2001 Football Team (2012) - Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame

2001 Football Team

2001 Grizzly Football Team: Division I-AA National Champions
Won a school-record 15 games en route to a 15-1 mark
Won 13 games in a row on the way to the national title
Big Sky Conference champions with a perfect 7-0 league record
Senior running back Yohance Humphery rushed for a school-record 1,658 yards (as of 2012), and he rushed for 142 yards in the championship game. (Playoff state were not included in official player state until 2003)
Senior safety Vince Huntsberger had a team-high 113 regular-season tackles, and holds the (as of 2012) school record with 393 career tackles
The 2001 team had nine players named first team all-league: Calvin Coleman, CB; John Fitzgerald, FB; Spencer Frederick, TE; Yohance Humphery, RB; Vince Huntsberger, SS; Etu Molden, WR; Chris Snyder, K; Matt Steinau, LB; Thatcher Szalay, OG
In 2001 the Grizzlies recorded their 16^th consecutive winning season
The team was ranked first in the nation by The Sports Network in the ninth week of season, and finished at No. 1
Montana’s 12 seniors had the theme “Unfinished Business” that season and adopted the phrase “Say Who?”
The team 38-27 win over the Bobcats was the 16^th straight for the Griz over MSU, and their 20^th league win in a row
Registered a dominating 13-6 win over Furman in the Division I-AA championship game
Montana was just one play away from the first shutout in a I-AA championship game in its victory over Furman