1942 Colorado State

4–⁠3 (2–⁠3 Skyline Conference), coached by Julius Wagner.

Schedule and results

Colorado State in 1942, game by game: won at Wyoming 10–0; won vs. Colorado School of Mines 27–0; lost at Denver 0–26; lost vs. Colorado 7–34; lost at Utah 14–33; won vs. Utah State 25–0; won at Northern Colorado 14–6+27−27Won 10–0 at Wyoming+10WyomingWon 27–0 vs. Colorado School of Mines+27Colorado School…Lost 0–26 at Denver-26DenverLost 7–34 vs. Colorado-27ColoradoLost 14–33 at Utah-19UtahWon 25–0 vs. Utah State+25Utah StateWon 14–6 at Northern Colorado+8Northern Colora…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Northern Colorado 14–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
4–⁠3
Conference
2–⁠3 5th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
97–⁠99
Coach
Julius Wagner
Elo
1455 −20 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−23.8 No. 114 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1942 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado5–⁠17–⁠2
Utah5–⁠16–⁠3
Denver3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Utah State2–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Colorado State2–⁠34–⁠3
BYU1–⁠42–⁠5
Wyoming1–⁠53–⁠5

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