Little Brown Stein

Idaho-Montana football rivalry
First meeting1903, 123 years ago
Idaho, 28–0
Latest meetingSeptember 25, 2025
#5 Montana 41,
#8 Idaho 30
Next meetingOctober 17, 2026
in Missoula, MT
Statistics
Meetings total90
All-time seriesIdaho leads,
56–32–2 (.633)
Largest victoryIdaho, 46–0  (1945)
Longest win streakIdaho, 8, (19511959)
Current win streakMontana, 2, (20232025)
200km
124miles
Montana
Idaho
Locations of Idaho and Montana

The Little Brown Stein is a rivalry trophy awarded to the winner of the college football game between the University of Idaho Vandals and the University of Montana Grizzlies, both members of the Big Sky Conference. 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 not played for fourteen seasons (2004–2017), and Montana retained the trophy. The series resumed in 2018, when Idaho rejoined the Big Sky for football.