1948 Wyoming Cowboys football team
| 1948 Wyoming Cowboys football | |
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| Conference | Skyline Six Conference |
| Record | 4–5 (0–5 Skyline Six) |
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| Captain | George Waters |
| Home stadium | Corbett Field |
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| Utah $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado A&M | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the
Skyline Six Conference during the 1948 college football season. In their second season under head coach Bowden Wyatt, the Cowboys compiled a 4–5 record (0–5 against Skyline Six opponents), finished sixth in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 270 to 145.[1][2]
Eddie Talboom played in the backfield. He later became the first Wyoming player to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[3][4] Head coach Bowden Wyatt was also inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1997.[5]
In the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948, Wyoming was ranked at No. 95.[6]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 25 | Colorado College* | W 61–7 | |||||
| October 2 | Colorado State–Greeley * |
| W 48–0 | ||||
| October 9 | Idaho State* |
| W 40–13 | ||||
| October 16 | Colorado A&M |
| L 20–21 | ||||
| October 23 | at Utah | L 7–19 | |||||
| October 30 | at Utah State | L 34–45 | |||||
| November 13 | vs. Montana State* |
| W 46–12 | 5,000 | [7] | ||
| November 20 | at BYU |
| L 14–15 | ||||
| November 25 | at Denver | L 0–13 | 20,000 | [8] | |||
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References
- ^ "1948 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 212. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ "Eddie Talboom". National Football Foundation. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ 2018 Media Guide, p. 18.
- ^ "Bowden Wyatt". National Football Foundation. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- Newspapers.com.
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