1970 Wyoming Cowboys football team

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1970 Wyoming Cowboys football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Record1–9 (1–6 WAC)
Head coach
CaptainTom Gorman, Dale Pernula
Home stadium War Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1969
1971  →
1970 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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.

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The Cowboys complied 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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 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]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[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.

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References

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  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.
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  11. ↑ "Scarber stars as Lobos win". The Odessa American. October 25, 1970. Retrieved September 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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  14. ↑ "Houston wallops Wyoming, 28–0". San Antonio Express/News. November 15, 1970. Retrieved September 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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