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1950 Denver

3–⁠8–⁠1 (2–⁠2–⁠1 Skyline Conference).

Schedule and results

Denver in 1950, game by game: lost at Drake 0–7; lost vs. Colorado State 14–30; lost vs. Kansas 6–46; lost vs. Pacific 6–41; tied vs. Utah 14–14; won vs. BYU 42–3; lost at Arizona 14–19; lost at San Francisco 6–24; won vs. Utah State 48–0; lost vs. No. 12 Wyoming 12–42; won at Hawaii All-Stars 76–6; lost at Hawai’i 27–28+70−40Lost 0–7 at Drake-7DrakeLost 14–30 vs. Colorado State-16Colorado StateLost 6–46 vs. Kansas-40KansasLost 6–41 vs. Pacific-35PacificTied 14–14 vs. Utah0UtahWon 42–3 vs. BYU+39BYULost 14–19 at Arizona-5ArizonaLost 6–24 at San Francisco-18San FranciscoWon 48–0 vs. Utah State+48Utah StateLost 12–42 vs. No. 12 Wyoming-30No. 12 WyomingWon 76–6 at Hawaii All-Stars+70Hawaii All-StarsLost 27–28 at Hawai’i-1Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16atDrakeL 0–⁠735%
Sep 23vsColorado StateL 14–⁠3036%
Sep 29vsKansasL 6–⁠4637%
Oct 6vsPacificL 6–⁠4151%
Oct 14vsUtahT 14–⁠1438%
Oct 21vsBYUW 42–⁠365%
Oct 28atArizonaL 14–⁠1938%
Nov 4atSan FranciscoL 6–⁠2418%
Nov 11vsUtah StateW 48–⁠065%
Nov 23vs12WyomingL 12–⁠4217%
Dec 25atHawaii All-StarsW 76–⁠659%
Jan 1atHawai’iL 27–⁠2871%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Hawai’i 28–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 52nd-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 1950.

Led the nationGordon Cooper: receptions (46 catches)

Record
3–⁠8–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠2–⁠1 3rd in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
265–⁠260
Coach
—
Elo
1351 −52 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−10.8 No. 99 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming5–⁠010–⁠012
Colorado State4–⁠16–⁠3
Denver2–⁠2–⁠13–⁠8–⁠1
Utah1–⁠2–⁠23–⁠4–⁠3
BYU1–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Utah State0–⁠52–⁠9

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