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1955 Utah State

4–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Skyline Conference), coached by Everett Faunce.

Schedule and results

Utah State in 1955, game by game: lost vs. San José State 0–13; lost at Wichita State 0–19; lost at Wyoming 13–21; won vs. New Mexico 18–0; won vs. Montana 32–6; lost at Colorado State 9–26; won vs. Fresno State 39–14; won at BYU 47–21; lost at Denver 6–39; lost at Utah 13–14+26−33Lost 0–13 vs. San José State-13San José StateLost 0–19 at Wichita State-19Wichita StateLost 13–21 at Wyoming-8WyomingWon 18–0 vs. New Mexico+18New MexicoWon 32–6 vs. Montana+26MontanaLost 9–26 at Colorado State-17Colorado StateWon 39–14 vs. Fresno State+25Fresno StateWon 47–21 at BYU+26BYULost 6–39 at Denver-33DenverLost 13–14 at Utah-1Utah
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsSan José StateL 0–⁠1350%
Sep 24atWichita StateL 0–⁠1927%
Oct 1atWyomingL 13–⁠2123%
Oct 8vsNew MexicoW 18–⁠058%
Oct 15vsMontanaW 32–⁠668%
Oct 22atColorado StateL 9–⁠2641%
Oct 29vsFresno StateW 39–⁠1486%
Nov 5atBYUW 47–⁠2161%
Nov 12atDenverL 6–⁠3926%
Nov 24atUtahL 13–⁠1429%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Utah 14–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
177–⁠173
Coach
Everett Faunce
Elo
1434 −18 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−11.1 No. 89 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Reed HendersonOTAP-1

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.