1946 Colorado State

2–⁠7 (1–⁠5 Skyline Conference), coached by Julius Wagner, then Harry Hughes (interim, 32nd season, final 4 games).

Schedule and results

Colorado State in 1946, game by game: won at Fort Warren 25–0; lost at Montana 0–27; won at Wyoming 7–0; lost at Denver 0–33; lost at Utah State 0–48; lost vs. Colorado College 12–25; lost vs. Utah 0–13; lost vs. BYU 6–20; lost at Colorado 0–18+25−48Won 25–0 at Fort Warren+25Fort WarrenLost 0–27 at Montana-27MontanaWon 7–0 at Wyoming+7WyomingLost 0–33 at Denver-33DenverLost 0–48 at Utah State-48Utah StateLost 12–25 vs. Colorado College-13Colorado CollegeLost 0–13 vs. Utah-13UtahLost 6–20 vs. BYU-14BYULost 0–18 at Colorado-18Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atFort WarrenW 25–⁠050%
Sep 28atMontanaL 0–⁠2781%
Oct 5atWyomingW 7–⁠039%
Oct 12atDenverL 0–⁠3335%
Oct 19atUtah StateL 0–⁠4833%
Oct 26vsColorado CollegeL 12–⁠2548%
Nov 9vsUtahL 0–⁠1326%
Nov 16vsBYUL 6–⁠2050%
Nov 28atColoradoL 0–⁠1818%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 18–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 120th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠5 6th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
50–⁠184
Coach
Julius Wagner, then Harry Hughes (interim, 32nd season, final 4 games)
Elo
1268 −124 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−31.9 No. 120 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1946 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Utah State4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Denver4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Utah4–⁠28–⁠3
BYU3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Colorado3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Colorado State1–⁠52–⁠7
Wyoming0–⁠61–⁠8–⁠1

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