1952 Colorado State

6–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Skyline Conference), coached by Robert Davis.

Schedule and results

Colorado State in 1952, game by game: won at Colorado School of Mines 26–0; lost at Arizona State 14–40; won at Denver 28–6; won at Wyoming 14–0; won vs. Montana 41–0; won at Utah State 21–7; lost vs. Utah 6–14; lost at New Mexico 0–3; won vs. BYU 27–6; lost at Colorado 0–61+41−61Won 26–0 at Colorado School of Mines+26Colorado School…Lost 14–40 at Arizona State-26Arizona StateWon 28–6 at Denver+22DenverWon 14–0 at Wyoming+14WyomingWon 41–0 vs. Montana+41MontanaWon 21–7 at Utah State+14Utah StateLost 6–14 vs. Utah-8UtahLost 0–3 at New Mexico-3New MexicoWon 27–6 vs. BYU+21BYULost 0–61 at Colorado-61Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 61–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1952.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
177–⁠137
Coach
Robert Davis
Elo
1514 +29 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−7.4 No. 80 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

2 first team

First team

  • Bob BlasiOG
  • Joe MahorcichRB

From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1952 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Utah5–⁠06–⁠3–⁠1
New Mexico5–⁠17–⁠2
Colorado State5–⁠26–⁠4
Wyoming4–⁠35–⁠4
BYU3–⁠44–⁠6
Utah State3–⁠43–⁠7–⁠1
Montana1–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Denver0–⁠73–⁠7

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