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.^[1][2]

1947 Wyoming Cowboys football
Conference	Mountain States Conference
Record	4–5 (2–4 MSC)
Head coach	Bowden Wyatt (1st season)
Captain	Ed Chenoweth
Home stadium	Corbett Field
Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

1947 Mountain States Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Utah $	6	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
Denver	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Utah State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Colorado	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Colorado A&M	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Wyoming	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
BYU	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

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.^[3]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Wyoming was ranked at No. 135 out of 500 college football teams.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 7–27	15,000	[5]
October 4	BYU	Corbett Field Laramie, WY	W 12–7		[6]
October 11	Colorado Mines*	Corbett Field Laramie, WY	W 53–6		[7]
October 18	Utah State	Corbett Field Laramie, WY (rivalry)	W 33–19	6,436	[8]
October 25	Utah	Corbett Field Laramie, WY	L 7–26	7,000	[9]
November 1	at Colorado State–Greeley*	Greeley, CO	W 44–14		[10]
November 8	at Denver	Hilltop Stadium Denver, CO	L 7–27		[11]
November 15	at Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	L 6–21	< 10,000	[12]
November 22	at Colorado A&M	Colorado Field Fort Collins, CO (rivalry)	L 6–21		[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming