1948 Wyoming

4–⁠5 (0–⁠5 Skyline Conference), coached by Bowden Wyatt.

Schedule and results

Wyoming in 1948, game by game: won vs. Colorado College 61–7; won vs. Northern Colorado 48–0; won vs. Idaho State 40–13; lost vs. Colorado State 20–21; lost at Utah 7–19; lost at Utah State 34–45; won vs. Montana State 46–12; lost at BYU 14–15; lost at Denver 0–13+54−13Won 61–7 vs. Colorado College+54Colorado CollegeWon 48–0 vs. Northern Colorado+48Northern Colora…Won 40–13 vs. Idaho State+27Idaho StateLost 20–21 vs. Colorado State-1Colorado StateLost 7–19 at Utah-12UtahLost 34–45 at Utah State-11Utah StateWon 46–12 vs. Montana State+34Montana StateLost 14–15 at BYU-1BYULost 0–13 at Denver-13Denver
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Denver 13–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The tied 77th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 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 1948.

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
0–⁠5 6th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
270–⁠145
Coach
Bowden Wyatt
Elo
1391 +2 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−20.3 No. 108 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
George Waters

All-Skyline Six

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Utah5–⁠08–⁠1–⁠1
Colorado State4–⁠18–⁠3
Denver2–⁠24–⁠5–⁠1
Utah State2–⁠35–⁠6
BYU1–⁠35–⁠6
Wyoming0–⁠54–⁠5

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