1968 Wyoming Cowboys football team

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1968 Wyoming Cowboys football
WAC champion
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Record7–3 (6–1 WAC)
Head coach
CaptainJim House, Gene Huey
Home stadium War Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1967
1969  →
1968 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Wyoming $ 6 –1 –07 –3 –0
Arizona State 5 –1 –08 –2 –0
Arizona 5 –1 –08 –3 –0
UTEP 3 –3 –04 –5 –1
Utah 2 –3 –03 –7 –0
Colorado State * 1 –4 –02 –8 –0
BYU 1 –5 –02 –8 –0
New Mexico 0 –7 –00 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Games against Texas Tech and Air Force counted in the conference standings.

The 1968 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-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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The Cowboys had a record of 7–3 (6-1 against WAC opponents), won a third consecutive WAC title, and outscored their opponents 242 to 118.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 14at No. 14 Nebraska *
L 10–1366,922 [1]
September 21 Utah State *
W 48–320,719 [2]
September 28at Air Force *No. 20
L 3–1029,920 [3]
October 5No. 14 Arizona State
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 27–1319,408 [4]
October 12at BYU
W 20–1726,468 [5]
October 19 Utah
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 20–915,626 [6]
October 26 New Mexico
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 35–619,169 [7]
November 2at Colorado State
W 46–1422,500 [8]
November 16at UTEP No. 20
W 26–1925,874 [9]
November 23at Arizona No. 20
L 7–1440,500 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[11]

Roster

1968 Wyoming Cowboys football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 22 Dave Hampton Sr
QB 12Skip JacobsonSr
QB 10Ed SynakowskiSo
RB 26 Joe Williams Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 88 Tony McGee So
LB 53Gene SheahanSo
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

1969 NFL/AFL Draft

Three Cowboys were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL Draft, the third common draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (442 selections). [12]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Gene Huey Wide receiver 5 123 St. Louis Cardinals
Dave Hampton Running back 9 220 Green Bay Packers
Dennis DevlinDefensive back 10 240 New England Patriots

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