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1957 Montana

2–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Skyline Conference), coached by Jerry Williams.

Schedule and results

Montana in 1957, game by game: lost at Utah 13–32; lost vs. Wyoming 0–20; lost at BYU 7–20; lost vs. Denver 13–26; won at Utah State 35–25; won vs. New Mexico 21–6; lost at Idaho 13–31; lost at Montana State 13–22; lost vs. Colorado State 7–19+15−20Lost 13–32 at Utah-19UtahLost 0–20 vs. Wyoming-20WyomingLost 7–20 at BYU-13BYULost 13–26 vs. Denver-13DenverWon 35–25 at Utah State+10Utah StateWon 21–6 vs. New Mexico+15New MexicoLost 13–31 at Idaho-18IdahoLost 13–22 at Montana State-9Montana StateLost 7–19 vs. Colorado State-12Colorado State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atUtahL 13–⁠3219%
Sep 28vsWyomingL 0–⁠2013%
Oct 4atBYUL 7–⁠2037%
Oct 12vsDenverL 13–⁠2636%
Oct 19atUtah StateW 35–⁠2521%
Oct 26vsNew MexicoW 21–⁠632%
Nov 2atIdahoL 13–⁠3127%
Nov 9atMontana StateL 13–⁠2270%
Nov 16vsColorado StateL 7–⁠1957%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado State 19–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 79th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 103 on file).

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
122–⁠201
Coach
Jerry Williams
Elo
1263 −50 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−19.5 No. 104 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Stan RenningOGAP-1; DN-1

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Utah5–⁠16–⁠4
BYU5–⁠1–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Denver5–⁠26–⁠4
Wyoming3–⁠2–⁠24–⁠3–⁠3
New Mexico2–⁠44–⁠6
Colorado State2–⁠53–⁠7
Montana2–⁠52–⁠7
Utah State1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1

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