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1960 Denver

3–⁠7 (1–⁠6 Skyline Conference), coached by John Roning.

Schedule and results

Denver in 1960, game by game: won at Wichita State 28–19; won vs. Washington State 28–26; lost at Utah State 8–31; lost at Wyoming 2–41; lost vs. Montana 12–26; lost at Utah 16–49; lost vs. New Mexico 6–41; lost at Air Force 6–36; lost vs. BYU 6–19; won vs. Colorado State 21–12+9−39Won 28–19 at Wichita State+9Wichita StateWon 28–26 vs. Washington State+2Washington StateLost 8–31 at Utah State-23Utah StateLost 2–41 at Wyoming-39WyomingLost 12–26 vs. Montana-14MontanaLost 16–49 at Utah-33UtahLost 6–41 vs. New Mexico-35New MexicoLost 6–36 at Air Force-30Air ForceLost 6–19 vs. BYU-13BYUWon 21–12 vs. Colorado State+9Colorado State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atWichita StateW 28–⁠1931%
Sep 23vsWashington StateW 28–⁠2636%
Oct 1atUtah StateL 8–⁠3139%
Oct 8atWyomingL 2–⁠4118%
Oct 15vsMontanaL 12–⁠2672%
Oct 22atUtahL 16–⁠4924%
Oct 28vsNew MexicoL 6–⁠4152%
Nov 5atAir ForceL 6–⁠3622%
Nov 12vsBYUL 6–⁠1952%
Nov 24vsColorado StateW 21–⁠1245%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Colorado State 21–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Skyline Conference.

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

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 7th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
133–⁠300
Coach
John Roning
Elo
1284 −97 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−22.1 No. 106 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1960 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Utah State6–⁠19–⁠2
Wyoming6–⁠18–⁠2
Utah5–⁠17–⁠3
New Mexico4–⁠25–⁠5
Montana2–⁠55–⁠5
BYU2–⁠53–⁠8
Denver1–⁠63–⁠7
Colorado State1–⁠62–⁠8

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