2013 Wyoming Cowboys football team

2013 Wyoming Cowboys football
Conference Mountain West Conference
Division Mountain Division
2013 record 5–7 (3–5 MW)
Head coach Dave Christensen (5th season)
Offensive coordinator Pete Kaligis (5th season)
Co-offensive coordinator Jim Harding
Defensive coordinator Chris Tormey (fired October 29[1])
Jamar Cain (interim)[1] (2nd
1st season)
Home stadium War Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 29,181)
2013 Mountain West football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mountain Division
Utah State x  7 1     9 5  
Boise State  6 2     8 5  
Colorado State  5 3     8 6  
Wyoming  3 5     5 7  
New Mexico  1 7     3 9  
Air Force  0 8     2 10  
West Division
Fresno State x$  7 1     11 2  
San Diego State  6 2     8 5  
UNLV  5 3     7 6  
San Jose State  5 3     6 6  
Nevada  3 5     4 8  
Hawaii  0 8     1 11  
Championship: Fresno State 24, Utah State 17
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by fifth year head coach Dave Christensen and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium. They were members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place in the Mountain Division.

Defensive coordinator Chris Tormey was fired mid-season after two straight losses in which the Cowboys surrendered more than 50 points a game; Christensen promoted defensive line coach Jamar Cain to interim coordinator.[1]

On December 1, 2013, the university announced that head coach Dave Christensen had been fired from his position after five seasons with the program.[2]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 6:00 p.m. at No. 18 Nebraska* Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE BTN L 34–37   91,185[3]
September 7 2:00 p.m. Idaho* War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY RTRM W 42–10   22,030[4]
September 14 2:00 p.m. Northern Colorado* War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY W 35–7   19,091[4]
September 21 8:15 p.m. at Air Force Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO ESPNU W 56–23   35,389[4]
September 28 5:00 p.m. at Texas State* Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX LHN L 21–42   22,150[4]
October 12 1:30 p.m. New Mexico War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY RTRM W 38–31   22,853[4]
October 19 12:00 p.m. Colorado State War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Battle for the Bronze Boot) RTRM L 22–52   24,953[4]
October 26 5:00 p.m. at San Jose State Spartan StadiumSan Jose, CA RTRM L 44–51   16,123[4]
November 9 8:15 p.m. No. 17 Fresno State War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY ESPN2 L 10–48   15,700[4]
November 16 8:15 p.m. at Boise State Bronco StadiumBoise, ID ESPN2 L 7–48   33,992[4]
November 23 12:00 p.m. Hawaii War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Rivalry) W 59–56 OT  12,227[4]
November 30 12:00 p.m. at Utah State Romney StadiumLogan, UT (Rivalry) RTRM L 7–35   21,325[4]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

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Personnel

Coaching staff

NamePositionSeasons at
Wyoming
Alma materBefore Wyoming
Dave ChristensenHead Coach5Western Washington (1985)Missouri – Assistant Head Coach / Offensive Coordinator (2008)
Pete KaligisAsst. Head Coach / Co-Off. Coordinator / Running Backs Coach5Washington (1994)Montana – Offensive Line Coach (2008)
Jim HardingCo-Offensive Coordinator / Offensive Line Coach5Toledo (2001)Troy HS – Head Coach (2008)
Chris TormeyDefensive Coordinator / Safeties Coach2Idaho (1978)Washington State – Linebackers Coach (2011)
Robin RossSpecial Teams Coordinator / Linebackers2Washington State (1977)UNLV – Linebackers Coach (2011)
Jamar CainDefensive Line Coach1New Mexico State (2002)Cal Poly – Defensive Line Coach (2012)
Nick DanielsonTight Ends / H-Backs Coach2Occidental College (2011)University of Puget Sound – Assistant Offensive Line Coach (2012)
Jason GesserQuarterbacks1Washington State (2002)Idaho – Interim Head Coach / Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Coach (2012)
Renaldo HillCornerbacks2Michigan State (2012)Denver Broncos – Cornerback (2010)
Derek SageWide Receivers4Cal State Northridge (2002)New Hampshire – Wide Receivers Coach (2009)

Roster

2013 Wyoming Cowboys Football

Quarterbacks

  • 11 Colby Kirkegaard – Senior (6'3", 198)
  • 13 Tommy Thornton – Freshman (6'1", 205)
  • 16 Brett Smith – Junior (6'3", 205)
  • 17 Jason Thompson – Sophomore (6'2", 212)

