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1955 Denver

8–⁠2 (5–⁠2 Skyline Conference), coached by John Roning.

Schedule and results

Denver in 1955, game by game: won at Iowa State 19–7; won vs. Drake 33–7; lost at Colorado State 19–20; won at Montana 61–13; lost vs. Utah 7–27; won vs. BYU 33–0; won at New Mexico 33–6; won vs. Colorado College 60–0; won vs. Utah State 39–6; won vs. Wyoming 6–3+60−20Won 19–7 at Iowa State+12Iowa StateWon 33–7 vs. Drake+26DrakeLost 19–20 at Colorado State-1Colorado StateWon 61–13 at Montana+48MontanaLost 7–27 vs. Utah-20UtahWon 33–0 vs. BYU+33BYUWon 33–6 at New Mexico+27New MexicoWon 60–0 vs. Colorado College+60Colorado CollegeWon 39–6 vs. Utah State+33Utah StateWon 6–3 vs. Wyoming+3Wyoming
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atIowa StateW 19–⁠762%
Sep 23vsDrakeW 33–⁠784%
Oct 1atColorado StateL 19–⁠2063%
Oct 8atMontanaW 61–⁠1370%
Oct 14vsUtahL 7–⁠2768%
Oct 21vsBYUW 33–⁠084%
Oct 29atNew MexicoW 33–⁠672%
Nov 5vsColorado CollegeW 60–⁠093%
Nov 12vsUtah StateW 39–⁠674%
Nov 24vsWyomingW 6–⁠355%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Wyoming 6–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 3rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 59 on file).

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
310–⁠89
Coach
John Roning
Elo
1610 +57 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.3 No. 59 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1956

The 1956 draft
Rd 3Larry Ross ECleveland Browns

All-Skyline Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Jimmy BowenQBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1955 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado State6–⁠18–⁠2
Utah4–⁠16–⁠3
Denver5–⁠28–⁠2
Wyoming5–⁠28–⁠3
Utah State3–⁠44–⁠6
Montana2–⁠43–⁠7
New Mexico1–⁠52–⁠8
BYU0–⁠71–⁠9

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