1 - - - - - - - 6McKINLEY, Ryan 1 - - - - - - - 6Total 36 8-10 32-34 0-2 - - 1 - 274Opponents 28 8-12 26-26 - - 0-2 - - 218

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalMontana 69 74 64 67 0 274Opponents 44 51 56 67 0 218

Record: Overall Home Away NeutralAll games 5-2 3-1 2-1 0-0Conference 3-1 1-1 2-0 0-0Non-Conference 2-1 2-0 0-1 0-0

Team Statistics UM OPPFIRST DOWNS 163 166 R u s h i n g 55 59 P a s s i n g 94 98 P e n a l t y 14 9RUSHING YARDAGE 1034 1113 Rushing Attempts 273 276 Average Per Rush 3.8 4.0 Average Per Game 147.7 159.0 TDs Rushing 16 12PASSING YARDAGE 2343 2133 C o m p - A t t - I n t 173-269-9 156-274-10 Average Per Pass 8.7 7.8 Average Per Catch 13.5 13.7 Average Per Game 334.7 304.7 TDs Passing 17 13TOTAL OFFENSE 3377 3246 Average Per Play 6.2 5.9 Average Per Game 482.4 463.7KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 34-597 38-774PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-51 6-94INT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-307 9-130FUMBLES-LOST 10-6 8-4PENALTIES-Yards 38-362 56-504PUNTS-AVG 33-40.9 40-36.2TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 7 : 4 8 3 2 : 1 23RD-DOWN Conversions 49/110 43/1094TH-DOWN Conversions 5/13 3/10

Interceptions no. yds avg td lgSTRONG, Justin 3 116 38.7 1 64SANDRY, Josh 3 114 38.0 1 74BUSS, Josh 1 21 21.0 0 21McKINLEY, Ryan 1 53 53.0 1 53SANDERS,Markell 1 9 9.0 0 9EPPERLY, Evan 1 -6 -6.0 0 0

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blkWILLIAMS, Eric 33 1351 40.9 58 2 15 12 6 0

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lgLOUIE-McGEE, J. 10 51 5.1 0 34Total 10 51 5.1 0 34Opponents 6 94 15.7 1 67

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lgTOURE, Samori 19 342 18.0 0 31EATON, Kobey 10 190 19.0 0 28CROW, Gavin 2 27 13.5 0 20CALHOUN, Jeremy 1 1 1.0 0 1McCOMBS, Cody 1 20 20.0 0 20BANKS, James 1 17 17.0 0 17Total 34 597 17.6 0 31Opponents 38 774 20.4 1 87

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/gTOURE, Samori 7 -8 438 0 342 0 772 110.3CALHOUN, Jere 7 482 49 0 1 0 532 76.0CURRAN, Keena 7 0 512 0 0 0 512 73.1L O U I E - M c G E E , 7 9 435 51 0 0 495 70.7LEE, Alijah 7 347 98 0 0 0 445 63.6Total 7 1034 2343 51 597 307 4332 618.9Opponents 7 1113 2133 94 774 130 4244 606.3

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/gJENSEN, Gresch 7 211 115 1630 1745 249.3PHILLIPS, Reese 3 88 -2 652 650 216.7CALHOUN, Jeremy 7 107 482 0 482 68.9LEE, Alijah 7 84 347 0 347 49.6HILL, Caleb 3 13 8 61 69 23.0Total 7 542 1034 2343 3377 482.4Opponents 7 550 1113 2133 3246 463.7

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf36 BANKS, James 7 24 49 73 7.0-14 1.0-6 . 1 1 . . . .42 BUSS, Josh 7 35 34 69 8.5-43 3.5-33 1-21 3 2 . . . .10 STRAHM, Connor 5 15 21 36 3.5-7 0.5-3 . 1 2 1-0 . . .2D McKINLEY, Ryan 7 23 13 36 1.0-3 . 1-53 11 . . . . .13 SANDRY, Josh 7 18 17 35 0.5-2 0.5-2 3-114 2 1 . 1 1 .

Total 7 255 329 584 60-236 22-159 10-307 33 12 4-0 5 3 .Opponents 7 256 368 624 44-136 11-62 9-130 27 2 6-0 9 2 .

SEASON TEAM STATS

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GRIZ QUICK HITS:

• Jensen’s passing total of 1,630 yards this season rank him at No. 15 in FCS football, despite seeing minimum playing time in the first two games. Montana has also entered the top-10 in total offense, rising from No. 16 the week previous to No. 8 this week.

• Despite a blocked field goal attempt, Montana remains No. 1 in the nation in red zone offense. The Griz have turned 31-of-32 trips inside the opponent’s 20 into points, a 97 percent conversion rate and the best rate in all of FCS football. Of those 32 appearances in the red zone, UM has scored 24 touchdowns as well.

• The last Griz quarterback to throw for over 400 yards was Brady Gustafson against Southern Utah in 2016 when he threw for 415.

• Jensen has crossed the 400-yard mark for total offense twice this season with 459 yards rushing and passing against UND. The last time he crossed that mark was against EWU when he totaled 403 total yards.

• Jerry Louie-McGee set a new career-long catch against North Dakota with a 64-yard grab, extended the sophomore’s previous personal best by one yard.

• Junior receiver Keenan Curran leads the Griz in receiving yards so far this season with 512 and six touchdown catches. He has now passed his position coach Mike Ferriter on UM’s all-time TD catch list with 16, one more than Ferriter’s career total of 15.

• Led by a combined 99 yards from running backs Alijah Lee and Jeremy Calhoun against the Fighting Hawks, Montana outrushed a run-first team with two of the most dangerous running backs in the Big Sky 162-155 last week.

• Montana has now rushed for 150 yards or more in three-straight games and is now 3-1 when outrushing its opponent.

GRIZ IN THE POLLS: Montana improved to No. 21 in the STATS FCS media poll this week after making its season debut last week at No. 25. The Griz also entered the NCAA FCS coaches’ poll for the first time this season on Monday at No. 25 in the nation.

AROUND THE SKY: With no Griz to watch during the bye week, Montana fans should keep an eye on a few key matchups around the league in UM’s absence.

Montana State at Northern Colorado: The Bobcats (2-4, 2-2) travel south to face Northern Colorado (2-3- 1-2) on Homecoming in Greeley this weekend in the ROOT Sports Big Sky Game of the Week, with both teams looking to bounce back after a loss.

Northern Colorado will be without the services of starting QB Jacob Knipp, who passed for 413 yards and four touchdowns in a 43-42 win over Idaho State three weeks ago.

The Bears will have to contend with Montana State’s rushing attack, averaging over 245 yards on the ground so far this season thanks to quarterback Chris Murray, who is averaging over 105 yards rushing himself.

Eastern Washington at Southern Utah: The Thunderbirds (4-2, 2-1) pulled off a major upset last week, handing Weber State its first Big Sky loss of the season in Ogden. They return home to host the No. 8 Eastern Washington Eagles (5-2, 4-0), owning a pair of wins over ranked opponents already this season in Northern Iowa (No. 18) and Weber (No. 16).

UC Davis at Northern Arizona: Davis (3-3, 1-2) has been one of the big surprises of the Big Sky so far this season, with head coach Dan Hawkins leading the team to the best total offense in the league with an average of 483 yards per game.

That game will be a shootout with NAU taking the field with two-time Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week Case Cookus at QB, who is averaging 321 yards passing per game.

After traveling to Weber State next week, Montana returns home to face Northern Arizona on Nov. 4 in Missoula.

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MONTANA NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICALNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown / Previous School1 Treshawn Favors RB 5-9 209 R-Sr. 2V Glendale, Ariz. / Mountain Ridge HS1 Markell Sanders CB 6-2 189 R-Jr. 2V Renton, Wash. / Washington State2 Gresch Jensen QB 6-2 218 R-Fr. RS Auburn, Wash. / Auburn Mountainview HS2 Ryan McKinley CB 6-1 193 R-Sr. 2V Anthem, Ariz. / Boulder Creek HS3 Justin Calhoun WR 5-10 174 R-So. 1V Long Beach, Calif. / Long Beach Poly HS3 Mick Delaney S 6-0 196 R-Sr. 1V Bozeman, Mont. / Bozeman HS4 Rey Green RB 5-11 195 R-Fr. RS Vancouver, Wash. / Union HS5 Kobey Eaton WR 6-3 180 R-So. 1V Vancouver, Wash. / Evergreen HS5 Justin Strong S 5-11 190 Sr. 1V Rialto, Calif. / Oregon State6 Keenan Curran WR 6-2 203 Jr. 2V Federal Way, Wash. / Federal Way HS7 Dareon Nash CB 6-2 178 R-Fr. RS Covina, Calif. / Charter Oak HS7 Matthew Rensvold WR 6-4 211 Fr. HS Polson, Mont. / Polson HS8 Jeremy Calhoun RB 6-0 213 Jr. 2V Long Beach, Calif. / Long Beach Poly HS8 Lewis Cowans CB 6-1 192 R-Fr. RS Mission Viejo, Calif. / Mission Viejo HS9 Brennan Corbin WR 6-5 210 R-Fr. RS Anaheim, Calif. / Villa Park HS10 Nate Dick QB 5-10 188 Fr. HS Billings, Mont. / Senior HS10 Connor Strahm LB 6-0 240 R-Sr. 3V Eugene, Ore. / Sheldon HS11 Isiahia Banks S 6-0 203 Fr. HS Aurora, Colo. / Mullen HS12 Korey Alexander S 5-11 190 Sr. 1V Pittsburg, Calif. / Los Medanos College12 Caleb Hill QB 6-4 215 Jr. TR Brenham, Tex. / Blinn College13 Josh Sandry S 6-1 203 R-So. 1V Bigfork, Mont. / Bigfork HS13 Tanner Wilson QB 6-2 195 Fr. HS Polson, Mont. / Polson HS14 Michael McGinnis S 6-3 191 Fr. HS Sidney, Mont. / Sidney HS15 Retired in Honor of Dave Dickenson 16 Jerry Louie-McGee WR 5-9 175 R-So. 1V Coeur d’Alene, Idaho / Lake City HS17 Makena Simis WR 6-2 235 R-Sr. 1V Boise, Idaho / Capital HS18 Samuel Akem WR 6-4 195 R-Fr. RS Broken Arrow, Okla. / Broken Arrow HS19 Malik Flowers WR 6-2 185 Fr. HS Fontana, Calif. / A.B. Miller HS20 Gavin Crow CB 6-1 200 R-Fr. RS Kennewick, Wash. / Kamiakin HS20 Terron Moses RB 5-7 166 Fr. HS Vian, Okla. / Vian HS21 Lamarriel Taylor WR 6-2 198 R-So. 1V East St. Louis, Ill. / Massachusetts22 Retired in Honor of Terry Dillon 23 Josh Egbo CB 6-2 193 R-Fr. RS Gilbert, Ariz. / Highland HS24 Alijah Lee RB 5-6 197 R-Jr. TR Los Angeles, Calif. / Washington State25 Shane Moody RB 5-8 176 R-Sr. 1V Parker, Colo. / Regis Jesuit HS26 Jared Thurber WR 6-4 169 Fr. HS Burien, Wash. / Kennedy Catholic HS27 Cody McCombs RB 5-9 196 R-So. SQ Billings Mont. / West HS28 Josh Deshner ATH 6-0 190 Fr. WO Missoula, Mont. / Sentinel HS29 Kendall Sweet LB 5-11 216 Fr. HS Tulsa, Okla. / Booker T. Washington HS30 Evan Epperly S 5-10 197 R-Jr. 1V Kalispell, Mont. / Glacier HS30 Nick Fouch WR 6-0 162 Fr. WO Woodinville, Wash. / Woodinville HS31 Trase Le Texier LB 6-2 236 R-Fr. RS Boulder, Mont. / Jefferson County HS33 Dante Olson LB 6-3 230 R-So. 1V Medford, Ore. / Cascade Christian HS34 Jace Lewis LB 6-1 220 R-Fr. RS Townsend, Mont. / Broadwater County HS35 Eric Williams KP 6-0 188 Jr. 1V Missoula, Mont. / Carleton College36 James Banks LB 6-1 215 Sr. 1V Junction City, Ore. / Alabama-Birmingham37 Tucker Schye DE 6-4 242 R-Sr. 3V Malta, Mont. / Malta HS38 Caleb Mitchell LS/S 6-1 195 R-Fr. RS North Bend, Wash. / Mount Si HS39 Brandon Purdy KP 5-10 182 R-So. 1V Kalispell, Mont. / Glacier HS

No. Name Year Pos.18 Samuel Akem R-Fr. WR12 Korey Alexander Sr. S11 Isiahia Banks Fr. S36 James Banks Sr. LB78 Conlan Beaver R-Fr. RT88 Colin Bingham R-So. WR85 Danny Burton Fr. WR42 Josh Buss R-Jr. LB8 Jeremy Calhoun Jr. RB3 Justin Calhoun R-So. WR57 Shayne Cochran R-Jr. LB9 Brennan Corbin R-Fr. WR8 Lewis Cowans R-Fr. CB20 Gavin Crow R-Fr. CB6 Keenan Curran Jr. WR91 Brandt Davidson Sr. DT55 Kyle Davis R-Jr. DT3 Mick Delaney R-Sr. S93 Braydon Deming Fr. DE87 Bryson Deming Fr. WR28 Josh Deshner Fr. ATH10 Nate Dick Fr. QB5 Kobey Eaton R-So. WR23 Josh Egbo R-Fr. CB62 Dylan Eickmeyer R-Fr. OG30 Evan Epperly R-Jr. S45 Vika Fa’atuiese R-So. LB43 Chris Favoroso R-So. DE1 Treshawn Favors R-Sr. RB19 Malik Flowers Fr. WR30 Nick Fouch Fr. WR4 Rey Green R-Fr. RB95 Andrew Harris R-So. LB77 Dallas Hart R-So. RG12 Caleb Hill Jr. QB41 Curtis Holmes Fr. CB90 McKenzie Holt Fr. ATH80 Josh Horner Sr. WR67 Thayne Jackson R-Fr. LT2 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. QB60 Colton Keintz Fr. OL53 Carder Key Fr. LB24 Alijah Lee R-Jr. RB31 Trase Le Texier R-Fr. LB34 Jace Lewis R-Fr. LB98 Esai Longoria R-Fr. DT16 Jerry Louie-McGee R-So. WR75 Robert Luke Sr. C70 Skyler Martin Fr. OL

SCHOOL CONF PCT OVERALL HOME AWAY STREAKEastern Washington 4-0 1.000 5-2 2-1 3-1 W5Northern Arizona 3-0 1.000 4-2 2-1 2-1 W4Montana 3-1 0.750 5-2 3-1 2-1 W3Southern Utah 2-1 0.667 4-2 2-0 2-2 W2Weber State 2-1 0.667 4-2 2-1 2-1 L1Sacramento State 2-1 0.667 3-3 3-1 0-2 W1Montana State 2-2 0.500 2-4 1-2 1-2 L1UC Davis 1-2 0.333 3-3 2-1 1-2 L1Northern Colorado 1-2 0.333 2-3 2-0 0-3 L2Idaho State 1-3 0.250 3-4 2-1 1-3 L2North Dakota 1-3 0.250 2-5 2-1 0-4 L1Cal Poly 0-3 0.000 0-6 0-2 0-4 L6Portland State 0-3 0.000 0-6 0-3 0-3 L6

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MONTANA COACHING STAFFNAME TITLEBob Stitt (Doane 1987) Head Coach / Offensive CoordinatorJason Semore (Adams St. 2005) Defensive CoordinatorTravis NieKamp (Illinois State 1998) Special Teams Coordinator / LBsMike Ferriter (Montana 2008) Pass Game Coord. / Wide ReceiversLennard Manke (Montana 2015) Wide Receivers AssistantChad Germer (Montana 1993) Run Game Coordinator / Offensive LineJustin Green (Montana 2004) Running Backs / Recruiting CoordinatorJoe "JB" Hall Jr. (Adams St. 2013) CornerbacksBrian Hendricks (Wyoming 2011) Defensive LineShann Schillinger (Montana 2010) SafetiesAndrew Selle (Montana 2010) QuarterbacksMatt Nicholson (Houston 2010) Strength & ConditioningColin Bonnicksen (Minn. St. Mankato ‘08) Director of Football OperationsReese Phillips Undergraduate Student Coach

