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1961 Colorado State

0–⁠10 (0–⁠6 Skyline Conference), coached by Tuffy Mullison.

Schedule and results

Colorado State in 1961, game by game: lost at Utah 0–40; lost at Arizona 6–28; lost vs. Arizona State 6–14; lost at San José State 0–14; lost at Wyoming 7–18; lost vs. Utah State 3–49; lost at Montana 19–22; lost at Air Force 9–14; lost at BYU 16–30; lost vs. New Mexico 8–20+7−46Lost 0–40 at Utah-40UtahLost 6–28 at Arizona-22ArizonaLost 6–14 vs. Arizona State-8Arizona StateLost 0–14 at San José State-14San José StateLost 7–18 at Wyoming-11WyomingLost 3–49 vs. Utah State-46Utah StateLost 19–22 at Montana-3MontanaLost 9–14 at Air Force-5Air ForceLost 16–30 at BYU-14BYULost 8–20 vs. New Mexico-12New Mexico
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16atUtahL 0–⁠4024%
Sep 23atArizonaL 6–⁠2824%
Sep 30vsArizona StateL 6–⁠1427%
Oct 7atSan José StateL 0–⁠1430%
Oct 14atWyomingL 7–⁠1811%
Oct 21vsUtah StateL 3–⁠4919%
Oct 28atMontanaL 19–⁠2232%
Nov 4atAir ForceL 9–⁠1429%
Nov 11atBYUL 16–⁠3039%
Nov 18vsNew MexicoL 8–⁠2029%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to New Mexico 20–⁠8; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 122nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
0–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠6 7th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
74–⁠249
Coach
Tuffy Mullison
Elo
1253 −126 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−16.6 No. 97 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1961 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Utah State5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠110
Wyoming5–⁠0–⁠16–⁠1–⁠2
New Mexico3–⁠37–⁠4
Utah3–⁠36–⁠4
Montana2–⁠42–⁠6
BYU2–⁠42–⁠8
Colorado State0–⁠60–⁠10

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