1952 Denver

3–⁠7 (0–⁠7 Skyline Conference).

Schedule and results

Denver in 1952, game by game: won vs. Colorado College 34–12; won vs. Lowry Field 29–0; lost vs. Colorado State 6–28; lost at Montana 7–17; lost vs. Utah 0–35; lost at BYU 13–14; won at Drake 27–19; lost vs. New Mexico 0–15; lost at Utah State 13–29; lost vs. Wyoming 14–21+29−35Won 34–12 vs. Colorado College+22Colorado CollegeWon 29–0 vs. Lowry Field+29Lowry FieldLost 6–28 vs. Colorado State-22Colorado StateLost 7–17 at Montana-10MontanaLost 0–35 vs. Utah-35UtahLost 13–14 at BYU-1BYUWon 27–19 at Drake+8DrakeLost 0–15 vs. New Mexico-15New MexicoLost 13–29 at Utah State-16Utah StateLost 14–21 vs. Wyoming-7Wyoming
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wyoming 21–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 59 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
143–⁠190
Coach
—
Elo
1332 −152 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−29.8 No. 110 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Tommy HugoC

From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1952 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Utah5–⁠06–⁠3–⁠1
New Mexico5–⁠17–⁠2
Colorado State5–⁠26–⁠4
Wyoming4–⁠35–⁠4
BYU3–⁠44–⁠6
Utah State3–⁠43–⁠7–⁠1
Montana1–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Denver0–⁠73–⁠7

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