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1952 Colorado

6–⁠2–⁠2 (2–⁠2–⁠2 Big Seven), coached by Dallas Ward.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1952, game by game: won vs. San José State 20–14; tied vs. No. 4 Oklahoma 21–21; lost at No. 9 Kansas 12–21; won at Arizona 34–19; won at Iowa State 21–12; tied vs. Nebraska 16–16; won at Utah 20–14; lost at Missouri 7–27; won vs. Kansas State 34–14; won vs. Colorado State 61–0+61−20Won 20–14 vs. San José State+6San José StateTied 21–21 vs. No. 4 Oklahoma0No. 4 OklahomaLost 12–21 at No. 9 Kansas-9No. 9 KansasWon 34–19 at Arizona+15ArizonaWon 21–12 at Iowa State+9Iowa StateTied 16–16 vs. Nebraska0NebraskaWon 20–14 at Utah+6UtahLost 7–27 at Missouri-20MissouriWon 34–14 vs. Kansas State+20Kansas StateWon 61–0 vs. Colorado State+61Colorado State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsSan José StateW 20–⁠1478%
Sep 27vs4OklahomaT 21–⁠2145%
Oct 4at9KansasL 12–⁠2135%
Oct 11atArizonaW 34–⁠1950%
Oct 18atIowa StateW 21–⁠1266%
Oct 25vsNebraskaT 16–⁠1673%
Nov 1atUtahW 20–⁠1453%
Nov 8atMissouriL 7–⁠2764%
Nov 15vsKansas StateW 34–⁠1487%
Nov 29vsColorado StateW 61–⁠062%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Colorado State 61–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 38th-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 1952.

Record
6–⁠2–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠2–⁠2 tied for 4th in Big Seven
AP final
Unranked
Points
246–⁠158
Coach
Dallas Ward
Elo
1604 +46 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.7 No. 35 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Single-wing
Defense
6–⁠3–⁠2

All-Big Seven

1 first team, 5 second team

First team

  • Don BranbyEAP-1

Second team

  • Tom EvansEAP-2
  • Bob KlamannOTAP-2
  • Sack JordanBAP-2
  • Roy ShepherdLBAP-2
  • Tom BrookshierBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1952 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma5–⁠0–⁠18–⁠1–⁠14
Missouri5–⁠15–⁠5
Nebraska3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Kansas3–⁠37–⁠3
Colorado2–⁠2–⁠26–⁠2–⁠2
Iowa State1–⁠53–⁠6
Kansas State0–⁠61–⁠9

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