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1958 Denver

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

Schedule and results

Denver in 1958, game by game: lost vs. Oklahoma State 14–31; won at Utah State 20–8; lost at Wyoming 12–15; won vs. Montana 29–0; lost at Utah 16–20; lost at San José State 7–27; lost vs. New Mexico 15–21; lost vs. No. 10 Air Force 7–10; lost vs. BYU 7–22; lost vs. Colorado State 8–9+29−20Lost 14–31 vs. Oklahoma State-17Oklahoma StateWon 20–8 at Utah State+12Utah StateLost 12–15 at Wyoming-3WyomingWon 29–0 vs. Montana+29MontanaLost 16–20 at Utah-4UtahLost 7–27 at San José State-20San José StateLost 15–21 vs. New Mexico-6New MexicoLost 7–10 vs. No. 10 Air Force-3No. 10 Air ForceLost 7–22 vs. BYU-15BYULost 8–9 vs. Colorado State-1Colorado State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsOklahoma StateL 14–⁠3152%
Sep 26atUtah StateW 20–⁠852%
Oct 4atWyomingL 12–⁠1536%
Oct 10vsMontanaW 29–⁠079%
Oct 18atUtahL 16–⁠2051%
Oct 25atSan José StateL 7–⁠2765%
Oct 31vsNew MexicoL 15–⁠2154%
Nov 8vs10Air ForceL 7–⁠1047%
Nov 15vsBYUL 7–⁠2246%
Nov 27vsColorado StateL 8–⁠949%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado State 9–⁠8; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 59 on file).

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
135–⁠163
Coach
John Roning
Elo
1368 −127 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−6.4 No. 81 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Don MillerCAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Sal CesarioOTUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming6–⁠18–⁠3
New Mexico5–⁠17–⁠3
BYU5–⁠26–⁠4
Colorado State4–⁠36–⁠4
Utah3–⁠34–⁠7
Utah State2–⁠53–⁠7
Denver2–⁠52–⁠8
Montana0–⁠70–⁠10

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