1942 BYU

2–⁠5 (1–⁠4 Skyline Conference), coached by Floyd Millet.

Schedule and results

BYU in 1942, game by game: won at Montana 12–6; lost vs. Wyoming 6–13; won at Utah 12–7; lost vs. Fort Douglas 13–24; lost vs. Utah State 6–9; lost vs. Denver 6–26; lost at Colorado 0–48+7−48Won 12–6 at Montana+6MontanaLost 6–13 vs. Wyoming-7WyomingWon 12–7 at Utah+5UtahLost 13–24 vs. Fort Douglas-11Fort DouglasLost 6–9 vs. Utah State-3Utah StateLost 6–26 vs. Denver-20DenverLost 0–48 at Colorado-48Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26atMontanaW 12–⁠662%
Oct 2vsWyomingL 6–⁠1378%
Oct 10atUtahW 12–⁠728%
Oct 16vsFort DouglasL 13–⁠2487%
Oct 31vsUtah StateL 6–⁠964%
Nov 7vsDenverL 6–⁠2639%
Nov 14atColoradoL 0–⁠4823%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 48–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The tied 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

Record
2–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠4 6th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
55–⁠133
Coach
Floyd Millet
Elo
1365 −104 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−27.4 No. 115 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1942 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado5–⁠17–⁠2
Utah5–⁠16–⁠3
Denver3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Utah State2–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Colorado State2–⁠34–⁠3
BYU1–⁠42–⁠5
Wyoming1–⁠53–⁠5

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.