1952 Wyoming
5–4 (4–3 Skyline Conference), coached by Bowden Wyatt. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Montana 14–0Sep 27
By 14 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | vs Montana | W 14–0 | 86% |
| Oct 4 | at Utah State | W 14–0 | 73% |
| Oct 11 | vs Colorado State | L 0–14 | 72% |
| Oct 18 | vs New Mexico | L 0–7 | 82% |
| Oct 25 | vs Utah | L 21–27 | 65% |
| Nov 1 | at BYU | W 24–13 | 56% |
| Nov 8 | at Kansas State | W 20–7 | 74% |
| Nov 27 | atDenver | W 21–14 | 71% |
| Dec 6 | at Houston | L 0–20 | 37% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Houston 20–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Skyline Conference.
In program history: The 23rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).
- Record
- 5–4
- Conference
- 4–3 4th in Skyline Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 114–102
- Coach
- Bowden Wyatt
- Elo
- 1541 −63 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −11.5 No. 90 of 113 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Harry Geldein
All-Skyline Conference
2 first teamFirst team
Chuck SpauldingRB- Bill HilemanLB
From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1952 Skyline Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 5–0 | 6–3–1 | |
| New Mexico | 5–1 | 7–2 | |
| Colorado State | 5–2 | 6–4 | |
| Wyoming | 4–3 | 5–4 | |
| BYU | 3–4 | 4–6 | |
| Utah State | 3–4 | 3–7–1 | |
| Montana | 1–5 | 2–7–1 | |
| Denver | 0–7 | 3–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.