1953 Colorado State
4–5 (3–4 Skyline Conference), coached by Robert Davis. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat BYU 34–12Nov 7
By 22 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vs Kansas State | W 14–13 | 76% |
| Oct 3 | vsDenver | W 21–6 | 71% |
| Oct 10 | at Wyoming | L 14–21 | 37% |
| Oct 17 | at Montana | L 31–32 | 66% |
| Oct 24 | vs Utah State | L 13–14 | 69% |
| Nov 7 | at BYU | W 34–12 | 60% |
| Nov 14 | at Utah | L 14–35 | 37% |
| Nov 21 | vs New Mexico | W 9–3 | 57% |
| Nov 28 | vs Colorado | L 7–13 | 53% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Colorado 13–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Skyline Conference.
In program history: The 44th-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 1953.
- Record
- 4–5
- Conference
- 3–4 5th in Skyline Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 157–149
- Coach
- Robert Davis
- Elo
- 1491 −18 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −4.9 No. 69 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Skyline Conference
1 second teamSecond team
Kay DaltonOTDN-2
From Wikipedia’s 1953 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1953 Skyline Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 5–0 | 8–2 | |
| Utah State | 5–2 | 8–3 | |
| Wyoming | 4–2–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| New Mexico | 3–2–1 | 5–3–1 | |
| Colorado State | 3–4 | 4–5 | |
| Montana | 2–4 | 3–5 | |
| Denver | 1–5–1 | 3–5–2 | |
| BYU | 1–5–1 | 2–7–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.