1947 Colorado Buffaloes Football Team
The 1947 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1947 college football season. Led by James J. Yeager in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Buffaloes compiled and overall record of 4–5 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the MSC. Colorado was ranked at No. 109 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947. Schedule After the season NFL Draft The following Buffaloes were selected in 1948 NFL Draft following the season. References {{Colorado Buffaloes football navbox Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ... Colorado Buffaloes football seasons Colorado ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Skyline Conference (1938–1962)
The Skyline Conference was a college athletic conference based in the Western United States The Western United States (also called the American West, the Far West, and the West) is the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term ''the Wes ... that was active from December 1937 to June 1962. The conference's formal name was the Mountain States Athletic Conference, although it was also known as the Mountain States Conference along with informal but popular nicknames. It is unrelated to the contemporary Skyline Conference that is active in NCAA Division III in the New York City area. History The conference began operating on December 3, 1937 when most of the larger schools in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference left to form a new conference. The seven charter members of the conference were: BYU Cougars, BYU, Colorado Buffaloes, Colorado, Colorado A&M (now Colorado State Rams, Col ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1947 Colorado A&M Aggies Football Team
The 1947 Colorado A&M Aggies football team represented Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1947 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bob Davis, the Aggies compiled a 5–4–1 record (2–3–1 against MSC opponents), finished fifth in the MSC, and were outscored by a total of 182 to 159. The team played home games at Colorado Field in Fort Collins, Colorado. In the final Litkenhous Ratings The Litkenhous Difference by Score Ratings system was a mathematical system used to rank football and basketball teams. The Litrating system was developed by Vanderbilt University professor Edward E. Litkenhous (1907 – December 22, 1984) and his b ... released in mid-December, Colorado A&M was ranked at No. 138 out of 500 college football teams. Schedule References {{DEFAULTSORT:1947 Colorado AandM Aggies football team Colorado AandM Colorado State Rams football seasons Colorado Aan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1948 NFL Draft
The 1948 National Football League Draft was held on December 19, 1947, at the Fort Pitt Hotel in Pittsburgh. This was the second year that the first overall pick was a bonus pick determined by lottery, with the previous year's winner Chicago Bears ineligible from the draw; it was won by the Washington Redskins, who selected halfback Harry Gilmer. Player selections Hall of Famers * Bobby Layne, quarterback from Texas taken 1st round 3rd overall by the Chicago Bears. :Inducted: Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 1967.List of 1960s Hall of Fame Inductee's at profootballhof.com * Y. A. Tittle, quarterback from LSU taken 1st round 6th overall by the Detroit Lions. :Inducte ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sports Reference
Sports Reference, LLC, is an American company which operates several sports-related websites, including Sports-Reference.com, Baseball-Reference.com for baseball, Basketball-Reference.com for basketball, Hockey-Reference.com for ice hockey, Pro-Football-Reference.com for American football, and FBref.com for association football (soccer). They also operate a subscription based service for statistics, called Stathead. Between 2008 and 2020, Sports Reference also provided pages for Olympic Games and its competitors. Description The site also includes sections on college football, college basketball and the Olympics. The sites attempt a comprehensive approach to sports data. For example, Baseball-Reference contains more than 100,000 box scores and Pro-Football-Reference contains data on every scoring play in the National Football League since . The company, which is based in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was founded as Sports Reference in 2004 and was ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Denver
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. It is the principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the first city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Denver is located in the Western United States, in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Its downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, approximately east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is named after James W. Denver, a governor of the Kansas Territory. It is nicknamed the ''Mile High City'' because its official elevation is exactly one mile () above sea level. The 105th meridian we ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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DU Stadium
DU Stadium, sometimes referred to as Hilltop Stadium, was a stadium in the Western United States, western United States, located on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. Built in 1926, the crescent-shaped main grandstand design on the west sideline was based on other similar-sized stadiums from the same time period, Brown Stadium and Cornell's Schoellkopf Field, both in the Ivy League. It hosted Denver Pioneers football until the program was discontinued in early 1960 Denver Pioneers football team, 1961, due to mounting deficits. The stadium had a seating capacity of 30,000 at its peak, and the natural grass field had a conventional north–south orientation at an elevation of above sea level. Nearly half a century in age, it was torn down in the early 1970s. Stadium history DU played its first football game in 1885, and by 1909 had moved to a 10,000-seat grandstand in University Park. By 1924, DU football had outgrown that grandstand, and DU alumni d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1947 Denver Pioneers Football Team ...
