2014 — The Winning Chapter

Montana's 2014 season (9-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-5
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -5.9 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L @ Wyoming 12-17 W vs Cent Was 48-14 W vs Sout Dak 28-20 L @ Nort Sta 10-22 W vs Nort Col 38-13 W @ Nort Dak 18-15 W vs UC Davis 42-28 L @ Cal Poly 21-41 W vs Sacr Sta 31-13 L @ East Was 26-36 W @ Sout Uta 35-17 W vs Mont Sta 34-7 W vs San Die 52-14 L @ East Was 20-37
Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: Montana 52, San Diego 14. A 38-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Montana 21, Cal Poly 41. A 20-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Griz!"
— Montana fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What It Meant

2014 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.