1956 Utah
5–5 (5–1 Skyline Conference), coached by Jack Curtice. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat BYU 41–6Oct 5
By 35 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | at 17UCLA | L 7–13 | 24% |
| Sep 29 | vs Montana | W 26–6 | 78% |
| Oct 5 | at BYU | W 41–6 | 77% |
| Oct 13 | vsDenver | W 27–13 | 62% |
| Oct 20 | at Wyoming | L 20–30 | 33% |
| Oct 27 | vs Idaho | L 21–27 | 83% |
| Nov 3 | at Rice | L 0–27 | 43% |
| Nov 10 | at Colorado State | W 49–27 | 53% |
| Nov 17 | vs Colorado | L 7–21 | 50% |
| Nov 22 | vs Utah State | W 29–7 | 59% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Utah State 29–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Skyline Conference.
In program history: The 77th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1956.
- Record
- 5–5
- Conference
- 5–1 2nd in Skyline Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 227–177
- Coach
- Jack Curtice
- Elo
- 1511 −15 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −4.0 No. 72 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Skyline Conference
4 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Jerry ListonEDN-1- Larry AmizichOTAP-1; DN-1
- Chet FranklinOGAP-1; DN-2
- Merrill DouglasFBDN-1
Second team
- Stuart VaughanRBDN-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
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 7–0 | 10–0 | |
| Utah | 5–1 | 5–5 | |
| Denver | 4–3 | 6–4 | |
| Utah State | 4–3 | 6–4 | |
| Colorado State | 2–4–1 | 2–7–1 | |
 New Mexico | 2–4 | 4–6 | |
| BYU | 1–5–1 | 2–7–1 | |
| Montana | 1–6 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.