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1939 Colorado State

2–⁠7 (2–⁠4 Skyline Conference), coached by Harry Hughes.

Schedule and results

Colorado State in 1939, game by game: lost vs. Colorado School of Mines 14–19; lost at BYU 12–13; lost vs. Kansas 0–7; lost at Colorado 0–13; won at Utah State 9–0; won vs. Wyoming 22–0; lost at Denver 6–13; lost vs. Utah 7–42; lost at New Mexico 19–21+22−35Lost 14–19 vs. Colorado School of Mines-5Colorado School…Lost 12–13 at BYU-1BYULost 0–7 vs. Kansas-7KansasLost 0–13 at Colorado-13ColoradoWon 9–0 at Utah State+9Utah StateWon 22–0 vs. Wyoming+22WyomingLost 6–13 at Denver-7DenverLost 7–42 vs. Utah-35UtahLost 19–21 at New Mexico-2New Mexico
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsColorado School of MinesL 14–⁠1972%
Oct 7atBYUL 12–⁠1323%
Oct 14vsKansasL 0–⁠745%
Oct 21atColoradoL 0–⁠1329%
Oct 28atUtah StateW 9–⁠025%
Nov 4vsWyomingW 22–⁠061%
Nov 11atDenverL 6–⁠1324%
Nov 18vsUtahL 7–⁠4228%
Nov 30atNew MexicoL 19–⁠2125%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to New Mexico 21–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 97th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠4 6th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
89–⁠128
Coach
Harry Hughes
Elo
1365 −34 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−14.7 No. 114 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1939 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado5–⁠15–⁠3
Utah4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠2
Denver3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
BYU2–⁠2–⁠25–⁠2–⁠2
Utah State2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1
Colorado State2–⁠42–⁠7
Wyoming0–⁠5–⁠10–⁠7–⁠1

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