1954 Colorado State

3–⁠7 (3–⁠4 Skyline Conference), coached by Robert Davis.

Schedule and results

Colorado State in 1954, game by game: lost at Kansas State 0–29; lost at Colorado 0–46; won vs. BYU 14–13; lost vs. Wyoming 0–34; lost vs. Pacific 7–15; lost at Utah State 14–20; won vs. Montana 37–34; won vs. Utah 14–13; lost at New Mexico 7–10; lost at Denver 0–34+7−46Lost 0–29 at Kansas State-29Kansas StateLost 0–46 at Colorado-46ColoradoWon 14–13 vs. BYU+1BYULost 0–34 vs. Wyoming-34WyomingLost 7–15 vs. Pacific-8PacificLost 14–20 at Utah State-6Utah StateWon 37–34 vs. Montana+3MontanaWon 14–13 vs. Utah+1UtahLost 7–10 at New Mexico-3New MexicoLost 0–34 at Denver-34Denver
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atKansas StateL 0–⁠2944%
Sep 25atColoradoL 0–⁠4629%
Oct 2vsBYUW 14–⁠1370%
Oct 9vsWyomingL 0–⁠3454%
Oct 16vsPacificL 7–⁠1554%
Oct 23atUtah StateL 14–⁠2042%
Oct 30vsMontanaW 37–⁠3459%
Nov 6vsUtahW 14–⁠1341%
Nov 13atNew MexicoL 7–⁠1035%
Nov 25atDenverL 0–⁠3420%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Denver 34–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 95th-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 1954.

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠4 6th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
93–⁠248
Coach
Robert Davis
Elo
1366 −128 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−22.0 No. 106 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bill TavenerCAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1954 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Denver6–⁠19–⁠1
Wyoming5–⁠16–⁠4
Utah State4–⁠34–⁠6
New Mexico3–⁠35–⁠5
Utah3–⁠34–⁠7
Colorado State3–⁠43–⁠7
Montana1–⁠53–⁠6
BYU1–⁠61–⁠8

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