The 1947 Denver Pioneers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Denver as member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1947 college football season. In their seventh and final season under head coach Cac Hubbard, the Pioneers compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–2–1 against conference opponents), finished second in the MSC, and outscored opponents by a total of 153 to 138. Denver was ranked at No. 95 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947. The team played its home games at Denver Stadium in Denver. Schedule References {{Denver Pioneers football navbox Denver Denver Pioneers football seasons Denver Pioneers football The Denver Pioneers football team formerly represented the University of Denver in college football. History Football was once the most popular sport at the university; the first DU football game was played in 1885 against Colorado College, which ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1947 Wyoming Cowboys Football Team
The 1947 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1947 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bowden Wyatt, the Cowboys compiled a 4–5 record (2–4 against MSC opponents), finished sixth in the MSC, and outscored all opponents by a total of 175 to 168. The 1947 season was Bowden Wyatt's first as a head coach. He was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1997. In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Wyoming was ranked at No. 135 out of 500 college football teams. Schedule References {{Wyoming Cowboys football navbox Wyoming Wyoming Cowboys football seasons Wyoming Cowboys football The Wyoming Cowboys football program represents the University of Wyoming in college football. They compete in the Mountain West Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I and have won 14 conference titles. T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Logan, Utah
Logan is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The 2020 census recorded the population was 52,778. Logan is the county seat of Cache County and the principal city of the Logan metropolitan area, which includes Cache County and Franklin County, Idaho. The Logan metropolitan area contained 125,442 people as of the 2010 census and was declared by Morgan Quitno in 2005 and 2007 to be the safest in the United States in those years. Logan also is the location of the main campus of Utah State University. History The town of Logan was founded in 1859 by settlers sent by Brigham Young to survey for the site of a fort near the banks of the Logan River. They named their new community "Logan" for Ephraim Logan, an early fur trapper in the area. Logan was incorporated on January 17, 1866. Brigham Young College was founded here on August 6, 1877 (and closed in 1926), and Utah State University – then called the Agricultural College of Utah – was founded in 1888. Logan's growth ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1947 Utah State Aggies Football Team ...
The 1947 Utah State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Utah State Agricultural College in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1947 college football season. In their 28th season under head coach Dick Romney, the Aggies compiled a 6–5 record (3–3 against MSC opponents), tied for third place in the MSC, lost to Pacific in the Grape Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 228 to 210. Utah State was ranked at No. 102 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947. Schedule References {{Utah State Aggies football navbox Utah State Utah State Aggies football seasons Utah State Aggies football The Utah State Aggies are a college football team that competes in the Mountain West Conference (MWC) of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I, representing Utah State University. The Utah State college football program began in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Utah–Colorado Football Rivalry
The Rumble in the Rockies, or Colorado–Utah football rivalry, is an American college football rivalry between the University of Colorado Buffaloes from Boulder and the University of Utah Utes of Salt Lake City. After nearly five decades of dormancy, the rivalry was revived in 2011, when both joined the Pac-12 Conference. From 1903 until 1962, Utah and Colorado played each other nearly every year, a total of 57 games. At that time, it was the second-most played rivalry for both teams (Utah had played Utah State 62 times; Colorado had played Colorado State 61 times). After the 1962 meeting, a second consecutive win by Utah, the teams stopped playing each other in football. As part of the 2010–13 NCAA conference realignment, both Utah and Colorado joined the Pac-12 in 2011 and were placed in its new South Division; they met that year on Black Friday in Salt Lake. The second game since the realignment was at Boulder and was the first Black Friday college football game to be t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1947 Utah Utes Football Team
The 1947 Utah Redskins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1947 college football season. In their 23rd season under head coach Ike Armstrong, the Redskins compiled an overall record of 8–1–1 with a mark of 6–0 against conference opponents, winning the MSC title. Utah was ranked at No. 80 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947. Schedule Rankings After the season NFL draft Utah had three players selected in the 1948 NFL draft. References {{Mountain States Conference football champions Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ... Utah Utes football seasons Mountain States Conference football champion sea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |