1948 Utah State
5–6 (2–3 Skyline Conference), coached by E. Lowell Romney. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Montana State 31–6Sep 17
By 25 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs Montana State | W 31–6 | 72% |
| Sep 25 | at Montana | W 18–7 | 53% |
| Oct 2 | vs Colorado State | L 7–9 | 66% |
| Oct 9 | vs Arizona State | W 22–17 | 73% |
| Oct 16 | atWichita State | L 7–20 | 52% |
| Oct 23 | vs BYU | W 20–7 | 73% |
| Oct 30 | vs Wyoming | W 45–34 | 67% |
| Nov 6 | at Colorado | L 14–28 | 50% |
| Nov 13 | atDenver | L 6–41 | 54% |
| Nov 25 | at Utah | L 7–41 | 19% |
| Dec 4 | at San Diego State | L 19–28 | 74% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to San Diego State 28–19; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Skyline Conference.
In program history: The 94th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).
- Record
- 5–6
- Conference
- 2–3 4th in Skyline Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 196–238
- Coach
- E. Lowell Romney
- Elo
- 1378 −80 this season
- SP+ rating
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- SRS
- −21.9 No. 110 of 117 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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All-Skyline Six
2 first teamFirst team
Moroni SchwabOT- Jay Van NoyRB
From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1948 Skyline Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 5–0 | 8–1–1 | |
| Colorado State | 4–1 | 8–3 | |
| Denver | 2–2 | 4–5–1 | |
| Utah State | 2–3 | 5–6 | |
| BYU | 1–3 | 5–6 | |
| Wyoming | 0–5 | 4–5 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.