1951 BYU
6–3–1 (2–3–1 Skyline Conference), coached by Charles Atkinson. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Western Colorado 67–7Sep 22
By 60 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14 | vs Idaho State | W 27–7 | 84% |
| Sep 22 | vsWestern Colorado | W 67–7 | 71% |
| Sep 29 | vs Hawai’i | W 20–7 | 83% |
| Oct 6 | at Utah | L 6–7 | 30% |
| Oct 20 | at Wyoming | T 20–20 | 16% |
| Oct 27 | atDenver | L 6–56 | 33% |
| Nov 3 | vs Colorado State | W 21–19 | 32% |
| Nov 10 | vs Utah State | W 28–27 | 62% |
| Nov 17 | at New Mexico | L 0–34 | 56% |
| Nov 24 | atPepperdine | W 20–0 | 63% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Pepperdine 20–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Skyline Conference.
In program history: The 89th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).
- Record
- 6–3–1
- Conference
- 2–3–1 5th in Skyline Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 215–184
- Coach
- Charles Atkinson
- Elo
- 1348 +19 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −19.4 No. 106 of 116 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Ray Oliverson
All-Skyline Conference
3 first teamFirst team
Lowell MadsenOT- Tom BurrB
- Ray OliversonB
From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1951 Skyline Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 4–1 | 7–4 | |
| Wyoming | 5–1–1 | 7–2–1 | |
| Denver | 4–3 | 6–4 | |
| Colorado State | 3–3–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| BYU | 2–3–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| Utah State | 2–4–1 | 3–5–1 | |
| New Mexico | 2–4 | 4–7 | |
 Montana | 1–4 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.