1967 Wyoming Cowboys football team

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1967 Wyoming Cowboys football
WAC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 13–20 vs LSU
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 6
Record10–1 (5–0 WAC)
Head coach
Captain Mike Dirks, Jim Kiick
Home stadium War Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1966
1968  →
1967 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Wyoming $ 5 –0 –010 –1 –0
Arizona State 4 –1 –08 –2 –0
BYU 3 –2 –06 –4 –0
Utah 2 –3 –04 –7 –0
Arizona 1 –4 –03 –6 –1
New Mexico 0 –5 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Lloyd Eaton, they were members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and played their home games on campus at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie.

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Wyoming won all ten games in the regular season, had the nation's best rushing defense, and was invited to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on New Year's Day. [1] On a fourteen-game winning streak, underdog Wyoming led unranked LSU 13–0 at halftime, but were outscored 20–0 in the second half. [2] [3]

The Cowboys outscored their opponents 289 to 119; they were led on offense by quarterback Paul Toscano and running back Jim Kiick.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 16at Arizona
W 36–1737,500 [4]
September 23 Air Force *
W 37–1021,623 [5]
September 30 Colorado State *
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY (rivalry)
W 13–1020,063 [6]
October 7 BYU
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 26–1019,180 [7]
October 14at Utah
W 28–028,055 [8]
October 21 Wichita State *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 10
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 30–718,141 [9]
October 28at Arizona State No. 8
W 15–1342,344 [10]
November 4at San Jose State *No. 8
W 28–717,300 [11]
November 11at New Mexico No. 7
 ABC W 42–614,127 [12]
November 18at UTEP *No. 6
W 21–1935,023 [13]
January 1, 196811:45 amvs. LSU *No. 6
 NBC L 13–2078,963 [14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

[15]

NFL/AFL draft

Five Cowboys were selected in the 1968 NFL/AFL draft, the second common draft, which lasted 17 rounds (462 selections). [16]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallFranchise
Jerry DePoyster Kicker 2 37 Detroit Lions
Mike LaHoodGuard251 Los Angeles Rams
Jim Kiick Running back 5 118 Miami Dolphins
Mike Dirks Tackle5122 Philadelphia Eagles
Paul ToscanoDefensive Back ^ 7 187 Houston Oilers
^ Toscano was the Wyoming quarterback

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