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1958 Utah

4–⁠7 (3–⁠3 Skyline Conference), coached by Ray Nagel.

Schedule and results

Utah in 1958, game by game: won vs. Montana 20–6; lost vs. BYU 7–14; lost vs. Idaho 0–20; lost at California 21–36; won vs. Denver 20–16; lost at No. 14 Air Force 14–16; lost at Wyoming 20–25; lost at Colorado State 0–20; lost vs. Colorado 0–7; won vs. Utah State 12–7; won at Hawai’i 47–20+27−20Won 20–6 vs. Montana+14MontanaLost 7–14 vs. BYU-7BYULost 0–20 vs. Idaho-20IdahoLost 21–36 at California-15CaliforniaWon 20–16 vs. Denver+4DenverLost 14–16 at No. 14 Air Force-2No. 14 Air ForceLost 20–25 at Wyoming-5WyomingLost 0–20 at Colorado State-20Colorado StateLost 0–7 vs. Colorado-7ColoradoWon 12–7 vs. Utah State+5Utah StateWon 47–20 at Hawai’i+27Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsMontanaW 20–⁠679%
Sep 27vsBYUL 7–⁠1469%
Oct 4vsIdahoL 0–⁠2064%
Oct 11atCaliforniaL 21–⁠3646%
Oct 18vsDenverW 20–⁠1649%
Oct 25at14Air ForceL 14–⁠1642%
Nov 1atWyomingL 20–⁠2526%
Nov 8atColorado StateL 0–⁠2046%
Nov 15vsColoradoL 0–⁠731%
Nov 27vsUtah StateW 12–⁠763%
Dec 6atHawai’iW 47–⁠2076%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Hawai’i 47–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 111th-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 1958.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠3 5th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
161–⁠187
Coach
Ray Nagel
Elo
1420 −100 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−9.0 No. 85 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1959

The 1959 draft
Rd 1Lee Grosscup QBNew York Giants

All-Skyline Conference

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming6–⁠18–⁠3
New Mexico5–⁠17–⁠3
BYU5–⁠26–⁠4
Colorado State4–⁠36–⁠4
Utah3–⁠34–⁠7
Utah State2–⁠53–⁠7
Denver2–⁠52–⁠8
Montana0–⁠70–⁠10

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