1959 Colorado
5–5 (3–3 Big Eight), coached by Everett Grandelius. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Arizona 18–0Oct 24
By 18 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vs Washington | L 12–21 | 72% |
| Sep 26 | vs Baylor | L 7–15 | 64% |
| Oct 3 | at Oklahoma | L 12–42 | 21% |
| Oct 10 | at Kansas State | W 20–17 | 55% |
| Oct 17 | vs Iowa State | L 0–27 | 59% |
| Oct 24 | at Arizona | W 18–0 | 56% |
| Oct 31 | vs Missouri | W 21–20 | 51% |
| Nov 7 | vs Kansas | W 27–14 | 50% |
| Nov 14 | at Nebraska | L 12–14 | 58% |
| Nov 28 | vs Air Force | W 15–7 | 44% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Air Force 15–7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Big Eight.
In program history: The 79th-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 1959.
- Record
- 5–5
- Conference
- 3–3 tied for 3rd in Big Eight
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 144–177
- Coach
- Everett Grandelius
- Elo
- 1511 −36 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 0.6 No. 63 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Bob Salerno
- Most valuable player
- Gale Weidner and Joe Romig
All-Big Seven
2 first teamFirst team
Gale WeidnerB- Joe RomigOGAP-1; UPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1959 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1959 Big Eight standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 5–1 | 7–3 | 15 |
| Missouri | 4–2 | 6–5 | 18 |
| Iowa State | 3–3 | 7–3 | |
| Kansas | 3–3 | 5–5 | |
| Colorado | 3–3 | 5–5 | |
| Nebraska | 2–4 | 4–6 | |
| Kansas State | 1–5 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.