1990 Montana Grizzlies football team

American college football season

1990 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Nevada $^	7	–	1	–	0	13	–	2	–	0
No. 13 Idaho ^	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
No. 10 Boise State ^	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	4	–	0
Montana	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Northern Arizona	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Weber State	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Eastern Washington	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Montana State	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Idaho State	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll

The 1990 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Big Sky Conference. The Grizzlies were led by fifth-year head coach Don Read and played their home games on campus in Missoula at Washington–Grizzly Stadium. They finished the season with a 7–4 record, 4–4 in the Big Sky.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 1	at Oregon State*	No. 6	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 22–15	25,201
September 15	Thomas More*	No. 6	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	W 62–0
September 22	McNeese State*	No. 3	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	W 45–22	11,087
September 29	No. 20 Eastern Washington	No. 2	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (EWU–UM Governors Cup)	L 35–36
October 6	at No. 19 Boise State	No. 8	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	L 3–41	22,149
October 13	at Weber State		Wildcat Stadium Ogden, UT	W 39–37
October 20	Northern Arizona	No. 17	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	W 48–14
October 27	Montana State	No. 14	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (rivalry)	W 35–18
November 3	at No. 3 Nevada	No. 14	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	L 27–34	19,530
November 10	No. 17 Idaho	No. 19	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Little Brown Stein)	L 14–35	10,720
November 17	at Idaho State		Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	W 42–23
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

"Grizzlies win, Trevathan's catches key". The Montana Standard. September 23, 1990. Retrieved March 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
Stalwick, Howie (November 11, 1990). "Robinson, Vandals trap Grizzlies". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C3.
"Montana yearly results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 26, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.

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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