1948 Colorado State
8–3 (4–1 Skyline Conference), coached by Robert Davis. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat New Mexico State 41–6Sep 25
By 35 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | vsColorado College | W 25–6 | 78% |
| Sep 25 | vs New Mexico State | W 41–6 | 72% |
| Oct 2 | at Utah State | W 9–7 | 34% |
| Oct 9 | atDenver | W 14–10 | 46% |
| Oct 16 | at Wyoming | W 21–20 | 48% |
| Oct 23 | vs Drake | L 29–31 | 75% |
| Oct 30 | atColorado School of Mines | W 33–0 | 81% |
| Nov 6 | vs Utah | L 3–12 | 38% |
| Nov 15 | vs BYU | W 20–0 | 75% |
| Nov 20 | at Colorado | W 29–25 | 45% |
| Jan 1 | vsOccidental | L 20–21 | 85% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Occidental 21–20; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Skyline Conference.
In program history: The 53rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
- Record
- 8–3
- Conference
- 4–1 2nd in Skyline Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 244–138
- Coach
- Robert Davis
- Elo
- 1473 +66 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −11.7 No. 91 of 117 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Skyline Six
4 first teamFirst team
George JonesE- Thurman “Fum” McGrawOT
- Don MullisonOG
- Eddie HannaRB
From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1948 Skyline Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 5–0 | 8–1–1 | |
| Colorado State | 4–1 | 8–3 | |
| Denver | 2–2 | 4–5–1 | |
| Utah State | 2–3 | 5–6 | |
| BYU | 1–3 | 5–6 | |
| Wyoming | 0–5 | 4–5 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.