ALPHABETICAL (cont.)NUMERICAL ROSTER (CONT.)No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown / Previous School40 Cy Sirmon DE 6-3 250 R-So. 1V Wenatchee, Wash. / Wenatchee HS41 Curtis Holmes CB 5-9 175 Fr. HS Spring Valley, Calif. / Proctor Academy42 Josh Buss LB 6-2 220 R-Jr. 2V Boise, Idaho / Mountain View HS43 Chris Favoroso DE 6-3 245 R-So. TR Port St. Lucie, Fla. / Arizona Western College44 Randy Rodriguez DT 6-3 244 R-Fr. RS Peoria, AZ / Centennial HS45 Vika Fa’atuiese LB 6-3 230 R-So. 1V Vista, Calif. / Vista HS47 Cole Rosling DE 6-4 230 R-Fr. RS Helena, Mont. / Capital HS49 Jesse Sims DT 6-4 272 R-So. 1V Stevensville, Mont. / Corvallis HS50 Cody Meyer OL 6-3 293 R-So. SQ San Marcos, Calif. / San Marcos HS51 Mike Ralston OL 6-5 302 R-Sr. 2V Oregon City, Ore. / Sheldon HS52 Michael Matthews LB 6-2 206 Fr. HS Camas, Wash. / Camas HS53 Carder Key LB 6-2 210 Fr. HS Broken Arrow, Okla. / Broken Arrow HS54 Gage Smith LB 6-3 217 R-Jr. SQ Whitefish, Mont. / Whitefish HS55 Kyle Davis DT 6-1 283 R-Jr. 2V San Diego, Calif. / Cathedral Catholic HS56 Marcus Welnel LB 6-0 212 Fr. HS Helena, Mont. / Capital HS57 Shayne Cochran LB 6-1 220 R-Jr. 1V Culbertson, Mont. / Culbertson HS60 Colton Keintz OL 6-8 275 Fr. HS Missoula, Mont. / Big Sky HS61 Matthew O’Donoghue LS 6-1 248 R-Fr. SQ Santa Ana, Calif. / Foothill HS62 Dylan Eickmeyer OG 6-4 292 R-Fr. RS Tucson, Ariz. / Salpointe Catholic HS66 Ashton Torres OT 6-4 292 R-Fr. RS Aurora, Colo. / Cherokee Trail HS67 Thayne Jackson OG 6-5 296 R-Fr. RS Gilbert, Ariz. / Gilbert HS70 Skyler Martin OL 6-5 255 Fr. HS Vancouver, Wash. / Skyview HS71 Payton Stoner OL 6-6 282 Fr. HS San Diego, Calif. / Mt. Carmel HS72 Cooper Sprunk OL 6-4 300 R-Sr. 2V Tigard, Ore. / Jesuit HS73 Brandon Scott OT 6-7 295 R-Fr. RS Owasso, Okla. / Owasso HS74 Angel Villanueva OL 6-5 324 R-So. 1V Duarte, Calif. / Duarte HS75 Robert Luke OL 6-4 318 Sr. 3V Tacoma, Wash. / Charles Wright Acad. HS76 David Reese OL 6-7 301 Sr. 3V Happy Valley, Ore. / Clackamas HS77 Dallas Hart OL 6-5 315 R-So. 1V Cypress, Calif. / Pacifica HS78 Conlan Beaver OT 6-5 293 R-Fr. RS Fredericksburg, Va. / Massaponax HS80 Josh Horner WR 6-5 232 Sr. 3V Great Falls, Mont. / C.M. Russell HS81 Mitch McLaughlin WR 5-9 174 Jr. SQ Riverside, Calif. / Chaffey College82 Samori Toure WR 6-3 186 R-Fr. RS Portland, Ore. / Westview HS83 Mitch Roberts WR 6-1 188 Fr. HS Missoula, Mont. / Sentinel HS84 Jed Nagler WR 6-4 218 R-Fr. RS Whitefish, Mont. / Whitefish HS85 Danny Burton WR 5-10 172 Fr. WO Helena, Mont. / Capital HS87 Bryson Deming WR 6-4 228 Fr. HS Billings, Mont. / West HS88 Colin Bingham WR 6-3 230 R-So. 1V Missoula, Mont. / Big Sky HS89 Tim Semenza K 5-7 155 R-So. 1V San Diego, Calif. / Cathedral Catholic HS90 McKenzie Holt ATH 6-4 238 Fr. HS Thompson Falls, Mont. / Thompson Falls HS91 Brandt Davidson DT 6-3 293 Sr. 1V Tucson, Ariz. / Scottsdale Community College92 Myles Mckee-Osibodu DT 6-3 272 Sr. 1V Sana Ana, Calif. / Santa Ana College93 Braydon Deming DE 6-4 234 Fr. HS Billings, Mont. / West HS94 Devin Maua DE 6-3 232 R-Fr. RS Billings, Mont. / Senior HS95 Andrew Harris LB 6-2 231 R-So. SQ Kalispell, Mont. / Glacier HS96 David Shaw DT 6-5 319 Jr. TR Spring Grove, Pa. / Maryland97 RJ Nelson DE 6-4 221 Fr. HS Hillsboro, Ore. / Hillsboro HS98 Esai Longoria DT 6-3 305 R-Fr. RS Caldwell, Idaho / Vallivue HS99 Reggie Tilleman DT 6-4 272 R-Jr. 1V Genesee, Idaho / Genesee HS

No. Name Year Pos.52 Michael Matthews Fr. LB94 Devin Maua R-Fr. DE27 Cody McCombs R-So. RB14 Michael McGinnis Fr. S92 Myles Mckee-Osibodu Sr. DT2 Ryan McKinley R-Sr. CB81 Mitch McLaughlin Jr. WR50 Cody Meyer R-So. C38 Caleb Mitchell R-Fr. LS25 Shane Moody R-Sr. RB20 Terron Moses Fr. RB84 Jed Nagler R-Fr. WR7 Dareon Nash R-Fr. CB97 RJ Nelson Fr. DE61 Matthew O’Donoghue R-Fr. LS33 Dante Olson R-So. LB39 Brandon Purdy R-So. KP51 Mike Ralston R-Sr. RT76 David Reese Sr. LT7 Matthew Rensvold Fr. WR83 Mitch Roberts Fr. WR44 Randy Rodriguez R-Fr. DE47 Cole Rosling R-Fr. DE1 Markell Sanders R-Jr. CB13 Josh Sandry R-So. S37 Tucker Schye R-Sr. DE73 Brandon Scott R-Fr. LG89 Tim Semenza R-So. K96 David Shaw Jr. DT17 Makena Simis R-Sr. WR49 Jesse Sims R-So. DT40 Cy Sirmon R-So. DE54 Gage Smith R-Jr. LB72 Cooper Sprunk R-Sr. C10 Connor Strahm R-Sr. LB71 Payton Stoner Fr. OL5 Justin Strong Sr. S29 Kendall Sweet Fr. LB21 Lamarriel Taylor R-So. WR 26 Jared Thurber Fr. WR99 Reggie Tilleman R-Jr. DT66 Ashton Torres R-Fr. OG82 Samori Toure R-Fr. WR74 Angel Villanueva R-So. LG56 Marcus Welnel Fr. LB35 Eric Williams Jr. KP13 Tanner Wilson Fr. QB

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2017 GRIZ FOOTBALL NEWCOMERS

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown / Previous School11 Isiahia Banks* S 6-0 203 Fr. HS Aurora, Colo. / Mullen HS93 Braydon Deming* DE 6-4 234 Fr. HS Billings, Mont. / West HS87 Bryson Deming* WR 6-4 228 Fr. HS Billings, Mont. / West HS10 Nate Dick* QB 5-10 188 Fr. HS Billings, Mont. / Senior HS19 Malik Flowers* WR 6-2 185 Fr. HS Fontana, Calif. / A.B. Miller HS90 McKenzie Holt* ATH 6-4 238 Fr. HS Thompson Falls, Mont. / Thompson Falls HS60 Colton Keintz* OL 6-8 275 Fr. HS Missoula, Mont. / Big Sky HS53 Carder Key* LB 6-2 210 Fr. HS Broken Arrow, Okla. / Broken Arrow HS70 Skyler Martin* OL 6-5 255 Fr. HS Vancouver, Wash. / Skyview HS52 Michael Matthews* LB 6-2 206 Fr. HS Camas, Wash. / Camas HS14 Michael McGinnis* S 6-3 191 Fr. HS Sidney, Mont. / Sidney HS20 Terron Moses* RB 5-7 166 Fr. HS Vian, Okla. / Vian HS97 RJ Nelson* DE 6-4 221 Fr. HS Hillsboro, Ore. / Hillsboro HS7 Matthew Rensvold* WR 6-4 211 Fr. HS Polson, Mont. / Polson HS83 Mitch Roberts* WR 6-1 188 Fr. HS Missoula, Mont. / Sentinel HS71 Payton Stoner* OL 6-6 282 Fr. HS San Diego, Calif. / Mt. Carmel HS29 Kendall Sweet* LB 5-11 216 Fr. HS Tulsa, Okla. / Booker T. Washington HS56 Marcus Welnel* LB 6-0 212 Fr. HS Helena, Mont. / Capital HS13 Tanner Wilson* QB 6-2 195 Fr. HS Polson, Mont. / Polson HS

2017 INCOMING FRESHMEN

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown / Previous School43 Chris Favoroso DE 6-3 245 R-So. TR Port St. Lucie, Fla. / Arizona Western College12 Caleb Hill QB 6-4 215 Jr. TR Brenham, Tex. / Blinn College24 Alijah Lee RB 5-6 197 R-Jr. TR Los Angeles, Calif. / Washington State96 David Shaw DT 6-5 319 Jr. TR Spring Grove, Pa. / Maryland

2017 TRANSFERS

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown / Previous School85 Danny Burton WR 5-10 172 Fr. WO Helena, Mont. / Capital HS28 Josh Deshner ATH 6-0 190 Fr. WO Missoula, Mont. / Sentinel HS30 Nick Fouch* WR 6-0 162 Fr. WO Woodinville, Wash. / Woodinville HS41 Curtis Holmes* CB 5-9 175 Fr. WO Spring Valley, Calif. / Proctor Academy26 Jared Thurber* WR 6-4 169 Fr. WO Burien, Wash. / Kennedy Catholic HS

WALK-ONS

Montana 12Washington 4California 4Oklahoma 3Colorado 1Florida 1Oregon 1Pennsylvania 1Texas 1Total 28

STATE BREAKDOWN POSITION BREAKDOWNWide Receiver 7Linebacker 4Defensive End 3Quarterback 3Offensive Lineman 3Running Back 2Athlete 2Safety 2Cornerback 1Defensive Tackle 1Total 28

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2017 GRIZ FOOTBALL TWO-DEEP

OFFENSE

DEFENSE

SPECIALISTS

2016 UM UM CAREER CONSEC.POS # PLAYER ELIG. HT WT CAREER HIGHS GP/GS GP/GS STARTSQB 2 Gresch Jensen R-Fr. 6-2 218 25C - 49A - 423YDS - 80LG - 4TD 0/0 7/4 4 12 Caleb Hill Jr. 6-4 215 4C - 6A - 42YDS - 24LG 0/0 3/0 0 WR (X) 6 Keenan Curran Jr. 6-2 203 7REC - 151YDS - 75LG - 4TD 11/11 27/18 2 18 Sammy Akem R-Fr. 6-4 195 3REC - 45YDS - 26LG - 1TD 0/0 7/1 0 WR (Y) 3 Justin Calhoun R-So. 5-10 174 8REC - 133YDS - 2 TD - 61LG 11/10 18/16 2 5 Kobey Eaton R-So. 6-3 180 7/0 11/0 0 WR (Z) 16 Jerry Louie-McGee R-So. 5-9 175 21REC* - 159YDS - 2TD - 64LG 8/8 15/15 11 82 Samori Toure R-So. 6-3 186 5REC - 111YDS - 1TD - 80LG 0/0 7/1 0 WR (H) 80 Josh Horner Sr. 6-5 232 6REC - 80YDS - 44LG - 1TD 8/8 38/17 6 17 Makena Simis R-Sr. 6-2 235 2REC - 34YDS - 23LG - 1TD 10/0 23/3 0 RB 8 Jeremy Calhoun Jr. 6-0 213 22ATT - 124YDS - 59LG - 3TD 10/0 27/7 7 24 Alijah Lee R-Jr. 5-6 197 17ATT - 79YDS - 33LG - 2TD 0/0 7/0 0 LT 76 David Reese Sr. 6-7 301 11/11 43/42 42 67 Thayne Jackson R-Fr. 6-5 296 0/0 6/0 0 LG 74 Angel Villanueva R-So. 6-5 324 11/11 18/18 18 73 Brandon Scott R-Fr. 6-7 295 0/0 5/0 0 C 72 Cooper Sprunk R-Sr. 6-4 300 10/11 31/17 17 50 Cody Meyer R-So. 6-3 293 0/0 3/0 0 RG 75 Robert Luke R-Sr. 6-4 318 9/0 39/20 7 77 Dallas Hart R-So. 6-5 315 7/0 12/0 0 RT 51 Mike Ralston R-Sr. 6-5 302 4/0 32/7 7 78 Conlan Beaver R-Fr. 6-5 293 0/0 6/0 0

* = School Record

2016 UM UM CAREER CONSEC.POS # PLAYER ELIG. HT WT CAREER HIGHS GP/GS GP/GS STARTSWILL 36 James Banks Sr. 6-1 215 14TACK - 1.5TFL - 2QBH - .5SACK 11/11 17/17 17 33 Dante Olson R-So. 6-3 230 8TACK - 1SACK - 2TFL - 1QBH 11/0 17/0 0 MIKE 10 Connor Strahm R-Sr. 6-0 240 14TACK, 2TFL, 1.5SACK, 1BLK, 1QBH, 1FR, 1TD, 1PB, 1FF 13/0 41/13 3 45 Vika Fa’atuiese R-Fr. 6-3 220 4TACK - 1TFL - 1FR 10/0 17/4 0 STAR 42 Josh Buss R-Jr. 6-2 220 17TACK - 1.5SACK - 4.5TFL - 1PB - 1BLK - 2QBH 11/11 28/17 17 33 Dante Olson R-So. 6-3 230 8TACK - 1SACK - 2TFL - 1QBH 11/0 17/0 0 DE 43 Chris Favoroso R-So. 6-3 245 9TAK - 1SACK - 2.5TFL - 1PB - 1QBH 0/0 7/5 2 44 Randy Rodriguez R-Fr. 6-3 244 6TAK - 1.5TFL - 1.5SACK - 1FR 0/0 7/2 0 NT 96 David Shaw Jr. 6-5 319 3TAK - 1BLK - 1SACK - 2TFL 0/0 7/6 4 92 Myles McKee-Osibodu Sr. 6-3 272 4TAK - .5SACK - .5TFL 8/0 14/0 0 DT 49 Jesse Sims R-So. 6-4 254 8TACK - 2.5TFL - 2.5SACK - 1QBH 11/6 18/13 7 99 Reggie Tilleman R-Jr. 6-4 272 4TAK - 1.5TFL - 1.5SACK 6/0 14/0 0 DE 37 Tucker Schye R-Sr. 6-4 242 8TACK, 4TFL, 3SACK, 1FR, 1FF, 1BLK, 1BR, 1QBH 11/0 45/7 7 40 Cy Sirmon R-So. 6-3 250 5TACK - .5TFL - 1QBH 11/0 16/0 0 CB 2 Ryan McKinley R-Sr. 6-1 193 9TACK - 1INT - 3PB - 1TD - 1TFL 10/6 33/13 7 7 Dareon Nash R-Fr 6-2 178 1TAK - 2PB 0/0 6/0 0 CB 1 Markell Sanders R-Jr. 6-2 185 5TACK - 1TFL - 3PB - 1FR - 1INT 22/11 29/17 5 8 Lewis Cowans R-Fr. 6-1 192 6TAK - 1PB - 0.5TFL 0/0 7/0 0 FS 5 Justin Strong Sr. 5-11 190 11TACK - 1.5TFL - 1PB - 3INT - 116YD - 1TD 10/10 16/16 6 30 Evan Epperly R-Jr. 5-10 197 6TAK - 1TFL - 1INT - 1PB 11/0 20/1 0 SS 13 Josh Sandry R-So. 6-1 203 10T - 1S - 1TFL - 1FF - 1FR - 1PB - 1INT - 1TD - 1BLK - 1QBH 11/3 18/10 7 12 Korey Alexander Sr. 5-11 190 3TACK - 1PB - 1FR - 1TFL - 1FF 11/0 16/0 0

P 35 Eric Williams Jr. 6-0 188 AVG 53.25/KICK - 59LG - 3In20 11/11 17/17 17 39 Brandon Purdy R-So. 5-10 182 5/1 9/5 5 KO 89 Tim Semenza R-So. 5-7 155 AVG 64/KICK 10/10 2/2 2 35 Eric Williams Jr. 6-0 188 AVG 61.1/KICK 11/11 15/14 0 PK 39 Brandon Purdy R-So. 5-10 182 3/3 FGs - 39LG - 8/8PAT 5/1 12/8 8 89 Tim Semenza R-So. 5-7 155 13/16 FGs - 47 LG - 33/42 PATs 10/10 10/10 0 LS 61 Matthew O’Donoghue R-So. 6-1 248 0/0 7/7 7 54 Gage Smith R-Jr. 6-3 217 3/0 3/0 0 KR 5 Kobey Eaton R-So. 6-3 180 90YDS 7/0 12/0 0 82 Samori Toure R-So. 6-3 186 7RET- 145YDS - 31LG 0/0 5/0 3 PR 16 Jerry Louie-McGee R-So. 5-9 175 1 PR TD - 118YDS 8/8 15/15 15

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2017 GRIZ FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART

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WIDE RECEIVER (X)

OFFENSE(SPREAD)

DEFENSE(MULTIPLE)

SPECIALISTS

WIDE RECEIVER (Y)

WILL (OUTSIDE) LINEBACKER

WIDE RECEIVER (Z)

QUARTERBACK2 Gresch Jensen, 6-2, 218, R-Fr.12 Caleb Hill, 6-4, 215, Jr.17 Makena Simis, 6-2, 235, R-Sr.

