Wyoming Cowboys

Mountain WestLaramie, WYWar Memorial Stadium

2026: 4–⁠3 (3–⁠1 Mountain West). Last: beat Northern Illinois 41–⁠23 at home. Next: Air Force, Friday, Oct 23, 9 p.m. ET.

  1. L 13–⁠35at Colorado State
  2. W 21–⁠13Northern Colorado
  3. L 10–⁠24at Central Michigan
  4. W 27–⁠10Hawai’i
  5. L 0–⁠28at North Dakota State
  6. W 16–⁠13at San José State
  7. W 41–⁠23Northern Illinois
  8. Oct 23Air Force
  9. Nov 7at UNLV
  10. Nov 14at UTEP
  11. Nov 21New Mexico
  12. Nov 28UConn

Wyoming has played football since 1893 and is 551–⁠609–⁠27 in the 1,187 games on record here, which start in 1903. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 6, in 1967. They have won seven Western Athletic Conference titles (the last in 1993) and seven Skyline Conference titles, counting shared titles. Since 1952, the NFL Draft has taken 50 players from here in its first seven rounds, 4 of them in the first round. The AFL draft also took one player from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 3 players and 5 coaches from Wyoming. Craig Bohl (2014–⁠2023) won more games here than any other coach: 61. The most-played rival is Colorado State: 118 meetings, Colorado State leads 61–⁠52–⁠5. This season, under Jay Sawvel, they’re 4–⁠3.

Résumé

All-time record
572–⁠617–⁠28 official; 551–⁠609–⁠27 on file; how we count
Postseason
10–⁠10 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 52 ranked
Elo now
1433 107th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 107 · Composite No. 117 in FBS, Oct 17; up 2 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
1967 rated 1720
Conference titles
14 last in 1993
Bowl record
10–⁠9 official, bowls only
Seasons
120 since 1903, 1,187 games

Identity

Fight song
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Student section
Wild Bunch
Apparel
Adidas

2026 season 4–⁠3

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Wyoming’s Elo through 2026: 1416 going into the opener, 1433 after the latest game.1375140014251450Elo 1416 going in; lost to Colorado State 35–13Elo 1387 going in; beat Northern Colorado 21–13Elo 1395 going in; lost to Central Michigan 24–10Elo 1376 going in; beat Hawai’i 27–10Elo 1410 going in; lost to North Dakota State 28–0Elo 1399 going in; beat San José State 16–13Elo 1417 going in; beat Northern Illinois 41–23Now: Elo 1433 after the latest game1433
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Future schedule

2027–⁠34
20274 games: 2 home, 2 away, non-conference only
20284 games: 2 home, 2 away, non-conference only
20294 games: 3 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20303 games: 2 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20312 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20324 games: 2 home, 2 away, non-conference only
20333 games: 2 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20342 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only

Wyoming’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, the next 8 seasons (2 more listed), as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of April 8, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Wyoming.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Mascot
Pistol Pete · Official source
Student section
Wild Bunch · Official source
Offensive coordinator
Christian Taylor · Official source
Radio flagship
KOWB · Single source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Adidas, from 2018. Eight years. The eight-year deal ran through the end of the 2025-26 season. The current term hasn't been confirmed here.

  • Wyoming Athletics: Eight years through the 2025-26 season, official footwear, apparel and accessory brand
  • SportBusiness: Eight-year deal from the 2018-19 academic year to the end of the 2025-26 season

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026. Our own research hasn’t confirmed the outfitter yet.

Program strength since 1903

Best seasons ever
Wyoming end-of-season Elo from 1903 to 2026, best in 1967 at 1720.13001500170019001920194019601980200020201967 peak: Elo 1720
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Jay Sawvel2024–⁠202611–⁠20
Craig Bohl2014–⁠202361–⁠60
Dave Christensen2009–⁠201327–⁠35
Joe Glenn2003–⁠200830–⁠41
Vic Koenning2000–⁠20025–⁠29
Dana Dimel1997–⁠199922–⁠13
Joe Tiller1991–⁠199639–⁠30–⁠1
Paul Roach1987–⁠199035–⁠15
Dennis Erickson19866–⁠6
Al Kincaid1981–⁠198529–⁠29
Pat Dye19806–⁠5
Bill Lewis1977–⁠197913–⁠21–⁠1
Fred Akers1975–⁠197610–⁠13
Fritz Shurmur1971–⁠197415–⁠29
Lloyd Eaton1962–⁠197057–⁠33–⁠2
Bob Devaney1957–⁠196135–⁠10–⁠5
Phil Dickens1953–⁠195629–⁠11–⁠1
Bowden Wyatt1947–⁠195239–⁠17–⁠1
Bunny Oakes1941–⁠19466–⁠20–⁠2
Okie Blanchard19401–⁠7–⁠1
Joel Hunt19390–⁠7–⁠1
Dutch Witte1933–⁠193816–⁠30–⁠3
John Rhodes1930–⁠193210–⁠15–⁠2
George McLaren1927–⁠19297–⁠19
William Dietz1924–⁠192610–⁠13–⁠2
John Corbett1915–⁠192315–⁠44–⁠3
Ralph Thacker1913–⁠19141–⁠10
Leon Excelby19122–⁠7
H.I. Dean1909–⁠191111–⁠12–⁠1
Robert Ehlman1907–⁠19080–⁠2
William McMurray1903–⁠19063–⁠6–⁠1

