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1960 Wyoming Cowboys football team

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1960 Wyoming Cowboys football
Skyline co-champion
ConferenceSkyline Conference
Record8–2 (6–1 Skyline)
Head coach
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Skyline Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah State + 6 1 0 9 2 0
Wyoming + 6 1 0 8 2 0
Utah 5 1 0 7 3 0
New Mexico 4 2 0 5 5 0
Montana 2 5 0 5 5 0
BYU 2 5 0 3 8 0
Denver 1 6 0 3 7 0
Colorado State 1 6 0 2 8 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1960 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1960 NCAA University Division football season. The Cowboys offense scored 212 points while the defense allowed 71 points. Led by head coach Bob Devaney, the Cowboys finished the season with eight wins and two losses. Running back Jerry Hill was in his final season and finished his Cowboys career with 1,374 rushing yards on 288 carries.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 17at MontanaBillings, MontanaW 14–0
September 24New MexicoW 13–3
October 1at Arizona*L 19–21
October 8Denver
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, Wyoming
W 41–2
October 15at Colorado StateW 40–8
October 22Air Force*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, Wyoming
W 15–0
October 29Utah
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, Wyoming
W 17–7
November 5at Utah StateL 13–17
November 12at Texas Tech*W 10–7
November 19at BYU
W 30–6
  • *Non-conference game

Awards and honors

  • Jerry Hill, All-Skyline Conference Running Back

1960 Team Players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1961 NFL Draft.

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Jerry Hill Running back 3 35 Baltimore Colts
Chuck Lamson Running back 4 43 Minnesota Vikings
Don Klacking Running back 8 203 Philadelphia Eagles
Mike Davenport Running back 17 428 St. Louis Cardinals

[3]

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2015-12-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "University of Wyoming – 1960". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  3. ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1961.htm