6 Keenan Curran, 6-2, 203, Jr.18 Samuel Akem, 6-4, 195, R-Fr.21 Lamarriel Taylor, 6-2, 198, R-So.85 Danny Burton, 5-10, 172, Fr.

WIDE RECEIVER (H)

3 Justin Calhoun, 5-10, 174, R-So5 Kobey Eaton, 6-3, 180, R-So.84 Jed Nagler, 6-4, 218, R-Fr.9 Brennan Corbin, 6-5, 210, R-Fr.28 Josh Deshner, 6-0, 190, Fr.

36 James Banks, 6-1, 215, Sr.33 Dante Olson, 6-3, 230, R-So.54 Gage Smith, 6-3, 217, R-Jr.

MIKE (MIDDLE) LINEBACKER10 Connor Strahm, 6-0, 240, R-Sr.45 Vika Fa’atuiese, 6-3, 230, R-So.57 Shayne Cochran, 6-1, 220, R-Jr.95 Andrew Harris, 6-2, 231, R-So.31 Trase Le Texier, 6-2, 236, R-Fr.*

STAR (OUTSIDE) LINEBACKER42 Josh Buss, 6-2, 220, R-Jr.33 Dante Olson, 6-3, 230, R-So.34 Jace Lewis, 6-1, 220, R-Fr.

DEFENSIVE END (LEO)43 Chris Favoroso, 6-3, 245, R-So.44 Randy Rodriguez, 6-3, 244, R-Fr.94 Devin Maua, 6-3, 232, R-Fr.

NOSE TACKLE96 David Shaw, 6-5, 319, Jr.92 Myles Mckee-Osibodu, 6-3, 272, Sr.55 Kyle Davis, 6-1, 283, R-Jr.91 Brandt Davidson, 6-3, 293, Sr.*

DEFENSIVE TACKLE49 Jesse Sims, 6-4, 272, R-So.99 Reggie Tilleman, 6-4, 272, R-Jr.98 Esai Longoria, 6-3, 305, R-Fr.

DEFENSIVE END37 Tucker Schye, 6-4, 242, R-Sr.40 Cy Sirmon, 6-3, 250, R-So.47 Cole Rosling, 6-4, 230, R-Fr.

2 Ryan McKinley, 6-1, 193, R-Sr.7 Dareon Nash, 6-2, 178, R-Fr.20 Gavin Crow, 6-1, 200, R-Fr.

FREE SAFETY5 Justin Strong, 5-11, 190, Sr.30 Evan Epperly, 5-10, 197, R-Jr.12 Korey Alexander, 5-11, 190, Sr.3 Mick Delaney, 6-0, 196, R-Sr.*

BOUNDARY CORNERBACK

1 Markell Sanders, 6-2, 189, R-Jr.8 Lewis Cowans, 6-1, 192, R-Fr.23 Josh Egbo, 6-2, 193, R-Fr.

FIELD CORNERBACK

STRONG SAFETY13 Josh Sandry, 6-1, 203, R-So.12 Korey Alexander, 5-11, 190, Sr.11 Isiahia Banks, 6-0, 203, Fr.3 Mick Delaney, 6-0, 196, R-Sr.*

16 Jerry Louie-McGee, 5-9, 175, R-So.82 Samori Toure, 6-3, 186, R-Fr.81 Mitch McLaughlin, 5-9, 174, Jr.

80 Josh Horner, 6-5, 232, Sr.17 Makena Simis, 6-2, 235, R-Sr.88 Colin Bingham, 6-3, 230, R-So.

LEFT TACKLE76 David Reese, 6-7, 301, Sr.67 Thayne Jackson, 6-5, 296, R-Fr.

LEFT GUARD74 Angel Villanueva, 6-5, 324, R-So.73 Brandon Scott, 6-7, 295, R-Fr.66 Ashton Torres, 6-4, 292, R-Fr.

CENTER72 Cooper Sprunk, 6-4, 300, R-Sr.50 Cody Meyer, 6-3, 293, R-So. -OR-62 Dylan Eickmeyer, 6-4, 292, R-Fr.

RIGHT GUARD75 Robert Luke, 6-4, 318, Sr.77 Dallas Hart, 6-5, 315, R-So.

RIGHT TACKLE51 Mike Ralston, 6-5, 302, R-Sr.78 Conlan Beaver, 6-5, 293, R-Fr.

RUNNING BACK8 Jeremy Calhoun, 6-0, 213, Jr.24 Alijah Lee, 5-6, 197, R-Jr.1 Treshawn Favors, 5-9, 209, R-Sr.27 Cody McCombs, 5-9, 196, R-So.4 Rey Green, 5-11, 195, R-Fr.*25 Shane Moody, 5-8, 176, R-Sr.*

PUNTER35 Eric Williams, 6-0, 188, Jr.39 Brandon Purdy, 5-10, 182, R-So.

PLACEKICKER39 Brandon Purdy, 5-10, 182, R-So.89 Tim Semenza, 5-7, 155, R-So.

PUNT RETURN16 Jerry Louie-McGee, 5-9, 175, R-So.3 Justin Calhoun, 5-10, 174, R-So

KICKOFF RETURN27 Cody McCombs, 5-9, 196, R-So. -AND-5 Kobey Eaton, 6-3, 180, R-So.

HOLDER17 Makena Simis, 6-2, 235, R-Sr.12 Caleb Hill, 6-4, 215, Jr.

SNAPPER61 Matthew O’Donoghue, 6-1, 248, R-Fr.54 Gage Smith, 6-3, 217, R-Jr.38 Caleb Mitchell, 6-1, 195, R-Fr.

PRONUNCIATION1 Treshawn Favors: TRAY-shawn10 Connor Strahm: Strawm17 Makena Simis: Mah-KEN-ah... SIM-iss18 Samuel Akem: Ah-KEM31 Trase Le Texier: Leh-TEX-ee-AIR37 Tucker Schye: Shy43 Chris Favoroso: Faa-vo-ROW-so45 Vika Fa’atuiese: FA-AH-tooee-essay82 Samori Toure: Sa-MOR-ee TOO-rey30 Nick Fouch: FOWCH (like couch)92 Myles Mckee-Osibodu: Oh-shee-BOW-doo98 Esai Longoria: EE-sigh

COACHES:Mike Ferriter: FAIR-it-erChad Germer: JUR-murTravis Niekamp: KNEE-campShann Schillinger: SHILL-in-jer

*= Inactive/Injured

KICKOFFS89 Tim Semenza, 5-7, 155, R-So.35 Eric Williams, 6-0, 188, Jr.

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2017 GRIZ FOOTBALL START CHART

GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS

CAREER STARTS BY POSITION

OFFENSE WR (X) WR (Y) WR (Z) WR (H) RB LT LG C RG RT QBVALPARAISO Curran Ju. Calhoun Louie-McGee Simis Je. Calhoun Reese Villanueva Sprunk Luke Ralston PhillipsWASHINGTON Curran Ju. Calhoun Louie-McGee Horner Je. Calhoun Reese Villanueva Sprunk Luke Ralston PhillipsSAVANNAH STATE Curran Ju. Calhoun Louie-McGee Horner Je. Calhoun Reese Villanueva Sprunk Luke Ralston PhillipsEASTERN WASH. Curran Ju. Calhoun Louie-McGee Horner Je. Calhoun Reese Villanueva Sprunk Luke Ralston JensenPORTLAND STATE Akem Toure Louie-McGee Horner Je. Calhoun Reese Villanueva Sprunk Luke Ralston JensenIDAHO STATE Curran Ju. Calhoun Louie-McGee Horner Je. Calhoun Reese Villanueva Sprunk Luke Ralston JensenNORTH DAKOTA Curran Ju. Calhoun Louie-McGee Horner Je. Calhoun Reese Villanueva Sprunk Luke Ralston JensenWEBER STATENO. ARIZONANO. COLORADOMONTANA STATE

DEFENSE OLB MLB OLB DE NT DT DE CB CB FS SSVALPARAISO Banks Fa’atuiese Buss Favoroso Shaw Sims Schye McKinley Sanders Epperly SandryWASHINGTON Banks Fa’atuiese Buss Favoroso Shaw Sims Schye McKinley Cowans Strong SandrySAVANNAH STATE Banks Fa’atuiese Buss Favoroso Davidson Sims Schye McKinley Sanders Strong SandryEASTERN WASH. Banks Fa’atuiese Buss Rodriguez Shaw Sims Schye McKinley Sanders Strong SandryPORTLAND STATE Banks Strahm Buss Rodriguez Shaw Sims Schye McKinley Sanders Strong SandryIDAHO STATE Banks Strahm Buss Favoroso Shaw Sims Schye McKinley Sanders Strong SandryNORTH DAKOTA Banks Strahm Buss Favoroso Shaw Sims Schye McKinley Sanders Strong SandryWEBER STATENO. ARIZONANO. COLORADOMONTANA STATE

SPECIALISTS PK KO P LS H KR PRVALPARAISO Purdy Williams Williams O’Donoghue Simis Eaton/Louie-McGee Louie-McGeeWASHINGTON Purdy Williams Williams O’Donoghue Phillips Toure/Louie-McGee Louie-McGeeSAVANNAH STATE Purdy Williams Williams O’Donoghue Simis Toure/Louie-McGee Louie-McGeeEASTERN WASH. Purdy Williams Williams O’Donoghue Simis Toure/Louie-McGee Louie-McGeePORTLAND STATE Purdy Williams Williams O’Donoghue Simis Toure/Louie-McGee Louie-McGeeIDAHO STATE Purdy Semenza Williams O’Donoghue Simis McCombs/Eaton Louie-McGeeNORTH DAKOTA Purdy Semenza Williams O’Donoghue Simis McCombs/Eaton Louie-McGeeWEBER STATENO. ARIZONANO. COLORADOMONTANA STATE

Longest Active Start StreakDavid Reese - 42

Angel Villanueva - 18James Banks - 18

Josh Buss - 18Eric Williams - 18

OFFENSE

DEFENSE

SPECIAL TEAMS

WR (X) WR (Z) WR (Y) WR (H) RB LT LG C RG RT QB Curran (17) Louie-McGee (15) Calhoun (16) Horner (18) Calhoun (7) Reese (42) Villanueva (18) Sprunk (17) Luke (20) Ralston (7) Jensen (4) Akem (1) Toure (1) Eaton (0) Simis (3) Lee (0) Jackson (0) Scott (0) Meyer (0) Hart (0) Beaver (0) Hill (0)

OLB MLB OLB DE NT DT DE CB CB FS SS Banks (18) Strahm (41) Buss (18) Favoroso (5) Shaw (6) Sims (13) Schye (7) McKinley (13) M. Sanders (17) Strong (16) Sandry (10) Olson (0) Fa’atuiese (4) Olson (0) Rodriguez (2) Davis (0) Tilleman (0) Sirmon (0) Nash (0) Cowans (1) Epperly (1) Delaney (0)

PK KO P LS KR PR Purdy (8) Semenza (12) Williams (18) O’Donoghue (7) Eaton/Toure (6) Louie-McGee (14) Semenza (10) Williams (16) Purdy (0) Smith (0) Louie-McGee/Eaton (1) Ju. Calhoun (0)

Most Career Starts (Active)David Reese - 42

Connor Strahm - 41Angel Villanueva - 18

James Banks - 18Josh Buss - 18

Eric Williams - 18Josh Horner - 18

Keenan Curran - 17

Most Career Starts (Active) cont.Markell Sanders - 17Cooper Sprunk - 17

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Date ............................Opponent ............................. Result9/3............................Saint Francis .........................W 41-319/10.....................@ #3 Northern Iowa ....................W 20-149/24............................@Cal Poly* ............................ L 42-4110/1........................Southern Utah * ......................W 43-2010/8.................Mississippi Valley State ..................W 67-710/15...................Sacramento State *......................W 68-710/22...................@Northern Arizona * .................... L 45-3410/29............. #3 @Eastern Washington * ............... L 35-1611/5 .......................... Idaho State * .........................W 62-4411/12 ................. @Northern Colorado * ................... L 28-2511/19 ......................Montana State * ......................L 24-17

2016 RESULTS(6-5 Overall, 3-5 Big Sky, 5-1 Home, 1-4 Away)

Offensive Formation: ....................................................... SpreadDefensive Formation: ...................................................... MultipleStarters Returning (O/D/S): ............................................19: 8/9/2Lettermen Returning: ...............................................................39Lettermen Lost: ........................................................................18Returning All-Conf. Performers: ...............................................5

2017 GRIZ PERSONNEL

No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Ex.36 James Banks Sr. LB 6-1 215 1V88 Colin Bingham R-So. WR 6-3 226 1V42 Josh Buss R-Jr. LB 6-2 204 2V9 Justin Calhoun R-So. WR 5-10 168 1V6 Keenan Curran Jr. WR 6-2 201 2V91 Brandt Davidson Sr. DT 6-3 294 1V80 Josh Horner Sr. WR 6-5 220 3V16 Jerry Louie-McGee R-So. WR 5-9 168 1V2 Ryan McKinley R-Sr. CB 6-1 199 2V76 David Reese Sr. OL 6-7 298 3V1 Markell Sanders R-Jr. CB 6-2 185 2V13 Josh Sandry R-So. S 6-1 200 1V89 Tim Semenza R-So. K 5-7 167 1V49 Jesse Sims R-So. DE 6-4 254 1V72 Cooper Sprunk R-Sr. OL 6-4 293 2V10 Connor Strahm R-Sr. LB 6-0 241 3V5 Justin Strong Sr. S 5-11 185 1V74 Angel Villanueva R-So. OL 6-5 314 1V35 Eric Williams Jr. KP 5-11 183 1V

Offense: 8 Defense: 9 Special Teams: 219 Total

3 Brady Gustafson R-Sr. QB 6-7 2304 James Homan Jr. WR 6-2 1759 Yamen Sanders R-Sr. S 6-4 21018 JR Nelson R-Sr. CB 6-2 17720 John Nguyen Sr. RB 5-7 18037 Caleb Kidder R-Sr. DT 6-5 27550 Aaron Held R-Sr. LS 6-1 19360 Jackson Thiebes R-Sr. OL 6-5 29571 Devon Dietrich R-Sr. OL 6-4 30297 Ryan Johnson R-Sr. DE 6-3 25593 Zach Peevey R-Sr. DT 6-3 26

5 Offense: 5 Defense: 5 Special Teams: 1 11 Total

12 Korey Alexander Sr. DB 5-11 198 1V8 Jeremy Calhoun Jr. RB 6-0 203 2V57 Shayne Cochran R-Jr. LB 6-1 221 1V55 Kyle Davis R-Jr. DT 6-1 259 2V3 Mick Delaney R-Sr. S 6-0 195 1V5 Kobey Eaton R-So. WR 6-3 185 1V30 Evan Epperly R-Jr. S 5-10 186 1V45 Vika Fa'atuiese R-So. LB 6-3 220 1V1 Treshawn Favors R-Sr. RB 5-9 194 2V77 Dallas Hart R-So. OL 6-5 312 1V75 Robert Luke Sr. OL 6-4 316 3V92 Myles Mckee-Osibodu Sr. DT 6-3 264 1V25 Shane Moody R-Sr. CB 5-8 165 1V33 Dante Olson R-So. LB 6-3 223 1V39 Brandon Purdy R-So. KP 5-10 168 1V37 Tucker Schye R-Sr. DE 6-4 240 3V17 Makena Simis R-Sr. WR 6-2 215 1V40 Cy Sirmon R-So. LB 6-3 236 1V21 Lamarriel Taylor R-So. WR 6-2 195 1V99 Reggie Tilleman R-Jr. DE 6-4 266 1V

21 Total

RETURNING STARTERS (THREE OR MORE)

2017 LETTERMENLettermen Returning: 38Lettermen Lost: 21

2017 RETURNING ALL-BIG SKY

STARTERS LOST (THREE OR MORE)

2nd team: David Reese Sr. OL 6-7 3V3rd team: Josh Buss R-Jr. LB 6-2 2V3rd team: Connor Strahm R-Sr. LB 6-0 3VHon. Men.: Justin Strong Sr. S 5-11 1VHon. Men.: Jerry Louie-McGee R-So. WR 5-9 1V

5 Total

Alexander, KoreyBanks, JamesBedell, DonaldBingham, ColinBuss, JoshCalhoun, JeremyCalhoun, JustinChalich, ChadCochran, ShayneCounts, JoeyCurran, KeenanDavidson, BrandtDavis, KyleDelaney, MickDietrich, DevonEaton, KobeyEpperly, EvanFa’atuiese, VikaFavors, TreshawnGustafson, BradyHart, Dallas

Held, AaronHoman, JamesHorner, JoshHovey, LaneJohnson, RyanKelly, MaxKidder, CalebLouie-McGee, JerryLuke, RobertLyons, CalebMcKee-Osibodu, MylesMcKinley, RyanMoody, ShaneNelson, JRNguyen, JohnOlson, DantePeevey, ZachPurdy, BrandonReese, David

