Little Brown Stein

Idaho-Montana Utah football rivalry
Idaho Vandals	Montana Grizzlies
First meeting	1903; Idaho 28, Montana 0
Latest meeting	September 27, 2003; Montana 41, Idaho 28
Next meeting	TBA 2018
Statistics
Meetings total	84
All-time series	Idaho leads, 55-27-2
Largest victory	Idaho 46, Montana 0 (1945)
Longest win streak	Idaho, 8 (1951-1959)
Current win streak	Montana, 4 (2000–present)

The Little Brown Stein is a rivalry trophy awarded to the winner of the college football game between the University of Idaho Vandals and University of Montana Grizzlies. The trophy is, as the name implies, a large stein mug with the results of all the games between the two painted on. The game was last played in 2003, and Montana retains the trophy.

History

Idaho and Montana first played in 1903 and have played 84 times.

Idaho has dominated the overall series (55–27–2), which also includes two I-AA playoff wins at home in the 1980s. Montana has had the upper hand since 1991, winning eight of the last ten. Since Idaho moved back up to Division I-A from Division I-AA in 1996, the teams have met five times with Montana winning the last four.^[1]

The schools were the only public universities in their respective states for decades, and are about 200 miles (320 km) miles apart.

Moscow and Missoula are on opposite sides of the lower Idaho Panhandle, separated by the Bitterroot Mountains over Lolo Pass. Both were members of the old Pacific Coast Conference (the forerunner of today's Pac-12); Montana departed after the 1950 season, and the PCC disbanded in the summer of 1959.

The universities were charter members of the Big Sky Conference in 1963 and their final season as conference opponents in football was 1995. While Montana has remained in the Big Sky to this day, Idaho football has changed its conference affiliation no fewer than five times since then:

Idaho's entire athletic program, including football, departed for the Big West in 1996.
After the 2000 season, the Big West dropped football. Idaho became a football-only member of the Sun Belt Conference in 2001 while remaining a full Big West member.
The entire Idaho athletic program joined the WAC in 2005 as part of a major NCAA conference realignment.
After the WAC experienced a near-complete membership turnover in the early 2010s, it dropped football after the 2012 season. Idaho football became an FBS independent for the 2013 season.
Idaho returned to the Big Sky in 2014, but without its football team, which rejoined the Sun Belt Conference.
Idaho will resume full membership in the Big Sky Conference in 2018.^[2]

Series History

Idaho victories	Montana victories

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	1903	Moscow, ID	Idaho	28–0
2	1914	Moscow, ID	Tie	0–0
3	1915	Missoula, MT	Montana	15–3
4	1916	Moscow, ID	Montana	20–13
5	1917	Missoula, MT	Idaho	14–3
6	1919	Moscow, ID	Idaho	7–0
7	1920	Missoula, MT	Idaho	20–7
8	1921	Moscow, ID	Idaho	35–7
9	1922	Missoula, MT	Idaho	39–0
10	1923	Moscow, ID	Idaho	40–0
11	1924	Missoula, MT	Idaho	41–13
12	1925	Moscow, ID	Montana	20–14
13	1926	Missoula, MT	Idaho	27–12
14	1927	Moscow, ID	Idaho	42–6
15	1928	Missoula, MT	Idaho	21–7
16	1929	Moscow, ID	Idaho	19–0
17	1930	Missoula, MT	Montana	12–6
18	1931	Moscow, ID	Idaho	21–19
19	1932	Missoula, MT	Idaho	19–6
20	1933	Moscow, ID	Idaho	12–6
21	1934	Missoula, MT	Idaho	13–6
22	1935	Moscow, ID	Idaho	14–7
23	1936	Missoula, MT	Montana	16–0
24	1937	Moscow, ID	Idaho	6–0
25	1938	Missoula, MT	Idaho	19–6
26	1939	Moscow, ID	Montana	13–0
27	1940	Missoula, MT	Montana	28–18
28	1941	Moscow, ID	Montana	16–0
29	1942	Missoula, MT	Idaho	21–0

