The 1942 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1942 college football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC).
Clyde Carpenter led the Grizzlies in his only season as head coach; they played their three home games on campus in Missoula at Dornblaser Field and lost all eight games (0–6 in PCC, last),[1] shut out in the final five, all in conference.
272 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.
[2] With manpower shortages due to World War II, Montana's football program went on hiatus after this season and resumed play in 1945.
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