1949 BYU

0–⁠11 (0–⁠5 Skyline Conference), coached by Charles Atkinson.

Schedule and results

BYU in 1949, game by game: lost vs. UTEP 6–47; lost vs. Pacific Fleet 13–27; lost vs. San José State 21–40; lost at Utah 0–38; lost at Arizona State 21–49; lost at Denver 7–35; lost at Wyoming 0–45; lost vs. Utah State 3–22; lost vs. Colorado State 14–16; lost at Montana 6–25; lost at Pepperdine 14–28+7−45Lost 6–47 vs. UTEP-41UTEPLost 13–27 vs. Pacific Fleet-14Pacific FleetLost 21–40 vs. San José State-19San José StateLost 0–38 at Utah-38UtahLost 21–49 at Arizona State-28Arizona StateLost 7–35 at Denver-28DenverLost 0–45 at Wyoming-45WyomingLost 3–22 vs. Utah State-19Utah StateLost 14–16 vs. Colorado State-2Colorado StateLost 6–25 at Montana-19MontanaLost 14–28 at Pepperdine-14Pepperdine
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Pepperdine 28–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The worst season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

Record
0–⁠11
Conference
0–⁠5 6th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
105–⁠372
Coach
Charles Atkinson
Elo
1161 −222 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−35.3 No. 118 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Six

1 first team

First team

  • Rex BerryRB

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming5–⁠09–⁠1
Colorado State4–⁠19–⁠1
Denver2–⁠24–⁠6
Utah2–⁠32–⁠7–⁠1
Utah State1–⁠33–⁠7
BYU0–⁠50–⁠11

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