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
30	1945	Moscow, ID	Idaho	46–0
31	1946	Missoula, MT	Montana	19–0
32	1947	Moscow, ID	Montana	21–0
33	1948	Moscow, ID	Idaho	39–0
34	1949	Missoula, MT	Idaho	47–19
35	1950	Moscow, ID	Montana	28–27
36	1951	Missoula, MT	Idaho	12–9
37	1952	Moscow, ID	Idaho	27–0
38	1953	Missoula, MT	Idaho	20–12
39	1955	Moscow, ID	Idaho	31–0
40	1956	Missoula, MT	Idaho	41–0
41	1957	Moscow, ID	Idaho	31–13
42	1958	Missoula, MT	Idaho	14–6
43	1959	Moscow, ID	Idaho	9–6
44	1960	Missoula, MT	Montana	18–14
45	1961	Boise, ID	Idaho	16–14
46	1962	Missoula, MT	Montana	22–16
47	1965	Missoula, MT	Idaho	35–7
48	1966	Moscow, ID	Idaho	40–6
49	1967	Missoula, MT	Idaho	19–14
50	1968	Moscow, ID	Idaho	56–45
51	1969	Missoula, MT	Montana	34–9
52	1970	Pullman, WA	Montana	44–26
53	1971	Missoula, MT	Idaho	21–12
54	1972	Moscow, ID	Idaho	31–17
55	1973	Missoula, MT	Idaho	20–7
56	1974	Moscow, ID	Tie	35–35
57	1975	Missoula, MT	Montana	14–3
58	1976	Moscow, ID	Idaho	28–19

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
59	1977	Moscow, ID	Idaho	31–20
60	1978	Missoula, MT	Idaho	34–30
61	1979	Moscow, ID	Idaho	20–17
62	1980	Missoula, MT	Idaho	42–0
63	1981	Moscow, ID	Montana	16–14
64	1982	Missoula, MT	Montana	40–16
65	1982^A	Moscow, ID	Idaho	21–7
66	1983	Moscow, ID	Idaho	45–24
67	1984	Missoula, MT	Idaho	40–39
68	1985	Moscow, ID	Idaho	38–0
69	1986	Missoula, MT	Idaho	38–31
70	1987	Moscow, ID	Idaho	31–25
71	1988	Missoula, MT	Montana	26–17
72	1988^A	Moscow, ID	Idaho	38–19
73	1989	Moscow, ID	Idaho	30–24
74	1990	Missoula, MT	Idaho	35–14
75	1991	Moscow, ID	Montana	35–34
76	1992	Missoula, MT	Montana	47–29
77	1993	Moscow, ID	Montana	54–34
78	1994	Missoula, MT	Montana	45–21
79	1995	Moscow, ID	Idaho	55–43
80	1999	Missoula, MT	Idaho	33–30
81	2000	Pullman, WA	Montana	45–38
82	2001	Missoula, MT	Montana	33–27
83	2002	Moscow, ID	Montana	38–31
84	2003	Missoula, MT	Montana	41–28
85	2018	TBA
Series: Idaho leads 55–27–2

^A Division I-AA playoff game (1982, 1988)

Years not played: 1904–13, 1918, 1943–44, 1954, 1963–64, 1996–98, 2004–present

References

↑ CFB Data Warehouse - Idaho opponents - vs. Montana - accessed 2009-10-05
↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

[1] CFB Data Warehouse - Idaho opponents - vs. Montana - accessed 2009-10-05

[2] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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v t e Idaho Vandals football
Venues	MacLean Field (1914–1936) Neale Stadium (1937–1968) Rogers Field (1969–1970) Joe Albi Stadium (1971) Kibbie Dome (1971–present) Martin Stadium (1999–2001)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boise State (Governor's Trophy) Montana (Little Brown Stein) Washington State (Battle of the Palouse)
Culture & lore	Joe Vandal Go, Vandals, Go The Sound of Idaho
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

v t e Montana Grizzlies football
Venues	Naranche Stadium (alternate, 1938–1950) Dornblaser Field (1968–1986) Washington–Grizzly Stadium (1986–present)
Bowls and rivalries	Brawl of the Wild (Montana State) Little Brown Stein (Idaho) EWU–UM Governors Cup (Eastern Washington)
Culture and lore	Monte "Up With Montana" University of Montana Grizzly Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Big Sky Conference football rivalries
Conference	Battle for the Golden Horseshoe (Cal Poly–UC Davis) Causeway Classic (Sacramento State–UC Davis) EWU–UM Governors Cup (Eastern Washington–Montana) Montana–Montana State Northern Arizona–Southern Utah The Dam Cup (Eastern Washington-Portland State)
Non-conference	Beehive Boot (BYU–Utah–Utah State–Weber State) Little Brown Stein (Idaho–Montana) Nickel Trophy (North Dakota–North Dakota State) Sitting Bull Trophy (North Dakota–South Dakota)

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