1950 Utah

3–⁠4–⁠3 (1–⁠2–⁠2 Skyline Conference), coached by Jack Curtice.

Schedule and results

Utah in 1950, game by game: lost at Idaho 19–26; won vs. Arizona 27–14; tied at BYU 28–28; tied at Denver 14–14; lost vs. Wyoming 13–53; tied vs. Colorado 20–20; lost vs. Kansas 26–39; lost at Colorado State 7–32; won vs. Utah State 46–0; won at Hawai’i 40–28+46−40Lost 19–26 at Idaho-7IdahoWon 27–14 vs. Arizona+13ArizonaTied 28–28 at BYU0BYUTied 14–14 at Denver0DenverLost 13–53 vs. Wyoming-40WyomingTied 20–20 vs. Colorado0ColoradoLost 26–39 vs. Kansas-13KansasLost 7–32 at Colorado State-25Colorado StateWon 46–0 vs. Utah State+46Utah StateWon 40–28 at Hawai’i+12Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Hawai’i 40–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 112th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
3–⁠4–⁠3
Conference
1–⁠2–⁠2 4th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
240–⁠254
Coach
Jack Curtice
Elo
1417 −39 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−10.3 No. 98 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

3 first team

First team

  • Don PetersonE
  • Dave CunninghamQB
  • George BeanRB

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming5–⁠010–⁠012
Colorado State4–⁠16–⁠3
Denver2–⁠2–⁠13–⁠8–⁠1
Utah1–⁠2–⁠23–⁠4–⁠3
BYU1–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Utah State0–⁠52–⁠9

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