Tailbacks

  •  7 D.J. May – Sophomore (5'11", 196)
  •  8 Brandon Miller – Senior (6'0", 188)
  • 22 Tedder Easton – Senior (5'11", 260)
  • 24 Omar Stover – Freshman (5'11", 192)
  • 26 Shaun Wick – Sophomore (5'10", 190)
  • 32 Joshua Tapscott – Freshman (5'9", 200)

Wide Receivers

  •  1 Jalen Claiborne – Junior (5'9", 175)
  •  2 Eric Nzeocha – Freshman (6'1", 208)
  •  3 Trey Norman – Junior (6'1", 170)
  •  4 Tanner Gentry – Freshman (6'2", 190)
  •  5 Trent Sewell – Freshman (6'2", 207)
  •  6 Robert Herron – Senior (5'10", 187)
  •  9 Sam Stratton – Junior (5'11", 196)
  • 18 Josh Smith – Junior (6'3", 205)
  • 19 Keenan Montgomery – Junior (6'1", 180)
  • 25 Spencer Bruce – Senior (6'5", 225)
  • 27 Oscar Nevermann – Freshman (6'1", 210)
  • 33 Dominic Rufran – Junior (6'0", 185)
  • 81 Justin Berger – Junior (6'2", 200)
  • 82 Tanner Simpson – Freshman (6'2", 178)
  • 83 Jake Maulhardt – Freshman (6'6", 197)
  • 89 Nico Brown – Freshman (6'3", 205)

Tight Ends

  • 42 Riley Lange – Junior (6'3", 250)
  • 80 J.D. Krill – Junior (6'6", 255)
  • 86 Luke Leddige – Junior (6'2", 205)
 

Offensive Linemen

  • 50 Albert Perez – Junior (6'1", 285)
  • 51 Tyler Strong – Senior (6'3", 312)
  • 58 Taylor Knestis – Freshman (6'5", 270)
  • 62 Josh Teeter – Freshman (6'3", 268)
  • 63 Rafe Kiely – Sophomore (6'3", 296)
  • 64 Charlie Renfree – Freshman (6'3", 283)
  • 65 Jesse Wilson – Sophomore (6'1", 230)
  • 66 Zach D'Amico – Sophomore (5'11", 275)
  • 69 Austin Tixier – Freshman (6'3", 272)
  • 71 Austin Traphagan – Sophomore (6'5", 308)
  • 72 Jake Jones – Sophomore (6'3", 295)
  • 73 Chase Roullier – Freshman (6'4", 312)
  • 74 Walker Madden – Junior (6'9", 280)
  • 75 Kurtis Stirneman – Freshman (6'5", 270)
  • 76 Jacob English – Freshman (6'5", 305)
  • 77 Connor Rains – Junior (6'7", 318)
  • 78 Nathan Leddige – Freshman (6'5", 289)
  • 79 Connor Riese – Freshman (6'7", 305)

Defensive Linemen

  • 12 Sonny Puletasi – Junior (6'3", 247)
  • 31 Sam Awrabi – Freshman (6'3", 245)
  • 34 Siaosi Hala'api'api – Sophomore (6'2", 240)
  • 46 Deven McKenna – Sophomore (6'2", 225)
  • 52 Sam Hardy – Freshman (6'3", 299)
  • 54 James Diamanti – Freshman (6'4", 296)
  • 55 Eddie Yarbrough – Sophomore (6'3", 253)
  • 57 Chase Appleby – Freshman (6'0", 289)
  • 60 Du'Ryan Ebbesen – Freshman (6'2", 301)
  • 90 Uso Olive – Freshman (6'1", 300)
  • 91 Troy Boyland – Junior (6'2", 310)
  • 94 Adam Kinder – Freshman (6'2", 206)
  • 95 Patrick Mertens – Senior (6'5", 295)
  • 96 Justin Bernthaler – Senior (6'2", 256)
  • 97 Dan Crook – Junior (6'3", 266)
  • 98 Dalton Fields – Freshman (6'3", 265)
 

Linebackers

  •  1 Jordan Stanton – Junior (6'0", 246)
  •  3 Jeff Lark – Sophomore (6'2", 203)
  •  8 Zack Berg – Sophomore (6'2", 226)
  •  9 Malkaam Muhammad – Sophomore (6'0", 225)
  • 12 Ruben Narcisse* – Senior (6'1", 214)
  • 15 Nehemie Kankolongo – Junior (5'11", 208)
  • 21 Mark Nzeocha – Junior (6'3", 230)
  • 22 Ryan Anaya – Freshman (6'2", 240)
  • 43 Devyn Harris – Senior (6'3", 229)
  • 44 J.J. Quinlan – Senior (6'1", 238)
  • 45 Lucas Wacha – Freshman (6'1", 201)
  • 47 Brandon Lukenbill – Freshman (6'2", 224)
  • 53 Alex Borgs – Junior (6'2", 224)

