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1953 Denver

3–⁠5–⁠2 (1–⁠5–⁠1 Skyline Conference), coached by Bob Blackman.

Schedule and results

Denver in 1953, game by game: won at Colorado College 19–13; won vs. Drake 33–14; lost at Colorado State 6–21; lost vs. Montana 13–22; lost at Utah 6–40; won vs. BYU 27–19; lost at New Mexico 18–20; tied at Wichita State 12–12; lost vs. Utah State 12–21; tied vs. Wyoming 13–13+19−34Won 19–13 at Colorado College+6Colorado CollegeWon 33–14 vs. Drake+19DrakeLost 6–21 at Colorado State-15Colorado StateLost 13–22 vs. Montana-9MontanaLost 6–40 at Utah-34UtahWon 27–19 vs. BYU+8BYULost 18–20 at New Mexico-2New MexicoTied 12–12 at Wichita State0Wichita StateLost 12–21 vs. Utah State-9Utah StateTied 13–13 vs. Wyoming0Wyoming
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atColorado CollegeW 19–⁠1370%
Sep 26vsDrakeW 33–⁠1470%
Oct 3atColorado StateL 6–⁠2129%
Oct 10vsMontanaL 13–⁠2270%
Oct 17atUtahL 6–⁠4016%
Oct 23vsBYUW 27–⁠1951%
Oct 31atNew MexicoL 18–⁠2030%
Nov 7atWichita StateT 12–⁠1238%
Nov 14vsUtah StateL 12–⁠2147%
Nov 26vsWyomingT 13–⁠1333%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Wyoming 13–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 49th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 59 on file).

Record
3–⁠5–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠5–⁠1 tied for 7th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
159–⁠195
Coach
Bob Blackman
Elo
1355 −33 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−14.9 No. 98 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Martin HicksOTAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1953 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1953 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Utah5–⁠08–⁠2
Utah State5–⁠28–⁠3
Wyoming4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
New Mexico3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Colorado State3–⁠44–⁠5
Montana2–⁠43–⁠5
Denver1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
BYU1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1

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