1927 Western Colorado

1–⁠6 (1–⁠5 Rocky Mountain Conference), coached by John Van Liew.

Schedule and results

Western Colorado in 1927, game by game: lost at Colorado 6–25; lost at Utah State 0–39; lost at Colorado School of Mines 6–51; won vs. Northern Colorado 6–2; lost at BYU 7–60; lost vs. Colorado College 6–33; lost at New Mexico 0–32+7−53Lost 6–25 at Colorado-19ColoradoLost 0–39 at Utah State-39Utah StateLost 6–51 at Colorado School of Mines-45Colorado School…Won 6–2 vs. Northern Colorado+4Northern Colora…Lost 7–60 at BYU-53BYULost 6–33 vs. Colorado College-27Colorado CollegeLost 0–32 at New Mexico-32New Mexico
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to New Mexico 32–⁠0; 11th in the Rocky Mountain Conference.

In program history: The 18th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 42 on file).

Record
1–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠5 11th in Rocky Mountain Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
31–⁠242
Coach
John Van Liew
Elo
1227 −79 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−41.1 No. 99 of 99 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1927 Rocky Mountain Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado State7–⁠17–⁠1
Denver5–⁠15–⁠2
Montana State3–⁠14–⁠4
Colorado College5–⁠26–⁠2
Utah3–⁠1–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1
Colorado4–⁠44–⁠5
Utah State3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1
BYU2–⁠42–⁠4–⁠1
Colorado School of Mines2–⁠52–⁠5
Wyoming1–⁠44–⁠5
Western Colorado1–⁠51–⁠6
Northern Colorado1–⁠62–⁠7

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