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1955 Colorado

6–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Big Seven), coached by Dallas Ward.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1955, game by game: won vs. Arizona 14–0; won vs. Kansas 12–0; won at Oregon 13–6; won at Kansas State 34–13; lost at Oklahoma 21–56; lost vs. Missouri 12–20; won vs. Utah 37–7; lost at Nebraska 20–37; won vs. Iowa State 40–0; lost at Colorado State 0–10+40−35Won 14–0 vs. Arizona+14ArizonaWon 12–0 vs. Kansas+12KansasWon 13–6 at Oregon+7OregonWon 34–13 at Kansas State+21Kansas StateLost 21–56 at Oklahoma-35OklahomaLost 12–20 vs. Missouri-8MissouriWon 37–7 vs. Utah+30UtahLost 20–37 at Nebraska-17NebraskaWon 40–0 vs. Iowa State+40Iowa StateLost 0–10 at Colorado State-10Colorado State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsArizonaW 14–⁠064%
Oct 1vsKansasW 12–⁠084%
Oct 8atOregonW 13–⁠660%
Oct 15atKansas StateW 34–⁠1363%
Oct 22atOklahomaL 21–⁠5630%
Oct 29vsMissouriL 12–⁠2084%
Nov 5vsUtahW 37–⁠765%
Nov 12atNebraskaL 20–⁠3763%
Nov 19vsIowa StateW 40–⁠083%
Nov 26atColorado StateL 0–⁠1054%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado State 10–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 61st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 20
  2. Wk 6: 14

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 1955.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Big Seven
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
203–⁠149
Coach
Dallas Ward
Elo
1556 −29 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.3 No. 43 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1956

The 1956 draft
Rd 4Sam Salerno OTChicago Cardinals
Rd 5Franklin Clarke ECleveland Browns

All-Big Seven

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Dick StappOGUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1955 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠011–⁠01
Nebraska5–⁠15–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠36–⁠4
Kansas State3–⁠34–⁠6
Kansas1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Iowa State1–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Missouri1–⁠51–⁠9

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