MISSOULA, MONTANA (8/5/11) --All 11 regular-season football games for The University of Montana Grizzlies will once again be televised this year, UM Director of Athletics Jim O’Day announced Friday.
As has been the case in previous years, Montana’s eight Big Sky Conference games will be televised by KPAX-TV of Missoula and carried on its affiliates stations across the state of Montana. The Grizzlies’ two non-league games, Cal Poly on Sept. 10th, and Western Oregon on Nov. 5th, will be televised on CW-TV stations throughout the state. CW-TV is a sister station of KPAX-TV.
Conference games are the property of the Big Sky Conference, while non-conference contests are televised as the result of an agreement reached between KPAX/CW-TV and The University of Montana, through its multi-media rights partner, Learfield Sports/Grizzly Sports Properties.
Montana’s season opener against the Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville will be available on a pay-for-view basis, with details still to be worked out. The game is the property of the University of Tennessee and the Southeast Conference. UM Athletics will continue to provide more information as it becomes available.
“We are excited about our continued relationship with KPAX to televise Griz football games again this fall – both home and away,” O’Day said. “We know it is a big benefit to our football program to have all games televised, and we know how important it is to Griz Nation, as well.”
“Montana is one of the few Division 1 schools playing at the Football Championship Subdivision level to have all of its games available either through statewide television or via pay-for-view, and we are proud of that fact,” O’Day said.
2011 MONTANA GRIZZLY FOOTBALL TELEVISION SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT %TIME
Sept. 3 at Tennessee (Pay-for-view TV-TBA) 4:07 p.m.
Sept. 10 Cal Poly (CW-TV) 1:05 p.m.
Sept. 17 Eastern Washington* (KPAX-TV) 1:05 p.m.
Sept. 24 at Sacramento State* (KPAX-TV) 7:05 p.m.
Oct. 1 Northern Colorado* (KPAX-TV) 1:05 p.m.
Oct. 8 at Idaho State* (KPAX-TV) 4:05 p.m.
Oct. 15 Portland State* (KPAX-TV) 1:05 p.m.
Oct. 22 at Northern Arizona* (KPAX-TV) 4:05 p.m.
Oct. 29 Weber State* (KPAX-TV) 1:05 p.m.
Nov. 5 Western Oregon (CW-TV) 12:05 p.m.
Nov. 12 OPEN -------
Nov. 19 at Montana State* (KPAX-TV) 12:05 p.m.
*=Big Sky Conference game %All Times Mtn. &
Subject to Change
Dave Guffey
The University of Montana
Associate A.D., For External and Media Relations
Hoyt Athletic Complex
32 Campus Drive
Missoula, MT 59812
406-243-5402-Office; 370-9435-Cell; 243-6859-Fax
guffeydb@mso.umt.edu
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