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1953 Utah State

8–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Skyline Conference), coached by John Roning.

Schedule and results

Utah State in 1953, game by game: won vs. Wichita State 14–7; won vs. New Mexico 6–0; lost at Wyoming 13–20; lost vs. Utah 13–33; won at BYU 14–7; won at Colorado State 14–13; won vs. Montana 33–14; won vs. Fresno State 46–6; won at Denver 21–12; won at Idaho 19–7; lost at Pacific 14–20+40−20Won 14–7 vs. Wichita State+7Wichita StateWon 6–0 vs. New Mexico+6New MexicoLost 13–20 at Wyoming-7WyomingLost 13–33 vs. Utah-20UtahWon 14–7 at BYU+7BYUWon 14–13 at Colorado State+1Colorado StateWon 33–14 vs. Montana+19MontanaWon 46–6 vs. Fresno State+40Fresno StateWon 21–12 at Denver+9DenverWon 19–7 at Idaho+12IdahoLost 14–20 at Pacific-6Pacific
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsWichita StateW 14–⁠758%
Sep 26vsNew MexicoW 6–⁠045%
Oct 3atWyomingL 13–⁠2025%
Oct 10vsUtahL 13–⁠3334%
Oct 16atBYUW 14–⁠736%
Oct 24atColorado StateW 14–⁠1331%
Oct 31vsMontanaW 33–⁠1472%
Nov 7vsFresno StateW 46–⁠690%
Nov 14atDenverW 21–⁠1253%
Nov 21atIdahoW 19–⁠766%
Nov 26atPacificL 14–⁠2044%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Pacific 20–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

Led the nationEarl Lindley: points (81 pts)

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 2nd in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
207–⁠139
Coach
John Roning
Elo
1471 +91 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.5 No. 73 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • LaMont LambOGDN-1
  • Earl LindleyBDN-1

Second team

  • George HotchkinEDN-2
  • Dave KragthorpeOTDN-2

From Wikipedia’s 1953 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1953 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Utah5–⁠08–⁠2
Utah State5–⁠28–⁠3
Wyoming4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
New Mexico3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Colorado State3–⁠44–⁠5
Montana2–⁠43–⁠5
Denver1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
BYU1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1

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