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1942 Colorado

7–⁠2 (5–⁠1 Skyline Conference), coached by Jim Yeager.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1942, game by game: won vs. Colorado School of Mines 54–0; lost at Missouri 13–26; won vs. Utah State 31–14; won vs. New Mexico 12–0; won at Colorado State 34–7; won vs. Wyoming 28–7; lost vs. Utah 0–13; won vs. BYU 48–0; won at Denver 31–6+54−13Won 54–0 vs. Colorado School of Mines+54Colorado School…Lost 13–26 at Missouri-13MissouriWon 31–14 vs. Utah State+17Utah StateWon 12–0 vs. New Mexico+12New MexicoWon 34–7 at Colorado State+27Colorado StateWon 28–7 vs. Wyoming+21WyomingLost 0–13 vs. Utah-13UtahWon 48–0 vs. BYU+48BYUWon 31–6 at Denver+25Denver
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsColorado School of MinesW 54–⁠088%
Oct 3atMissouriL 13–⁠2623%
Oct 9vsUtah StateW 31–⁠1469%
Oct 17vsNew MexicoW 12–⁠064%
Oct 24atColorado StateW 34–⁠748%
Oct 31vsWyomingW 28–⁠779%
Nov 7vsUtahL 0–⁠1355%
Nov 14vsBYUW 48–⁠077%
Nov 26atDenverW 31–⁠642%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Denver 31–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; Skyline Conference champions.

In program history: The 44th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 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 1942.

Skyline Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Utah

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 shared first in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
251–⁠73
Coach
Jim Yeager
Elo
1589 +105 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.8 No. 83 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1942 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado5–⁠17–⁠2
Utah5–⁠16–⁠3
Denver3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Utah State2–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Colorado State2–⁠34–⁠3
BYU1–⁠42–⁠5
Wyoming1–⁠53–⁠5

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