Nailed It! UM Griz Football Has Another Season Ticket Sale Record

Some sports-related records stand for a long time. Others? Well, not so long.

Into the not-so-long category goes season ticket sales for University of Montana Grizzly football! UM Sports Information Director Eric Taber excitedly reported on Friday that for a second-straight year the Griz set a new football season ticket record at Washington-Grizzly Stadium, with 18,816 packages sold and distributed. And there could be a few more packages sold between and the home opener Saturday, August 31, vs. Missouri State.

As the winningest Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) team of the 21^st century, demand for Grizzly football is at an all-time high coming off the program’s 19^th Big Sky Conference championship season and its eighth trip to the national title game. Without the added incentive of the Griz-Cat Brawl of the Wild game in Missoula this year, a very healthy 95 percent of last year’s season ticket holders renewed for this year’s seven game schedule, helping the Griz surpass 2023’s record of 18,761.

Image courtesy of UM Sports Information, Tommy Martino

WHAT THE A.D. HAD TO SAY

UM Director of Athletics Kent Haslam was quoted in the Taber press release as saying, “We are again in awe of the support Griz Nation gives our student-athletes and coaches. We rely on that investment more than any other FCS program and more than many FBS programs across the country."

Montana sold-out all six of its regular season games last year and sold out the semifinal game against North Dakota State - the first playoff sellout in program history. The Griz also packed in more than 27,000 for the first time ever in 2023 with 27,178 in attendance to see the Griz beat Montana State 37-7.

Four of the five highest attended games ever in Missoula were set in 2023.

TWO-HOUR PREGAME BROADCAST

If you are not already super-excited by the time you get to the stadium for a home game, our broadcast team will do our best to take you over the top. The two-hour Grizzly pregame show is presented live at the Grizzly Scholarship Association tailgate area, on Campus Drive just across the street from the north end of the stadium. Join Griz great Samuel Akem, along with Ace Sauerwein and me, Denny Bedard, and regular guests AD Kent Haslam, Deputy AD Greg Sundberg, and the Voice of the Griz Riley Corcoran. Listen to the show on the PA at the site, or catch it on News/Talk KGVO, FM 98.3 / AM 1290, streaming from the website or on the KGVO app.

Is it Saturday yet??????!!!!!!!!