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Wyoming Football Team History

Wyoming Cowboys

University of Wyoming
Laramiie, WY
Founded: 1886
Stadium: War Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 30,181
Colors: Brown & Gold
Coach: Bill Lewis
Conference: Western Athletic-

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1892 <-- 1978 <- 1979 -> 1980 --> 2024

1979 Season Highlights

Bill Lewis enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Wyoming.

1979 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Sep. 8	@ Washington	2	38	L
Sat., Sep. 15	@ Northwestern	22	27	L
Sat., Sep. 22	vs. Richmond	9	7	W
Sat., Sep. 29	vs. Colorado State	16	20	L
Sat., Oct. 6	vs. Texas-El Paso	23	3	W
Sat., Oct. 13	@ Utah	14	24	L
Sat., Oct. 20	vs. Brigham Young	14	54	L
Sat., Oct. 27	vs. Nevada Las Vegas	24	28	L
Sat., Nov. 3	@ San Diego State	21	31	L
Sat., Nov. 10	vs. Arkansas State	17	14	W
Sat., Nov. 17	@ Hawaii	21	13	W
Sat., Nov. 24	@ New Mexico	3	17	L

1979 Season Totals
Record	4-8
Points Scored	186
Scoring Average	15.5
Points Allowed	276
Defense Average	23.0
Opponents Record	65-48
Conference Record	1-5
Home Record	3-3
Away Record	1-5

1979 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1979 Western Athletic- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Brigham Young	11-1	484	163	Lost 37-38	6-0	264	49	Lavell Edwards
New Mexico	6-6	211	229		3-3	82	132	Bill Mondt
Colorado State	4-7-1	177	241		3-3	106	97	Sark Arslanian
San Diego State	8-3	286	276		4-2	142	161	Claude Gilbert
Utah	6-6	267	296		4-2	119	81	Wayne Howard
Wyoming	4-8	186	276		1-5	91	149	Bill Lewis
Texas El Paso	2-9	106	266		0-6	33	168	Bill Michael

1979 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1979 All Western Athletic Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

Quarterbacks from Alabama won the first three Super Bowls. They also have more Super Bowl wins than quarterbacks from any other school (Kenny Stabler 1, Joe Namath 1 and Bart Starr 2).