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1950 Wyoming

10–⁠0 (5–⁠0 Skyline Conference), coached by Bowden Wyatt, finished No. 12 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Wyoming in 1950, game by game: won vs. Montana State 61–13; won vs. Baylor 7–0; won vs. Colorado State 34–0; won at Utah State 40–7; won at Utah 53–13; won vs. New Mexico 44–0; won at Idaho 14–7; won at BYU 48–0; won at Denver 42–12; won vs. No. 19 Washington and Lee 20–7+48Won 61–13 vs. Montana State+48Montana StateWon 7–0 vs. Baylor+7BaylorWon 34–0 vs. Colorado State+34Colorado StateWon 40–7 at Utah State+33Utah StateWon 53–13 at Utah+40UtahWon 44–0 vs. New Mexico+44New MexicoWon 14–7 at Idaho+7IdahoWon 48–0 at BYU+48BYUWon 42–12 at Denver+30DenverWon 20–7 vs. No. 19 Washington and Lee+13No. 19 Washington and …
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsMontana StateW 61–⁠1390%
Sep 23vsBaylorW 7–⁠050%
Oct 7vsColorado StateW 34–⁠059%
Oct 14atUtah StateW 40–⁠775%
Oct 21atUtahW 53–⁠1366%
Oct 28vsNew MexicoW 44–⁠091%
Nov 4atIdahoW 14–⁠770%
Nov 11atBYUW 48–⁠087%
Nov 23atDenverW 42–⁠1283%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs19Washington and LeeGator BowlW 20–⁠768%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington and Lee 20–⁠7 in the Gator Bowl; No. 12 in the final AP poll; Skyline Conference champions.

In program history: The 3rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 18
  2. Wk 7: 14
  3. Wk 8: 13
  4. Wk 9: 12
  5. Final: 12

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 1950.

Skyline Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference

Record
10–⁠0
Conference
5–⁠0 first in Skyline Conference
AP final
No. 12 peak No. 12
Points
363–⁠59
Coach
Bowden Wyatt
Elo
1696 +148 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.4 No. 26 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Dick Campbell

All-Skyline Conference

7 first team

First team

  • C.T. HewgleyE
  • Jim MartinOT
  • Jerry TaylorOT
  • Tom DrostOG
  • Doug ReevesC
  • Dick CampbellRB
  • Eddie TalboomFB

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming5–⁠010–⁠012
Colorado State4–⁠16–⁠3
Denver2–⁠2–⁠13–⁠8–⁠1
Utah1–⁠2–⁠23–⁠4–⁠3
BYU1–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Utah State0–⁠52–⁠9

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