The 106th meeting between the Grizzlies and Bobcats will be played on November 18, 2006, in Washington Grizzly Stadium in Missoula. The series which began in 1897, is the ninth oldest among small colleges. I am positively brimming for this event; my only request would be to be in Missoula for the game, but that's not gonna happen. So it goes.
Here's some stats to prep you, along with some useful links (as if you cared):
| The Griz-Cat tradition began in 1897, below are scores from the series over the past years. Currently the Montana Grizzlies lead the series, 65-35-5. |
| n/c = no contest | n/t = no team | * = played twice in same season |
| UM | MSU | 1897 | 18 | 6 | 1898 | 6 | 0 | *1898 | 16 | 0 | 1899 | 0 | 38 | 1900 | 11 | 12 | 1901 | 0 | 31 | 1902 | 0 | 38 | 1903 | 6 | 38 | 1904 | 79 | 0 | 1905 | n/c |
| 1906 | n/c |
| 1907 | n/c |
| 1908 | 0 | 0 | *1908 | 0 | 5 | 1909 | 3 | 0 | *1909 | 15 | 5 | 1910 | 0 | 0 | *1910 | 10 | 0 | 1911 | n/c |
| 1912 | 7 | 0 | *1912 | 39 | 3 | 1913 | 7 | 0 | *1913 | 20 | 7 | 1914 | 26 | 9 | 1915 | n/c |
| 1916 | 6 | 6 | 1917 | 9 | 7 | 1918 | n/t |
| 1919 | 6 | 6 | 1920 | 28 | 0 | 1921 | 14 | 7 | 1922 | 7 | 6 | 1923 | 24 | 13 | 1924 | n/c |
| 1925 | 28 | 7 | 1926 | 27 | 0 | 1927 | 6 | 0 | 1928 | 0 | 0 | 1929 | 12 | 14 | 1930 | 13 | 6 | 1931 | 37 | 6 | 1932 | 7 | 10 | 1933 | 32 | 0 | 1934 | 25 | 0 | 1935 | 20 | 0 | 1936 | 27 | 0 | 1937 | 19 | 0 | 1938 | 13 | 0 | 1939 | 6 | 0 | 1940 | 6 | 0 | 1941 | 23 | 13 | 1942 | n/c |
| 1943 | n/t |
| 1944 | n/t |
| 1945 | n/c |
| 1946 | 20 | 7 | 1947 | 12 | 13 | 1948 | 14 | 0 | |
| UM | MSU | 1949 | 34 | 12 | 1950 | 33 | 0 | 1951 | 38 | 0 | 1952 | 35 | 12 | 1953 | 32 | 13 | 1954 | 25 | 12 | 1955 | 19 | 0 | 1956 | 14 | 33 | 1957 | 13 | 22 | 1958 | 6 | 20 | 1959 | 6 | 40 | 1960 | 10 | 6 | 1961 | 9 | 10 | 1962 | 36 | 19 | 1963 | 3 | 18 | 1964 | 6 | 30 | 1965 | 7 | 24 | 1966 | 0 | 38 | 1967 | 8 | 14 | 1968 | 24 | 29 | 1969 | 7 | 6 | 1970 | 35 | 0 | 1971 | 30 | 0 | 1972 | 3 | 21 | 1973 | 7 | 33 | 1974 | 29 | 43 | 1975 | 3 | 20 | 1976 | 12 | 21 | 1977 | 19 | 24 | 1978 | 24 | 8 | 1979 | 21 | 38 | 1980 | 7 | 24 | 1981 | 27 | 17 | 1982 | 45 | 15 | 1983 | 8 | 28 | 1984 | 24 | 34 | 1985 | 18 | 41 | 1986 | 59 | 28 | 1987 | 55 | 7 | 1988 | 17 | 3 | 1989 | 17 | 2 | 1990 | 35 | 18 | 1991 | 16 | 9 | 1992 | 29 | 17 | 1993 | 42 | 30 | 1994 | 55 | 20 | 1995 | 42 | 33 | 1996 | 35 | 14 | 1997 | 27 | 25 | 1998 | 28 | 21 | 1999 | 49 | 3 | 2000 | 28 | 3 | 2001 | 38 | 27 | 2002 | 7 | 10 | 2003 | 20 | 27 | 2004 | 38 | 22 | 2005 | 6 | 16 | Total | 65-35-5 | |
Commentary via the Missoulian (Missoula paper)
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A little joke, via mtpolitics.net:
Mike Kramer passes away and finds himself at the Pearly Gates. God takes him to his heavenly home.
Kramer finds his house to his liking. There is a large yard, manicured to Pythagorean precision. His house is filled with Bobcat memorabilia, and his TV set gets all the Bobcat games.
“Wow!” he exclaims. “This is a great house. Thank you . . . ”
His eyes are then distracted by a much larger house upon the hill.
This house is decked out in maroon and silver. A large flag with the UM logo sits atop a golden flagpole, a gilded fence festooned with Griz banners surrounds the house. Next to this house, Kramer’s looks like a shack.
“What’s the deal with that?” Kramer asks. “How come Hauck’s house is so much nicer than mine?”
“Hauck’s house?” God laughs. “Thats my house.”
GO GRIZ!
