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1956 New Mexico

4–⁠6 (2–⁠4 Skyline Conference), coached by Dick Clausen.

Schedule and results

New Mexico in 1956, game by game: won at New Mexico State 14–6; won vs. Utah State 27–19; lost at UTEP 0–34; lost at Wyoming 13–20; lost vs. Arizona 12–26; lost at Denver 14–20; lost at BYU 12–33; won vs. Montana 14–13; won vs. San Diego State 34–6; lost vs. Colorado State 27–28+28−34Won 14–6 at New Mexico State+8New Mexico StateWon 27–19 vs. Utah State+8Utah StateLost 0–34 at UTEP-34UTEPLost 13–20 at Wyoming-7WyomingLost 12–26 vs. Arizona-14ArizonaLost 14–20 at Denver-6DenverLost 12–33 at BYU-21BYUWon 14–13 vs. Montana+1MontanaWon 34–6 vs. San Diego State+28San Diego StateLost 27–28 vs. Colorado State-1Colorado State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22atNew Mexico StateW 14–⁠654%
Sep 29vsUtah StateW 27–⁠1943%
Oct 6atUTEPL 0–⁠3423%
Oct 13atWyomingL 13–⁠2017%
Oct 20vsArizonaL 12–⁠2650%
Oct 26atDenverL 14–⁠2025%
Nov 3atBYUL 12–⁠3361%
Nov 17vsMontanaW 14–⁠1368%
Nov 24vsSan Diego StateW 34–⁠681%
Dec 1vsColorado StateL 27–⁠2854%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado State 28–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠4 6th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
167–⁠205
Coach
Dick Clausen
Elo
1329 −43 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−22.4 No. 101 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Jerry NesbittOGDN-1

Second team

  • Phil SpearFBDN-2

From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1956 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming7–⁠010–⁠0
Utah5–⁠15–⁠5
Denver4–⁠36–⁠4
Utah State4–⁠36–⁠4
Colorado State2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
New Mexico2–⁠44–⁠6
BYU1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Montana1–⁠61–⁠9

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