Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions

About Griz Greats: The Silver Anniversary of the 1995 National Champions

In 1995 the University of Montana football team made a magical run to its first national championship, beating the Marshall Thundering Herd 22-20 on December 16th for the title. We commemorate this remarkable season 25 years later, through the eyes of the players, coaches and personnel involved in bringing a championship to Missoula Montana.

Publisher

ESPN Missoula

Category

history · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Aug 2020

Latest episode

3 Mar 2021

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Mar 2021

   Defensive end Corey Falls

   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 Holmes, now works in law enforcement in the Portland area.

2. 

   3 Mar 2021

   Running back Kelly Stensrud

   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.

3. 

   2 Mar 2021

   Defensive end Randy Riley

   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 the Grizzlies won their first Division I-AA national title.

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