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1952 New Mexico

7–⁠2 (5–⁠1 Skyline Conference), coached by Dudley DeGroot.

Schedule and results

New Mexico in 1952, game by game: lost at BYU 10–14; won vs. New Mexico State 23–0; won at Wyoming 7–0; won at UTEP 14–13; lost vs. Arizona 7–13; won at Denver 15–0; won vs. Colorado State 3–0; won vs. Montana 12–6; won vs. Utah State 28–0+28−6Lost 10–14 at BYU-4BYUWon 23–0 vs. New Mexico State+23New Mexico StateWon 7–0 at Wyoming+7WyomingWon 14–13 at UTEP+1UTEPLost 7–13 vs. Arizona-6ArizonaWon 15–0 at Denver+15DenverWon 3–0 vs. Colorado State+3Colorado StateWon 12–6 vs. Montana+6MontanaWon 28–0 vs. Utah State+28Utah State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27atBYUL 10–⁠1437%
Oct 4vsNew Mexico StateW 23–⁠071%
Oct 18atWyomingW 7–⁠018%
Oct 25atUTEPW 14–⁠1342%
Nov 1vsArizonaL 7–⁠1354%
Nov 8atDenverW 15–⁠042%
Nov 15vsColorado StateW 3–⁠042%
Nov 22vsMontanaW 12–⁠676%
Dec 6vsUtah StateW 28–⁠074%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Utah State 28–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 29th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
119–⁠46
Coach
Dudley DeGroot
Elo
1478 +105 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−10.8 No. 87 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

4 first team

First team

  • Jack BargerOG
  • Bill KaiserRB
  • Mike ProkopiakK
  • Don PapiniMG

From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1952 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Utah5–⁠06–⁠3–⁠1
New Mexico5–⁠17–⁠2
Colorado State5–⁠26–⁠4
Wyoming4–⁠35–⁠4
BYU3–⁠44–⁠6
Utah State3–⁠43–⁠7–⁠1
Montana1–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Denver0–⁠73–⁠7

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