2013 Wyoming Cowboys football team

2013 Mountain West Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Mountain Division
Utah State x	7	–	1	9	–	5
Boise State	6	–	2	8	–	5
Colorado State	5	–	3	8	–	6
Wyoming	3	–	5	5	–	7
New Mexico	1	–	7	3	–	9
Air Force	0	–	8	2	–	10
West Division
Fresno State x$	7	–	1	11	–	2
San Diego State	6	–	2	8	–	5
UNLV	5	–	3	7	–	6
San Jose State	5	–	3	6	–	6
Nevada	3	–	5	4	–	8
Hawaii	0	–	8	1	–	11
Championship: Fresno State 24, Utah State 17
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by fifth year head coach Dave Christensen and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium. They were members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place in the Mountain Division.

Defensive coordinator Chris Tormey was fired mid-season after two straight losses in which the Cowboys surrendered more than 50 points a game; Christensen promoted defensive line coach Jamar Cain to interim coordinator.^[1]

On December 1, 2013, the university announced that head coach Dave Christensen had been fired from his position after five seasons with the program.^[2]

Schedule

August 316:00 PMat No. 18 Nebraska*

BTNL 34–37 91,185Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). September 72:00 PMIdaho*

RTRMW 42–10 22,030^[3] September 142:00 PMNorthern Colorado*

War Memorial Stadium
Laramie, WY

W 35–7 19,091^[3] September 218:15 PMat Air Force

ESPNUW 56–23 35,389^[3] September 285:00 PMat Texas State*

LHNL 21–42 22,150^[3] October 121:30 PMNew Mexico

War Memorial Stadium
Laramie, WY

RTRMW 38–31 22,853^[3] October 1912:00 PMColorado State

War Memorial Stadium
Laramie, WY (Battle for the Bronze Boot)

RTRML 22–52 24,953^[3] October 265:00 PMat San Jose State

RTRML 44–51 16,123^[3] November 98:15 PMNo. 17 Fresno State

War Memorial Stadium
Laramie, WY

ESPN2L 10–48 15,700^[3] November 168:15 PMat Boise State

ESPN2L 7–48 33,992^[3] November 2312:00 PMHawaii

War Memorial Stadium
Laramie, WY (Rivalry)

W 59–56 ^OT12,227^[3] November 3012:00 PMat Utah State

RTRML 7–35 21,325^[3]

Template:CFB Schedule End^[4]

Box Scores

@ Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	7	7	13	34
#18 Cornhuskers	10	7	14	6	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–6	2011	NEB, 38–14

Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	0	0	0	10	10
Cowboys	0	21	21	0	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–1	2012	WYO, 40–37

Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	7	7
Cowboys	0	21	0	14	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–5–3	1949	WYO, 103–0

@ Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	14	28	7	7	56
Falcons	10	7	0	6	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–27–3	2012	AF, 28–27

@ Texas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	14	0	7	21
Bobcats	7	7	14	14	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2011	WYO, 45–10

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	3	14	14	31
Cowboys	14	7	3	14	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–31	2012	WYO, 28–23

Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	14	10	14	14	52
Cowboys	0	7	8	7	22

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
44–55–5	2012	WYO, 45–31

@ San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	16	7	7	14	44
Spartans	0	14	22	15	51

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–1	1997	WYO, 30–10

Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Bulldogs	0	14	14	20	48
Cowboys	10	0	0	0	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–4	2012	FSU, 42–14

@ Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	0	0	0	7
Broncos	14	14	17	3	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–7	2012	BSU, 45–14

Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Warriors	14	21	7	14	0	56
Cowboys	13	22	7	14	3	59

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–8	1997	WYO, 35–6

@ Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	0	0	7	7
Aggies	7	14	14	0	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–35–4	2011	USU, 63–19

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Associated Press (October 29, 2013). "Wyoming Fires Chris Tormey". ESPN. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
^ Wolken, Dan (December 1, 2013). "Dave Christensen Out After Five Seasons at Wyoming". USA Today. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Wyoming Combined Statistics" (PDF). Wyoming Athletics. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
^ "2013–2014 Schedule". University of Wyoming Athletics. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

[ESPN102913-1] Associated Press (October 29, 2013). "Wyoming Fires Chris Tormey". ESPN. Retrieved October 29, 2013.

[2] Wolken, Dan (December 1, 2013). "Dave Christensen Out After Five Seasons at Wyoming". USA Today. Retrieved December 1, 2013.

[statistics-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Wyoming Combined Statistics" (PDF). Wyoming Athletics. Retrieved November 25, 2013.

[4] "2013–2014 Schedule". University of Wyoming Athletics. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

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