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1958 Wyoming

8–⁠3 (6–⁠1 Skyline Conference), coached by Bob Devaney.

Schedule and results

Wyoming in 1958, game by game: lost at Kansas State 14–17; won vs. Montana 21–14; won vs. Denver 15–12; won vs. Oregon State 28–0; won at Colorado State 7–6; lost vs. New Mexico 12–13; won vs. Utah 25–20; won at Utah State 41–13; lost vs. No. 10 Air Force 6–21; won at BYU 22–14; won vs. Hardin Simmons 14–6+28−15Lost 14–17 at Kansas State-3Kansas StateWon 21–14 vs. Montana+7MontanaWon 15–12 vs. Denver+3DenverWon 28–0 vs. Oregon State+28Oregon StateWon 7–6 at Colorado State+1Colorado StateLost 12–13 vs. New Mexico-1New MexicoWon 25–20 vs. Utah+5UtahWon 41–13 at Utah State+28Utah StateLost 6–21 vs. No. 10 Air Force-15No. 10 Air ForceWon 22–14 at BYU+8BYUWon 14–6 vs. Hardin Simmons+8Hardin Simmons
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atKansas StateL 14–⁠1756%
Sep 27vsMontanaW 21–⁠1475%
Oct 4vsDenverW 15–⁠1264%
Oct 11vsOregon StateW 28–⁠053%
Oct 18atColorado StateW 7–⁠664%
Oct 25vsNew MexicoL 12–⁠1374%
Nov 1vsUtahW 25–⁠2074%
Nov 8atUtah StateW 41–⁠1367%
Nov 15vs10Air ForceL 6–⁠2164%
Nov 22atBYUW 22–⁠1450%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsHardin SimmonsSun BowlW 14–⁠661%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Hardin Simmons 14–⁠6 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Skyline Conference champions.

In program history: The 12th-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 1958.

Skyline Conference champions6–⁠1 in the conference

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠1 first in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
205–⁠136
Coach
Bob Devaney
Elo
1601 +59 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.1 No. 57 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Dale Memmelaar

All-Skyline Conference

3 first team

First team

  • Dale MemmelaarOTUPI-1
  • Leonard KuczewskiOGAP-1; UPI-2
  • Bob SawyerRBUPI-1

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming6–⁠18–⁠3
New Mexico5–⁠17–⁠3
BYU5–⁠26–⁠4
Colorado State4–⁠36–⁠4
Utah3–⁠34–⁠7
Utah State2–⁠53–⁠7
Denver2–⁠52–⁠8
Montana0–⁠70–⁠10

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