1968 Wyoming Cowboys football team

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1968 Wyoming Cowboys football
WAC champion
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
1968 record7–3 (6–1 WAC)
Head coach
  • Lloyd Eaton (7th season)
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Western Athletic Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wyoming $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Arizona State 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Arizona 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
UTEP 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Utah 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Colorado State * 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
BYU 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
New Mexico 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Games against Texas Tech and Air Force counted in the conference standings.

The 1968 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-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.

The Cowboys had a record of 7–3, won a third consecutive WAC title, and outscored their opponents 242 to 118.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 14at No. 14 Nebraska*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE
L 10–13
September 21Utah State*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY (rivalry)
W 48–3
September 28at Air Force*No. 20
  • Falcon Stadium
  • Colorado Springs, CO
L 3–10
October 5No. 14 Arizona State
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 27–13
October 12at BYU
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 20–17
October 19Utah
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 20–9
October 26New Mexico
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 35–6
November 2at Colorado State
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Fort Collins, CO (rivalry)
W 46–14
November 16at UTEPNo. 20
W 26–19
November 23at ArizonaNo. 20
L 7–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

Roster[]

1968 Wyoming Cowboys football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 26 Joe Williams Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 88 Tony McGee So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
  • Lloyd Eaton
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

1969 NFL/AFL Draft[]

Three Cowboys were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL Draft, the third common draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (442 selections).[2]

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Gene Huey Wide receiver 5 123 St. Louis Cardinals
Dave Hampton Running back 9 220 Green Bay Packers
Dennis Devlin Defensive back 10 240 New England Patriots

References[]

  1. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Lloyd W. Eaton, 1968". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  2. ^ "1969 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
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