List of Wyoming Cowboys bowl games

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Wyoming defeated UCLA in the 2004 Las Vegas Bowl to end their six bowl game losing streak. 2004LVBowl.JPG
Wyoming defeated UCLA in the 2004 Las Vegas Bowl to end their six bowl game losing streak.

The Wyoming Cowboys college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Wyoming in the Mountain West Conference (MW). Since the establishment of the team in 1892, Wyoming has appeared in 19 bowl games. [2] The latest bowl appearance was on December 30, 2022, when Wyoming lost in overtime to Ohio University in the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl. The loss brought the Cowboys' overall bowl record to nine wins and nine losses (9–9). [2] [3] The Cowboys will play in the Toledo Rockets in the 2023 Arizona Bowl

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List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach [A 1]
#BowlScore [A 2] DateSeason [A 3] Opponent [A 4] StadiumLocationAttendance [4] Head coach
1 Gator Bowl W 20–7January 1, 1951 1950 Washington & Lee Gator Bowl Jacksonville 19,834 Bowden Wyatt
2 Sun Bowl W 21–14January 2, 1956 1955 Texas Tech Kidd Field El Paso 14,500 Phil Dickens
3 Sun Bowl W 14–6December 31, 1958 1958 Hardin–Simmons Kidd Field El Paso 13,000 Bob Devaney
4 Sun Bowl W 28–20December 24, 1966 1966 Florida State Sun Bowl El Paso 24,381 Lloyd Eaton
5 Sugar Bowl L 20–13January 1, 1968 1967 LSU Tulane Stadium New Orleans 78,963 Lloyd Eaton
6 Fiesta Bowl L 41–7December 25, 1976 1976 Oklahoma Sun Devil Stadium Tempe 48,174 Fred Akers
7 Holiday Bowl L 20–19December 30, 1987 1987 Iowa Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego 61,892 Paul Roach
8 Holiday Bowl L 62–14December 30, 1988 1988 Oklahoma State Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego 60,718 Paul Roach
9 Copper Bowl L 17–15December 31, 1990 1990 California Arizona Stadium Tucson 36,340 Paul Roach
10 Copper Bowl L 52–17December 29, 1993 1993 Kansas State Arizona Stadium Tucson 49,075 Joe Tiller
11 Las Vegas Bowl W 24–21December 23, 2004 2004 UCLA Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney 29,062 Joe Glenn
12 New Mexico Bowl W 35–283OTDecember 19, 2009 2009 Fresno State University Stadium Albuquerque 24,898 Dave Christensen
13 New Mexico Bowl L 37–15December 17, 2011 2011 Temple University Stadium Albuquerque 25,762 [5] Dave Christensen
14 Poinsettia Bowl L 24–21December 21, 2016 2016 BYU Qualcomm Stadium San Diego 28,114 Craig Bohl
15 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl W 37–14December 22, 2017 2017 Central Michigan Albertsons Stadium Boise 16,512 Craig Bohl
16 Arizona Bowl W 38–17December 31, 2019 2019 Georgia State Arizona Stadium Tucson 36,892 Craig Bohl
17 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl W 52–38December 21, 2021 2021 Kent State Albertsons Stadium Boise 10,217 Craig Bohl
18 Arizona Bowl L 27–30OTDecember 30, 2022 2022 Ohio Arizona Stadium Tucson 27,691 Craig Bohl
19 Arizona Bowl TBDDecember 30, 2023 2023 Toledo Arizona Stadium Tucson Craig Bohl

Notes

  1. Statistics correct as of 2022–23 NCAA football bowl games.
  2. Results are sortable first by whether the result was a Wyoming win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
  3. Links to the season article for the Wyoming team that competed in the bowl for that year.
  4. Links to the season article for the opponent that Wyoming competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.

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  1. "Bramlett guides fourth-quarter comeback". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 23, 2004. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 29
  3. "Temple wins New Mexico Bowl with romp over Wyoming". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 17, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  4. Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38
  5. "Temple Owls vs. Wyoming Cowboys box score". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 17, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2011.