1970 Wyoming Cowboys football team

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1970 Wyoming Cowboys football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Record1–9 (1–6 WAC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Tom Gorman
  • Dale Pernula
Home stadium War Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1969
1971  →
1970 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Arizona State $ 7 –0 –011 –0 –0
New Mexico 5 –1 –07 –3 –0
Utah 4 –2 –06 –4 –0
UTEP 4 –3 –06 –4 –0
Arizona 2 –4 –04 –6 –0
Colorado State 1 –3 –04 –7 –0
BYU 1 –6 –03 –8 –0
Wyoming 1 –6 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. Led by ninth-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.

Contents

The Cowboys compiled a record of 1-9 (1-6 against conference opponents), finished eighth in the WAC, and Eaton was reassigned to assistant athletic director. [1] The controversial previous season had concluded with four consecutive losses, all on the road.

A week before the season opener, starting quarterback Ed Synakowski drowned in a boating accident while fishing with his brother on Lake Hattie, just southwest of Laramie. [2] [3] [4]

Wyoming entered this year with 22 consecutive home wins, which started with the opener of the 1965 season, [5] but the Cowboys lost all five games in Laramie in 1970.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 191:30 p.m. Air Force *
L 17–4124,541 [6]
September 26 Utah State *
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY (rivalry)
L 29–4221,177 [7]
October 3No. 18 Arizona State
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
L 3–5217,170 [8]
October 10at Colorado State
W 16–624,430 [9]
October 17 Utah
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
L 16–205,518 [10]
October 24 New Mexico
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
L 7–1716,589 [11]
October 31at BYU
L 3–2322,551 [12]
November 7at UTEP
L 7–4210,053 [13]
November 14at Houston *
L 0–2826,987 [14]
November 21at Arizona
L 12–3831,882 [15]

[16]

NFL draft

One Cowboy was selected in the 1971 NFL draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (442 selections). [17]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Bob JacobsPlacekicker 7 170 Cleveland Browns

Defensive end Tony McGee, a Cowboy in 1969, was selected in the third round and played in the NFL for 14 seasons.

References

  1. ↑ "No regrets says Eaton, 13 years after 'crash'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. May 14, 1982. p. 17.
  2. ↑ "Cowboy QB loses life in capsizing". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. September 13, 1970. p. 5, sports.
  3. ↑ "Wyoming students mourn Q-back death". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. September 14, 1970. p. B6.
  4. ↑ "Wyoming quarterback drowns in boating accident". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 14, 1970. p. 2B.
  5. ↑ "Passes lead Falcons past Wyoming '11'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 20, 1970. p. 7B.
  6. ↑ "Falcons beat Pokes, 41–17". Casper Star-Tribune. September 20, 1970. Retrieved September 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Aggies fight back to top 'Pokes, 42–29". The Billings Gazette. September 27, 1970. Retrieved September 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "'Spaghetti Joe' sets table as Ariz. State routs Wyoming 52–3". The Courier-Journal. October 4, 1970. Retrieved September 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Cowboy defense stymies Rams, 16–6". Fort Collins Coloradoan. October 11, 1970. Retrieved September 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Redskins edge Cowboys in thriller". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. October 18, 1970. Retrieved September 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Scarber stars as Lobos win". The Odessa American. October 25, 1970. Retrieved September 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "BYU scores first victory over Wyoming since 1962". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. November 1, 1970. Retrieved September 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "El Paso, 42–7". Independent Press-Telegram. November 8, 1970. Retrieved September 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Houston wallops Wyoming, 28–0". San Antonio Express/News. November 15, 1970. Retrieved September 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Arizona routs Wyoming". Fort Collins Coloradoan. November 22, 1970. Retrieved September 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "1970 NCAA Football Statistics (Wyoming)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  17. ↑ "1971 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
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