1950 BYU

4–⁠5–⁠1 (1–⁠3–⁠1 Skyline Conference), coached by Charles Atkinson.

Schedule and results

BYU in 1950, game by game: won at Idaho State 14–13; lost vs. Arizona State 13–41; won vs. Pepperdine 28–27; tied vs. Utah 28–28; lost at Colorado State 14–27; lost at Denver 3–42; won at Utah State 34–13; lost vs. No. 14 Wyoming 0–48; lost at Hawai’i 7–39; won vs. Camp Hood 28–14+21−48Won 14–13 at Idaho State+1Idaho StateLost 13–41 vs. Arizona State-28Arizona StateWon 28–27 vs. Pepperdine+1PepperdineTied 28–28 vs. Utah0UtahLost 14–27 at Colorado State-13Colorado StateLost 3–42 at Denver-39DenverWon 34–13 at Utah State+21Utah StateLost 0–48 vs. No. 14 Wyoming-48No. 14 WyomingLost 7–39 at Hawai’i-32Hawai’iWon 28–14 vs. Camp Hood+14Camp Hood
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Camp Hood 28–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 100th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

Record
4–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠3–⁠1 5th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
169–⁠292
Coach
Charles Atkinson
Elo
1244 −30 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−18.3 No. 107 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

2 first team

First team

  • Rex BerryRB
  • Dick HillFB

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming5–⁠010–⁠012
Colorado State4–⁠16–⁠3
Denver2–⁠2–⁠13–⁠8–⁠1
Utah1–⁠2–⁠23–⁠4–⁠3
BYU1–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Utah State0–⁠52–⁠9

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