1947 Wyoming Cowboys football team

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1947 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceMountain States Conference
1947 record4–5 (2–4 MSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCorbett Field
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Mountain States Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
Denver 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Utah State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Colorado 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Colorado A&M 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Wyoming 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
BYU 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1947 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1947 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bowden Wyatt, the Cowboys compiled a 4–5 record (2–4 against MSC opponents), finished sixth in the MSC, and outscored all opponents by a total of 175 to 168.[1][2]

The 1947 season was Bowden Wyatt's first as a head coach. He was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1997.[3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Arizona*
L 7–2715,000[4]
October 4BYU
W 12–7[5]
October 11Colorado Mines*
  • Corbett Field
  • Laramie, WY
W 53–6[6]
October 18Utah Statedagger
W 33–196,436[7]
October 25Utah
  • Corbett Field
  • Laramie, WY
L 7–267,000[8]
November 1at Colorado State–Greeley*Greeley, COW 44–14[9]
November 8at Denver
L 7–27[10]
November 15at Colorado
L 6–21< 10,000[11]
November 22at Colorado A&M
L 6–21[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References[]

  1. ^ "1947 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 212. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  3. ^ "Bowden Wyatt". National Football Foundation. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "Enke Leads Arizona Cats To 27-7 Win Over Wyoming". The Arizona Daily Star. September 28, 1947. pp. 1, 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Cowboys, Aggies Win Big-7 Grid Openers". The Sunday Herald (Provo, Utah). October 5, 1947. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Wyoming Runs Wild, 53 to 7". The Casper Tribune-Herald. October 12, 1947. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Dazzling Cowboys Pass To Defeat Utags 33-19". The Casper Tribune-Herald. October 19, 1947. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Ben Funk (October 26, 1947). "Redskins Overpower Cowboys 26-7 At Laramie". The Casper Tribune-Herald. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Cowboys Uncork Reverses for Victory at Greeley". The Casper Tribune-Herald. November 2, 1947. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Ben Funk (November 9, 1947). "Pioneers Puncture Cowboys' Defenses for 27-7 Victory". The Casper Tribune-Herald. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Buffs' Passing in Second Period Defeats Wyoming". The Casper Tribune-Herald. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Colorado Tips Wyoming by Score of 21 to 6". The Ogdent (Utah) Standard-Examiner. November 23, 1947. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
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