1947 Wyoming Cowboys football team

1947 Wyoming Cowboys football
Conference Mountain States Conference
1947 record 4–5 (2–4 MSC)
Head coach Bowden Wyatt (1st season)
Home stadium Corbett Field
1947 MSC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Utah $ 6 –0 –0  8 –1 –1
Denver 3 –2 –1  5 –4 –1
Utah State 3 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Colorado 3 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
Colorado State 2 –3 –1  5 –4 –1
Wyoming 2 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
BYU 1 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1947 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1947 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bowden Wyatt, the Cowboys compiled a 4–5 record (2–4 against MSC opponents), finished sixth in the MSC, and outscored all opponents by a total of 175 to 168.[1][2]

The 1947 season was Bowden Wyatt's first as a head coach. He was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1997.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Arizona*
L 7–27
October 4BYU
  • Corbett Field
  • Laramie, WY
W 12–7
October 11Colorado Mines*
W 53–6
October 18Utah State
W 33–19
October 25Utah
  • Corbett Field
  • Laramie, WY
L 7–26
November 1at Colorado State [Greeley]*Greeley, COW 44–14
November 8at Denver
L 7–27
November 15at Colorado
L 6–21
November 22at Colorado A&M
L 6–21
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ↑ "1947 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 212. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bowden Wyatt". National Football Foundation. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
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