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1959 Wyoming

9–⁠1 (7–⁠0 Skyline Conference), coached by Bob Devaney, finished No. 16 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Wyoming in 1959, game by game: won vs. Montana 58–0; lost vs. Air Force 7–20; won vs. Utah State 27–2; won vs. Colorado State 29–0; won vs. BYU 21–6; won at Utah 21–7; won at NC State 26–0; won at San José State 28–7; won at New Mexico 25–20; won at Denver 45–0+58−13Won 58–0 vs. Montana+58MontanaLost 7–20 vs. Air Force-13Air ForceWon 27–2 vs. Utah State+25Utah StateWon 29–0 vs. Colorado State+29Colorado StateWon 21–6 vs. BYU+15BYUWon 21–7 at Utah+14UtahWon 26–0 at NC State+26NC StateWon 28–7 at San José State+21San José StateWon 25–20 at New Mexico+5New MexicoWon 45–0 at Denver+45Denver
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsMontanaW 58–⁠087%
Sep 26vsAir ForceL 7–⁠2059%
Oct 3vsUtah StateW 27–⁠275%
Oct 10vsColorado StateW 29–⁠065%
Oct 17vsBYUW 21–⁠681%
Oct 24atUtahW 21–⁠761%
Oct 31atNC StateW 26–⁠070%
Nov 7atSan José StateW 28–⁠771%
Nov 14atNew MexicoW 25–⁠2059%
Nov 21atDenverW 45–⁠083%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Denver 45–⁠0; No. 16 in the final AP poll; Skyline Conference champions.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 12: 16
  2. Final: 16

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 1959.

Skyline Conference champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Record
9–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Skyline Conference
AP final
No. 16 peak No. 16
Points
287–⁠62
Coach
Bob Devaney
Elo
1673 +106 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.4 No. 20 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Len Kuczewski

All-Skyline Conference

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Leonard KuczewskiOGAP-1; UPI-1
  • Jim WaldenQBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Jerry HillRBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Marty HamiltonEUPI-2
  • Pat SmythOGUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1959 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1959 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming7–⁠09–⁠116
Colorado State5–⁠26–⁠4
New Mexico4–⁠27–⁠3
Utah3–⁠25–⁠5
Utah State2–⁠55–⁠6
BYU2–⁠53–⁠7
Denver2–⁠52–⁠8
Montana1–⁠51–⁠8

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