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1958 Colorado

6–⁠4 (4–⁠2 Big Eight), coached by Dallas Ward.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1958, game by game: won vs. Kansas State 13–3; won at Kansas 31–0; won at Arizona 65–12; won at Iowa State 20–0; won vs. Nebraska 27–16; lost vs. No. 7 Oklahoma 7–23; lost at Missouri 9–33; won at Utah 7–0; lost vs. Colorado State 14–15; lost vs. No. 8 Air Force 14–20+53−24Won 13–3 vs. Kansas State+10Kansas StateWon 31–0 at Kansas+31KansasWon 65–12 at Arizona+53ArizonaWon 20–0 at Iowa State+20Iowa StateWon 27–16 vs. Nebraska+11NebraskaLost 7–23 vs. No. 7 Oklahoma-16No. 7 OklahomaLost 9–33 at Missouri-24MissouriWon 7–0 at Utah+7UtahLost 14–15 vs. Colorado State-1Colorado StateLost 14–20 vs. No. 8 Air Force-6No. 8 Air Force
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsKansas StateW 13–⁠374%
Oct 4atKansasW 31–⁠068%
Oct 11atArizonaW 65–⁠1280%
Oct 18atIowa StateW 20–⁠070%
Oct 25vsNebraskaW 27–⁠1688%
Nov 1vs7OklahomaL 7–⁠2348%
Nov 8atMissouriL 9–⁠3358%
Nov 15atUtahW 7–⁠069%
Nov 22vsColorado StateL 14–⁠1580%
Nov 29vs8Air ForceL 14–⁠2061%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Air Force 20–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 19
  2. Wk 6: 12
  3. Wk 7: 9

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 1958.

Led the nationHoward Cook: punt return yards (242 yds)

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠2 3rd in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
207–⁠122
Coach
Dallas Ward
Elo
1570 −20 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.7 No. 44 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1959

The 1959 draft
Rd 3Boyd Dowler BGreen Bay Packers
Rd 3Eddie Dove BSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 5John Wooten OGCleveland Browns

All-Big Seven

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠010–⁠15
Missouri4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Colorado4–⁠26–⁠4
Kansas3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠43–⁠7
Nebraska1–⁠53–⁠7
Iowa State0–⁠64–⁠6

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