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesWYO record
Colorado State11852–⁠61–⁠5 ‡
Utah8331–⁠51–⁠1
BYU8030–⁠47–⁠3
New Mexico7741–⁠36
Utah State7228–⁠40–⁠4
Air Force6328–⁠32–⁠3
Denver4411–⁠31–⁠2
San Diego State4019–⁠21

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Colorado State, North Dakota State, Utah State.

The trophy it holds: Paniolo Trophy (Hawai’i). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (132)

Every program Wyoming has played, A to Z, with Wyoming’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

14, counting shared titles
Western Athletic Conference 7
1966, 1967, 1968, 1976 (shared), 1987, 1988, 1993 (shared)
Skyline Conference 7
1949, 1950, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960 (shared), 1961 (shared)
MW Mountain 1
2016 (tied)
WAC Pacific 1
1996

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1893–⁠1904
  2. Colorado Football Conference 1905–⁠1908
  3. Mountain States Conference 1938–⁠1942 and 1946–⁠1947
  4. Skyline Conference 1948–⁠1961
  5. Mountain West Conference since 1999
  • 1938Joined the Mountain States Conference from the Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference. Source
  • 1962Joined the WAC from the Skyline Conference. Source
  • 1999Joined the Mountain West Conference from the WAC. Source

Wyoming’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
1996Marcus Harris WRBiletnikoff

Consensus All-Americans 4

1997Brian Lee DB
1996Marcus Harris WR
1984Jay Novacek TE
1983Jack Weil P

Led the nation 9

1996Josh Wallwork passing yards (4,090 yds), total offense (4,209 yds), total offense per game (350.8)
1996Marcus Harris receiving yards (1,650 yds)
1994Marcus Harris receiving yards (1,431 yds)
1992Ryan Yarborough receiving yards (1,351 yds)
1984Kevin Lowe yards per carry (8.0)
1966Vic Washington punt return yards (443 yds)
1956Jim Crawford rushing yards (1,104 yds)
1951Dewey McConnell receptions (47 catches)
1941Earl Ray kickoff return yards (496 yds)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
3
Coaches
5
2025Ryan Yarborough WR
2019Dennis Erickson coach here, 1986
2012William Henry Dietz coach here, 1924–⁠1926
2008Jay Novacek TE
2006Pat Dye coach here, 1980
2000Eddie Talboom RB
1997Bowden Wyatt coach here, 1947–⁠1952
1981Bob Devaney coach here, 1957–⁠1961

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
50 since 1952
First-round picks
4
AFL picks
1 1961
2018Josh Allen QBNo. 7, Buffalo Bills
1976Lawrence Gaines RBNo. 16, Detroit Lions
1976Aaron Kyle DBNo. 27, Dallas Cowboys
1967Ron Billingsley DTNo. 14, San Diego Chargers

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

University of Wyoming
Enrollment
10,813 8,130 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Laramie, Wyoming
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1886
Graduates’ median earnings
$56,880 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @wyo_footballInstagram @wyo_footballFacebook wyofootball
Athletics department
X @wyoathleticsInstagram @wyoathleticsFacebook wyoathletics

