Summary
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.
| 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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| Captain | Mike Dirks, Jim Kiick |
| 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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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 edit
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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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 | 28,055 | |||||
| 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 | ABC | 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 | [4] | |
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- The AP rankings included only the top ten this season; the final poll was released in late November.
NFL/AFL Draft edit
Five Cowboys were selected in the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft, the second common draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (462 selections).[6]
| 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 edit
- Mike Dirks, All-American: (Football Writers of America, Look Magazine, Newspaper Enterprise Association)[1]
- Mike Dirks, First Team, All-Western Athletic Conference
References edit
- ^ a b "University of Wyoming Official Athletic Site - Traditions". Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
- ^ "Late Bengal comeback nips Cowboys, 20–13". The Shreveport Journal. January 2, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Lloyd W. Eaton, 1967". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
- ^ "1968 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 9, 2013.