Reynard, TJSanders, MarkellSanders, YamenSandry, JoshSchye, TuckerSemenza, TimSimis, MakenaSims, JesseSirmon, CySprunk, CooperStrahm, ConnorStrong, JustinTaylor, LamarrielThiebes, JacksonTilleman, ReggieTodd, McCauleyVillanueva, AngelWilliams, EricWilliams, Jerrin

OTHER TOP RETURNERS (PLAYED IN 5 OR MORE GAMES)

2016 LETTERMEN

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THE LAST TIME A GRIZZLY...Rushed for 100+ yards ....................................................................................................................................... 124, Jeremy Calhoun vs Portland St., 2017Rushed for 200+ yards.. .................................................................................................................................... 211, Jordan Canada at Southern Utah, 2014Rushed for 4 TDs .........................................................................................................................................................4, Jordan Canada at Sac State, 2013Rushed for 3 TDs .....................................................................................................................................3, Jeremy Calhoun vs. Eastern Washington, 2015 Had 2 100-yard rushers ........................................................................................................ 136, Travon Van & 102, Jordan Canada vs. Portland St., 2013Passed for 300+ yards .......................................................................................................................................... 360, Gresch Jensen at Idaho State, 2017Passed for 400+ yards .......................................................................................................................................423, Gresch Jensen vs North Dakota, 2017Passed for 500+ yards ..........................................................................................................................505, Drew Miller at Idaho (in Pullman, Wash.), 2000Passed for 6 TDs ........................................................................................................................................................ 7, Chad Chalich vs. Idaho State, 2016Passed for 5 TDs ....................................................................................................................................................... 5, Jordan Johnson at N. Dakota, 2013Passed for 4 TDs ....................................................................................................................................................... 4, Gresch Jensen at Idaho State, 2017Threw 3 or more Interceptions in a game ....................................................................................................4, Brady Gustafson at North Dakota State, 2015Player had 200+ receiving yards in a game ................................................................................................................. 200, Marc Mariani vs. Cal Poly, 2009Had two 100-yard receivers .......................................................................................133, James Homan & 133, Justin Calhoun vs Northern Arizona, 2016Had three 100-yard receivers ........................................................................................................................................ 156, Etu Molden, 149, Jimmy Farris,............................................................................................................................................................. 127 Tanner Hancock at Idaho (in Pullman, WA), 2000Caught four (4) TD passes .......................................................................................................................................4, Kennan Curran vs. Idaho State, 2016Caught three (3) TD passes ..................................................................................................................................3. Jamaal Jones vs. Montana State, 2015Caught two (2) TD passes .......................................................................................................................................2, Keenan Curran vs North Dakota 2017Recorded 500 yards of total offense .................................................................................................................549, Brian Ah Yat vs. Northern Arizona, 1996Recorded 400 yards of total offense ...................................................................................................................459, Gresch Jensen vs North Dakota, 2017Recorded 250 all-purpose yards .......................................................................................................................... 275, Jerry Louie-McGee at Cal Poly, 2016Returned a punt for a Touchdown .................................................................................................................81, Jerry Louie-McGee at Northern Iowa, 2016Returned a kickoff for a TD ..................................................................................................................................98, Ellis Henderson at South Dakota, 2013Kicked four (4) field goals in a game ....................................................................................................................... Daniel Sullivan, vs Montana State, 2015Kicked three (3) field goals in a game ....................................................................................................................... Brandon Purdy, at Portland State 2017Kicked a game-winning field goal ...............................................................................................................35-yarder, Daniel Sullivan at North Dakota, 2014Kicked a field goal of 50 yards or more .............................................................................................................. 50, Ben Worst vs. Ok. Panhandle St., 2013Had Two or more INTs. in a game ............................................................................................................................ 3, Justin Strong at Portland State, 2017Returned a fumble for a TD .....................................................................................................................0, Donald Bedell vs. Mississippi Valley State, 2016Returned an interception for a TD .......................................................................................................................... 64, Justin Strong at Portland State, 2017Blocked a punt ...................................................................................................................................................................Tucker Schye at Idaho State 2017Returned a blocked punt for a TD ........................................................................................................................ Brent Meyers vs. Sacramento State, 2002Blocked a field Goal ....................................................................................................................................................Josh Sandry vs Savannah State, 2017Returned a blocked FG for a TD .......................................................................................................................67, Jimmy Wilson at Northern Arizona, 2005Had Two (2) forced fumbles in a game .......................................................................................................................... Brock Coyle at Montana State, 2013Blocked a PAT ..............................................................................................................................................................Craig Mettler at Montana State, 2007Forced a safety ................................................................................................................................................................Derek Crittenden vs Cal Poly, 2015Returned a PAT for a score ........................................................................................................................................Connor Strahm at Portland State, 2017

THE LAST TIME AN OPPONENT...Rushed for 100+ yards ..........................................................................................................................................134, Josh Kraght, at Portland State, 2017Rushed for 200+ yards .............................................................................................................................................226, Chris Brown, Cal Poly at CP, 2014Had Two 100-yard rushers ............................................................................................... 165 David Jones - 119 Alex Kuresa, Portland State at PSU 2015Rushed for 4 TDs ..................................................................................................................................................4, Vai Tafuna, Weber State at WSU, 2010Passed for 400+ yards ......................................................................................................................................................... 549, Gage Gubrud at UM, 2017Passed for 5 TDs ..................................................................................................................................................6. Vernon Adams, EWU at Montana, 2013Passed for 4 TDs ....................................................................................................................................4, Gage Gubrud, Eastern Washington at UM, 2017Threw 3+ interceptions ..............................................................................................................................................3, Josh Kraght, at Portland State, 2017Player had 200+ rec. yards in a game .................................................................................................................................. 333, Greg Hardin at UND, 2012Had two (2) 100-yard receivers .................................................................................N. Sblendorio (189) & N. Webster (143) vs Eastern Washington 2017Caught Three (3) TD passes ................................................................................................................3, Cooper Kupp, Eastern Washington at EWU, 2016 Had 400 yards of total offese .....................................................................................................................................617, Eastern Washington, at UM, 2017 Returned a punt for a touchdown. ....................................................................................................................... 67, Dante Pettis, Washington at UW, 2017Returned a kickoff for a TD ...................................................................................................................................87, Kahlil Dawson at Portland State, 2017Returned an interception for a TD .................................................................................................................. Jamon Dotson (68), Washington at UW, 2017Returned a fumble for a TD ............................................................................................................... 98, Ryan Reardon & 22, Marcus Alford, at NAU, 2013Player had Two (2) interceptions in a game ..............................................................................................................2, Chris Seisay at Portland State, 2017Team had Three (3) or more INTs. in a game ..........................................................................................................4 by North Dakota State at NDSU, 2015Blocked a Punt ................................................................................................................................................M. Dubose, Northern Colorado at UNC, 2016Scored a TD on a blocked punt .................................................................................................................13, M. Dubose, Northern Colorado at UNC, 2016Had 300+ all-purpose yards ....................................................................................................................................... 420, Greg Hardin, UND at UND, 2012Kicked 3 or more FGs in a game .....................................................................................................................5, Adam Keller, N. Dakota St. at NDSU, 2014Blocked a field goal .....................................................................................................................................................................Southern Utah at UM, 2016Blocked a PAT .................................................................................................................................................................... Koby Lowe, at Idaho State, 2017Had a safety. .................................................................................................................................................................... Western State (Colo.) at UM, 2010

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2017 NATIONAL PRESEASON POLLSFCS COACHES’ POLL

Preseason Poll - Aug. 8, 2017

RANK TEAM VOTES POINTS PREVIOUS 2016 RECORD1 James Madison (20) 642 1 14-12 North Dakota State (2) 618 3 12-23 Sam Houston State (3) 577 5 12-14 Eastern Washington 525 4 12-25 Jacksonville State 493 6 10-26 South Dakota State (1) 479 7 9-47 Richmond 474 8 10-48 Youngstown State 450 2 12-49 Villanova 413 13 9-410 North Dakota 412 12 9-311 Wofford 381 11 10-412 The Citadel 333 9 10-213 Chattanooga 330 10 9-414 Charleston Southern 261 14 7-415 Central Arkansas 251 16 10-316 New Hampshire 244 17 10-317 Lehigh 177 18 9-318 Illinois State 149 N/R 6-619 Samford 144 23 7-520 Northern Iowa 136 N/R 5-621 Grambling State 133 15 12-122 Weber State 102 24 7-523 Cal Poly 85 21t 7-524 North Carolina Central 83 19 9-325 North Carolina A&T 78 20 9-3

Fordham (63), Albany (62), Western Illinois (54), Montana (51), Northern Arizona (42), McNeese State (34), San Diego (33), Tennessee State (26), Kennesaw State (17), William & Mary (16), Harvard (16), South Dakota (14), Saint Francis (8), Southeastern Louisiana (7), Dayton (7), Nicholls State (6), Princeton (5), Prairie View A&M (5), Colgate (5), Towson (2), Eastern Illinois (2), Southern (2), Southern Utah (2), Mercer (1)

STATS FCS TOP 25Preseason Poll - Aug. 7, 2017

RANK SCHOOL VOTES PREV.1 James Madison (0-0) 4034 (134) NR2 North Dakota State (0-0) 3874 (19) NR3 Sam Houston State (0-0) 3610 (7) NR4 South Dakota State (0-0) 3385 (2) NR5 Eastern Washington (0-0) 3270 NR6 Jacksonville State (1-0) 3081 (1) NR7 Richmond (0-0) 3041 NR8 North Dakota (0-0) 2871 NR9 Youngstown State (0-0) 2658 NR10 Villanova (0-0) 2628 NR11 Wofford (0-0) 2543 NR12 Chattanooga (0-1) 1995 NR13 New Hampshire (0-0) 1741 NR14 Charleston Southern (0-0) 1710 NR15 Central Arkansas (0-0) 1685 NR16 Citadel (0-0) 1545 NR17 Lehigh (0-0) 1369 NR18 UNI (0-0) 924 NR19 Samford (0-0) 893 NR20 Illinois State (0-0) 876 NR21 Grambling State (0-0) 692 NR22 Fordham (0-0) 604 NR23 Cal Poly (0-1) 427 NR24 Albany (0-0) 418 NR25 Western Illinois (0-0) 367 NR

Others: North Carolina Central (326) , Weber State (322) , Northern Arizona (307) , McNeese (261) , San Diego (250) , Montana (215) , North Carolina A&T (198) , Kennesaw State (154) , Liberty (134) , Tennessee State (102) , UT Martin (90) , South Dakota (87) , Harvard (36) , Saint Francis U (31) , Delaware (27) , Princeton (23) , South Carolina State (22) , Nicholls (21) , Southeastern Louisiana (20) , Southern Utah (17) , Penn (14) , Duquesne (14) , Stony Brook (13) , Maine (11) , Montana State (6) , Mercer (6) , Southern Illinois (5) , Alcorn State (4) , William & Mary (4) , Eastern Illinois (3) , ETSU (3) , Wagner (3) , Eastern Kentucky (2) , Indiana State (1) , Bethune-Cookman (1) , Dayton (1)

WEEKLY NATIONAL POLLS

FCS COACHES’ POLLAs of Oct. 16, 2017

RANK SCHOOL POINTS LAST WEEK RECORD 1 James Madison (26) 650 6-0 12 North Dakota State 624 6-0 23 Jacksonville State 589 5-1 34 South Dakota 575 6-0 45 Wofford 539 6-0 56 Central Arkansas 516 5-1 67 Sam Houston State 470 5-1 T-98 Eastern Washington 467 5-2 T-99 Youngstown State 389 3-3 810 Richmond 388 4-2 1311 North Carolina A&T 382 7-0 1112 Western Illinois 366 5-1 1713 South Dakota State 315 4-2 714 Samford 259 4-2 1815 Elon 243 5-1 2016 Villanova 223 4-3 1417 Grambling State 217 5-1 1918 New Hampshire 191 4-2 1219 McNeese 189 5-1 2120 Nicholls 127 5-2 2321 Western Carolina 125 5-2 2522 Northern Arizona 102 4-2 2423 Weber State 90 4-2 1624 Illinois State 79 4-2 1525 Montana 58 5-2 NR

Others receiving votes: Stony Brook (50), Northern Iowa (49), Kennesaw State (40), N.C. Central (31), Monmouth (29), The Citadel (22), Southern Utah (16), Delaware (13), Saint Francis (10), Dartmouth (7), Alcorn State (5), Albany (4), SE Louisiana (1).

STATS FCS TOP 25As of Oct. 16, 2017

RANK SCHOOL VOTES PREV1 James Madison (6-0) 4167 (160) 12 North Dakota State (6-0) 4014 (7) 23 Jacksonville State (5-1) 3741 34 South Dakota (6-0) 3663 45 Wofford (6-0) 3494 56 Central Arkansas (5-1) 3352 67 Sam Houston State (5-1) 3062 98 Eastern Washington (5-2) 2975 109 Youngstown State (3-3) 2642 810 Western Illinois (5-1) 2463 1411 Richmond (4-2) 2456 1312 North Carolina A&T (7-0) 2174 1513 South Dakota State (4-2) 2138 714 Elon (5-1) 2057 1615 Villanova (4-3) 1785 1116 Samford (4-2) 1523 1917 Grambling State (5-1) 1219 2018 New Hampshire (4-2) 1164 1219 Western Carolina (5-2) 1138 2120 McNeese (5-1) 851 2221 Montana (5-2) 736 2422 Stony Brook (5-2) 688 NR23 Weber State (4-2) 416 1824 Illinois State (4-2) 391 1725 North Carolina Central (5-1) 356 25

Others: Northern Arizona (276) , Dartmouth (247) , Nicholls (169) , UNI (164) , Delaware (160) , Citadel (109) , Southern Utah (100) , Albany (94) , Eastern Illinois (63) , Kennesaw State (62) , Columbia (48) , Monmouth (44) , Furman (14) , Charleston Southern (14) , Duquesne (12) , Southern Illinois (7) , Austin Peay (6) , Alcorn State (4) , Liberty (4) , Mercer (4) , Princeton (3) , Southeastern Louisiana (3) , UC Davis (2) , Saint Francis U (1)

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THIS WEEK IN THE BIG SKYSaturday, Oct. 21

Montana State at Northern Colorado...................................12:30 p.m. MTTV: ROOT SPORTS (Game of the Week)Talent: Tom Glasglow, Jason Stiles, Jen Mueller

Sacramento State at North Dakota...................................... 12:30 p.m. CTTV: Midco Sports Network/Pluto TV

Portland State at Idaho State............................... .................2:30 p.m. MTTV: Pluto TV

Eastern Washington at Southern Utah............. .....................5:05 p.m. MTTV: Eleven Sports/Pluto TVTalent: Bill Doleman, Darius Walker

UC Davis at Northern Arizona.............................. ..................4:00 p.m. PTTV: Pluto TV

Weber State at Cal Poly ......................................... .............. 6:05 p.m. PTTV: Pluto TV

BIG SKY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINATIONSDATE ........OPPONENT ...............................................................................NOMINEE 9/2..............Valparaiso .............................................................Jerry Louie-McGee (O)...........................................................................................................Tucker Schye (D)............................................................................................................ Eric Williams (S)

9/9.......... @ Washington .................................................................................. N/A (O)...........................................................................................................................N/A (D)...........................................................................................................................N/A (S)

9/16......... Savannah St. ................................................................ Gresch Jensen (O)................................................................................................................Josh Buss (D).........................................................................................................Brandon Purdy (S)....................................................................................................... Gresch Jensen* (F)

9/23.........Eastern Wash. ................................................................ Gresch Jensen (O)......................................................................................................... Tucker Schye* (D)........................................................................................................... Samori Toure (S)....................................................................................................... Gresch Jensen* (F)

9/30.........@ Portland St. ............................................................. Jeremy Calhoun (O).................................................................................................... Justin Strong #$& (D).........................................................................................................Brandon Purdy (S)

10/7...........@ Idaho St. .................................................................. Gresch Jensen (O).............................................................................................................. Jesse Sims (D)...........................................................................................................Tim Semenza (S)....................................................................................................... Gresch Jensen* (F)

10/14........North Dakota .................................................................Keenan Curran (O)......................................................................................................... Josh Sandry#* (D).........................................................................................................Brandon Purdy (S)....................................................................................................... Gresch Jensen* (F)

10/28........@ Weber St........................................................................................... (O)..................................................................................................................................(D)..................................................................................................................................(S)

11/4 ............N. Arizona............................................................................................ (O)..................................................................................................................................(D)..................................................................................................................................(S)

11/11 .........N. Colorado .......................................................................................... (O)..................................................................................................................................(D)..................................................................................................................................(S)

11/18 ...... @ Montana St. ........................................................................................ (O)..................................................................................................................................(D)..................................................................................................................................(S)

O = Offensive, D = Defensive, S = Special Teams, F = Freshman# = ROOT Sports Big Sky Player of the Week$ = STATS FCS National Player of the Week& = NCAA FCS National Player of the Week

* = STATS FCS National Player of the Week Honorable Mention

NAME TEAM HOMETOWNBrock Coyle San Francisco 49ers Bozeman, Mont.Trumaine Johnson Los Angeles Rams Stockton, Calif.William Poehls Jacksonville Jaguars Chander, Ariz.Travon Van Edmonton Eskimos San Diego, Calif.Colt Anderson Buffalo Bills Butte, Mont.Jordan Tripp Atlanta Falcons Missoula, Mont.Jamaal Jones Carolina Panthers Spanaway, Wash.

