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1949 Denver

4–⁠6 (2–⁠2 Skyline Conference).

Schedule and results

Denver in 1949, game by game: won at Colorado School of Mines 48–0; lost vs. Colorado State 13–14; lost vs. Oklahoma State 2–48; lost vs. Hawai’i 14–27; won at Utah 20–18; won vs. BYU 35–7; won vs. Arizona 20–6; lost at Saint Mary’s (CA) 21–41; lost vs. Georgetown 13–28; lost vs. Wyoming 6–25+48−46Won 48–0 at Colorado School of Mines+48Colorado School…Lost 13–14 vs. Colorado State-1Colorado StateLost 2–48 vs. Oklahoma State-46Oklahoma StateLost 14–27 vs. Hawai’i-13Hawai’iWon 20–18 at Utah+2UtahWon 35–7 vs. BYU+28BYUWon 20–6 vs. Arizona+14ArizonaLost 21–41 at Saint Mary’s (CA)-20Saint Mary’s (C…Lost 13–28 vs. Georgetown-15GeorgetownLost 6–25 vs. Wyoming-19Wyoming
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atColorado School of MinesW 48–⁠080%
Sep 24vsColorado StateL 13–⁠1456%
Oct 1vsOklahoma StateL 2–⁠4851%
Oct 7vsHawai’iL 14–⁠2790%
Oct 15atUtahW 20–⁠1822%
Oct 22vsBYUW 35–⁠776%
Oct 29vsArizonaW 20–⁠657%
Nov 5atSaint Mary’s (CA)L 21–⁠4144%
Nov 12vsGeorgetownL 13–⁠2848%
Nov 24vsWyomingL 6–⁠2533%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wyoming 25–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 59 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 1949.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠2 3rd in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
192–⁠214
Coach
—
Elo
1355 −106 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−18.4 No. 106 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Six

3 first team

First team

  • Mike PetersonE
  • Sam EtcheverryQB
  • Hal PfeifferRB

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming5–⁠09–⁠1
Colorado State4–⁠19–⁠1
Denver2–⁠24–⁠6
Utah2–⁠32–⁠7–⁠1
Utah State1–⁠33–⁠7
BYU0–⁠50–⁠11

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