Montana·Big Sky

2016 — The 2016 Season

Montana's 2016 season (6-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 6-5
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -6.7 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Sain Fra 41-31 W @ Nort Iow 20-14 L @ Cal Poly 41-42 W vs Sout Uta 43-20 W vs Miss Sta 67-7 W vs Sacr Sta 68-7 L @ Nort Ari 34-45 L @ East Was 16-35 W vs Idah Sta 62-44 L @ Nort Col 25-28 L vs Mont Sta 17-24
Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Montana 68, Sacramento State 7. A 61-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Montana 16, Eastern Washington 35. A 19-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Griz!"
— Montana fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Montana — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.