List of Wyoming Cowboys bowl games

American football on the field with spectators in the stands.
Wyoming defeated UCLA in the 2004 Las Vegas Bowl to end their six bowl game losing streak.[1]

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 14 bowl games.[2] The latest bowl occurred on December 22, 2017, when Wyoming defeated to Central Michigan 37–14 in the 2017 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. The win in that game brought the Cowboys' overall bowl record to seven wins and eight losses (7–8).[2][3]

Key

Bowl games

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

Notes

  1. ↑ Statistics correct as of 2011–12 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.

References

General
  • National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
Specific
  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.
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