1948 BYU
5–6 (1–3 Skyline Conference), coached by Edwin Kimball. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Pepperdine 13–0Sep 24
By 13 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | vs San Diego State | W 14–6 | 79% |
| Sep 24 | vsPepperdine | W 13–0 | 76% |
| Oct 1 | vsPacific Fleet | L 7–9 | 77% |
| Oct 9 | vs Utah | L 0–30 | 32% |
| Oct 15 | at UTEP | L 20–34 | 25% |
| Oct 23 | at Utah State | L 7–20 | 27% |
| Oct 30 | vs Montana | W 26–20 | 57% |
| Nov 5 | at San José State | L 6–21 | 56% |
| Nov 15 | at Colorado State | L 0–20 | 25% |
| Nov 20 | vs Wyoming | W 15–14 | 41% |
| Nov 26 | at Arizona State | W 27–25 | 36% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Arizona State 27–25; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Skyline Conference.
In program history: The 93rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).
- Record
- 5–6
- Conference
- 1–3 5th in Skyline Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 135–199
- Coach
- Edwin Kimball
- Elo
- 1324 −51 this season
- SP+ rating
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- SRS
- −25.2 No. 113 of 117 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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All-Skyline Six
1 first teamFirst team
Kimball MerrillOT
From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1948 Skyline Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 5–0 | 8–1–1 | |
| Colorado State | 4–1 | 8–3 | |
| Denver | 2–2 | 4–5–1 | |
| Utah State | 2–3 | 5–6 | |
| BYU | 1–3 | 5–6 | |
| Wyoming | 0–5 | 4–5 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.