1975 Wyoming Cowboys football team

1975 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1975 Wyoming Cowboys football
1975 Wyoming Cowboys football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1975 record	2–9 (1–6 WAC)
Head coach	Fred Akers (1st season);
Home stadium	War Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1974 1976 →

The 1975 Wyoming Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wyoming in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their first year under head coach Fred Akers, the Cowboys compiled a 2–9 record (1–6 against WAC opponents), finished eighth in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 219 to 174.^[1]^[2] The team played its home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Result
September 13	Idaho State*	L 3–16
September 20	at Colorado*	L 10–27
September 27	No. 15 Arizona	L 0–14
October 4	Colorado State	L 0–3
October 11	at Utah	L 13–16
October 18	UTEP	W 31–14
October 25	BYU	L 20–33
November 1	at Utah State*	L 21–27
November 8	at No. 10 Arizona State	L 20–21
November 15	at New Mexico	L 32–38
November 22	at Air Force*	W 24–10
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

1975 Wyoming Cowboys football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`8`	John Arnold	So
T	`71`	Dan Borkowski	Sr
G	`68`	Curt Boyd	Sr
TE	`89`	Frank Chesley	So
C	`59`	Ray Davies	Jr
T	`60`	Steve Edwards	Jr
FB	`35`	Lawrence Gaines	Sr
QB	`6`	Jim Hector	Jr
TE	`81`	Mark Seymour	Sr
G	`65`	Steve Steingraeber	Jr
QB	`15`	Steve Trusso	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`56`	Chuck Craig	Sr
LB	`16`	Craig Dudley	So
LB	`99`	Mark Durkee	Fr
LB	`86`	Ken Fantetti	Fr
DB	`5`	Chris Mullen	Fr
CB	`39`	Mike Rafferty	So
SS	`25`	Aaron Kyle	Sr
DT	`77`	Mark Webb	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 213. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
^ "1975 Wyoming Cowboys Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2020.

v t Wyoming Cowboys football
Venues	Prexy's Pasture (1893–1921) Corbett Field (1922–1949) War Memorial Stadium (1950–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado State (Bronze Boot) Hawaii (Paniolo Trophy) Utah State
Culture & lore	Pistol Pete "Ragtime Cowboy Joe"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1975 Western Athletic Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Arizona State $	7	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
No. 18 Arizona	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Colorado State	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
BYU	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
New Mexico	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Utah	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
Wyoming	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
UTEP	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll