1959 Colorado State
6–4 (5–2 Skyline Conference), coached by Tuffy Mullison. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Denver 15–0Oct 3
By 15 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | atPacific | W 9–6 | 38% |
| Sep 26 | vs New Mexico | W 14–9 | 67% |
| Oct 3 | vsDenver | W 15–0 | 73% |
| Oct 10 | at Wyoming | L 0–29 | 35% |
| Oct 17 | vs Arizona State | L 9–24 | 40% |
| Oct 24 | at Army | L 6–25 | 20% |
| Oct 31 | at Montana | W 26–16 | 74% |
| Nov 7 | vs Utah State | W 10–7 | 71% |
| Nov 14 | at Utah | W 21–17 | 40% |
| Nov 21 | at BYU | L 13–14 | 61% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to BYU 14–13; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Skyline Conference.
In program history: The 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
- Record
- 6–4
- Conference
- 5–2 2nd in Skyline Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 123–147
- Coach
- Tuffy Mullison
- Elo
- 1479 +19 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −6.6 No. 78 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Skyline Conference
2 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
Ron StehouwerOTAP-1; UPI-1- Jim EifridCAP-1; UPI-1
Second team
- Duane KnoxEUPI-2
- Wayne SchneiderRBUPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1959 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1959 Skyline Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 7–0 | 9–1 | 16 |
| Colorado State | 5–2 | 6–4 | |
| New Mexico | 4–2 | 7–3 | |
| Utah | 3–2 | 5–5 | |
| Utah State | 2–5 | 5–6 | |
| BYU | 2–5 | 3–7 | |
| Denver | 2–5 | 2–8 | |
| Montana | 1–5 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.