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1954 Denver

9–⁠1 (6–⁠1 Skyline Conference), coached by Bob Blackman.

Schedule and results

Denver in 1954, game by game: won at Colorado College 72–0; won at Drake 33–13; lost at Wyoming 21–23; won vs. Montana 19–13; won at Utah 28–20; won vs. Wichita State 27–14; won vs. New Mexico 19–6; won at BYU 20–0; won at Utah State 25–7; won vs. Colorado State 34–0+72−2Won 72–0 at Colorado College+72Colorado CollegeWon 33–13 at Drake+20DrakeLost 21–23 at Wyoming-2WyomingWon 19–13 vs. Montana+6MontanaWon 28–20 at Utah+8UtahWon 27–14 vs. Wichita State+13Wichita StateWon 19–6 vs. New Mexico+13New MexicoWon 20–0 at BYU+20BYUWon 25–7 at Utah State+18Utah StateWon 34–0 vs. Colorado State+34Colorado State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atColorado CollegeW 72–⁠073%
Sep 25atDrakeW 33–⁠1353%
Oct 2atWyomingL 21–⁠2340%
Oct 8vsMontanaW 19–⁠1367%
Oct 16atUtahW 28–⁠2034%
Oct 22vsWichita StateW 27–⁠1454%
Oct 29vsNew MexicoW 19–⁠667%
Nov 6atBYUW 20–⁠069%
Nov 13atUtah StateW 25–⁠762%
Nov 25vsColorado StateW 34–⁠080%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Colorado State 34–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; first in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 4th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 59 on file).

Record
9–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠1 first in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
298–⁠96
Coach
Bob Blackman
Elo
1580 +176 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.3 No. 59 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

4 first team

First team

  • Larry RossEAP-1
  • Ed HorvatOTAP-1
  • Harold FairlyQBAP-1
  • Fred K. MahaffeyRBAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1954 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Denver6–⁠19–⁠1
Wyoming5–⁠16–⁠4
Utah State4–⁠34–⁠6
New Mexico3–⁠35–⁠5
Utah3–⁠34–⁠7
Colorado State3–⁠43–⁠7
Montana1–⁠53–⁠6
BYU1–⁠61–⁠8

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