1979 Wyoming Cowboys football team

The 1979 Wyoming Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wyoming in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its third and final season under head coach Bill Lewis, the team compiled a 4–8 record, was outscored by a total of 276 to 186, and played its home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming.[1]

1979 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
1979 record4–8 (2–5 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
1979 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 BYU $ 7 0 011 1 0
Utah 5 2 06 6 0
San Diego State 4 2 08 3 0
Hawaii 3 3 06 5 0
New Mexico 3 4 06 6 0
Colorado State 3 4 04 7 1
Wyoming 2 5 04 8 0
UTEP 0 7 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 8at No. 15 Washington*L 2–38
September 15at NorthwesternL 22–27
September 22RichmondW 9–7
September 29Colorado State
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY (rivalry)
L 16–20
October 6UTEP
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 23–3
October 13at UtahL 14–24
October 20 No. 13 BYU
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
L 14–54
October 27UNLV
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
L 24–28
November 3at San Diego StateSan Diego, CAL 21–31
November 10Arkansas State
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 17–14
November 17at HawaiiW 21–13
November 24at New MexicoAlbuquerque, NML 3–17
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1979 Wyoming Cowboys football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 16 Phil Davis So
T 60 Tom Dragt So
RB 40 J. C. Flower Jr
WR 25 Danny Pittman Sr
WR 1 Andre Plummer So
QB 12 Greg Tucker Jr
G 68 Tim Volz Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 31 Lou Carter So
LB 55 Scott Corriveau Jr
LB 59 K. C. Cushing Fr
FS 23 Mike Dennis Sr
CB 22 Jerry Eure Sr
DE 81 Guy Frazier Jr
DT 72 Don Jessie Sr
DT 71 Pat Ogrin Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 5 Wayne Vanderloo Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. "1979 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
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