Corey Falls was a junior defensive end from Medford, Oregon who led the Grizzlies with nine sacks during the 1995 run to the national title. Falls, who hails from the same town as future Griz Buck Buchanan Award winners Dante Olson and Tyrone H

Running back Kelly Stensrud

Mar 3rd, 2021 50m 52s

Kelly Stensrud is a Missoula native and a Hellgate alum who was a senior starting running back for Montana's 1995 national title team. He scored 10 touchdowns during that 1995 season.

Defensive end Randy Riley

Mar 2nd, 2021 59m 12s

Randy Riley and fellow Butte, Montana native Brian Toone converged to make one of the biggest plays of Montana's 22-20 national title game victory over Marshall in December of 1995. The Butte safety proved to be the final margin of victory as t

Sean Goicoechea, All-Big Sky safety

Mar 2nd, 2021 44m 10s

Sean Goicoechea hailed from just down the road from Missoula, growing up in Stevensville, Montana. He rapidly rose to become a starter and key contributor at safety during his junior year to help the Montana Griz to the 1995 Division I-AA natio

Offensive coach Brent Pease

Mar 2nd, 2021 36m 13s

Brent Pease was a record-setting quarterback during his time playing for the Montana Grizzlies. During the middle and end of his professional playing career in the early 1990s, the Moscow, Idaho native returned in the off-seasons to help coach

Defensive end Yohanse Manzanarez

Feb 9th, 2021 1h 2m

Yohanse Manzanarez was part of the heart and soul of the Griz defense in 1995. The physical, tough defensive end from Great Falls set the tone in many ways, helping anchor the Montana defensive front as a senior on UM's national championship te

David Sirmon, linebacker

Jan 21st, 2021 1h 2m

David Sirmon was a senior linebacker for the 1995 Montana Grizzlies and finished his final season at UM as the team's third-leading tackler. He piled up 65 tackles, a sack and two tackles for loss to go with a pair of pass break ups and one nea

Jon Kasper, former Missoulian beat writer and current Big Sky senior associate commissioner

Jan 7th, 2021 47m 11s

Jon Kasper is a native of Great Falls, Montana who went to C.M. Russell High with former Montana All-American quarterback Dave Dickenson. Kasper attended the University of Montana, working for the student newspaper and radio station before beco

Dave Dickenson, College Hall of Fame quarterback

Dec 16th, 2020 1h 16m

Dave Dickenson is widely considered the greatest player in the history of the Big Sky Conference and the most legendary Griz of all time. The dynamo quarterback from Great Falls led UM to three straight playoff appearances, culminating with a W

Jim O'Day, former administrator and UM AD

Dec 15th, 2020 55m 4s

Before Jim O'Day started working for the Grizzly Scholarship Association or as an athletic administrator at the University of Montana and before he became UM's athletic director (2005-2012), the native of Cut Bank was a newspaper man who helped

Brian Toone

Dec 10th, 2020 52m 19s

Brian Toone was a junior on the 1995 National Championship team. He graduated from Butte High where the Bulldogs made a state championship run in his senior season. From there he became a standout on the Grizzly defense, perhaps most memorabl

Hall of Fame wide receiver Joe Douglass

Nov 25th, 2020 1h

Joe Douglass came to the University of Montana as a transfer after starting his career at Oregon State. In his two seasons with the Griz, he was prolific enough to earn All-American honors both years and earned a spot in the UM Athletics Hall o

Eric Simonson

Nov 20th, 2020 1h 7m

Eric Simonson came to Montana as a skinny, athletic offensive lineman from Plentywood, Montana. He transformed himself into an elite offensive lineman, one that would earn first-team All-American honors at tackle during his senior season in 199

Mike Bouchee

Nov 14th, 2020 1h 16m

Mike Bouchee grew up in Missoula as the son of former Griz lineman Bill Bouchee and the pride of Montana football was instilled in him at an early age. By high school, Bouchee was an all-state linebacker on a few of head coach Van Troxel’s last

Wayne Hogan - Former Athletic Director at UM

Nov 6th, 2020 1h 15m

Wayne Hogan became the AD at UM during the 1995 football season. He was hired by then President George Dennison and officially started on the job in October of 1995. What a time to come on board as two months later the Griz took home their fi

Dave Kempfert

Oct 30th, 2020 1h 11m

Dave Kempert, OL - Missoula nativeDave Kempfert grew up in Missoula and was as close to the UM athletic department as any kid in the Garden City. His father, Al Kempfert, was an administrator in the athletic department. His brother, Matt Kemp

Jason Crebo

Oct 23rd, 2020 1h 1m

Those who know him best describe Jason Crebo as a gentle giant. Those who watched him play for Montana remember the Helena native as one of the fiercest defensive players the school has ever produced. In 1994, Crebo took over Montana’s famed

Dave Guffey - UM Sports Information Director 1978-2015

Oct 15th, 2020 51m 53s

Dave Guffey came to the University of Montana to take the head job at “information services” in the fall of 1978. At the time, Gene Carlson was the head Griz football coach and Mike Montgomery had just taken the head basketball job.Guffey

Bill Johnston - Former head of the UM Alumni Association

Oct 6th, 2020 58m 52s

When Bill Johnston retired as the CEO of the University of Montana alumni foundation after 36 years at UM, former Montana President Royce Engstrom stated: "It’s said that Montana is one small town with very long streets. Meeting Bill will make

Matt Wells - University of Montana HOF Wide Receiver

Oct 2nd, 2020 57m 31s

Matt Wells came to the University of Montana from Ashland, Oregon as an undersized, deceptively quick wide receiver who spent his prep days catching passes from fellow future Griz Bert Wilberger. When Wells arrived at Montana, he found himself

Blaine McElmurry

Sep 25th, 2020 1h 2m

Montana's 1995 national championship football team lit up scoreboards across the Big Sky Conference and Division I-AA. But the Griz defense that year played as pivotal a roll in helping Montana claim its first-ever football national title. Bl

Mike Agee

Sep 17th, 2020 52m 21s

Mike Agee played football as an Offensive Guard at the University of Montana from 1993-1996. He was a four year starter out of Kalispell Flathead. As a Junior on the 1995 team, Agee was part of one of the most prolific offenses in I-AA/FCS hi

Mick Dennehy

Sep 10th, 2020 54m 27s

Mick Dennehy was the Offensive Coordinator for the Griz football team in 1995. After playing in '71 and '72 as an All-conference Safety for UM, Dennehy became the OC in 1991, a roll he held for 4 seasons, culminating in the 1995 National Champ

Andy Larson

Sep 2nd, 2020 1h 6m

In his Junior season Helena native Andy Larson made history and an indelible mark on the history of Griz football when he made a national championship winning field goal with 39 seconds remaining to stake Montana to a 22-20 lead that would hold

Mick Holien

Aug 27th, 2020 57m 15s

Episode 1 features the former Voice of the Griz, decorated play by play broadcaster for 30 years at the University of Montana Mick Holien. Holien started calling Lady Griz Basketball in 1985 before transitioning into football and men's basketb