Wyoming Cowboys football
Football team for the University of Wyoming / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. The head coach is Jay Sawvel who is entering his first season as head coach in 2024 after previously serving as the Wyoming Defense Coordinator for the previous four seasons.
Wyoming Cowboys football | |||
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First season | 1893 | ||
Athletic director | Tom Burman | ||
Head coach | Jay Sawvel 1st season, 0–0 (–) | ||
Stadium | War Memorial Stadium (capacity: 30,181) | ||
Field surface | Artificial turf | ||
Location | Laramie, Wyoming | ||
NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
Conference | Mountain West (1999–present) | ||
Division | Mountain (2013–2019 and 2021–2022) | ||
Past conferences | Independent (1893–1909) RMAC (1910–1937) MSC (1938–1961) WAC (1962–1998) | ||
All-time record | 565–599–28 (.486) | ||
Bowl record | 10–9 (.526) | ||
Conference titles | 14 | ||
Division titles | 2 | ||
Rivalries | Colorado State (rivalry) Utah State (rivalry) Hawaii (rivalry) Air Force (rivalry) | ||
Consensus All-Americans | 4[1] | ||
Current uniform | |||
Colors | Brown and gold[2] | ||
Fight song | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | ||
Mascot | Cowboy Joe | ||
Marching band | Western Thunder | ||
Website | GoWyo.com |
The Cowboy football program has been among the most notable of "stepping stone" programs due to the success of its former coaches. Coaches such as Bowden Wyatt, Bob Devaney, Fred Akers, Pat Dye, Dennis Erickson and Joe Tiller were at Wyoming immediately prior to gaining notoriety at bigger football powerhouses.