1980 Wyoming Cowboys football team

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1980 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record6–5 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach
CaptainGreg Taylor, Guy Frazier
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 BYU $ 6 – 1 – 0 12 – 1 – 0
Colorado State 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Hawaii 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Wyoming 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
San Diego State 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 8 – 0
New Mexico 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Utah 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Air Force 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 9 – 1
UTEP 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led led by first-year head coach Pat Dye, the Cowboys played their home games on campus at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. They finished the season at 6–5 (4–4 in WAC, fifth).[1]

Dye was previously the head coach for six years at independent East Carolina. After his only season in Laramie, he resigned a month after the season,[2][3] and was hired in early January at Auburn in the Southeastern Conference.[4][5][6]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13Oregon State*
W 30–1020,113
September 20Richmond*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 35–1417,000[7]
September 27Hawaii
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY (rivalry)
W 45–2020,883
October 4New Mexico
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
L 21–24
October 11at BYU
L 17–5241,296
October 18Utah
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 24–215,515
October 25San Diego State
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 34–915,325[8]
November 1at
rivalry
)		L 25–28
November 8at UNLV*
L 26–3320,277
November 15at Air Force
L 7–2515,693[9]
November 22at UTEP
W 52–74,327
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 214. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "Dye resigns at Wyoming". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). UPI. December 24, 1980. p. 16.
  3. ^ "Dye resigns at Wyoming". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. December 24, 1980. p. B.
  4. ^ "Can Wyoming find coach who likes place?". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 2, 1981. p. 2C.
  5. ^ Browning, Al (January 4, 1981). "AU seeks new life with Dye". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). p. 1B.
  6. ^ "Auburn chooses Dye as coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 4, 1981. p. 12C.
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