1968 Wyoming Cowboys football team

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1968 Wyoming Cowboys football
WAC champion
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record7–3 (6–1 WAC)
Head coach
CaptainJim House, Gene Huey
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wyoming $ 6 1 0 7 3 0
Arizona State 5 1 0 8 2 0
Arizona 5 1 0 8 3 0
UTEP 3 3 0 4 5 1
Utah 2 3 0 3 7 0
Colorado State * 1 4 0 2 8 0
BYU 1 5 0 2 8 0
New Mexico 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Games against Texas Tech and Air Force counted in the conference standings.

The 1968 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the

War Memorial Stadium in Laramie
.

The Cowboys had a record of 7–3, won a third consecutive WAC title, and outscored their opponents 242 to 118.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 14at No. 14 Nebraska*L 10–1366,922
September 21Utah State*W 48–320,719[1]
September 28at Air Force*No. 20L 3–10
October 5No. 14 Arizona State
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 27–13
October 12at BYUW 20–17
October 19
Utah
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 20–9
October 26New Mexico
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 35–6
November 2at
rivalry
)
W 46–1422,500
November 16at UTEPNo. 20W 26–19
November 23at ArizonaNo. 20L 7–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2]

Roster

1968 Wyoming Cowboys football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 22 Dave Hampton Sr
QB 12 Skip Jacobson Sr
QB 10 Ed Synakowski So
RB 26 Joe Williams Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 88 Tony McGee So
LB 53 Gene Sheahan So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

1969 NFL/AFL Draft

Three Cowboys were selected in the

1969 NFL/AFL Draft, the third common draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (442 selections).[3]

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Gene Huey Wide receiver
5
123 St. Louis Cardinals
Dave Hampton Running back
9
220 Green Bay Packers
Dennis Devlin Defensive back
10
240
New England Patriots

References

  1. Newspapers.com
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  2. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Lloyd W. Eaton, 1968". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  3. ^ "1969 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 9, 2013.