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1957 Colorado

6–⁠3–⁠1 (3–⁠3 Big Seven), coached by Dallas Ward.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1957, game by game: tied at Washington 6–6; won vs. Utah 30–24; lost vs. Kansas 34–35; won vs. Arizona 34–14; won at Kansas State 42–14; lost at No. 1 Oklahoma 13–14; lost vs. Missouri 6–9; won at Colorado State 20–0; won at Nebraska 27–0; won vs. Iowa State 38–21+28−3Tied 6–6 at Washington0WashingtonWon 30–24 vs. Utah+6UtahLost 34–35 vs. Kansas-1KansasWon 34–14 vs. Arizona+20ArizonaWon 42–14 at Kansas State+28Kansas StateLost 13–14 at No. 1 Oklahoma-1No. 1 OklahomaLost 6–9 vs. Missouri-3MissouriWon 20–0 at Colorado State+20Colorado StateWon 27–0 at Nebraska+27NebraskaWon 38–21 vs. Iowa State+17Iowa State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atWashingtonT 6–⁠653%
Sep 28vsUtahW 30–⁠2468%
Oct 5vsKansasL 34–⁠3580%
Oct 12vsArizonaW 34–⁠1479%
Oct 19atKansas StateW 42–⁠1466%
Oct 26at1OklahomaL 13–⁠1425%
Nov 2vsMissouriL 6–⁠972%
Nov 9atColorado StateW 20–⁠079%
Nov 16atNebraskaW 27–⁠076%
Nov 23vsIowa StateW 38–⁠2184%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Iowa State 38–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 22nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 18

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 1957.

Record
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Big Seven
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
250–⁠137
Coach
Dallas Ward
Elo
1636 +42 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.4 No. 42 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 2Bob Stransky BBaltimore Colts

All-Big Seven

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠010–⁠14
Kansas4–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Colorado3–⁠36–⁠3–⁠1
Missouri3–⁠35–⁠4–⁠1
Iowa State2–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
Nebraska1–⁠51–⁠9

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