1967 Wyoming Cowboys football team
| 1967 Wyoming Cowboys football | |
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WAC champion | |
Sugar Bowl, L 13–20 vs LSU | |
| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 5 |
| AP | No. 6 |
| Record | 10–1 (5–0 WAC) |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | War Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Wyoming $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1967 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Lloyd Eaton, they were members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and played their home games on campus at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie.
Wyoming won all ten games in the regular season, had the nation's best rushing defense, and was invited to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on New Year's Day.[1] On a fourteen-game winning streak, underdog Wyoming led unranked LSU 13–0 at halftime, but were outscored 20–0 in the second half.[2][3]
The Cowboys outscored their opponents 289 to 119; they were led on offense by quarterback Paul Toscano and running back Jim Kiick.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 16 | at Arizona | W 36–17 | |||||
| September 23 | Air Force* | W 37–10 | |||||
| September 30 | Colorado State* |
| W 13–10 | ||||
| October 7 | BYU |
| W 26–10 | ||||
| October 14 | at Utah | W 28–0 | |||||
| October 21 | Wichita State* | No. 10 |
| W 30–7 | |||
| October 28 | at Arizona State | No. 8 | W 15–13 | ||||
| November 4 | at San Jose State* | No. 8 | W 28–7 | ||||
| November 11 | at New Mexico | No. 7 | W 42–6 | ||||
| November 18 | at UTEP* | No. 6 | W 21–19 | ||||
| January 1, 1968 | 11:45 am | vs. LSU* | No. 6 | NBC | L 13–20 | 78,963 | |
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- Source:[4]
- The AP rankings included only the top ten this season; the final poll was released in late November.
NFL/AFL Draft
Five Cowboys were selected in the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft, the second common draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (462 selections).[5]
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | Franchise |
| Jerry DePoyster | Kicker | 2 | 37 | Detroit Lions |
| Mike LaHood | Guard | 2 | 51 | Los Angeles Rams |
| Jim Kiick | Running Back | 5 | 118 | Miami Dolphins |
| Mike Dirks | Tackle | 5 | 122 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Paul Toscano | Defensive Back ^ | 7 | 187 | Houston Oilers |
- ^ Toscano was the Wyoming quarterback
Awards and honors
- Mike Dirks, All-American: (Football Writers of America, Look Magazine, Newspaper Enterprise Association)[1]
- Mike Dirks, First Team, All-Western Athletic Conference
References
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Tigers upset Wyoming". Eugene Register-Guard. (location). Associated Press. January 2, 1968. p. 2B.
- ^ "LSU rallies in 2nd half to defeat Wyoming, 20-13". Milwaukee Journal. press dispatches. January 2, 1968. p. 18.
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Lloyd W. Eaton, 1967". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
- ^ "1968 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 9, 2013.