1949 Colorado
3–7 (1–4 Big Seven), coached by Dallas Ward. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Utah State 20–7Oct 22
By 13 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vs Kansas | W 13–12 | 50% |
| Oct 1 | at Kansas State | L 13–27 | 63% |
| Oct 8 | vs Iowa State | L 6–13 | 52% |
| Oct 15 | at Oregon | L 14–42 | 18% |
| Oct 22 | at Utah State | W 20–7 | 46% |
| Oct 29 | vs Utah | W 14–7 | 47% |
| Nov 5 | vs Missouri | L 13–20 | 30% |
| Nov 12 | at New Mexico | L 15–17 | 65% |
| Nov 19 | at Nebraska | L 14–25 | 46% |
| Nov 26 | vs Colorado State | L 7–14 | 36% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Colorado State 14–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Seven.
In program history: The 113th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).
- Record
- 3–7
- Conference
- 1–4 6th in Big Seven
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 129–184
- Coach
- Dallas Ward
- Elo
- 1381 −74 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −11.6 No. 96 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Ed Pudlik
All-Big Seven
1 second teamSecond team
Peter ThompsonOTAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1949 Big Seven standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Oklahoma | 5–0 | 11–0 | 2 |
| Missouri | 5–1 | 7–4 | 20 |
| Iowa State | 3–3 | 5–3–1 | |
| Nebraska | 3–3 | 4–5 | |
| Kansas | 2–4 | 5–5 | |
| Colorado | 1–4 | 3–7 | |
| Kansas State | 1–5 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.