1998 Wyoming Cowboys football team

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1998 Wyoming Cowboys football
Wyoming Athletics logo.svg
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
1998 record8���3 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorDave Warner (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorClancy Barone (1st as OC, 2nd overall season)
Defensive coordinatorVic Koenning (2nd season)
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 33,500)
Seasons
← 1997
1999 →
1998 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Mountain Division
No. 13 Air Force x$   7 1     12 1  
Wyoming   6 2     8 3  
Colorado State   5 3     8 4  
Rice   5 3     5 6  
TCU   4 4     7 5  
Tulsa   2 6     4 7  
SMU   1 1     0 1  
UNLV   0 8     0 11  
Pacific Division
BYU xy   7 1     9 5  
San Diego State x   7 1     7 5  
Utah   5 ��� 3     7 4  
Fresno State   5 3     5 6  
San Jose State   3 5     4 8  
UTEP   3 5     3 8  
New Mexico   1 7     3 9  
Hawaii   0 8     0 12  
Championship: Air Force 20, BYU 13
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cowboys were led by second-year head coach Dana Dimel and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. They finished the season with an 8–3 record overall and a 6–2 record in the Western Athletic Conference to finish 2nd in the Mountain Division. Despite a solid overall record, the Cowboys were not invited to play in a bowl game. This was Wyoming's last season in the WAC before they joined the Mountain West Conference.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultSource
September 12Montana State*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 17–9
September 19at No. 12 Georgia*
L 9–16
September 26Louisiana Tech*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 31–19[1]
October 3Utah
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 27–24
October 10SMU
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 12–7
October 17at UNLV
W 28–25
October 24Rice
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 34–24
October 31at TCUW 34–27
November 7at Colorado State
W 27–19
November 14No. 23 Air ForceNo. 25
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
L 3–10
November 21at TulsaL 0–35
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "UW unveils united front". Casper Star-Tribune. September 27, 1998. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1998 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule & Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
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