American college football season
The 1979 Wyoming Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wyoming as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their third and final season under head coach Bill Lewis , the Cowboys compiled a 4–8 record (2–5 against conference opponents), finished seventh out of eight teams in the WAC, were outscored by a total of 276 to 186, and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming .
For the first time since 1958 , Wyoming played a home game in the month of November.
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 8 at No. 15 Washington * L 2–38 41,927
September 15 at Northwestern * L 22–27
September 22 Richmond *W 9–7 21,474
September 29 Colorado State War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY (rivalry ) L 16–20 29,021
October 6 UTEP War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY W 23–3 17,508
October 13 at Utah L 14–24 25,258
October 20 No. 13 BYU War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY L 14–54 14,723
October 27 UNLV *War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY L 24–28 13,637
November 3 at San Diego State L 21–31 36,386
November 10 Arkansas State *War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY W 17–14
November 17 at Hawaii W 21–13 36,743
November 24 at New Mexico L 3–17 4,700
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Roster
1979 Wyoming Cowboys football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
QB
16
Phil Davis
So
OT
60
Tom Dragt
So
RB
40
J. C. Flower
Jr
WR
25
Danny Pittman
Sr
WR
1
Andre Plummer
So
QB
12
Greg Tucker
Jr
G
68
Tim Volz
Jr
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
5
Wayne Vanderloo
Jr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
References
"1979 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.Sally Ann Shurmur (September 9, 1979). "Oh no! Washington by a lot, 38-2" . Casper Star-Tribune . p. 13 – via Newspapers.com .
"Wildcats break long losing streak" . The Dispatch . September 16, 1979. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com ."Wyoming skips past Richmond 9–7" . The Daily Herald . September 23, 1979. Retrieved October 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com ."Stockdale's grab leads CSU to win" . The Daily Sentinel . September 30, 1979. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com ."Wyoming 23, UTEP 3" . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . October 7, 1979. p. 11B – via Newspapers.com ."Utes win conference game" . South Idaho Press . October 14, 1979. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com ."BYU crushes Wyoming, 54-14" . The Daily Spectrum . October 21, 1979. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com ."Las Vegas Rally Dumps Wyoming" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . October 28, 1979. p. 5C – via Newspapers.com ."San Diego St. Beats Wyoming" . The Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California. November 4, 1979. p. III-16. Retrieved January 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com ."Wyoming Nips Arkansas St" . The Daily Herald . November 11, 1979. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com .Fred Borsch (November 18, 1979). "Cowboys lasso Rainbows at Aloha corral" . Honolulu Star-Bulletin . p. K1 – via Newspapers.com .
Frank Maestas (November 25, 1979). "Alert Lobos Win Finale for Mondt, 17-3" . Albuquerque Journal . p. 1E – via Newspapers.com .
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