1979 Wyoming Cowboys football team

1979 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1979 Wyoming Cowboys football
1979 Wyoming Cowboys football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1979 record	4–8 (2–5 WAC)
Head coach	Bill Lewis (3rd season);
Home stadium	War Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 Wyoming Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wyoming in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its third and final season under head coach Bill Lewis, the team compiled a 4–8 record, was outscored by a total of 276 to 186, and played its home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 8	at No. 15 Washington*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 2–38
September 15	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 22–27
September 22	Richmond	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	W 9–7
September 29	Colorado State	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY (rivalry)	L 16–20
October 6	UTEP	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	W 23–3
October 13	at Utah	Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	L 14–24
October 20	No. 13 BYU	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	L 14–54
October 27	UNLV	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	L 24–28
November 3	at San Diego State	San Diego, CA	L 21–31
November 10	Arkansas State	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	W 17–14
November 17	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 21–13
November 24	at New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM	L 3–17
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1979 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 23, 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

1979 Western Athletic Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 BYU $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Utah	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
San Diego State	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Hawaii	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
New Mexico	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Colorado State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	1
Wyoming	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	8	–	0
UTEP	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll