June 2007 is University of Montana Month at AGS! Read the "fact a day"!

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6/1

QUICKFACTS

PRESIDENT: Dr. George Dennison
LOCATION: Missoula, MT (59812)
ENROLLMENT: 13,961 (Chartered Feb. 17, 1893)
NICKNAME: Grizzlies, Griz
COLORS: Copper/Silver/Gold
STADIUM: Washington-Grizzly (23,183)
PLAYING SURFACE: SprinTurf
FOOTBALL COACH: Bobby Hauck
ALMA MATER (YR.): Montana (1988)
RECORD AT MONTANA (YRS.): 41-13 (4 yrs.)
OVERALL COLLEGE RECORD: 41-13 (4 yrs.)
BIG SKY MEMBERSHIP: Inaugural (1963)
ATHLETIC WEB SITE: www.montanagrizzlies.com
TYPE OF OFFENSE/DEFENSE: Pro Set/4-3
FIRST SEASON OF FOOTBALL: 1897
ALL-TIME FB RECORD: 489-451-23 (52.0%)
ALL-TIME BIG SKY RECORD: 176-107-1 (62.2%)
SPORTS INFORMATION DIR.: Dave Guffey
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Jim O’Day
ATHLETIC TRAINERS: J.C. Weida & Dennis Murphy
EQUIPMENT MANAGER: Steve Hackney

RET. LETTERMEN: 58 (25 Offense, 31 Defense, Punter, Kicker)
LETTERMEN LOST: 9 (4 Offense, 5 Defense)
RET. STARTERS: 19+ (9 Offense, 8 Defense, Kicker/Punter)
STARTERS LOST: 5 (2 Offense, 3 Defense)
2006 REDSHIRTS: 32 (16 defense, 15 offense, punter)
2006 FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION TRANSFERS: 1
I-AA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: 2 (1995 & 2001)
I-AA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES: (5): 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2004.
YEARS IN PLAYOFFS: 1982,1988-89,1993-2006 (record 14 in a row)

2006 GRIZ RESULTS (12-2/8-0 Big Sky Conference)
Date Opponent (Attend.) Results
9/2 at Iowa (70,585) L, 7-41
9/9 South Dakota State (23,438) W, 36-7
9/24 Sacramento State (23,619) W, 59-14
9/30 at #14 Portland St. (13,156) W, 26-20
10/7 at Eastern Washington* (11,583) W, 33-17
10/14 Northern Arizona* (23,626) W, 24-21
10/21 at Weber State* (5,424) W, 33-30
10/28 Idaho State* (23,435) W, 23-10
11/4 #6 Cal Poly (22,853) W, 10-9
11/11 at Northern Colorado* (4,632) W, 53-21
11/18 #15 Montana State* (24,018) W, 13-7
11/25 #22 McNeese State% (20,077) W, 31-6
12/2 #10 Southern Illinois% (18,883) W, 20-3
12/9 #3 UMass% (23,454) L, 17-19
*Big Sky Conference game
%D-I Football Championships game

2007 MONTANA GRIZZLY SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time (Mtn.)
9/1 Southern Utah 1:05 p.m.
9/8 Fort Lewis 1:05 p.m.
9/15 OPEN —
9/22 Univ. of Albany 1:50 p.m.
9/29 #Weber State* (Homecoming)1:05 p.m.
10/6 #Eastern Washington* 1:05 p.m.
10/13 at #Sacramento State* 3:05 p.m.
10/20 #Northern Colorado* 1:05 p.m.
10/27 at #Northern Arizona* 3:05 p.m.
11/3 #Portland State* 12:05 p.m.
11/10 at #Idaho State* 3:05 p.m.
11/17 at #Montana State* 12:05 p.m. (107TH Meeting)
*Big Sky Conference game
#Televised Live on KPAX-TV

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6/2

The Home of the Grizzlies
The University of Montana Grizzlies have been playing in Washington Grizzly Stadium/John Hoyt field since the mid-way point of the 1986 season, and since that time the Griz have racked up an impressive 125-18 (.874) record.

The stadium was first expanded in the spring of 1995 with end zone seating on both the north and south sides, and a few more addtional seats were added in 2002, bringing the capacity to 19,005. Prior to the 1995 expansion there were 12,500 permanent seats. (When the grass end zones were available, the capacity was approximately 15,000).

New men’s locker rooms, cover more than 4,000 square feet, housing football, basketball, track and cross country were also added and are located below the entry level on the west side of the stadium.

When Adams Center, which is adjacent to the stadium, was renovated in 1999, a new 7,000 square foot weight room, a 4,500 square foot athletic treatment center, the Jacobson Academic Center and meeting room with big screen videos were added. In addition, a new women’s locker room covering 4,000 square feet, a 3,200 square foot equipment center, and three new meeting rooms totaling 2,000 square feet were added.

The natural-grass stadium gave way to SprinTurf for the 2001 season. A million dollars was given by an anonymous donor for the new playing surface. The field was named “John Hoyt Field” at the request of the anonymous donor, in honor of a long-time Grizzly booster.

For the 2002 season, Griz Vision was added, featuring a state of the art message center which features game statistics, player profiles, digital replays, and shots of the crowd. The Griz Vision screen is the largest in Division I-AA, measuring 26 feet by 36 feet and was brought in from Times Square in New York City.

The facility underwent its second expansion in the spring and summer of 2003, as approximately 4,000 seats were added on to the north end zone section of Washington Grizzly Stadium, which increased the capacity to 23,117.

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6/3

The University of Montana was founded in 1893 in the burgeoning pioneer town of Missoula, less than 90 years after Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery explored the area. Since then, the University has nurtured a tradition of cultural and scientific exploration.

Students receive a well-rounded education and training for professional careers in the University’s three colleges – arts and sciences, forestry and conservation, and technology – and six schools – journalism, law, business, education, pharmacy and the fine arts.*

Located at the heart of western Montana’s stunning natural landscape, UM is a magnet for students from across the country and around the globe. A city within a city – with its own eateries, stores, medical facilities, banking and postal services, and zip code – UM has an increasingly diverse population and rich culture.

*Enrollment by Academic Units (fall 2006)
College of Arts and Sciences, 5,912
College of Forestry and Conservation, 715
College of Technology, 1,484
School of Business Administration, 1,761
School of Education, 1,179
School of Fine Arts, 788
School of Journalism, 525
School of Law, 248
School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, 844
Davidson Honors College (cross-discipline), 672

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6/4

Jack Swarthout

9 seasons, record of 51-41-1

As a player that excelled at many positions, Swarthout performed at quarterback, halfback, and eventually found a starting position at end for Coach Doug Fessenden's teams in 1941 and 1942.

[As a coach] Swarthout eventually made the move to the University of Texas, where he served as backfield coach from 1957 -1960, a key cog in the impressively assembled coaching crew. Four of the seven assistant coaches on that Longhorn staff would eventually become head college football coaches.

A return to his alma mater seemed a perfect fit for Swarthout who arrived in 1967. In only his first year as head coach Swarthout's team went 7-3, UM's best mark since 1937.

Two perfect 10-0 regular seasons in 1969 and 1970 highlighted his nine-year coaching career at Montana. During those dominant years, Swarthout's Grizzly teams outscored opponents 645 points to 254, earning bids to the Camelia Bowl, which at the time was designated NCAA College Division's championship game.

In 1975 Swarthout finished his tenure at Montana as the winningest coach in Grizzly football history with a record of 51-41-1, a mark surpassed only by former UM Coach Don Read's success of the 80's and 90's.

Swarthout created the foundation for future coaches and players involved with Grizzly athletics. "I'm most proud of how we got Grizzly football started, and how recent coaches have been able to take that to a championship level." Swarthout said. The Grizzly Nation is proud that they can claim legendary Grizzly Jack Swarthout as one of their own.

Copied from an article written by: Chris Geraghty

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6/5

The Don Read Era
10 seasons, a record of 85-36, one National Championship (1995)

The University of Montana's glory days in football had been few and far between, when an unlikely savior who had toiled in the college coaching ranks for 16 years took over the reigns.

Read took over a program that had two winning seasons in the previous 14 years. The Grizzlies had been playing their home games in Dornblaser "Stadium," a temporary facility, since the 1968 season.

[Previous Coach] Donovan's last season, in 1985, season ticket sales had been the second-lowest in 20 years, and Montana averaged 5,006 fans in five home games. The lack of success those last couple of years carried over to individual honors as well. Following the 1984 and 1985 seasons, the Grizzlies had only one player selected first team all-conference.

Read started in the college ranks at Portland State in 1968. He then moved in to the University of Oregon; the next stop was Oregon Tech, and then back to PSU. He had a few banner years during his stints and PSU and Oregon Tech, but was only given three seasons to rejuvenate the Ducks' program.

Why did Read leave his comfort zone?

"We (Don and his former wife, Lois) were very impressed with the potential in the state, the interest in the university, who the Grizzlies played, their personnel, their administration, and so on," Read said. "It all lent itself, in our opinion, to success.

"Number one was the challenge [of starting a winning program at Montana], and that was followed by the opportunity to succeed, the interest level being what it was, as well as the coming of the stadium," Read said. "Those were all huge factors."

In Read's inaugural season at Montana in 1986, the Grizzlies doubled their win total from the previous two seasons. The Grizzlies went on to register 10 straight victorious seasons in the Don Read Era.

Perhaps just as significant, at least to Montanans, was the fact that Read's Grizzly teams had unprecedented success over their intrastate rival, the Montana State Bobcats, registering 10 consecutive victories.

Read had promised Grizzly fans that his teams would pass the ball first, pass the ball second, and then pass the ball some more. They weren't disappointed when UM 6-4 team in '86 established a single-season passing record with 3,056 yards.

He lived up to his pass-first philosophy, and Montana's offense had unparalleled success in Read's decade at Montana. In the 121 games that he coached at UM, the Grizzlies broke or tied 40 single-game and single-season records.

In his final three seasons in 1993, 1994, and 1995, the Grizzlies were 34-7. He was named the Big Sky Coach of the Year in 1989, 1993, and 1995. During his stint at Montana, Read's teams advanced to the Division I-AA playoffs five times: 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, and 1995, culminated that continued success by winning the national championship in '95.

Excerpted from An Odyssey to a National Championship by Mick Holien and Dave Guffey

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6/6

Mick Dennehy

9 Seasons, 86-28 Record (Assist. and Head Coach combined) 1 National Championship (Assist.) 2 National Runner up (1 as Head Coach, 1 as Assist.).

Michael "Mick" Dennehy was named the 31st head football coach at The University of Montana on April 19, 1996. He had unprecedented success in his four seasons as head coach at his alma mater (1973), winning 39 games and three Big Sky Conference championships.

Dennehy carried on the high-powered, wide-open passing attack that had become a staple for Grizzly football. In his nine seasons at UM as both head coach (1996-1999) and offensive coordinator (1991-1995), the Grizzlies ranked in the top four in the country in passing offense and boasted a mark of 86-28 (.754) overall and 55-13 (.809) against Big Sky foes.

In his first year as mentor at Montana, Dennehy's Grizzlies won a school-record 14 games en route to a Big Sky championship, and a berth in the 1996 I-AA national championship game. That season he was named Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year, as the Grizzlies went a perfect 8-0 in league play and 14-1 overall. Montana lost 49-29 to host Marshall University in the I-AA title game.

In 1997, UM finished with an 8-4 overall mark and qualified for the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs where they lost 19-14 to eventual finalist McNeese State in a first round road contest. The Grizzlies also went 8-4 overall in 1998 and finished first in the Big Sky Conference with a 6-2 record, but lost another first-round road contest in the I-AA playoffs, this time to Western Illinois.

Montana finished 9-3 overall and captured the conference championship with a 7-1 record in 1999. The Griz made it to the I-AA playoffs for the fourth consecutive season under Dennehy's tutelage, but eventually lost 30-27 to perennial powerhouse Youngstown State in a first round game at Washington Grizzly Stadium.

