1955 New Mexico

2–⁠8 (1–⁠5 Skyline Conference), coached by Robert Titchenal.

Schedule and results

New Mexico in 1955, game by game: won vs. New Mexico State 14–7; lost at Colorado State 0–25; lost vs. UTEP 0–34; lost at Utah State 0–18; lost vs. San José State 0–14; lost at Montana 14–19; lost vs. Denver 6–33; lost vs. Wyoming 0–20; lost at Arizona 6–27; won vs. BYU 21–16+7−34Won 14–7 vs. New Mexico State+7New Mexico StateLost 0–25 at Colorado State-25Colorado StateLost 0–34 vs. UTEP-34UTEPLost 0–18 at Utah State-18Utah StateLost 0–14 vs. San José State-14San José StateLost 14–19 at Montana-5MontanaLost 6–33 vs. Denver-27DenverLost 0–20 vs. Wyoming-20WyomingLost 6–27 at Arizona-21ArizonaWon 21–16 vs. BYU+5BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat BYU 21–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 89th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠5 7th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
61–⁠213
Coach
Robert Titchenal
Elo
1308 −148 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−24.4 No. 106 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

1 second team

Second team

  • Jerry NesbittOGAP-2

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.