Don Evans

HB · Colorado 1944, 1946-48 · #23

Hometown: Denver, Colo.
High School: North
Letters: 4 (1944, 1946-48)

Roster History

Season	#	Pos	Hometown	Status
1944	23	/HB	Denver, Colo.	Letterwinner
1946			Denver, Colo.	Letterwinner
1947			Denver, Colo.	Letterwinner
1948			Denver, Colo.	Letterwinner

Passing

Season	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	INT	Rating	Sacked	Sk Yds
1946	9	22	40.9	133	3	2	118.5	—	—
1947	15	25	60.0	308	3	2	187.1	—	—
1948	5	8	62.5	55	0	1	95.3	—	—
Career	29	55	52.7	496	6	5	146.3	—	—

Game log (17 games)

Date	Opponent	Result	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	INT	Long	Rating	Sacked
1946
Sep 21, 1946	Iowa State	W 13-7	2	4	50.0	32	0	0	—	117.2	—
Sep 28, 1946	at Texas	L 0-76	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	—	0.0	—
Oct 5, 1946	Utah State	W 6-0	1	2	50.0	9	0	0	—	87.8	—
Oct 12, 1946	at Wyoming	W 20-0	1	4	25.0	17	1	0	—	143.2	—
Nov 2, 1946	at Utah	L 0-7	1	4	25.0	11	0	1	—	-1.9	—
Nov 16, 1946	Denver	T 13-13	2	3	66.7	4	0	1	—	11.2	—
Nov 28, 1946	Colorado State	W 18-0	2	3	66.7	60	2	0	—	454.7	—
1947
Oct 4, 1947	at Army	L 0-47	0	1	0.0	0	0	1	—	-200.0	—
Oct 11, 1947	Missouri	L 0-21	3	6	50.0	49	0	0	—	118.6	—
Nov 1, 1947	Utah	L 7-13	4	4	100.0	84	0	0	—	276.4	—
Nov 8, 1947	at Utah State	L 12-35	2	3	66.7	40	1	1	—	222.0	—
Nov 15, 1947	Wyoming	W 21-6	6	11	54.5	135	2	0	—	217.6	—
1948
Sep 25, 1948	New Mexico	L 6-9	0	1	0.0	0	0	1	—	-200.0	—
Oct 16, 1948	at Iowa State	L 7-18	3	4	75.0	38	0	0	—	154.8	—
Oct 23, 1948	Kansas State	W 51-7	1	1	100.0	10	0	0	—	184.0	—
Oct 30, 1948	at Utah	L 12-14	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	—	0.0	—
Nov 20, 1948	Colorado State	L 25-29	1	1	100.0	7	0	0	—	158.8	—

Rushing

Season	Att	Gain	Lost	Net	Avg	TD
1946	27	—	—	72	2.7	0
1947	10	—	—	5	0.5	1
Career	37	—	—	77	2.1	1

Game log (12 games)

Date	Opponent	Result	Att	Gain	Lost	Net	Avg	TD	Long
1946
Sep 21, 1946	Iowa State	W 13-7	5	—	—	39	7.8	0	—
Sep 28, 1946	at Texas	L 0-76	3	—	—	-13	-4.3	0	—
Oct 5, 1946	Utah State	W 6-0	6	—	—	7	1.2	0	—
Oct 12, 1946	at Wyoming	W 20-0	3	—	—	-10	-3.3	0	—
Oct 26, 1946	New Mexico	W 14-13	1	—	—	-2	-2.0	0	—
Nov 2, 1946	at Utah	L 0-7	4	—	—	37	9.3	0	—
Nov 16, 1946	Denver	T 13-13	1	—	—	2	2.0	0	—
Nov 28, 1946	Colorado State	W 18-0	4	—	—	12	3.0	0	—
1947
Oct 11, 1947	Missouri	L 0-21	1	—	—	3	3.0	0	—
Nov 8, 1947	at Utah State	L 12-35	4	—	—	-5	-1.3	0	—
Nov 15, 1947	Wyoming	W 21-6	2	—	—	10	5.0	0	—
Nov 27, 1947	at Denver	L 20-26	3	—	—	-3	-1.0	1	—

Total Offense

Season	Rush	Rush Yds	Pass Att	Pass Yds	Plays	Total Yds	Avg	TD
1946	27	72	22	133	49	205	4.2	3
1947	10	5	25	308	35	313	8.9	4
1948	0	0	8	55	8	55	6.9	0
Career	37	77	55	496	92	573	6.2	7

All-Purpose Yards

Season	Rush	Rec	PR	KR	INT	FR	FGB	Total	TD
1946	72	—	105	115	—	—	—	292	0
1947	5	—	32	—	3	—	—	40	1
1948	—	—	5	—	—	—	—	5	0
Career	77	—	142	115	3	—	—	337	1

Scoring

Season	TD	Rush	Rec	Ret	FG	XP	2-Pt	Saf	Pts
1944	4	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	24
1947	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Career	5	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	30

Defense

Season	G	UT	AT	Tot	TFL	Yds	Sacks	Yds	FF	FR	INT	Yds	TD	PBU	QBH	Blk	Saf
1947	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	0	—	—	—	—

Punting

Season	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long	In 20	50+	Blk
1946	54	2,208	40.9	55	—	—	2
1947	50	1,899	38.0	61	—	—	3
1948	51	2,098	41.1	56	—	—	3
Career	155	6,205	40.0	61	—	—	8

Notes

Rosters for historical seasons currently reflect letterwinners; complete rosters are in progress.

A dash (—) indicates a statistic not yet available for that season or player; 0 is a verified zero.

Game-by-game statistics for seasons before 2007 reflect games where individual figures have been researched and may not include every game; season totals are official.