Dennehy was also entrenched in tradition rich Grizzly football in previous years as a player. He was a standout safety for UM from 1971-1972. Dennehy led the Big Sky Conference in 1972 with 10 interceptions, a performance that garnered him first team all-conference accolades. His 16 career interceptions place him ninth (tie) all-time in league history. He also earned the coveted Golden Helmet Award his senior year, an honor given to the hardest hitter on the team.

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9 Seasons, 64-44-1 Record (Head and Assist. combined) 1 National Championship 2001, 1 National Runners Up 2000.

In his three seasons as mentor at Montana, Glenn posted a 39-6 overall mark (20-2 in league play) and guided UM to two Division I-AA title games. His win total ties him for the fourth most in school history (with current Utah State coach Mick Dennehy). Glenn's Grizzlies garnered two out-right Big Sky championships in those title runs, and also took home a co-conference championship in 2002.

In the 2002 season UM reeled off 10 straight wins and tied the I-AA record for consecutive victories with 24. The Grizzlies posted an 11-3 mark and made a record-tying 10th straight appearance in the I-AA playoffs.

Glenn was named the 2002 American Football Coaches Association's Region 5 Coach of the Year, as well as the 2002 Big Sky co-Coach of the Year, sharing the honor with Montana State coach Mike Kramer.

Montana won a school-record 15 games in 2001 and finished the dream season with a 13-6 victory over Furman in the NCAA Division I-AA national championship game in Chattanooga, Tenn. Glenn was recognized for UM's success that year as he was voted the AFCA Region 5 Coach of the Year, and shared Big Sky "Co-Coach of the Year" honors with Eastern Washington coach Paul Wulff.

In his first season as head coach in 2000, the Grizzlies went 13-2 overall and 8-0 against conference foes. Montana advanced to the I-AA championship game for the third time in six years, but lost 27-25 to Georgia Southern at Chattanooga.

For his efforts in 2000, Glenn was the winner of the Eddie Robinson Award which is given annually by The Sports Network to the Division I-AA Coach of the Year. He received similar honors from the Big Sky Conference that season.

Glenn also spent time as an assistant at Montana from 1980-85, serving as the quarterback/receivers coach in 1980-81 and as offensive coordinator from 1982-85. In the 1982 season the Grizzlies won the Big Sky title and earned their first-ever Division I-AA playoff berth. During his tenure at UM, the Grizzlies broke or tied 89 offensive school records.

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6/8

Bobby Hauck- Head Coach/Special Teams, (4 seasons, 41-13 record)
Rob Phenicie- Offensive Coordinator/QB's
Kraig Paulson- Defensive Coordinator/D-Ends
Dominic Daste- TE's
Pete Kaligis- Recruiting Coordinator/OL
Ty Gregorak- Linebackers
Tim Hauck- Secondary
Tom Hauck- Defensive Tackles
Mike Hudson- Assistant Head Coach/RB's
Cedric Cormier- Wide Receivers

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6/9

The Griz have now won or shared nine Big Sky Conference championships in a row, and in 12 of the last 14 seasons. The Grizzlies have made a record 14 Football Championship Subdivision playoff appearances in a row. UM has been ranked in The Sports Network's top 25 Division I-AA 198 of the last 202 Weeks.

Montana has been the most dominate and consistent team in the FCS for the past Decade and a half.

The Grizzlies return 19+ starters and 58 letterman from the 12-2 team that was a perfect 8-0 en route to yet another title, and was ranked 3rd in The Sport's Network's season ending poll.

Two additional reasons for the high expectations of the team this season are the return of Walter Payton Award candidate Lex Hilliard at running back and Kroy Biermann, a finalist for thr 2006 Buck Buchanan Award.

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6/10

http://streamingmedia.montanagrizzlies.com/umgriz/fightsong.wma

Fight song performed by the 1998 Big Sky Winds Marching Band.

Up with Montana, boys,
down with the foe,

Good ol' Grizzlies
out for a victory;

We'll shoot our backs
'round the foemen's line;

Hot time is coming now,
oh, brother mine.

