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1943 Denver

2–⁠5.

Schedule and results

Denver in 1943, game by game: won vs. Colorado School of Mines 26–7; won vs. Kansas 19–6; lost at Colorado College 0–41; lost at Fort Riley 0–47; lost vs. Marquette 6–45; lost vs. New Mexico 13–33; lost vs. Oklahoma State 6–7+19−47Won 26–7 vs. Colorado School of Mines+19Colorado School…Won 19–6 vs. Kansas+13KansasLost 0–41 at Colorado College-41Colorado CollegeLost 0–47 at Fort Riley-47Fort RileyLost 6–45 vs. Marquette-39MarquetteLost 13–33 vs. New Mexico-20New MexicoLost 6–7 vs. Oklahoma State-1Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsColorado School of MinesW 26–⁠790%
Oct 1vsKansasW 19–⁠674%
Oct 8atColorado CollegeL 0–⁠4171%
Oct 16atFort RileyL 0–⁠4769%
Oct 30vsMarquetteL 6–⁠4546%
Nov 13vsNew MexicoL 13–⁠3355%
Nov 27vsOklahoma StateL 6–⁠742%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 7–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 55th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 59 on file).

Record
2–⁠5
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
70–⁠186
Coach
—
Elo
1338 −170 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−19.2 No. 67 of 76 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1943 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado2–⁠05–⁠2
Denver0–⁠02–⁠5
Utah0–⁠20–⁠7

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