COACHES:COACH NAME TEAM HOMETOWNDave Dickenson Calgary Stampeders Great Falls, Mont.Tim Hauck Philiadelphia Eagles Butte, Mont.Marty Mornhinweg Baltimore Ravens Edmond, Okla.Andre Patterson Minnesota Vikings Camden, Ark.Bruce Read Montreal Alouettes Santa Rosa, Calif.Brock Sunderland Edmonton Eskimos Great Falls, Mont.

GRIZ IN THE PROS7 Players (As of 10/1/17)

PRESEASON BIG SKY POLLSMedia Poll ...........................................Point Total (1st votes)1: North Dakota ...........................................................298 (15)2: Eastern Washington ..................................................271 (5)3: Northern Arizona........................................................236 (3)4: Cal Poly .......................................................................... 2245: Weber State .................................................................... 2096: Montana ....................................................................204 (1)7: Southern Utah ................................................................ 1758: Montana State ................................................................ 1569: Northern Colorado .......................................................... 13510: Portland State ............................................................... 10411: UC Davis ......................................................................... 6212: Sacramento State ........................................................... 6113: Idaho State ..................................................................... 44

Coaches’ Poll .....................................Point Total (1st votes)1: North Dakota .............................................................130 (6)2: Eastern Washington ..................................................124 (2)3: Northern Arizona........................................................ 119 (2)4: Cal Poly .....................................................................108 (1)5: Weber State ...............................................................103 (1)6: Montana ......................................................................83 (1)7: Southern Utah .................................................................. 808: Montana State .................................................................. 699: Portland State ................................................................... 6210: Northern Colorado .......................................................... 6011: UC Davis ......................................................................... 3512: Sacramento State ........................................................... 2613: Idaho State ..................................................................... 15

MONTANA IN THE STATS FCS TOP-25Pre. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 FinalNR NR NR NR NR NR 24 21

MONTANA IN THE FCS COACHES’ POLLPre. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 FinalNR NR NR NR NR NR NR 25

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2017 GRIZ SEASON NOTES

PRESEASON AWARDSA trio of Montana football standouts were named to the 2017 preseason All-Big Sky team the league announced in July at the an-nual football kickoff event in Park City, Utah. Record-breaking sophomore wide receiver Jerry Louie-McGee and senior offensive tack-le David Reese were both given All-Big Sky accolades, following up on their postseason all-conference awards in 2016. On the defensive side of the ball, junior line-backer and last year’s Steve Carlson Defen-sive MVP Josh Buss also earned a place on the preseason All-Big Sky team after earning all-conference honors in the fall.

BIG SKY PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Gage Gubrud, QB, Eastern WashingtonPreseason Defensive Player of the Year: Cole Reyes, S, North Dakota Quarterback: Gage Gubrud, Eastern Wash-ingtonWide Receivers: Emmanuel Butler, North-ern Arizona (Consensus); Keelan Doss, UC Davis; Jerry Louie-McGee, MontanaOffensive Tackles: David Reese, Montana; Randin Crecelius, Portland StateOffensive Guard: Tyler Shank, Northern Arizona; Demon Taylor, North DakotaCenter: Joey Kuperman, Cal PolyTight End: Andrew Vollert, Weber State (Consensus)Running Backs: John Santiago, North Dakota (Consensus); Brady Oliveira, North DakotaFullback: Joe Protheroe, Cal PolyPlacekicker: Griffin Roehler, Northern ArizonaReturn Specialist: John Santiago, North Dakota Defensive Tackle: Robert Torgerson, South-ern Utah; Anthony Del Toro, Portland StateDefensive End: Albert Havili, Eastern Wash-ington; Ben Sorensen, Sacramento StateOutside Linebackers: Mike Needham, South-ern Utah; Josh Buss, MontanaInside Linebackers: Mac Bignell, Montana State; Landon Stice, Weber StateCornerbacks: Deion Harris, North Dakota; Taron Johnson, Weber StateSafeties: Cole Reyes, North Dakota; Mitch Fettig, Eastern WashingtonPunter: Jacob DeMaio, Weber StateSpecial Teams: Hakeem Deggs, Northern Colorado

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS - Career52...................... Chase Reynolds, 2008-1050.....................Lex Hilliard, 2003-05, 200743............. Yohance Humphery, 1988-200140.................... Jordan Canada, 2011-201424.................................Tony Rice, 1989-9223............Jeremy Calhoun, 2015-Present22............................ Justin Green, 2003-04.................................Jody Farmer, 1986-8920.......................Dave Dickenson, 1992-95.................................Josh Branen, 1995-9717..........................Kelly Stensrud, 1992-95................................Rocky Klever, 1977-81

MOST RECEPTIONS - Game21.. Jerry Louie-McGee, @Cal Poly, 201615......... Josh Paffhausen, St. Mary’s, 1997

RECEPTIONS - Game21.. Jerry Louie McGee, @Cal Poly, 201615......... Josh Paffhausen, 1997, St. Mary’s....................................................15 more...10.......Jerry Louie-McGee, @ EWU, 2016

PASS RECEPTIONS - Season82................................ Joe Douglass, 199680................................. Marc Mariani, 2009......................Jefferson Heidelberger, 200476....................................Etu Molden, 200175................................Jamaal Jones, 201573......................Jerry Louie-McGee, 201672............................ Jeremy Watkins, 199871............................. Mike Trevathan, 199069................................. Marc Mariani, 2008

AVG RECEPTIONS/GAME - Season9.1.....................Jerry Louie-McGee, 20167.45............................. Joe Douglass, 19967.10.......................... Mike Trevathan, 1990

LONGEST PUNT RETURN94* ........... Marc Mariani vs. ISU, 2008(TD)94* ........Tuff Harris at E. Wash., 2006 (TD)90...............Peter Nguyen vs. Liberty, 201282.....Marc Mariani vs. E. Wash. 2009 (TD)81..... Jerry Louie-McGee, @N. Iowa (TD)

TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS - Game4.........Keenan Curran, 2016, Idaho State....................................................5 others...

AVG YDS PER PUNT - Career(Min. 50 Attempts - Since1948)42.56............................Mike Rice, 1985-8642.13..............Tyson Johnson, 2003-05, 0741.80.................... Dan Carpenter, 2004-0641.26........................Jody Farmer, 1986-89.......................................Lon Howard, 196841.23................................ Ken Wood, 200840.9.............. Eric Williams, 2016-Present40.83......................Mark Spencer, 2001-02

RECEIVING YARDS (TOP-50) - Season1,479............................ Marc Mariani, 20091,469........................... Joe Douglass, 19961,308............................ Marc Mariani, 2008................................................... 38 more...675................................ Justin Olsen, 1998661.............................. Tate Hancock, 2004651....................Jerry Louie-McGee, 2016641..........................Craig Chambers, 2006

PASS RECEPTION TDs - CAREER29............................Marc Mariani, 2006-0926...............................Etu Molden, 1999-01................................ Mike Erhardt, 1993-96............................... Shalon Baker, 1991-9425...........................Joe Douglass, 1995-9624............................ Jon Talmage, 2002-0523..............Ellis Henderson, 2012-13, 201522 ......................... Jamaal Jones, 2013-1521............................ Jimmy Farris, 1997-0021.......................... Raul Pacheco, 1995-9820....................... Jeremy Watkins, 1996-9919.......................Jabin Sambrano, 2008-11....................................Matt Wells, 1992-9517.......................... Scott Gurnsey, 1991-9416..............Keenan Curran, 2015-Present15.............................Mike Ferriter, 2005-08.................................. Bill Cockhill, 1990-93

IN THE RECORD BOOKS: Freshman receiver Samori Toure is one of Montana’s leading receivers so far this season. A large chunk of his receiving yards have come from two catches: one for 71 yards against ISU and one for 80 yards against Savannah State. However, on both of those plays Toure was tripped up before he could reach the end zone, putting him in the UM record books for the longest pass ever without a TD (80) and the third-longest catch ever without a TD. The previous record of 72 was thrown by QB Shay Smithwick-Hann at Weber State in 2012.

CURRENT GRIZ IN THE RECORD BOOKS

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2017 GRIZ SEASON NOTESKEEPING THE STREAK ALIVE: The Grizzlies have won every season-opening game inside Washington-Grizzly Stadium since 2003 when North Dakota State upset the Griz in Missoula - a 15-game win streak.

Since Washington-Grizzly Stadium hosted its first season opener in 1987, the Grizzlies have gone 27-4 in opening games. Montana’s all-time record in the friendly confines is 193-29, an 87-percent winning percentage.

PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF: Senior Mike Ralston won a starting spot at right tackle during fall camp. It’s the fourth position he’s played for the Griz in his career. Ralston started four games for the Griz as a tight end in 2014 before moving over to the defensive side of the ball in 2015 as a DE. In 2016 he played “H” wide receiver, since then he bulked-up to 302 pounds to earn a spot on the O-line.

NEW STARTERS: Nine different Grizzlies earned their first career start in maroon and silver against Valparaiso in the home-opener; three on offense, five on defense and one specialist.

At quarterback, senior Reese Phillips made his first start since his senior year of high school, over 1,700 days previous to that day’s game. Mike Ralston also got his first start as a Grizzly at right tackle (see above).

Junior running back Jeremy Calhoun also made his first-ever start as RB’s coach Justin Green begins a season without a Nguyen brother since 2009.

Defensively, sophomore linebacker Vika Fa’atu-iese earned a start at the Mike linebacker spot, filling in for Connor Strahm who is serving a two-game suspension. Transfer defensive end Chris Favoroso picked up his first start as a junior, as did safety Evan Epperly. David Shaw, also a junior, made a start at defensive tackle over senior incumbent Brandt Davidson.

Perhaps the most surprising inaugural start at the home-opener was that of #37 Tucker Schye.

GAME DAY CAPTAINSEach week, the coaching staff will select a new group of seniors to lead the team out of the tunnel as game day captains.

Valparaiso..................... Schye, Delaney, HornerWashington ......................Strong, Phillips, LukeSavannah St. ............................ Sprunk, RalstonEastern Wash. ................Luke, McKee-OsiboduPortland St. ...... Banks, Ralston, Reese, SprunkIdaho St. ........................................ Banks, SimisNorth Dakota ... Strong, Reese, Herschel WalkerWeber St. ...........................................................No. Arizona ........................................................No. Colorado ......................................................Montana St. .......................................................

PRODUCTION BELTSDefensive coordinator Jason Semore has start-ed a new tradition in the defensive locker room. Each week the coaching staff will award two boxing-style “production belts” to the two defen-sive players who leave the best performances on the field that day.

Valparaiso.....................................Schye, BanksWashington ................................ Sandry, StrongSavannah St. ..................................Buss, BanksEastern Wash. ......................... Schye, McKinleyPortland St. ................................Strong, StrahmIdaho St. .................................... Sims, FavorosoNorth Dakota ...............................Schye, SandryWeber St. ...........................................................No. Arizona ........................................................No. Colorado ......................................................Montana St. .......................................................

Schye leads the team in appearances with 39 (every game of his career) but has never picked up a start.

Also picking up his first start against Valpo was redshirt-freshman long snapper Matthew O’Donoghue.

PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE: 26 of Mon-tana’s 31 newcomers to the 2017 squad will redshirt this season, allowing the coaching staff to build for the future of the program. Freshman safety Isiahia Banks out of Mullen HS in Col-orado is scheduled to dress for the Griz this sea-son, but only to be used in case of emergency.

The last time Montana dug into its supply of true freshman was in 2015 when running back Jeremy Calhoun took the field at UC Davis and proceeded to rattle off nine touchdowns that season.

YOUTHFUL GRIZ: The Montana roster is load-ed with talent, but still skews toward youth as opposed to veteran experience. Among active players (non-redshirts), the Griz are suiting up a robust 23 freshmen and 18 sophomores, making up more than half of the 74-man squad.

On the week-one two-deep, Montana lined up 13 underclassmen as a starter or a backup on the offensive side of the ball and eight on the defensive side. Not to mention the specialists (P/K/LS), where the only upperclassman is junior punter Eric Williams.

PLAYING THE BEST: Montana’s game at UW the first FBS game for the Grizzlies since 2014 when UM nearly upset Wyoming in Laramie 17-12. Before that, Montana last played a FBS team in 2011 when UM went to Tennessee and fell 42-16. The last time the Griz played a ranked opponent was in 2006 when they faced the No. 16 Iowa Hawkeyes. At No. 7 in the previous week’s AP Poll, the Huskies were the highest ranked team UM has faced in modern history.

The contest against the Huskies marked the first time the two former Pacific Coast Conference foes had faced off since 1951 (when, coinci-dentally, the Huskies were ranked No. 8 in the nation), with the rivalry dating all the way back to 1920. The Griz are 1-17-1 all-time against the Huskies, with UM’s only win coming at UW in 1920.

In the 19-game series history against the Hus-kies, only one game was played in Missoula. Montana hosted Washington at UM on Home-coming weekend in 1927, with the Huskies going away 32-0 winners.

Montana’s 56-3 win over Savannah State marked only the third time in program history the Griz have faced an HBCU school, with all three meetings occurring in Missoula. The last time was in 2016 when the Griz defeated Mississip-pi Valley State. The first was against Jackson State in 1989, also a win for the Griz.

GRIZ VS. TEAMS FROM EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN

WASHINGTON-GRIZZLY STADIUM

1989........Jackson State (MS)*......................W1989........Eastern Illinois*..............................W1990........Thomas More (KY) ........................W1990........McNeese State (LA)*.....................W1992........Hofstra (NY) ..................................W1993........Jacksonville State (AL) ..................W1993........Delaware* ......................................L1994........Carson-Newman (TN) ...................W1994........McNeese State (LA)*.....................W1995........Minnesota-Duluth ..........................W1995........Eastern Kentucky* .........................W1995........Georgia Southern*.........................W1996........East Tennessee State* ..................W1996........Troy State (AL)* .............................W1999........Youngstown State (OH)* ...............L2000........Hofstra (NY) ..................................L2000........Eastern Illinois*..............................W2000........Richmond (VA)* .............................W 2000........Appalachian State (NC)* ...............W2002........Albany (NY) ...................................W2003........Western Illinois* .............................L2004........Maine.............................................W2004........Hofstra (NY) ..................................W2004........New Hampshire* ...........................W2006........McNeese State (LA)*.....................W2006........Southern Illinois* ...........................W2006........Massachusetts* .............................L2007........Albany (NY) ...................................W2007........Wofford (SC)* ................................L2009........Appalachian State (NC)* ...............W2012........Liberty (VA) ....................................W2013........Appalachian State (NC).................W2013........Coastal Carolina (NC)* ..................L2016........Saint Francis (PA) .........................W2016........Mississippi Valley State .................W2017........Valparaiso (IN) ...............................W2017........Savannah State (GA) ....................W..................................................... Record: 30-7* = D1-AA/FCS Playoff Game

BACK EAST: Montana has played only 37 teams from East of the Mississippi River in the 31-year history of Washington-Grizzly Stadium, with the bulk of those games (19) occurring in the D1-AA/FCS playoffs and a 30-7 all-time record.

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NIGHT GAME RECORD Montana’s all-time recrod in night games at Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

Year .........Opponent ............... Time ....Result .....Score2011 ........Northern Iowa ........ 6PM ....W ............48-102013 ........Appalachian St. ..... 7PM ....W ..............30-62014 ........South Dakota ......... 7PM ....W ............28-20 ................Montana State ....... 3PM ....W ..............34-72015 ........Cal Poly ................. 7PM ....L .............20-192016 ........Saint Francis .......... 7PM ....W ............41-31 ................Idaho State ............ 5PM ....W ............62-442017 ........E. Washington ....... 6PM ....L .............48-41

A DREAM COME TRUE: The Grizzlies squeezed in some time to make a little boy’s dream come true ahead of the game against Washington. Coach Stitt, Reese Phillips, Makena Simis, Coo-per Sprunk, director of football operations Colin Bonnicksen and Great Falls native Josh Horner paid a visit to Troy Ross, a three-year-old Griz fan from Great Falls the Friday night before the game while the rest of the team toured Husky Stadium. Ross, who was in the stands at the Sept. 2 home opener against Valparaiso, was rushed to Seattle Children’s Hospital the next week with a respiratory condition. “This little guy is a huge, huge, Griz fan,” said Stitt. “It was good for us to be there because as a parent, it’s really tough to see a three-year-old in the state Troy was.” “We wish him the best, and our prayers go out to him and his family, and we can’t wait to see him at the next Griz game,” Stitt added. “It’s just awesome to know that we have fans, that even when they’re in a tough situation, we can do something to lighten the situation up for them,” added Horner.

FRESH STARTS FOR THE GRIZ: Redshirt freshman Lewis Cowans made his first start at cornerback against Washington over junior CB Markell Sanders. Sanders graded out well after the UW game as the one responsible for the tipped pass that led to the Sandry touchdown, and will once again get the start against Savan-nah State. Josh Horner also got his first start of the year at Washington in the H receiver spot and pro-ceeded to lead the Griz with five catches for 34 yards.