Up with Montana, boys,
down with the foe,

Good old Grizzlies
triumph today;

And the squeal of the pig
will float on the air;

From the tummy of
the Grizzly Bear.

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6/11

"Monte" (short for Montana) was born in the mountains of Missoula in the Fall of 1991. The 2002-03 and 2004-05 National Champion Mascot of the Year (Capital One/ESPN) has evolved into a motorcycle riding, break dancing, back flipping, slam dunking, movie making, crowd surfing, goal post smashing, prank pulling superstar that makes the women of Montana swoon.

Monte's charitable and community service activities are unmatched in college athletics. Raising thousands of "fur made" dollars for local children's charities keeps this bear quite busy all year round. In fact, his community appearances outnumber UM sporting events 2:1.

http://web.montanagrizzlies.com/mtgriz/images/photo_gallery_images/2006_2007/Dance_Team/Photos/2006_07/mmajerus_randles.jpg

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6/12

The annual battle between Montana and in-state rival Montana State is titled the Brawl of the Wild. It is one of the greatest rivalries in FCS football.

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6/13

The first ever Brawl of the Wild was over 100 years ago in 1897. No Brawls were played in 1916, 1943, 1944*, 1945** due to World Wars I and II.

*UM had no teams in '16, '43, '44.
**UM had a team in '45, but Montana State did not.

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6/14

The University of Montana continues to dominate Montana State in the Brawl of the Wild rivalry with a 21-8 record since joining the ranks of I-AA in 1978.

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6/15

The Grizzlies captured the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship in 1995. Ending the season with a win over Marshall 22-20. The game was played before 32,106* fans on December 16, 1995 in Huntington, West Virginia.

*Stadium record at the time.

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6/16

Dave Dickenson talked to the President of the United States on the phone before a rally in Dahlberg Arena celebrating the Montana Grizzlies' 1995 Division I-AA national championship. Later, the senior quarterback from Great Falls had his number retired The number 15 will never be worn by a UM player.

In between, Dickenson was given the division's most prestigious award, the Walter Payton, symbolizing the outstanding player in Division I-AA.
Dave Dickenson's statistics in three years as a Grizzly starter were staggering. He leaves with 26 UM records, seven league marks and the I-AA standard-setter in passing percentage at 67.3.*

Montana lost only five games in which he played since 1993. In UM's 13-2 championship campaign, he passed for 5,676 yards and 51 touchdowns.
"I can't imagine going out on a better note, "Dickenson said in a released statement." The national championship and the Payton Award are two things that a lot of people thought would never come to the University of Montana. Now they have, and I think everyone should be proud.''

The Payton Award had been around for nine years. It came into being to honor accomplishments of players in I-AA, a niche that has produced such greats as Payton, Joe Greene, Terry Bradshaw and Jerry Rice.

He received 55 first-place votes and 825 points all told. Before this year the Payton trophy was presented in New York City. That changed in 1995, "to permit as many family members, friends, fans, teammates, coaches and local (media) to attend as possible,'' according a release from The Sports Network, which coordinates the voting.

The Payton bust, along with a Grizzly helmet, will be placed on permanent display at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind.

Payton wrote Dickenson to congratulate him writing, "I must say that your statistics are very impressive and I am honored to have an award bearing my name to be given to such a gifted individual,'' Payton's letter said, "I am confident that you will take these traits and apply them in future life endeavors.''

*records at the time

from an article by KIM BRIGGEMAN of the Missoulian

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6/17

As part of the recent renovation to the Adams Center, a 7,000-square foot Athletic Performance Center was created. The current facility is approximately twice as large as the previous weight room used in the Adams Center over the years.

The new center, which is home to the Griz student-athletes, is geared to enhance the overall athletic performance of the teams. The Athletic Performance Center staff designs, implements and evaluates strength and conditioning programs for all Grizzly athletes.

Sport-specific weight training, coupled with movement-specific conditioning results in a greater overall training effect that transfers to the court during the season. Lifting is also a focus during the season. The student-athletes focus on several core lifts to maintain their strength levels during the long and grueling season.

