1949 Wyoming
9–1 (5–0 Skyline Conference), coached by Bowden Wyatt. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Northern Colorado 103–0Nov 5
By 103 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | at Idaho State | W 58–13 | 83% |
| Sep 24 | at New Mexico | W 41–14 | 54% |
| Oct 1 | at Colorado State | W 8–0 | 38% |
| Oct 8 | vs Montana State | W 48–0 | 71% |
| Oct 15 | vs Utah State | W 27–0 | 75% |
| Oct 22 | vs Utah | W 13–0 | 60% |
| Oct 29 | vs BYU | W 45–0 | 90% |
| Nov 5 | at Northern Colorado | W 103–0 | 86% |
| Nov 12 | at Baylor | L 13–32 | 33% |
| Nov 24 | atDenver | W 25–6 | 67% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Denver 25–6; unranked in the final AP poll; Skyline Conference champions.
In program history: The 16th-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 1949.
Skyline Conference champions5–0 in the conference
- Record
- 9–1
- Conference
- 5–0 first in Skyline Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 381–65
- Coach
- Bowden Wyatt
- Elo
- 1572 +145 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −0.4 No. 61 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Carl Rollins
All-Skyline Six
6 first teamFirst team
John KoishOT- Charles PetersonOT
- Marlin SmithOG
- Fred ToucherC
- Walker JonesRB
Eddie TalboomFB
From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1949 Skyline Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 5–0 | 9–1 | |
| Colorado State | 4–1 | 9–1 | |
| Denver | 2–2 | 4–6 | |
| Utah | 2–3 | 2–7–1 | |
| Utah State | 1–3 | 3–7 | |
| BYU | 0–5 | 0–11 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.