Montana Grizzlies football playoff appearances in a row (17), Big Sky Conference titles in a row (12), and overall playoff appearances (19). Their success made them the most successful program in all of college football in the 2000s (119 wins) and third most successful team in FCS in the 1990s (93 wins). The University of Montana's first football season was in 1897, where they won a single game against future rival Montana State. The team played only schools from Montana until it helped found the Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association (NWIAA) in 1902. In addition to Montana, this original Northwest Conference included Washington, Washington
Joe Montana Football to Sega Enterprises that sports games could be worthwhile investments. "Joe Montana Football" was followed by four sequels, all developed by BlueSky Software instead of Electronic Arts: "", "NFL Sports Talk Football '93", "NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana", and "NFL '95". After the contract with Joe Montana ended in 1995, development on the sixth game in Sega's NFL series moved to Farsight Technologies and the franchise was rebranded as "Prime Time NFL Starring Deion Sanders". In 2015, Damon Grow, CEO of Superstar Games, tweeted snippets of "Joe Montana Football 16". Joe Montana subsequently released a screenshot of the game.