Freshman Samori Toure got his first start as a kick returner against Washington, leading all players in the game with 143 total all-purpose yards.

Connor Strahm returned to action agaisnt Sa-vannah State at middle linebacker following his two-game suspension

RECORD SETTING OPPONENT: Washing-ton speedster Dante Pettis set a new Pac-12 conference for most punt returns for touchdowns against the Griz with a 67-yard return, the sev-enth of his career. Returning a punt for a TD against the Griz is a rare occurrence. The last time it happened to UM was in 2014 when, now, NFL receiver Cooper Kupp took it 67 yards as well for Eastern Washington. Montana’s loss at Washington is now tied for the fifth-worst in program history by point margin. The last time the Griz gave up a 56-point score line was in 1963 against Utah State. The last team to hang 60 on the Griz was Minnesota in 1985. The worst loss in program history dates back to 1931 when the Griz lost 69-0 at USC.

Josh Sandry’s pick-six at UW landed him in some pretty elite company. Only one other player has ever scored a touchdown off an interception thrown by Heisman candidate Jake Browning. Alabama’s Ryan Anderson picked off a Browning pass for a 26-yard TD in last year’s national semifinal. Anderson ended up being drafted by the Redskins in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft as the 49th overall pick and remains on their 53-man roster.

PHILLIPS INJURY: There was no hiding the fact that Grizzly starting quarterback Reese Phillips went down with a severe injury in the second quarter against Savannah State, witnessed by over 22,000 in Washington-Grizzly Stadium. The redshirt senior transfer from Kentucky underwent surgery that night at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula and released the following statement on Tuesday morning regarding his condition. “First off, I’d like to thank all my teammates, coaches and the fans of Griz Nation who have reached out to me and treated me like family during this time. So you can hear it from me, I shattered my fibula, ruptured just about all the ligaments in my foot and dislocated my left foot all in one play. Pretty impressive, right? “Being the QB for this team is truly the honor of a lifetime and simply a dream come true. Although I won’t be on the field playing, I’ll be at every game doing everything in my power to help my team continue to reach our goals. I look forward to communicating more with Griz Nation in the near future. Until then let’s pack WGS this Saturday and get after the Eagles! Go Griz!” - Reese Phillips.

PHILLIPS ON THE SIDELINE: Montana quar-terback Reese Phillips was be back at Idaho State, but was leading from a position best suit-ed for a guy on crutches, a coaching position. The team announced earlier that week Phillips had officially made the transition to the role of undergraduate student coach, and is now able to travel with the team for the rest of its away contests.

GRIZ VS. WEBER STATE

Montana leads series 40-14Griz are: 22-7 at UM, 18-7 at WSU

Year ...Location .....................Result ..................Score1962....Montana ........................ W ................ 25-6, UM1963* ..Weber State ................... L ............ 19-13, WSU1964....Montana ........................ W .............. 20-12, UM1965....Weber State .................. W .............. 15-14, UM1966....Montana ......................... L .............. 28-0, WSU1967....Weber State .................. W .............. 13-12, UM1968....Montana ......................... L ............ 20-16, WSU1969....Weber State .................. W .............. 20-17, UM1970....Montana ........................ W .............. 38-29, UM1971 ...Weber State .................. W .............. 14-13, UM1972....Montana ........................ W ................ 12-7, UM1973....Weber State .................. W ................ 10-0, UM1974....Montana ........................ W .............. 24-13, UM1975....Weber State .................. W .............. 48-12, UM1976....Montana ........................ W .............. 28-25, UM1977....Montana ......................... L ............ 31-23, WSU1978....Weber State .................. W ................ 27-7, UM1979....Montana ........................ W .............. 23-16, UM1980....Weber State ................... L ............ 38-21, WSU1981....Montana ......................... L ................ 7-6, WSU1982....Weber State .................. W .............. 42-20, UM1983....Montana ........................ W .............. 28-26, UM1984....Weber State ................... L ............ 47-14, WSU1985....Montana ......................... L ............ 57-29, WSU1986....Weber State .................. W .............. 55-29, UM1987....Montana ......................... L ............ 29-26, WSU1988....Weber State .................. W .............. 41-14, UM1989....Montana ........................ W ................ 31-6, UM1990....Weber State .................. W .............. 39-37, UM1991....Montana ........................ W .............. 47-38, UM1992....Weber State ................... L .............. 24-7, WSU1993....Montana ........................ W .............. 45-17, UM1994....Weber State .................. W .............. 35-20, UM1995....Montana ........................ W .............. 49-22, UM1996....Weber State .................. W .............. 24-10, UM1997....Montana ........................ W .............. 38-13, UM1998....Weber State ................... L ............ 27-20, WSU1999....Montana ........................ W .............. 81-22, UM2000....Weber State .................. W .............. 30-28, UM2001....Montana ........................ W .............. 38-23, UM2002....Weber State .................. W ................ 39-7, UM2003....Montana ........................ W ................ 12-7, UM2004....Weber State .................. W .............. 42-21, UM2005....Montana ........................ W .............. 24-19, UM2006....Weber State .................. W .............. 33-30, UM2007....Montana ........................ W .............. 18-10, UM2008....Weber State ................... L ............ 45-28, WSU2008....Montana ........................ W ............ 24-13^, UM2009....Montana ........................ W .............. 31-10, UM2010....Weber State ................... L ............ 30-21, WSU2011 ....Montana ........................ W .....................45-10!2012....Weber State .................. W .............. 24-21, UM2013....Montana ........................ W ................ 42-6, UM2015....Montana ......................... L ....24-21, WSU (OT)

*Year Weber State joined Big Sky^FCS playoff game!Vacated win due to NCAA infraction

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2017 GRIZ SEASON NOTESSince a season-ending injury against Savannah State, Phillips has been seen putting around practice, leg elevated in a golf cart, doing what-ever he can to help the team, whether that be technical pointers or words of encouragement. #11STRONG: Phillips’ brother and Director of Football Operations Colin Bonnicksen imple-mented a token of appreciation for the injured QB with a large flag with the number 11 across the front that the team has run out of the tunnel with since the Eastern Washington game. Car-rying the 11 flag? Phillips’ friend and roommate Keenan Curran.

STRONG HAD A DAY: Montana senior safety Justin Strong picked up a trifecta of weekly FCS awards after collecting three interceptions a touchdown and 116 return yards against Port-land State – all with the use of only one hand. Strong was named the NCAA FCS National Defensive Player of the Week, the STATS FCS National Defensive Player of the Week, and the ROOT Sports Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the week as well. The awards were the first weekly accolades for the Griz this season, and the first of Strong’s career. Strong injured his thumb in fall camp and has played the last four games with a “club” on his left hand to protect the cast.

TAKE A BOW JEREMY CALHOUN: Junior running back Jeremy Calhoun also posted a career day down at Portland State, rushing for over 100 yards for the first time as a Grizzly with 124 yards on 22 carries. Calhoun also scored a pair of touchdowns against the Vikings to put him at 23 in his career moving him into sixth place on Montana’s all-time rushing touchdowns list, passing his position coach Justin Green’s 22 career TDs.

BROTHER Vs. BROTHER: Montana’s Jerry Louie-McGee was awfully familiar with one of ISU’s defensive backs. Jerry’s brother Tucker Louie-McGee is a junior DB for the Bengals, and the team’s twelfth-leading tackler.

Montana’s win over ISU was the last time the two brothers will get the chance to meet on the football field in their careers, with the Griz not scheduled to play the Bengals again until after Tucker’s graduation.

COACH STITT MILESTONES: This season’s game at Idaho State marked the 30th game of head coach Bob Stitt’s career, and the Portland State game the week previous marked the 200th game of his 16-year coaching history. Heading into the UND game, Stitt was 18-12 in his three seasons at UM and 127-74 in 16 years as a head coach.

HOMECOMING RECORD: This year’s game against North Dakota marked the 98th home-coming football game in the history of the Uni-versity of Montana. With the win, the Griz now hold an overall 65-32-1 record on homecoming

THE GRIZ WHEN....Leading after 1st Quarter: .....................4-1Trailing after 1st Quarter: ......................0-1Tied after 1st Quarter: .......................... 1-0Leading at Halftime: ..............................4-1Trailing at Halftime: ...............................1-1Tied at Halftime: ...................................0-0Playing Overtime: .................................0-0Leading after 3rd Quarter: ....................5-0Trailing after 3rd Quarter: .....................0-1Tied after 3rd Quarter: ..........................0-1Scoring First: ........................................4-0Opponents Score First: .........................1-2Outrushing Opponents: ........................ 3-1Outrushed By Opponents: ....................2-1Outpassing Opponents: ........................4-0Outpassed By Opponents: ...................1-2More Total Yards Than Opponents: ......3-0Fewer Total Yards Than Opponents: ....2-2Winning the Turnover Battle: ................3-1Losing the Turnover Battle: ...................1-1Even in Turnovers: ................................1-0More Penalties than Opponents: ..........2-0Fewer Penalties than Opponents: ........3-2Same Penalties as Opponents: ............0-0Largest halftime lead .............................18Largest halftime deficit ...........................28Score 20 or more points .......................5-1Hold opponent to 20 points or less .......3-0Games decided by 3 points or less ......0-0Games decided by 10 points or less ....1-1Games decided by 11-20 points ...........1-0Games decided by 21 points or more ...3-1Temperature in the 90s .........................1-0Temperature in the 80s .........................0-0Temperature in the 70’s ........................1-0Temperature in the 60’s ........................1-1Temperature in the 50’s ........................1-1Temperature below 50 degrees ............1-0Coldest game time temperature ............43Warmest game time temperature ..........97UM wins coin toss..................................4-0UM loses coin toss ................................1-2

and a 29-3 record since moving into Washing-ton-Grizzly Stadium in 1986. This year’s UM/UND matchup was the second time in history the two have played during Montana’s home-coming celebration. In 1941 North Dakota paid a visit to Missoula for homecoming weekend, with the Griz coming away with a 13-6 win.

STARTING FAST: In three seasons and 30 games under Coach Stitt, the Grizzlies were 6-8 in games where they have not scored a touchdown in the first two offensive drives of the game heading into the game against North Dakota. In UM’s two losses before the UND game, the Griz were forced to punt twice to start the game and dug themselves a 21-13 hole at halftime of the Idaho State game after punting twice to start the game.

Montana scored a touchdown on the second drive against the Fighting Hawks, and the Grizzly defense forced UND to punt five-straight times to start the game.

GROUND GAME: With an ever-improving rushing attack led by juniors Jeremy Calhoun and Alijah Lee, the Griz averaged 164.5 yards rushing during the two-game road sweep of PSU and ISU.

Compare that to the 74 average yards rush-ing per game over the first four games of the season, and it paints a picture of a drastically improved ground game with more than double the output heading into the UND game.

Led by a combined 99 yards from Lee and Calhoun against the Fighting Hawks, Montana outrushed a run-first team with two of the most dangerous running backs in the Big Sky 162-155.

2017 Montana Football

Montana Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 17, 2017)

All games

Date Opponent Score Att.

Sep 02, 2017 VALPARAISO W 45-23 23160

Sep 9, 2017 at #7 Washington L 7-63 68491

Sep 16, 2017 SAVANNAH STATE W 56-3 22228

* Sep 23, 2017 #11 EASTERN WASHINGTON L 41-48 25944

* Sep 30, 2017 at Portland State W 45-33 5012

* Oct 06, 2017 at Idaho State W 39-31 7279

* Oct 14, 2017 NORTH DAKOTA W 41-17 25085

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g

CALHOUN, Jeremy 7 107 493 11 482 4.5 5 24 68.9

LEE, Alijah 7 84 351 4 347 4.1 5 33 49.6

JENSEN, Gresch 7 33 156 41 115 3.5 4 17 16.4

McCOMBS, Cody 4 9 50 3 47 5.2 0 21 11.8

FAVORS,Treshawn 6 12 46 8 38 3.2 1 14 6.3

LOUIE-McGEE, J. 7 4 10 1 9 2.2 0 5 1.3

HILL, Caleb 3 4 11 3 8 2.0 0 4 2.7

SIMIS, Makena 7 3 4 0 4 1.3 1 2 0.6

Total 7 273 1148 114 1034 3.8 16 33 147.7

Opponents 7 276 1382 269 1113 4.0 12 56 159.0

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g

JENSEN, Gresch 7 155.52 109-178-6 61.2 1630 13 80 232.9

PHILLIPS, Reese 3 148.71 57-80-3 71.2 652 4 63 217.3

HILL, Caleb 3 134.71 7-9-0 77.8 61 0 24 20.3

TEAM 3 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0

Total 7 151.64 173-269-9 64.3 2343 17 80 334.7

Opponents 7 130.68 156-274-10 56.9 2133 13 75 304.7

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g

TOURE, Samori 7 27 438 16.2 3 80 62.6

LOUIE-McGEE, J. 7 27 435 16.1 2 64 62.1

CURRAN, Keenan 7 22 512 23.3 6 66 73.1

LEE, Alijah 7 19 98 5.2 0 19 14.0

CALHOUN, Justin 7 18 324 18.0 2 47 46.3

HORNER, Josh 7 18 155 8.6 1 15 22.1

AKEM, Samuel 7 15 175 11.7 2 41 25.0

CALHOUN, Jeremy 7 10 49 4.9 0 16 7.0

SIMIS, Makena 7 7 78 11.1 1 23 11.1

NAGLER, Jed 6 2 32 16.0 0 24 5.3

TAYLOR, L. 6 2 19 9.5 0 13 3.2

McLAUGHLIN, M. 3 2 2 1.0 0 6 0.7

FAVORS,Treshawn 6 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 -0.3

BURTON, Danny 2 1 16 16.0 0 16 8.0

CORBIN, Brennan 3 1 12 12.0 0 12 4.0

Total 7 173 2343 13.5 17 80 334.7

Opponents 7 156 2133 13.7 13 75 304.7

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk

PURDY, Brandon 8-10 80.0 0-0 4-5 4-4 0-1 0-0 39 1

PAT

Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts

PURDY, Brandon - 8-10 32-34 - - - - - 56

CURRAN, Keenan 6 - - - - - - - 36

LEE, Alijah 5 - - - - - - - 30

CALHOUN, Jeremy 5 - - 0-1 - - - - 30

JENSEN, Gresch 4 - - - - - - - 24

TOURE, Samori 3 - - - - - - - 18

CALHOUN, Justin 2 - - - - - - - 12

AKEM, Samuel 2 - - - - - - - 12

SIMIS, Makena 2 - - 0-1 - - - - 12

LOUIE-McGEE, J. 2 - - - - - - - 12

HORNER, Josh 1 - - - - - - - 6

FAVORS,Treshawn 1 - - - - - - - 6

STRONG, Justin 1 - - - - - - - 6

SANDRY, Josh 1 - - - - - - - 6

McKINLEY, Ryan 1 - - - - - - - 6

Total 36 8-10 32-34 0-2 - - 1 - 274

Opponents 28 8-12 26-26 - - 0-2 - - 218

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total

Montana 69 74 64 67 0 274

Opponents 44 51 56 67 0 218

Record: Overall Home Away Neutral

All games 5-2 3-1 2-1 0-0

Conference 3-1 1-1 2-0 0-0

Non-Conference 2-1 2-0 0-1 0-0

Team Statistics UM OPP

FIRST DOWNS 163 166

R u s h i n g 55 59

P a s s i n g 94 98

P e n a l t y 14 9

RUSHING YARDAGE 1034 1113

Rushing Attempts 273 276

Average Per Rush 3.8 4.0

Average Per Game 147.7 159.0

TDs Rushing 16 12

PASSING YARDAGE 2343 2133

C o m p - A t t - I n t 173-269-9 156-274-10

Average Per Pass 8.7 7.8

Average Per Catch 13.5 13.7

Average Per Game 334.7 304.7

TDs Passing 17 13

TOTAL OFFENSE 3377 3246

Average Per Play 6.2 5.9

Average Per Game 482.4 463.7

KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 34-597 38-774

PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-51 6-94

INT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-307 9-130

FUMBLES-LOST 10-6 8-4

PENALTIES-Yards 38-362 56-504

PUNTS-AVG 33-40.9 40-36.2

TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 7 : 4 8 3 2 : 1 2

3RD-DOWN Conversions 49/110 43/109

4TH-DOWN Conversions 5/13 3/10

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg

STRONG, Justin 3 116 38.7 1 64

SANDRY, Josh 3 114 38.0 1 74

BUSS, Josh 1 21 21.0 0 21

McKINLEY, Ryan 1 53 53.0 1 53

SANDERS,Markell 1 9 9.0 0 9

EPPERLY, Evan 1 -6 -6.0 0 0

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk

WILLIAMS, Eric 33 1351 40.9 58 2 15 12 6 0

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg

LOUIE-McGEE, J. 10 51 5.1 0 34

Total 10 51 5.1 0 34

Opponents 6 94 15.7 1 67

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg

TOURE, Samori 19 342 18.0 0 31

EATON, Kobey 10 190 19.0 0 28

CROW, Gavin 2 27 13.5 0 20

CALHOUN, Jeremy 1 1 1.0 0 1

McCOMBS, Cody 1 20 20.0 0 20

BANKS, James 1 17 17.0 0 17

Total 34 597 17.6 0 31

Opponents 38 774 20.4 1 87

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g

TOURE, Samori 7 -8 438 0 342 0 772 110.3

CALHOUN, Jere 7 482 49 0 1 0 532 76.0

CURRAN, Keena 7 0 512 0 0 0 512 73.1

L O U I E - M c G E E , 7 9 435 51 0 0 495 70.7

LEE, Alijah 7 347 98 0 0 0 445 63.6

Total 7 1034 2343 51 597 307 4332 618.9

Opponents 7 1113 2133 94 774 130 4244 606.3

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g

JENSEN, Gresch 7 211 115 1630 1745 249.3

PHILLIPS, Reese 3 88 -2 652 650 216.7

CALHOUN, Jeremy 7 107 482 0 482 68.9

LEE, Alijah 7 84 347 0 347 49.6

HILL, Caleb 3 13 8 61 69 23.0

Total 7 542 1034 2343 3377 482.4

Opponents 7 550 1113 2133 3246 463.7

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd

## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf

36 BANKS, James 7 24 49 73 7.0-14 1.0-6 . 1 1 . . . .

42 BUSS, Josh 7 35 34 69 8.5-43 3.5-33 1-21 3 2 . . . .

10 STRAHM, Connor 5 15 21 36 3.5-7 0.5-3 . 1 2 1-0 . . .

2D McKINLEY, Ryan 7 23 13 36 1.0-3 . 1-53 11 . . . . .

