Contrary to popular perception, these colors have never changed with the confusion stemming from the university's decision to represent "copper" with either maroon or Texas orange at various times in its history.

The football team has won national championships in 1995 and 2001 The Grizzlies have played in their current home, Washington–Grizzly Stadium, since 1986, with an official capacity of 25,217.

[citation needed] The Grizzlies hold the FCS (was I-AA) records for total number of post season appearances (28) which include 1982, 1988, 1989, 1993–2009, 2011, 2013–2015, 2019, 2021–2023, and number of consecutive post season appearances (17) 1993-2009 which was dubbed "The Streak" Montana won the national championship in 1995 under Don Read when Dave Dickenson led the team to a victory over Marshall University in the national championship game.

In 2001, coach Joe Glenn led the Montana Grizzlies to another national championship, defeating Furman University by a score of 13–6.

Montana trails that series at 31-56-2 (.360), it wasn't played from 2004-2017, After the Idaho football team rejoined the Big Sky Conference in 2018, the game is once again scheduled every season.

Their head coach was Shannon Schweyen, who was elevated from top assistant during the 2016 offseason following the retirement of Robin Selvig, who had compiled an 865–286 (.752) record in 38 seasons with the Lady Griz.

The Lady Griz have made the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship tournament 22 times, compiling a 6–18 record.

Marching in contemporary corps-style, the program endeavors to stay on the cutting edge of trends in outdoor music performances.

The program is also one of the most visible organizations on the University of Montana campus, performing at all Grizzly football home games in the 25,500-seat Washington–Grizzly Stadium.

The group also travels to several conference games throughout the Northwest and has accompanied the football team to four Division I-AA National Championships in recent years.

Georgia Tech's "White And Gold" and The Naval Academy's "Up With The Navy" (which gives credit to the University of Montana),[23] also share a similar tune.

Montana formerly competed in wrestling, skiing, and women's gymnastics; all three programs were dropped in 1987 due to budget restrictions by the university regents.