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1957 Utah

6–⁠4 (5–⁠1 Skyline Conference), coached by Jack Curtice.

Schedule and results

Utah in 1957, game by game: won vs. Montana 32–13; lost at Colorado 24–30; lost at Idaho 6–21; won vs. BYU 27–0; lost at Denver 7–12; won vs. Wyoming 23–15; won vs. Colorado State 55–0; lost at No. 8 Army 33–39; won vs. Air Force 34–0; won vs. Utah State 21–6+55−15Won 32–13 vs. Montana+19MontanaLost 24–30 at Colorado-6ColoradoLost 6–21 at Idaho-15IdahoWon 27–0 vs. BYU+27BYULost 7–12 at Denver-5DenverWon 23–15 vs. Wyoming+8WyomingWon 55–0 vs. Colorado State+55Colorado StateLost 33–39 at No. 8 Army-6No. 8 ArmyWon 34–0 vs. Air Force+34Air ForceWon 21–6 vs. Utah State+15Utah State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsMontanaW 32–⁠1381%
Sep 28atColoradoL 24–⁠3032%
Oct 5atIdahoL 6–⁠2152%
Oct 12vsBYUW 27–⁠074%
Oct 19atDenverL 7–⁠1248%
Oct 26vsWyomingW 23–⁠1536%
Nov 3vsColorado StateW 55–⁠079%
Nov 9at8ArmyL 33–⁠3926%
Nov 16vsAir ForceW 34–⁠090%
Nov 28vsUtah StateW 21–⁠677%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Utah State 21–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; Skyline Conference champions.

In program history: The 68th-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 1957.

Skyline Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference

Led the nationLee Grosscup: passing yards (1,398 yds), passer rating (175.5); Stuart Vaughan: receptions (53 catches), receiving yards (756 yds)

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠1 first in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
262–⁠136
Coach
Jack Curtice
Elo
1529 +22 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.0 No. 53 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 6Merrill Douglas BChicago Bears

All-Skyline Conference

6 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Evert JonesOTAP-1; DN-2
  • Larry AmizichOTDN-1
  • John UrsesCAP-1; DN-1
  • Lee GrosscupQBAP-1; DN-1
  • Stuart VaughanRBAP-1; DN-1
  • Merrill DouglasFBAP-1; DN-1

Second team

  • George BossEDN-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Utah5–⁠16–⁠4
BYU5–⁠1–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Denver5–⁠26–⁠4
Wyoming3–⁠2–⁠24–⁠3–⁠3
New Mexico2–⁠44–⁠6
Colorado State2–⁠53–⁠7
Montana2–⁠52–⁠7
Utah State1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1

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