1895 Wyoming Cowboys football team

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1895 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceIndependent
1895 record1–0
Head coach
CaptainHerbert J. Brees
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
1895 Far West college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Occidental     5 0 0
Oregon     4 0 0
New Mexico A&M     2 0 0
Washington Agricultural     2 0 0
Wyoming     1 0 0
Stanford     4 0 1
Washington     4 0 1
California     3 1 1
Pacific (CA)     0 0 1
Saint Mary's     1 1 0
San Jose State     0 0 1
USC     0 1 1
Oregon Agricultural     0 2 1
Utah     0 1 0

The 1895 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming during the 1895 college football season. In its second season under head coach Justus F. Soule, a professor of Latin and Greek, the team compiled a perfect 1–0 record. In the program's first intercollegiate football game, the team defeated the Colorado State Normal team from Greeley, Colorado, by a 34-0 score.[1]

For the second of three consecutive years, Herbert J. Brees was the team captain. Brees was a native of Laramie who went on to a career in the United States Army. He retired from the Army in 1941 with the rank of lieutenant general.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 29Colorado State NormalLaramie, WYW 16–6

References[]

  1. ^ "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 210. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "Herbert Jay Brees". Sightline Media Group. Retrieved January 12, 2019.


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