1960 Wyoming Cowboys football team
| 1960 Wyoming Cowboys football | |
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MSC co-champion | |
| Conference | Skyline Conference (Mountain States) |
| 1960 record | 8–2 (6–1 Skyline) |
| Head coach | Bob Devaney (4th season) |
| Home stadium | War Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1960 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1960 college football season. The Cowboys offense scored 212 points while the defense allowed 71 points. Led by head coach Bob Devaney, the Cowboys finished the season with eight wins and two losses. Running back Jerry Hill was in his final season and finished his Cowboys career with 1,374 rushing yards on 288 carries.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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| September 17 | at Montana | Billings, Montana | W 14–0 | ||||||
| September 24 | New Mexico | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming | W 13–3 | ||||||
| October 1 | at Arizona* | Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona | L 19–21 | ||||||
| October 8 | Denver | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming | W 41–2 | ||||||
| October 15 | at Colorado State | Colorado Field • Fort Collins, Colorado (The Border War) | W 40–8 | ||||||
| October 22 | Air Force* | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming | W 15–0 | ||||||
| October 29 | Utah | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming | W 17–7 | ||||||
| November 5 | at Utah State | Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah (Rivalry) | L 13–17 | ||||||
| November 12 | at Texas Tech* | Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas | W 10–7 | ||||||
| November 19 | at BYU | Cougar Stadium • Provo, Utah | W 30–6 | ||||||
*Non-conference game.  | |||||||||
- Reference:[2]
Awards and honors
- Jerry Hill, All-Skyline Conference Running Back
1960 Team Players in the NFL
The following were selected in the 1961 NFL Draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
| Jerry Hill | Running back | 3 | 35 | Baltimore Colts |
| Chuck Lamson | Running back | 4 | 43 | Minnesota Vikings |
| Don Klacking | Running back | 8 | 203 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Mike Davenport | Running back | 17 | 428 | St. Louis Cardinals |
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
- ↑ "University of Wyoming – 1960". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
- ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1961.htm
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