Joe Douglass (2011) - Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame - University of Montana Athletics

Joe Douglass

Joe Douglass; Salem, Oregon; Football (1995-1996)
Career Stats (22 games): 145 catches, 2,301 receiving yards, 174 points and 25 receiving touchdowns
Named to numerous All-American teams in 1996, and chosen first team all-league as a junior and senior
Montana’s Steve Carlson Award winner (co-MVP) in 1996
Set a UM single-game record with 279 receiving yards at Eastern Washington, 1996. Tied the school record with four TD catches at EWU in 1996
Also set Griz standards with 82 receptions for 18 TD’s in 1996
Starter on the 1995 Grizzly football team that won the Division I-AA (FCS) championship (inducted into the Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame with that team)
Member of two Big Sky Conference championship teams in 1995 and 1996
Ranked among the all-time FCS career leaders in receiving yards per game (104.6 ypg) as well as receptions per game (6.8 rpg)
Also ranked among the FCS leaders in season touchdown catches (18) and season receiving yards (1,469)
Still holds the FCS playoff tournament (1996) record for the most catches with 41, and he had 13 grabs in the title game at Marshall
In eight playoff games he had 73 receptions for 978 yards and 7 touchdowns, Of Note: FCS playoff stats did not count in season or career statistics until 2003
Played in the Arena Football League from 2000-2009 (co-MVP of the Chicago Crush in 2001 when he had 99 catches for 1,287 yards and 26 touchdowns). He also played two years in NFL Europe