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1995 Football Team

The 1995 Grizzly Football Team
Had a record of 13-2 en route to Montana’s first-ever national championship, defeating host Marshall 22-20 for the NCAA Division I-AA title
In Montana’s three home playoff wins in 1995, it out-scored its opponents 163-14: (48-0 over Eastern Kentucky, 45-0 vs. Georgia Southern and 70-14 over Stephen F. Austin
The Griz were a perfect 8-0 in the Big Sky Conference in 1995
Set 35 individual and team records
Registered the 10^th win in a row over intrastate rival Montana State
Montana had a record nine All-Americans in ’95, along with 10 first team All-Big Sky selections
Quarterback Dave Dickenson was voted the recipient of the Walter Payton Award (I-AA offensive player of the year).
Montana had four first-team Division I Academic All-Americans in 1995
Following the 1995 season former Griz head coach Don Read was chosen the American Football Coaches’ Association Division I-AA “National Coach of the Year.”