1955 Montana

3–⁠7 (2–⁠4 Skyline Conference), coached by Jerry Williams.

Schedule and results

Montana in 1955, game by game: lost at Houston 12–54; lost vs. Wyoming 6–35; won vs. BYU 27–13; lost vs. Denver 13–61; lost at Utah State 6–32; won vs. New Mexico 19–14; lost vs. Colorado State 7–12; won at Montana State 19–0; lost at Arizona 0–29; lost at Idaho 0–31+19−48Lost 12–54 at Houston-42HoustonLost 6–35 vs. Wyoming-29WyomingWon 27–13 vs. BYU+14BYULost 13–61 vs. Denver-48DenverLost 6–32 at Utah State-26Utah StateWon 19–14 vs. New Mexico+5New MexicoLost 7–12 vs. Colorado State-5Colorado StateWon 19–0 at Montana State+19Montana StateLost 0–29 at Arizona-29ArizonaLost 0–31 at Idaho-31Idaho
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Idaho 31–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 70th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 103 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠4 6th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
109–⁠281
Coach
Jerry Williams
Elo
1297 −82 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−26.4 No. 109 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Doug DasingerOGAP-1

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.