The 1995 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the

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in the

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. The Grizzlies were led by tenth-year head coach

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and played their home games on campus at

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.''2010 Montana Football Media Guide''
, University of Montana, 2010. Montana finished the regular season at 9–2 and 6–1 in conference to win the Big Sky title, and were eighth in the final poll at the end of the regular season. The Grizzlies won four playoff games, the first three at home, to win the Division I-AA national championship and finish at

Schedule

Roster

No. 1 -- Nathan Dolan, WR, 5-foot-7, 165 pounds, jr., Billings, Montana No. 2 -- Justin Hazel, CB, 6-1, 190, jr., Fort Lauderdale, Florida No. 4 -- Mike Wilson, WR, 5-7, 160, sr., Wahiawa, Hawaii No. 5 -- Matt Wells, WR/PK, 5-9, 16-, sr., Ashland, Oregon No. 6 -- Justin Gaines, CB, 5-10, 175, fr., Niceville, Florida No. 8 -- Mike Erhardt, WR, 6-4, 205, jr., Eugene, Oregon No. 9 -- Sean Goicoechea, SS, 6-1, 205, jr., Stevensville, Montana No. 14—Ryan Palma, FS, 6-1, 205, sr., Canby, Oregon No. 15—Dave Dickenson, QB, 5-11, 175, sr., Great Falls, Montana No. 16—Brian Ah Yat, QB, 6-1, 180, fr., Honolulu, Hawaii No. 17—Josh Paffhausen, QB, 6-0, 175, so., Butte, Montana No. 19—Mike Temple, CB, 5-10, 180, sr., San Diego, California No. 21—Josh Branen, RB, 5-7, 185, so., Moscow, Idaho No. 23—Joe Douglass, WR, 6-0, 180, jr., Salem, Oregon No. 25—Trevor Utter, WR, 6-1, 180, fr., Eureka, Montana No. 26—Chase Greene, WR, 6-0, 170, sr., Deer Park, Washington No. 27—Jake Dennehy, FS, 6-0, 180, so., Missoula, Montana No. 28—Justin Olsen, WR, 5-10, 170, fr., Helena, Montana No. 30—Kelly Stensrud, RB, 6-1, 190, sr., Missoula, Montana No. 32—Dallas Neil, P, 6-3, 200, fr., Great Falls, Montana No. 33—Brian Gales, RB, 5-9, 170, fr., Richland, Washington No. 34—Blaine McElmurry, FS, 6-0, 195, jr., Troy, Montana No. 35—Mike Kowalski, OLB, 5-11, 203, sr., Cut Bank, Montana No. 37—Jason Crebo, ILB, 6-3, 225, so., Helena, Montana No. 38—Larry Tofapelli, WR, 5-11, 170, sr., Stockton, California No. 40—Chris Morton, RB, 5-10, 223, sr., San Jose, California No. 41—Mark Hampe, LB, 6-2, 224, jr., Great Falls, Montana No. 42—Mike Bouchee, LB, 6-2, 231, jr., Missoula, Montana No. 43—Randy Riley, DE, 6-3, 240, jr., Butte, Montana No. 44—Josh Remington, SS, 6-1, 195, so., Kalispell, Montana No. 45—David Sirmon, OLB, 6-1, 220, jr., Walla Walla, Washington No. 46—Greg Fitzgerald, ILB, 6-0, 222, so., Columbus, Montana No. 47—Andy Larson, PK, 6-1, 180, jr., Helena, Montana No. 48—Joe Lehman, DE, 6-3, 225, so., Coos Bay, Oregon No. 50—Yohanse Manzanerez, DE, 6-3, 267, sr., Great Falls, Montana No. 52—Dave Holt, OG, 6-1, 290, fr., Coeur d'Alene, Idaho No. 54—Randy Allik, DT, 6-2, 260, fr., Missoula, Montana No. 55—Eric Buehler, DE, 6-3, 230, fr., Butte, Montana No. 56—Eric Simonson, OT, 6-5, 290, sr., Plentywood, Montana No. 57—Troy Lucas, OG, 6-3, 260, sr., Canby, Oregon No. 58—Eric Hart, LB, 6-0, 202, so., Shenandoah, Virginia No. 60—Mike Agee, OG, 6-4, 285, jr., Kalispell, Montana No. 61—Scott Curry, OT, 6-5, 250, fr., Valier, Montana No. 62—David Kempfert, OC, 6-4, 278, jr., Missoula, Montana No. 69—Troy Casper, OT, 6-4, 260, so., Billings, Montana No. 70—Marty Duffin, DT, 6-2, 270, sr., Idaho Falls, Idaho No. 71—Bob Fenton, OG, 6-4, 270, sr., Medford, Oregon No. 73—Jeff Zellick, OG, 6-5, 290, jr., Springfield, Oregon No. 75—Jason Baker, OT, 6-7, 300, so., Coos Bay, Oregon No. 85—David Henkel, K, 5-10, 170, fr., Lake Mary, Florida No. 87—Eleu Kane, WR, 5-10, 165, fr., Honolulu, Hawaii No. 88—Raul Pacheco, WR, 5-9, 170, fr., Honolulu, Hawaii No. 89—Brian Toone, DT, 6-2, 275, jr., Butte, Montana No. 90—Corey Falls, DE, 6-2, 244, jr., Medford, Oregon No. 93—Ryan Thompson, DT, 6-4, 275, jr., Missoula, Montana No. 95—Marc Bebout, TE, 6-4, 230, sr., Riverton, Wyoming No. 97—Mike Lorentz, DE/DT, 6-4, 260, fr., Thornton, Colorado No. 98—Wade Scates, DT, 6-3, 240, so., Spokane, Washington No. 99—Eric Manzanarez, DT, 6-3, 230, fr., Great Falls, Montana

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