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1942 Wyoming

3–⁠5 (1–⁠5 Skyline Conference), coached by Bunny Oakes.

Schedule and results

Wyoming in 1942, game by game: lost vs. Colorado State 0–10; won at BYU 13–6; won vs. Northern Colorado 33–0; lost at Denver 14–17; won at Colorado School of Mines 26–6; lost at Colorado 7–28; lost vs. Utah 7–34; lost at Utah State 6–14+33−27Lost 0–10 vs. Colorado State-10Colorado StateWon 13–6 at BYU+7BYUWon 33–0 vs. Northern Colorado+33Northern Colora…Lost 14–17 at Denver-3DenverWon 26–6 at Colorado School of Mines+20Colorado School…Lost 7–28 at Colorado-21ColoradoLost 7–34 vs. Utah-27UtahLost 6–14 at Utah State-8Utah State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsColorado StateL 0–⁠1038%
Oct 2atBYUW 13–⁠622%
Oct 10vsNorthern ColoradoW 33–⁠085%
Oct 17atDenverL 14–⁠1721%
Oct 24atColorado School of MinesW 26–⁠666%
Oct 31atColoradoL 7–⁠2821%
Nov 14vsUtahL 7–⁠3425%
Nov 21atUtah StateL 6–⁠1439%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Utah State 14–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 97th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

Record
3–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠5 7th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
106–⁠115
Coach
Bunny Oakes
Elo
1335 −2 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−27.5 No. 116 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1942 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado5–⁠17–⁠2
Utah5–⁠16–⁠3
Denver3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Utah State2–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Colorado State2–⁠34–⁠3
BYU1–⁠42–⁠5
Wyoming1–⁠53–⁠5

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