1979 Montana Grizzlies football team

1979 Big Sky football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Boise State	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Montana State $	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Nevada ^	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Northern Arizona	3	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Weber State	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Idaho	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Montana	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Idaho State	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Boise State was ineligible for title or I-AA playoffs; Montana State was conference champion and Nevada-Reno was selected for I-AA playoffs.

The 1979 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. A charter member of the Big Sky Conference, the Grizzlies were led by fourth-year head coach Gene Carlson and played their home games at Dornblaser Field, an off-campus venue in Missoula.

Montana won three games and Carlson was let go at the end of the season; his annual salary was $24,000.

Washington State# L 34-14

at Northern Arizona L 26-13

Weber State W 23-16

Idaho State W 28-24

at Idaho L 20-17

Nevada L 27-20

at Montana State L 38-21

at Northern Colorado W 20-10

Portland State L 40-32