1951 Colorado State
5–4–1 (3–3–1 Skyline Conference), coached by Robert Davis. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Colorado School of Mines 41–0Sep 29
By 41 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | at Colorado | L 13–28 | 43% |
| Sep 29 | vsColorado School of Mines | W 41–0 | 89% |
| Oct 6 | atColorado College | W 54–13 | 81% |
| Oct 13 | vs Wyoming | W 14–7 | 41% |
| Oct 20 | vs Utah State | T 20–20 | 82% |
| Oct 27 | at New Mexico | W 20–15 | 71% |
| Nov 3 | at BYU | L 19–21 | 68% |
| Nov 10 | vs Montana | W 34–6 | 81% |
| Nov 17 | at Utah | L 21–27 | 55% |
| Nov 24 | atDenver | L 6–21 | 50% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Denver 21–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Skyline Conference.
In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
- Record
- 5–4–1
- Conference
- 3–3–1 4th in Skyline Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 242–158
- Coach
- Robert Davis
- Elo
- 1477 −28 this season
- SP+ rating
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- SRS
- −9.1 No. 90 of 116 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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All-Skyline Conference
2 first teamFirst team
Jim DavidE- Harvey AchzigerOT
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.