Defensive Backs

  •  2 Marqueston Huff – Senior (6'0", 195)
  •  4 DeAndre Jones – Junior (6'0", 180)
  •  5 Jesse Sampson – Junior (6'0", 188)
  •  6 B.J. Hendrix Jr. – Sophomore (5'11", 184)
  •  7 Chad Reese – Junior (5'11", 180)
  • 13 Darrenn White – Junior (6'0", 184)
  • 14 Xavier Lewis – Freshman (6'0", 190)
  • 16 Cortland Fort – Freshman (6'0", 182)
  • 20 Blair Burns – Junior (5'10", 180)
  • 23 Tim Kamana – Freshman (5'11", 185)
  • 24 Zaquoya Parham – Sophomore (5'10", 177)
  • 29 Timmy Hayes – Freshman (5'9", 185)
  • 32 Jake Schiffner – Junior (5'10", 181)
  • 35 Cooper Wise – Freshman (5'9", 170)
  • 37 Luke Kellum – Freshman (5'10", 184)
  • 38 Julian Hawkins – Junior (5'8", 169)

Placekickers/Punters

  • 39 Justin Martin – Sophomore (5'10", 178)
  • 40 Stuart Williams – Junior (5'11", 180)
  • 91 Ethan Wood – Freshman (6'3", 165)
  • 92 Taylor King – Freshman (5'9", 173)
  • 93 Kris Mull – Freshman (5'11", 155)

Longsnapper

  • 94 Brendan Turelli – Freshman (6'2", 240)
  • The name of Ruben Narcisse, who died in a car accident on Sept. 6, 2010, will remain on the Wyoming roster until his freshman class of 2010 graduates as his teammates and coaches wish to continue to honor him as a member of the Wyoming Cowboys. His class indicates the year in school he would be this season.


Box Scores

@ Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 7 7 7 13 34
#18 Cornhuskers 10 7 14 6 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–6 2011 NEB, 38–14

Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 0 0 0 10 10
Cowboys 0 21 21 0 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–1 2012 WYO, 40–37

Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 7 7
Cowboys 0 21 0 14 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–5–3 1949 WYO, 103–0

@ Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 14 28 7 7 56
Falcons 10 7 0 6 23
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–27–3 2012 AF, 28–27

@ Texas State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 14 0 7 21
Bobcats 7 7 14 14 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2011 WYO, 45–10

New Mexico

1 2 3 4 Total
Lobos 0 3 14 14 31
Cowboys 14 7 3 14 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
34–31 2012 WYO, 28–23

Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 14 10 14 14 52
Cowboys 0 7 8 7 22
Overall record Last meeting Result
44–55–5 2012 WYO, 45–31

@ San Jose State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 16 7 7 14 44
Spartans 0 14 22 15 51
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–1 1997 WYO, 30–10

Fresno State

1 2 3 4 Total
#17 Bulldogs 0 14 14 20 48
Cowboys 10 0 0 0 10
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–4 2012 FSU, 42–14

@ Boise State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 7 0 0 0 7
Broncos 14 14 17 3 48
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–7 2012 BSU, 45–14

Hawaii

1 2 3 4OT Total
Warriors 14 21 7 140 56
Cowboys 13 22 7 143 59
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–8 1997 WYO, 35–6

@ Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 0 0 7 7
Aggies 7 14 14 0 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
24–35–4 2011 USU, 63–19

Statistics

Team

Offense

Defense

Key: SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FF: Forced Fumbles, FR: Fumbles Recovered, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties

Special teams

Scores by quarter (all opponents)

1 2 3 4OT Total
All opponents 76 111 130 1230 440
Wyoming 78 137 60 973 375

References

  1. 1 2 3 Associated Press (October 29, 2013). "Wyoming Fires Chris Tormey". ESPN. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  2. Wolken, Dan (December 1, 2013). "Dave Christensen Out After Five Seasons at Wyoming". USA Today. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  3. "Wyoming Cowboys at #18 Nebraska Cornhuskers (August 31, 2013)". Statbroadcast.com. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Wyoming Combined Statistics" (PDF). Wyoming Athletics. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  5. "2013–2014 Schedule". University of Wyoming Athletics. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
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