1939 Montana Grizzlies football team

American college football season

1939 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 USC $	5	–	0	–	2	8	–	0	–	2
No. 7 UCLA	5	–	0	–	3	6	–	0	–	4
Oregon State	6	–	1	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
Washington	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Oregon	3	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Washington State	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Montana	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
California	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Stanford	0	–	6	–	1	1	–	7	–	1
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1939 college football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). The Grizzlies were led by fifth-year head coach Doug Fessenden, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of five wins, three losses and one tie (3–6, 1–2 PCC).

Montana was ranked at No. 144 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30	at Portland*	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 9–0	4,500
October 7	San Francisco*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 7–12
October 14	vs. Montana State*	Butte High Stadium Butte, MT (rivalry)	W 6–0
October 21	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 6–20	25,000
October 28	at Idaho	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID (Little Brown Stein)	W 13–0
November 4	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 0–9	19,838
November 11	Gonzaga*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 0–23
November 25	at Texas Tech*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	L 0–13
November 30	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 0–6
*Non-conference game

2010 Montana Football Media Guide Archived July 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, University of Montana, 2010.
E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
"Portland Pilots Turned Back by Montana State, 14-6, in First Try". The Eugene Register-Guard. September 23, 1939. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
"Last Quarter Attack Beats Montana". The Missoulian. October 8, 1943. pp. 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
"Grizzlies take Vandals, 13-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 29, 1939. p. 11.
"Gonzaga Beats Grizzlies 23 to 0 on Sheer Power". The Missoulian. November 12, 1939. pp. 1, 7 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Montana Grizzlies football
Venues	Dornblaser Field (I) (1912–1967) Naranche Stadium (alternate (Butte), 1938–1950) Dornblaser Field (II) (1968–1986) Washington–Grizzly Stadium (1986–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Eastern Washington: EWU–UM Governors Cup Idaho: Little Brown Stein Montana State
Culture and lore	Monte "Up With Montana" University of Montana Grizzly Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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