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6/18

The Griz have found tremendous success in the confines of Dahlberg Arena, which was named after the great George “Jiggs” Dahlberg, who was an athlete, a coach and an athletic director at The University of Montana.

George "Jiggs" Dahlberg earned six varsity letters at UM in football and basketball in the early 1920s. He was the Grizzly basketball coach for 22 years (1937-54) and then became athletic director (1954-70). dahlberg passed away in September of 1993, just two weeks after he was inducted into the Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame. He will be remembered for his success at Montana, and the Grizzly basketball team continues to carry on that tradition.

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6/19

Missoula is home to the largest of the U.S. Forest Service's Smokejumper bases. Free tours of the base are popular with tourists during the summer wildfire season.

A walking bridge over the downtown railroad yards of the Montana RailLink railroad is a popular destination for rail fans.

The city appears or is mentioned in every novel written by author Chuck Palahniuk, who penned the cult favorite Fight Club.

Missoula is the sixth-best city in the country, according to Men's Journal. The magazine's "50 Best Places to Live" rankings also kept Missoula in first place for cities with populations under 100,000. Missoula ranks in fourth place among best adventure towns.

Forbes magazine called Missoula the No. 11 small place for business and careers. (May 2003)
Named “Best Community in the West” by Sunset magazine. (1999)

Missoula sits on the bottom of an ancient lake bed. If the lake still existed, Missoula's tallest buildings would be 1800 feet below the surface of the water. To this day, the shorelines of Glacial Lake Missoula are still visible on the hills surrounding the city.

October 2006, the Rolling Stones performed at Washington-Grizzly Stadium on a perfect fall evening under a full moon. The "Bigger Bang" concert was the largest concert ever performed in Montana.

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6/20

The Grizzlies again captured the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship in 2001. Ending the season with a win over the #3 seeded Furman University Paladins by a score of 13-6 in front of a crowd of 12,698. The game was played at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The win improved Montana to a school record 15-1* for the season.

*Record at the time.

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6/21

Montana's Joe Glenn and Eastern Washington's Paul Wulff were named the Big Sky Conference co-coaches of the year on Monday.

Glenn, who won the award in 2000, had guided the top-ranked Grizzlies to a 12-1 record. Montana will play Sam Houston State on Saturday in a Division I-AA quarterfinal playoff game.

Glenn is 15-0 in Big Sky Conference games since taking over in 2000. His Grizzlies have won 25 of 28 games during his tenure.

Glenn, who won a pair of Division II national championships at Northern Colorado, was named the Eddie Robinson Division I-AA national coach of the year last season after guiding Montana to a 13-2 mark and a trip to the national championship game.

Glenn has a 144-56-1 record in 16 years as a head coach. The Grizzlies have won 11 straight games this season and had a 13-game winning streak last year.

It's the eighth time a Montana coach has won the award. Mick Dennehy, who recently received a two-year contract extension at Utah State, won the award in 1996. Don Read won the award in 1989, 1993 and 1995. Jack Swarthout was honored in 1969 and 1970.

The eight league coaches vote for the award.

http://www.montanagrizzlies.com/content/records/football/2001Champ/awards_images/Game_Celeb4.jpg

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6/22

Q: Since joining I-AA has the University of Montana ever shut-out an opponent in a playoff game?

A: yes, three times. In 1995 UM held Georgia Southern and Eastern Kentucky* scoreless. In 2001 UM held Northern Iowa scoreless.

*The score at the half was 48-0. The games final score was also 48-0.

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6/23

Q: University of Montana home football games are played in Washington-Grizzly Stadium. UM teams are called the Grizzlies, but where does the "Washington" part of the name come from?

A: Dennis Washington. Billionaire industrialist Dennis Washington is a resident of Missoula. He and his wife, Phyllis, are UM alumni and have been huge supporters of the university over the years. Mr. Washington donated the majority of the original money to build the stadium, which was built by one of his companies, Washington Construction.

