2011 Wyoming Cowboys football team

American college football season

2011 Mountain West Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 14 TCU $	7	–	0	11	–	2
No. 8 Boise State	6	–	1	12	–	1
Wyoming	5	–	2	8	–	5
San Diego State	4	–	3	8	–	5
Air Force	3	–	4	7	–	6
Colorado State	1	–	6	3	–	9
UNLV	1	–	6	2	–	10
New Mexico	1	–	6	1	–	11

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by third year head coach Dave Christensen and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium. They are members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–2 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Temple.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 p.m.	Weber State*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY		W 35–32	21,492
September 10	4:00 p.m.	Texas State*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	The Mtn.	W 45–10	23,248
September 17	10:00 a.m.	at Bowling Green*	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	BCSN/ ESPN3	W 28–27	14,813
September 24	5:30 p.m.	No. 9 Nebraska*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	Versus	L 14–38	32,617
October 8	6:00 p.m.	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT (rivalry)	KCSG/ESPN3	L 19–63	17,561
October 15	12:00 p.m.	UNLV	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	The Mtn.	W 41–14	22,985
October 29	8:00 p.m.	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	The Mtn.	W 30–27	29,730
November 5	12:00 p.m.	TCU	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	The Mtn.	L 20–31	17,673
November 12	12:00 p.m.	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	The Mtn.	W 25–17	33,823
November 19	12:00 p.m.	New Mexico	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	The Mtn.	W 31–10	14,959
November 26	12:00 p.m.	at No. 7 Boise State	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	The Mtn.	L 14–36	33,773
December 3	12:00 p.m.	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO (Bronze Boot)	The Mtn.	W 22–19	17,207
December 17	12:00 p.m.	vs. Temple*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM (Gildan New Mexico Bowl)	ESPN	L 15–37	25,762
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Weber State	7	12	7	6	32
Wyoming	14	7	7	7	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas State	3	7	0	0	10
Wyoming	14	3	14	14	45

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wyoming	0	7	14	7	28
Bowling Green	7	7	0	13	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Nebraska	7	7	10	14	38
Wyoming	0	7	0	7	14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wyoming	12	7	0	0	19
Utah State	14	28	14	7	63

	1	2	3	4	Total
UNLV	0	14	0	0	14
Wyoming	20	0	10	11	41

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wyoming	14	16	0	0	30
San Diego State	13	0	14	0	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	7	10	7	7	31
Wyoming	10	7	3	0	20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wyoming	6	6	0	13	25
Air Force	7	0	10	0	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
New Mexico	0	10	0	0	10
Wyoming	7	7	3	14	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wyoming	7	0	0	7	14
#7 Boise State	0	13	16	7	36

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wyoming	7	7	0	8	22
Colorado State	3	3	13	0	19

	1	2	3	4	Total
Temple	7	21	3	6	37
Wyoming	0	7	0	8	15

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Venues	Prexy's Pasture (1893–1921) Corbett Field (1922–1949) War Memorial Stadium (1950–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado State Hawaii Utah State
Culture & lore	Pistol Pete "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" Western Thunder Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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