13 SANDRY, Josh 7 18 17 35 0.5-2 0.5-2 3-114 2 1 . 1 1 .

Total 7 255 329 584 60-236 22-159 10-307 33 12 4-0 5 3 .

Opponents 7 256 368 624 44-136 11-62 9-130 27 2 6-0 9 2 .

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Montana Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 16, 2017)

All games

Team Statistics UM OPP

SCORING 274 218

Points Per Game 39.1 31.1

Points Off Turnovers 60 49

FIRST DOWNS 163 166

R u s h i n g 55 59

P a s s i n g 94 98

P e n a l t y 14 9

RUSHING YARDAGE 1034 1113

Yards gained rushing 1148 1382

Yards lost rushing 114 269

Rushing Attempts 273 276

Average Per Rush 3.8 4.0

Average Per Game 147.7 159.0

TDs Rushing 16 12

PASSING YARDAGE 2343 2133

C o m p - A t t - I n t 173-269-9 156-274-10

Average Per Pass 8.7 7.8

Average Per Catch 13.5 13.7

Average Per Game 334.7 304.7

TDs Passing 17 13

TOTAL OFFENSE 3377 3246

Total Plays 542 550

Average Per Play 6.2 5.9

Average Per Game 482.4 463.7

KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 34-597 38-774

PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-51 6-94

INT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-307 9-130

KICK RETURN AVERAGE 17.6 20.4

PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 5.1 15.7

INT RETURN AVERAGE 30.7 14.4

FUMBLES-LOST 10-6 8-4

PENALTIES-Yards 38-362 56-504

Average Per Game 51.7 72.0

PUNTS-Yards 33-1351 40-1450

Average Per Punt 40.9 36.2

Net punt average 36.9 32.5

KICKOFFS-Yards 50-2820 41-2350

Average Per Kick 56.4 57.3

Net kick average 36.9 39.7

TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 7 : 4 8 3 2 : 1 2

3RD-DOWN Conversions 49/110 43/109

3rd-Down Pct 45% 39%

4TH-DOWN Conversions 5/13 3/10

4th-Down Pct 38% 30%

SACKS BY-Yards 22-159 11-62

MISC YARDS 8 8

TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 36 28

FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 8-10 8-12

ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-1

RED-ZONE SCORES (31-32) 97% (18-25) 72%

RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (24-32) 75% (14-25) 56%

PAT-ATTEMPTS (32-34) 94% (26-26) 100%

ATTENDANCE 96417 80782

Games/Avg Per Game 4/24104 3/26927

Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total

Montana 69 74 64 67 0 274

Opponents 44 51 56 67 0 218

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Montana Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 16, 2017)

All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g

CALHOUN, Jeremy 7 107 493 11 482 4.5 5 24 68.9

LEE, Alijah 7 84 351 4 347 4.1 5 33 49.6

JENSEN, Gresch 7 33 156 41 115 3.5 4 17 16.4

McCOMBS, Cody 4 9 50 3 47 5.2 0 21 11.8

FAVORS,Treshawn 6 12 46 8 38 3.2 1 14 6.3

LOUIE-McGEE, J. 7 4 10 1 9 2.2 0 5 1.3

HILL, Caleb 3 4 11 3 8 2.0 0 4 2.7

SIMIS, Makena 7 3 4 0 4 1.3 1 2 0.6

DESHNER, Josh 1 2 4 4 0 0.0 0 4 0.0

PHILLIPS, Reese 3 8 23 25 -2 -0.2 0 12 -0.7

TEAM 3 5 0 6 -6 -1.2 0 0 -2.0

TOURE, Samori 7 2 0 8 -8 -4.0 0 0 -1.1

Total 7 273 1148 114 1034 3.8 16 33 147.7

Opponents 7 276 1382 269 1113 4.0 12 56 159.0

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g

JENSEN, Gresch 7 155.52 109-178-6 61.2 1630 13 80 232.9

PHILLIPS, Reese 3 148.71 57-80-3 71.2 652 4 63 217.3

HILL, Caleb 3 134.71 7-9-0 77.8 61 0 24 20.3

TEAM 3 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0

Total 7 151.64 173-269-9 64.3 2343 17 80 334.7

Opponents 7 130.68 156-274-10 56.9 2133 13 75 304.7

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g

TOURE, Samori 7 27 438 16.2 3 80 62.6

LOUIE-McGEE, J. 7 27 435 16.1 2 64 62.1

CURRAN, Keenan 7 22 512 23.3 6 66 73.1

LEE, Alijah 7 19 98 5.2 0 19 14.0

CALHOUN, Justin 7 18 324 18.0 2 47 46.3

HORNER, Josh 7 18 155 8.6 1 15 22.1

AKEM, Samuel 7 15 175 11.7 2 41 25.0

CALHOUN, Jeremy 7 10 49 4.9 0 16 7.0

SIMIS, Makena 7 7 78 11.1 1 23 11.1

NAGLER, Jed 6 2 32 16.0 0 24 5.3

TAYLOR, L. 6 2 19 9.5 0 13 3.2

McLAUGHLIN, M. 3 2 2 1.0 0 6 0.7

FAVORS,Treshawn 6 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 -0.3

BURTON, Danny 2 1 16 16.0 0 16 8.0

CORBIN, Brennan 3 1 12 12.0 0 12 4.0

Total 7 173 2343 13.5 17 80 334.7

Opponents 7 156 2133 13.7 13 75 304.7

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg

LOUIE-McGEE, J. 10 51 5.1 0 34

Total 10 51 5.1 0 34

Opponents 6 94 15.7 1 67

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg

STRONG, Justin 3 116 38.7 1 64

SANDRY, Josh 3 114 38.0 1 74

McKINLEY, Ryan 1 53 53.0 1 53

EPPERLY, Evan 1 -6 -6.0 0 0

SANDERS,Markell 1 9 9.0 0 9

BUSS, Josh 1 21 21.0 0 21

Total 10 307 30.7 3 74

Opponents 9 130 14.4 1 68

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg

TOURE, Samori 19 342 18.0 0 31

EATON, Kobey 10 190 19.0 0 28

CROW, Gavin 2 27 13.5 0 20

McCOMBS, Cody 1 20 20.0 0 20

BANKS, James 1 17 17.0 0 17

CALHOUN, Jeremy 1 1 1.0 0 1

Total 34 597 17.6 0 31

Opponents 38 774 20.4 1 87

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg

Total 0 0 0.0 0 0

Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0

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Montana Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 16, 2017)

All games

PAT

Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts

PURDY, Brandon - 8-10 32-34 - - - - - 56

CURRAN, Keenan 6 - - - - - - - 36

LEE, Alijah 5 - - - - - - - 30

CALHOUN, Jeremy 5 - - 0-1 - - - - 30

JENSEN, Gresch 4 - - - - - - - 24

TOURE, Samori 3 - - - - - - - 18

CALHOUN, Justin 2 - - - - - - - 12

LOUIE-McGEE, J. 2 - - - - - - - 12

SIMIS, Makena 2 - - 0-1 - - - - 12

AKEM, Samuel 2 - - - - - - - 12

FAVORS,Treshawn 1 - - - - - - - 6

HORNER, Josh 1 - - - - - - - 6

McKINLEY, Ryan 1 - - - - - - - 6

SANDRY, Josh 1 - - - - - - - 6

STRONG, Justin 1 - - - - - - - 6

STRAHM, Connor - - - - - - 1 - 2

Total 36 8-10 32-34 0-2 - - 1 - 274

Opponents 28 8-12 26-26 - - 0-2 - - 218

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g

JENSEN, Gresch 7 211 115 1630 1745 249.3

PHILLIPS, Reese 3 88 -2 652 650 216.7

CALHOUN, Jeremy 7 107 482 0 482 68.9

LEE, Alijah 7 84 347 0 347 49.6

HILL, Caleb 3 13 8 61 69 23.0

McCOMBS, Cody 4 9 47 0 47 11.8

FAVORS,Treshawn 6 12 38 0 38 6.3

LOUIE-McGEE, J. 7 4 9 0 9 1.3

SIMIS, Makena 7 3 4 0 4 0.6

TEAM 3 7 -6 0 -6 -2.0

TOURE, Samori 7 2 -8 0 -8 -1.1

Total 7 542 1034 2343 3377 482.4

Opponents 7 550 1113 2133 3246 463.7

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk

PURDY, Brandon 8-10 80.0 0-0 4-5 4-4 0-1 0-0 39 1

FG Sequence Montana Opponents

Valparaiso (24) (23),(29),(44)

Washington - 46

Savannah State - 25,(43)

Eastern Washington (24),(39) (39),40,(23),48

Portland State (34),(33),(22) -

Idaho State 46 (35)

North Dakota (30),(23),26 (35)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk

WILLIAMS, Eric 33 1351 40.9 58 2 15 12 6 0

Total 33 1351 40.9 58 2 15 12 6 0

Opponents 40 1450 36.2 66 5 6 11 3 1

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln

WILLIAMS, Eric 35 1923 54.9 4 3

SEMENZA, Tim 15 897 59.8 4 0

Total 50 2820 56.4 8 3 20.4 36.9 28

Opponents 41 2350 57.3 5 2 17.6 39.7 25

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Montana Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 16, 2017)

All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g

TOURE, Samori 7 -8 438 0 342 0 772 110.3

CALHOUN, Jere 7 482 49 0 1 0 532 76.0

CURRAN, Keen 7 0 512 0 0 0 512 73.1

L O U I E - M c G E E , 7 9 435 51 0 0 495 70.7

LEE, Alijah 7 347 98 0 0 0 445 63.6

CALHOUN, Justi 7 0 324 0 0 0 324 46.3

EATON, Kobey 5 0 0 0 190 0 190 38.0

AKEM, Samuel 7 0 175 0 0 0 175 25.0

HORNER, Josh 7 0 155 0 0 0 155 22.1

STRONG, Justin 6 0 0 0 0 116 116 19.3

JENSEN, Gresc 7 115 0 0 0 0 115 16.4

SANDRY, Josh 7 0 0 0 0 114 114 16.3

SIMIS, Makena 7 4 78 0 0 0 82 11.7

McCOMBS, Cod 4 47 0 0 20 0 67 16.8

McKINLEY, Rya 7 0 0 0 0 53 53 7.6

FAVORS,Tresha 6 38 -2 0 0 0 36 6.0

NAGLER, Jed 6 0 32 0 0 0 32 5.3

CROW, Gavin 6 0 0 0 27 0 27 4.5

BUSS, Josh 7 0 0 0 0 21 21 3.0

TAYLOR, L. 6 0 19 0 0 0 19 3.2

BANKS, James 7 0 0 0 17 0 17 2.4

BURTON, Dann 2 0 16 0 0 0 16 8.0

CORBIN, Brenn 3 0 12 0 0 0 12 4.0

SANDERS,Mark 7 0 0 0 0 9 9 1.3

HILL, Caleb 3 8 0 0 0 0 8 2.7

M c L A U G H L I N , 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.7

PHILLIPS, Rees 3 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.7

TEAM 3 -6 0 0 0 0 -6 -2.0

EPPERLY, Evan 7 0 0 0 0 -6 -6 -0.9

Total 7 1034 2343 51 597 307 4332 618.9

Opponents 7 1113 2133 94 774 130 4244 606.3

2017 Montana Football

Montana Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 16, 2017)

All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd

# Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf

36 BANKS, James 7 24 49 73 7.0-14 1.0-6 . 1 1 . . . .

42 BUSS, Josh 7 35 34 69 8.5-43 3.5-33 1-21 3 2 . . . .

10 STRAHM, Connor 5 15 21 36 3.5-7 0.5-3 . 1 2 1-0 . . .

2D McKINLEY, Ryan 7 23 13 36 1.0-3 . 1-53 11 . . . . .

13 SANDRY, Josh 7 18 17 35 0.5-2 0.5-2 3-114 2 1 . 1 1 .

37 SCHYE, Tucker 7 18 16 34 10.5-47 4.5-32 . 2 1 2-0 2 1 .

33 OLSON, Dante 7 16 15 31 1.5-9 1.0-7 . . 2 . . . .

5D STRONG, Justin 6 20 11 31 1.5-2 . 3-116 1 . . . . .

49 SIMS, Jesse 7 8 20 28 4.0-20 2.5-17 . . 1 . . . .

43 FAVOROSO, Chris 7 9 14 23 4.5-12 2.0-9 . 1 1 . . . .

1D SANDERS,Markell 7 9 11 20 1.5-1 . 1-9 4 . . . . .

30 EPPERLY, Evan 7 6 11 17 . . 1--6 1 . . . . .

44 RODRIGUEZ,Randy 7 6 10 16 4.0-28 2.0-20 . . . 1-0 . . .

45 FA'ATUIESE,Vika 7 8 7 15 2.0-3 . . . . . . . .

8D COWANS, Lewis 6 8 6 14 0.5-1 . . 2 . . . . .

57 COCHRAN, Shayne 7 6 8 14 2.0-6 0.5-2 . . . . 1 . .

34 LEWIS, Jace 6 2 11 13 . . . . . . . . .

99 TILLEMAN,Reggie 7 1 9 10 1.5-11 1.5-11 . . . . . . .

96 SHAW, David 7 2 7 9 3.0-14 1.5-12 . . . . . 1 .

92 MCKEE-OSIBODU,M 6 2 7 9 0.5-2 0.5-2 . . . . . . .

1B ALEXANDER,Korey 7 5 4 9 1.0-4 . . 1 . . 1 . .

23 EGBO, Josh 7 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . .

91 DAVIDSON,Brandt 4 . 6 6 . . . . . . . . .

40 SIRMON, Cy 6 1 5 6 1.5-7 0.5-3 . . 1 . . . .

3D DELANEY, Mick 4 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .

84 NAGLER, Jed 6 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .

7 NASH, Dareon 7 1 1 2 . . . 3 . . . . .

54 SMITH, Gage 5 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .

20 CROW, Gavin 6 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .

55 DAVIS, Kyle 4 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .

16 LOUIE-McGEE, J. 7 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

18 AKEM, Samuel 7 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

51 RALSTON, Mike 7 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

3O CALHOUN, Justin 7 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .

24 LEE, Alijah 7 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

21 TAYLOR, L. 6 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

74 VILLANUEVA, A. 7 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

72 SPRUNK, Cooper 7 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

Total 7 255 329 584 60-236 22-159 10-307 33 12 4-0 5 3 .

Opponents 7 256 368 624 44-136 11-62 9-130 27 2 6-0 9 2 .

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Montana Team Game-by-Game (as of Oct 16, 2017)

All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot

Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off

Sep 02 VALPARAISO 35 139 2 13 30 399 4 63 30-41-1 399 4 63 4 69 0 28 1 1 0 1 538

Sep 9 at Washington 33 31 0 9 19 132 0 19 19-31-2 132 0 19 8 152 0 31 0 0 0 0 163

Sep 16 SAVANNAH STATE 34 193 4 33 28 368 3 80 28-35-1 368 3 80 1 23 0 23 3 53 0 34 561

Sep 23 EASTERN WASHINGTON 45 180 3 17 25 358 2 66 25-51-1 358 2 66 9 151 0 23 1 -1 0 0 538

Sep 30 at Portland State 48 170 3 24 23 284 1 60 23-38-2 284 1 60 3 53 0 19 2 -5 0 1 454

Oct 06 at Idaho State 39 159 2 15 23 360 4 71 23-35-0 360 4 71 6 91 0 25 1 2 0 0 519

Oct 14 NORTH DAKOTA 39 162 2 15 25 442 3 64 25-38-2 442 3 64 3 58 0 21 2 1 0 1 604

Montana 273 1034 16 33 173 2343 17 80 173-269-9 2343 17 80 34 597 0 31 10 51 0 34 3377

Opponents 276 1113 12 56 156 2133 13 75 156-274-10 2133 13 75 38 774 1 87 6 94 1 67 3246

Games: 7 • Avg/rush: 3.8 • Avg/catch: 13.5 • Pass effic: 151.64 • KR avg: 17.6 • PR avg: 5.1 • All purpose avg/game: 618.9 • Total offense avg/gm: 482.4

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off

Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts

Sep 02 VALPARAISO 27 50 77 5.0-13 1.0-5 1 1-0 2--2 2 7 0 6-6 0 0 0 7 45

Sep 9 at Washington 45 18 63 5.0-18 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-36 0 1 1 1-1 0 0 0 7 7

Sep 16 SAVANNAH STATE 27 66 93 15.0-85 8.0-74 0 0-0 2-74 3 2 1 8-8 0 0 0 14 56

Sep 23 EASTERN WASHINGTO 40 61 101 13.0-49 5.0-35 1 1-0 1-9 2 4 0 5-5 0 0 0 7 41

Sep 30 at Portland State 50 16 66 6.0-9 0.0-0 0 0-0 3-116 1 6 0 4-5 0 0 0 16 45

Oct 06 at Idaho State 35 74 109 10.0-47 6.0-38 2 1-0 0-0 2 7 1 3-4 0 0 0 6 39

Oct 14 NORTH DAKOTA 31 44 75 6.0-15 2.0-7 1 1-0 1-74 2 6 0 5-5 0 0 0 3 41

Montana 255 329 584 60.0-236 22.0-159 5 4-0 10-307 12 33 3 32-34 0 0 0 60 274

Opponents 256 368 624 44.0-136 11.0-62 9 6-0 9-130 2 27 2 26-26 0 0 0 49 218

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs

Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob

Sep 02 VALPARAISO 4 213 53.2 58 0 0 3 3 3 1-1 24 0 8 489 61.1 2 1

Sep 9 at Washington 7 260 37.1 46 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 2 119 59.5 1 0

Sep 16 SAVANNAH STATE 3 134 44.7 53 0 1 1 1 1 0-0 0 0 9 508 56.4 0 1

Sep 23 EASTERN WASHINGTO 6 213 35.5 40 0 0 4 0 1 2-2 39 0 7 318 45.4 0 1

Sep 30 at Portland State 4 147 36.8 43 0 0 1 0 2 3-3 34 0 9 489 54.3 1 0

Oct 06 at Idaho State 6 275 45.8 51 0 0 4 2 3 0-1 0 0 7 448 64.0 4 0

Oct 14 NORTH DAKOTA 3 109 36.3 39 0 1 1 0 1 2-3 30 1 8 449 56.1 0 0

Montana 33 1351 40.9 58 0 2 15 6 12 8-10 39 1 50 2820 56.4 8 3

Opponents 40 1450 36.2 66 1 5 6 3 11 8-12 44 1 41 2350 57.3 5 2

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Montana Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Oct 16, 2017)

All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot

Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off

Sep 02 VALPARAISO 32 123 0 20 20 327 2 66 20-42-2 327 2 66 5 103 0 32 0 0 0 0 450

Sep 9 at Washington 37 213 5 30 24 293 2 31 24-28-1 293 2 31 1 20 0 20 1 67 1 67 506

Sep 16 SAVANNAH STATE 46 94 0 30 12 160 0 38 12-27-2 160 0 38 8 125 0 24 0 0 0 0 254

Sep 23 EASTERN WASHINGTON 31 68 2 22 44 549 4 50 44-65-1 549 4 50 5 134 0 51 1 8 0 8 617

Sep 30 at Portland State 46 295 3 47 18 249 1 34 18-42-3 249 1 34 8 193 1 87 2 5 0 4 544

Oct 06 at Idaho State 48 165 1 27 26 367 3 75 26-41-0 367 3 75 3 60 0 26 1 8 0 8 532

Oct 14 NORTH DAKOTA 36 155 1 56 12 188 1 62 12-29-1 188 1 62 8 139 0 24 1 6 0 6 343

Opponents 276 1113 12 56 156 2133 13 75 156-274-10 2133 13 75 38 774 1 87 6 94 1 67 3246

Montana 273 1034 16 33 173 2343 17 80 173-269-9 2343 17 80 34 597 0 31 10 51 0 34 3377

Games: 7 • Avg/rush: 4.0 • Avg/catch: 13.7 • Pass effic: 130.68 • KR avg: 20.4 • PR avg: 15.7 • All purpose avg/game: 606.3 • Total offense avg/gm: 463.7

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off

Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts

Sep 02 VALPARAISO 29 66 95 3.0-4 0.0-0 1 1-0 1-24 1 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 7 23

Sep 9 at Washington 45 26 71 10.0-42 6.0-35 2 2-0 2-72 0 4 0 9-9 0 0 0 28 63

Sep 16 SAVANNAH STATE 34 52 86 8.0-22 0.0-0 1 1-0 1-0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3

Sep 23 EASTERN WASHINGTO 42 64 106 6.0-15 2.0-8 2 0-0 1-0 0 5 0 6-6 0 0 0 7 48

Sep 30 at Portland State 48 40 88 6.0-15 0.0-0 0 0-0 2-31 0 4 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 33

Oct 06 at Idaho State 22 70 92 5.0-20 2.0-12 2 1-0 0-0 0 6 1 4-4 0 0 0 7 31

Oct 14 NORTH DAKOTA 36 50 86 6.0-18 1.0-7 1 1-0 2-3 0 4 1 2-2 0 0 0 0 17

Opponents 256 368 624 44.0-136 11.0-62 9 6-0 9-130 2 27 2 26-26 0 0 0 49 218

Montana 255 329 584 60.0-236 22.0-159 5 4-0 10-307 12 33 3 32-34 0 0 0 60 274

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs

Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob

Sep 02 VALPARAISO 6 188 31.3 45 0 0 1 0 0 3-3 44 0 6 350 58.3 2 0

Sep 9 at Washington 2 67 33.5 35 0 0 0 0 2 0-1 0 0 10 606 60.6 2 0

Sep 16 SAVANNAH STATE 10 414 41.4 66 0 1 1 2 3 1-2 43 1 1 62 62.0 0 0

Sep 23 EASTERN WASHINGTO 3 111 37.0 43 0 1 1 0 1 2-4 39 0 9 518 57.6 0 0

Sep 30 at Portland State 5 160 32.0 43 0 0 1 0 2 0-0 0 0 5 261 52.2 0 2

Oct 06 at Idaho State 7 223 31.9 45 1 2 0 0 2 1-1 35 0 6 307 51.2 0 0

Oct 14 NORTH DAKOTA 7 287 41.0 57 0 1 2 1 1 1-1 35 0 4 246 61.5 1 0

Opponents 40 1450 36.2 66 1 5 6 3 11 8-12 44 1 41 2350 57.3 5 2

Montana 33 1351 40.9 58 0 2 15 6 12 8-10 39 1 50 2820 56.4 8 3

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Montana By-Quarter Statistics (as of Oct 16, 2017)

All games

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime

Sep 02, 2017 VALPARAISO W 45-23 9-15 60.0 1-3 33.3 5-5 100.0 2-4 50.0 1-3 33.3

Sep 9, 2017 at Washington L 7-63 2-17 11.8 1-3 33.3 1-6 16.7 0-5 0.0 0-3 0.0

Sep 16, 2017 SAVANNAH STATE W 56-3 6-12 50.0 3-3 100.0 1-2 50.0 1-3 33.3 1-4 25.0

Sep 23, 2017 EASTERN WASHINGTON L 41-48 10-21 47.6 2-4 50.0 2-5 40.0 2-5 40.0 4-7 57.1

Sep 30, 2017 at Portland State W 45-33 10-18 55.6 2-3 66.7 3-5 60.0 3-5 60.0 2-5 40.0

Oct 06, 2017 at Idaho State W 39-31 6-14 42.9 2-4 50.0 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 1-3 33.3

Oct 14, 2017 NORTH DAKOTA W 41-17 6-13 46.2 2-3 66.7 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 3-4 75.0

Montana 49-110 44.5 13-23 56.5 15-32 46.9 9-26 34.6 12-29 41.4 0-0 0.0

Opponents 43-109 39.4 10-26 38.5 10-27 37.0 15-29 51.7 8-27 29.6 0-0 0.0

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime

Sep 02, 2017 VALPARAISO W 45-23 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0

Sep 9, 2017 at Washington L 7-63 3-5 60.0 0-0 0.0 2-3 66.7 1-1 100.0 0-1 0.0

Sep 16, 2017 SAVANNAH STATE W 56-3 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0

Sep 23, 2017 EASTERN WASHINGTON L 41-48 0-3 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-2 0.0

Sep 30, 2017 at Portland State W 45-33 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0

Oct 06, 2017 at Idaho State W 39-31 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0

Oct 14, 2017 NORTH DAKOTA W 41-17 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0

Montana 5-13 38.5 0-1 0.0 2-5 40.0 2-2 100.0 1-5 20.0 0-0 0.0

Opponents 3-10 30.0 0-0 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-3 0.0 3-5 60.0 0-0 0.0

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime

Sep 02, 2017 VALPARAISO W 45-23 27:06 5:20 7:41 6:30 7:35

Sep 9, 2017 at Washington L 7-63 29:37 6:00 9:55 9:17 4:25

Sep 16, 2017 SAVANNAH STATE W 56-3 24:14 6:37 4:09 6:44 6:44

Sep 23, 2017 EASTERN WASHINGTON L 41-48 28:31 8:19 5:48 7:39 6:45

Sep 30, 2017 at Portland State W 45-33 30:46 6:04 9:06 6:56 8:40

Oct 06, 2017 at Idaho State W 39-31 24:28 5:44 7:19 4:43 6:42

Oct 14, 2017 NORTH DAKOTA W 41-17 29:51 7:00 6:22 6:49 9:40

Montana Total 194:33 45:04 50:20 48:38 50:31 0:00

Avg. 27:47 6:26 7:11 6:56 7:13 0:00

Opponents Total 225:27 59:56 54:40 56:22 54:29 0:00

Avg. 32:12 8:33 7:48 8:03 7:47 0:00

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Montana Red-Zone Results (as of Oct 16, 2017)

All games

Montana Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ

Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game

Sep 02, 2017 VALPARAISO W 45-23 5 5 31 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sep 9, 2017 at Washington L 7-63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sep 16, 2017 SAVANNAH STATE W 56-3 7 7 49 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sep 23, 2017 EASTERN WASHINGTON L 41-48 4 4 24 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sep 30, 2017 at Portland State W 45-33 6 6 30 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oct 06, 2017 at Idaho State W 39-31 5 5 33 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Oct 14, 2017 NORTH DAKOTA W 41-17 5 4 20 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 32 31 187 24 16 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0

31 of 32 (96.9%)

Opponents Inside Montana Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ

Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game

Sep 02, 2017 VALPARAISO W 45-23 2 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sep 9, 2017 at Washington L 7-63 7 7 49 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sep 16, 2017 SAVANNAH STATE W 56-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0

Sep 23, 2017 EASTERN WASHINGTON L 41-48 7 5 31 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0

Sep 30, 2017 at Portland State W 45-33 2 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Oct 06, 2017 at Idaho State W 39-31 4 3 17 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

Oct 14, 2017 NORTH DAKOTA W 41-17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 25 18 110 14 9 5 4 2 3 2 0 0 0

18 of 25 (72.0%)

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Montana Game Superlatives (as of Oct 16, 2017)

All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 22 CALHOUN, Jeremy at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

Yards Rushing 124 CALHOUN, Jeremy at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

TD Rushes 2 CALHOUN, Jeremy vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017)

2 LEE, Alijah vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

2 CALHOUN, Jeremy at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

Long Rush 33 LEE, Alijah vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

Pass attempts 49 JENSEN, Gresch vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Pass completions 27 PHILLIPS, Reese vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017)

Yards Passing 423 JENSEN, Gresch vs North Dakota (Oct 14, 2017)

TD Passes 4 PHILLIPS, Reese vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017)

4 JENSEN, Gresch at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017)

Long Pass 80 JENSEN, Gresch vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

Receptions 9 LOUIE-McGEE, J. vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017)

Yards Receiving 159 LOUIE-McGEE, J. vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017)

TD Receptions 2 LOUIE-McGEE, J. vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017)

2 CURRAN, Keenan vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

2 CURRAN, Keenan vs North Dakota (Oct 14, 2017)

Long Reception 80 TOURE, Samori vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

Field Goals 3 PURDY, Brandon at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

Long Field Goal 39 PURDY, Brandon vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Punts 7 WILLIAMS, Eric at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

Punting Avg 53.2 WILLIAMS, Eric vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017)

Long Punt 58 WILLIAMS, Eric vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017)

Punts inside 20 3 WILLIAMS, Eric vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017)

3 WILLIAMS, Eric at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017)

Long Punt Return 34 LOUIE-McGEE, J. vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

Long Kickoff Return 31 TOURE, Samori at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

Tackles 17 BUSS, Josh vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Sacks 3.0 SCHYE, Tucker vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Tackles For Loss 4.0 SCHYE, Tucker vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Interceptions 3 STRONG, Justin at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

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TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 48 at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

Yards Rushing 193 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

Yards Per Rush 5.7 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

TD Rushes 4 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

Pass attempts 51 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Pass completions 30 vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017)

Yards Passing 442 vs North Dakota (Oct 14, 2017)

Yards Per Pass 11.6 vs North Dakota (Oct 14, 2017)

TD Passes 4 vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017)

4 at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017)

Total Plays 96 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Total Offense 604 vs North Dakota (Oct 14, 2017)

Yards Per Play 8.1 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

Points 56 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

Sacks By 8 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

First Downs 28 vs North Dakota (Oct 14, 2017)

Penalties 7 at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017)

Penalty Yards 65 at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017)

Turnovers 4 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

Interceptions By 3 at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

Punts 7 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

Punting Avg 53.2 vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017)

Long Punt 58 vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017)

Punts inside 20 3 vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017)

3 at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017)

Long Punt Return 34 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

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OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 18 MADISON, James, at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017)

Yards Rushing 132 KRAGHT,Josh, at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

TD Rushes 1 Ahmed, Salvon, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

1 McGrew, Sean, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

1 Coleman, Lavon, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

1 Gaskin, Myles, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

1 Browning, Jake, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

1 Antoine Custer, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

1 Gage Gubrud, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

1 TALLEY,Jason, at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

1 SUMMERS,Za'Quan, at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

1 KRAGHT,Josh, at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

1 FLANAGAN, Ty, at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017)

1 JOHANNESSON, J., vs North Dakota (Oct 14, 2017)

Long Rush 56 JOHANNESSON, J., vs North Dakota (Oct 14, 2017)

Pass attempts 65 Gage Gubrud, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Pass completions 44 Gage Gubrud, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Yards Passing 549 Gage Gubrud, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

TD Passes 4 Gage Gubrud, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Long Pass 75 GUELLER, Tanner, at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017)

Receptions 18 Nic Sblendorio, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Yards Receiving 189 Nic Sblendorio, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

TD Receptions 2 Dissly, Will, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

2 Sam McPherson, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

2 GUELLER, Mitch, at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017)

Long Reception 75 GUELLER, Mitch, at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017)

Field Goals 3 LATSONAS, vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017)

Long Field Goal 44 LATSONAS, vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017)

Punts 9 LUGO,Giovanni, vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

Punting Avg 41.4 LUGO,Giovanni, vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

Long Punt 66 LUGO,Giovanni, vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

Punts inside 20 2 Whitford, Joel, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

2 LUGO,Giovanni, vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

2 COWDEN,Hayden, at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

2 CHENEY, Sean, at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017)

Long Punt Return 67 Pettis, Dante, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

Long Kickoff Return 87 DAWSON,Kahlil, at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

Tackles 14 Mitch Fettig, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Sacks 1.5 Warren, Jusstis, at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

Tackles For Loss 2.0 BANKS,Stefen, vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

2.0 PALMBORG, T., vs North Dakota (Oct 14, 2017)

Interceptions 2 SEISAY,Chris, at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

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Montana Game Superlatives (as of Oct 16, 2017)

All games

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 48 at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017)

Yards Rushing 295 at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

Yards Per Rush 6.4 at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

TD Rushes 5 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

Pass attempts 65 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Pass completions 44 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Yards Passing 549 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Yards Per Pass 10.5 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

TD Passes 4 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Total Plays 96 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Total Offense 617 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

Yards Per Play 7.8 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

Points 63 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

Sacks By 6 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

First Downs 30 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 23, 2017)

30 at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

30 at Idaho State (Oct 06, 2017)

Penalties 14 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

Penalty Yards 116 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

Turnovers 3 vs Valparaiso (Sep 02, 2017)

3 at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

Interceptions By 2 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)

2 at Portland State (Sep 30, 2017)

2 vs North Dakota (Oct 14, 2017)

Punts 10 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

Punting Avg 41.4 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

Long Punt 66 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

Punts inside 20 3 vs Savannah State (Sep 16, 2017)

Long Punt Return 67 at Washington (Sep 9, 2017)