PHILANTHROPY:
Dedicated to making an investment in people to improve the quality of their lives, Washington, has donated over $38 million to charitable causes.
Supporting education, and in particular, The University of Montana, is of interest to Washington. Mr. Washington donated a $6 million investment in scholarships and a planned technology facility for the School of Education. Washington also created the Horatio Alger Montana Scholarship to help young people who have faced adversity in their lives attend college.

The Foundation is a major supporter of the Montana Special Olympics and was the premier sponsor of the Summer Games from 2003-2005.

http://www.dennisrwashington.com/images/mrwashington.jpg
Mr. Dennis Washington

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6/24

Wide Reciever- 8
Left Tackle- 3
Left Guard- 2
Center- 4
Right Guard- 3
Right Tackle- 3
Running Back- 4
Quarterback- 4
Tight End- 3
Half-back- 1


All positions are as of 3/20/07.

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6/25

DE- 4
DT- 6
DE- 4
MLB- 3
SLB- 3
WLB- 3
CB(B)- 3
CB(F)- 3
FS- 3
SS- 3

All figures are as of 3/20/07

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6/26

Punt Return- 5
Kickoff Returns- 5
KO- 1
Holder- 1
Snaps- 3
PAT, Field Goal- 1
Punter- 3

All positions are as of 3/20/07

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6/27

From the Forbes 400 Richest Americans:

#124, Washington, Dennis
Net Worth: $1.8 billion -
Source: Investments, investments Self Made
Age: 70
Marital Status: married, 2 children
Hometown: Missoula, MT
*Undergraduate: High School, Diploma

Expanded industrial empire by saving Morrison Knudsen—builder of San Francisco Bay Bridge, Hoover Dam—from bankruptcy 1996. Renamed Washington Group International filed Chapter 11. Restructured, took public 2 years later; today sales top $2.5 billion, 27,000 employees. Diversified: electricity, nuclear services, homeland security; recently picked up engineering and mining contracts in Iraq. Owns Canada's largest tug and barge company. Longtime Republican celebrated 70th birthday with 3-day party; guests included Oprah Winfrey. Owns island with golf course in British Columbia. Also spends time overhauling wrecked 204-foot yacht.

*I stated on an earlier post that Mr. Washington was a graduate of The University of Montana:

...He and his wife, Phyllis, are UM alumni and have been huge supporters of the university over the years. Mr. Washington donated the majority of the original money to build the stadium, which was built by one of his companies, Washington Construction.
A Grizzlies fan, PM’d and corrected me stating, “Denny Washington did not graduate from UM but his wife may have.”
Upon further research, the member was correct and I am correcting my error with today’s post.
Mrs. Phyllis Washington is a UM alumni, while Dennis Washington is not.
His ability to accumulate such wealth without the advantage of a college education is impressive. Couple this, with the fact that he gave so much to further the school’s academic/ athletic status without direct ties to the school himself makes his contributions and position even more awe inspiring.

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6/28

The Griz have had the honor of retiring two jersey numbers over the years.
The number 15, for QB Dave Dickinson, who passed for a career 11,080 yards and 96 touchdowns.
The number 22, for Terry Dillon.

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6/29

TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATTENDANCE GAMES
IN WASHINGTON-GRIZZLY STADIUM
1. 24,018 vs. Montana State, 2006
2. 23,867 vs. Montana State, 2004
3. 23,773 vs. Weber State, 2005
4. 23,732 vs. Eastern Washington, 2005
5. 23,687 vs. Cal Poly, 2003
6. 23,679 vs. Idaho, 2003
7. 23,626 vs. Northern Arizona, 2006
8. 23,619 vs. Sacramento State, 2006
9. 23,607 vs. **Sam Houston State, 2004
10. 23,605 vs. Portland State, 2005

**Indicates Division I-AA playoff game

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6/30

We leave you with this:
If Montana had won each NCAA Div I National Championship game they participated in, they would have five National Championships. This would include two repeat Championships in 1995/1996 and 2000/2001.

Possible and actual Championship seasons:
1995*+
1996+
2000+
2001*+
2004**

*denote championships
+denote possible repeat championships and title game participation
**possible title game win

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