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones gowyo.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20264–⁠33–⁠1Jay Sawvel1433-13.8
20254–⁠82–⁠6Jay Sawvel1374-11.3
20243–⁠92–⁠5Jay Sawvel1402-13.6
20239–⁠45–⁠3Craig Bohl1537-3.6
20227–⁠65–⁠3Craig Bohl1480-10.8
20217–⁠62–⁠6Craig Bohl14980.6
20202–⁠42–⁠4Craig Bohl1518-2.5
20198–⁠54–⁠4Craig Bohl1561-1.1
20186–⁠64–⁠4Craig Bohl15201.9
20178–⁠55–⁠3Craig Bohl1537-2.5
20168–⁠66–⁠2Craig Bohl1464-6.9
20152–⁠102–⁠6Craig Bohl1290-16.7
20144–⁠82–⁠6Craig Bohl1375-14.0
20135–⁠73–⁠5Dave Christensen1385-15.3
20124–⁠83–⁠5Dave Christensen1421-14.2
20118–⁠55–⁠2Dave Christensen1459-14.2
20103–⁠91–⁠7Dave Christensen1378-13.0
20097–⁠64–⁠4Dave Christensen1439-14.4
20084–⁠81–⁠7Joe Glenn1363-14.5
20075–⁠72–⁠6Joe Glenn1414-5.0
20066–⁠65–⁠3Joe Glenn14850.3
20054–⁠72–⁠6Joe Glenn1408-4.0
20047–⁠53–⁠4Joe Glenn1463-1.6
20034–⁠82–⁠5Joe Glenn1351-3.5
20022–⁠101–⁠6Vic Koenning1295-12.8
Every season back to 1903 (95 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20012–⁠90–⁠7Vic Koenning1271-19.1
20001–⁠100–⁠7Vic Koenning1315-22.2
19997–⁠44–⁠3Dana Dimel15646.1
19988–⁠36–⁠2Dana Dimel15366.1
19977–⁠64–⁠4Dana Dimel15338.9
199610–⁠27–⁠122Joe Tiller159311.3
19956–⁠54–⁠4Joe Tiller15103.5
19946–⁠64–⁠4Joe Tiller14861.2
19938–⁠46–⁠2Joe Tiller15042.4
19925–⁠73–⁠5Joe Tiller1453-0.7
19914–⁠6–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1Joe Tiller1474-6.2
19909–⁠45–⁠3Paul Roach1534-0.4
19895–⁠65–⁠3Paul Roach1526-0.6
198811–⁠28–⁠0Paul Roach164420.2
198710–⁠38–⁠0Paul Roach161210.7
19866–⁠64–⁠4Dennis Erickson14531.4
19853–⁠82–⁠6Al Kincaid1375-10.6
19846–⁠64–⁠4Al Kincaid1464-1.1
19837–⁠55–⁠3Al Kincaid15394.8
19825–⁠72–⁠6Al Kincaid1464-3.5
19818–⁠36–⁠2Al Kincaid158213.2
19806–⁠54–⁠4Pat Dye14570.5
19794–⁠82–⁠5Bill Lewis1397-12.1
19785–⁠74–⁠2Bill Lewis14447.4
19774–⁠6–⁠14–⁠3Bill Lewis1418-11.7
19768–⁠46–⁠1Fred Akers1437-7.6
19752–⁠91–⁠6Fred Akers1320-4.9
19742–⁠91–⁠6Fritz Shurmur1309-17.6
19734–⁠73–⁠4Fritz Shurmur14143.1
19724–⁠73–⁠4Fritz Shurmur1376-15.9
19715–⁠63–⁠4Fritz Shurmur1408-2.4
19701–⁠91–⁠6Lloyd Eaton1335-16.3
19696–⁠44–⁠3Lloyd Eaton1544
19687–⁠36–⁠1Lloyd Eaton1670
196710–⁠15–⁠06Lloyd Eaton1720
196610–⁠15–⁠0Lloyd Eaton1719
19656–⁠43–⁠2Lloyd Eaton1554
19646–⁠2–⁠22–⁠2Lloyd Eaton1563
19636–⁠42–⁠3Lloyd Eaton1528
19625–⁠52–⁠2Lloyd Eaton1535
19616–⁠1–⁠25–⁠0–⁠1Bob Devaney1667
19608–⁠26–⁠1Bob Devaney1674
19599–⁠17–⁠016Bob Devaney1673
19588–⁠36–⁠1Bob Devaney1601
19574–⁠3–⁠33–⁠2–⁠2Bob Devaney1563
195610–⁠07–⁠0Phil Dickens1685
19558–⁠35–⁠2Phil Dickens1599
19546–⁠45–⁠1Phil Dickens1529
19535–⁠4–⁠14–⁠2–⁠1Phil Dickens1524
19525–⁠44–⁠3Bowden Wyatt1541
19517–⁠2–⁠15–⁠1–⁠1Bowden Wyatt1656
195010–⁠05–⁠012Bowden Wyatt1696
19499–⁠15–⁠0Bowden Wyatt1572
19484–⁠50–⁠5Bowden Wyatt1391
19474–⁠52–⁠4Bowden Wyatt1334
19461–⁠8–⁠10–⁠6Bunny Oakes1253
19423–⁠51–⁠5Bunny Oakes1335
19412–⁠7–⁠11–⁠5Bunny Oakes1255
19401–⁠7–⁠10–⁠5–⁠1Okie Blanchard1276
19390–⁠7–⁠10–⁠5–⁠1Joel Hunt1297
19382–⁠5–⁠11–⁠4–⁠1Dutch Witte1402
19373–⁠52–⁠4Dutch Witte1391
19362–⁠5–⁠12–⁠4–⁠1Dutch Witte1381
19354–⁠43–⁠4Dutch Witte1431
19343–⁠52–⁠4Dutch Witte1370
19332–⁠6–⁠11–⁠6–⁠1Dutch Witte1306
19322–⁠6–⁠11–⁠4–⁠1John Rhodes1329
19316–⁠43–⁠2John Rhodes1438
19302–⁠5–⁠11–⁠5–⁠1John Rhodes1379
19291–⁠70–⁠7George McLaren1253
19282–⁠70–⁠5George McLaren1255
19274–⁠51–⁠4George McLaren1386
19262–⁠4–⁠21–⁠2–⁠2William Dietz1379
19256–⁠34–⁠3William Dietz1445
19242–⁠62–⁠6William Dietz1292
19230–⁠80–⁠7John Corbett1237
19221–⁠81–⁠7John Corbett1294
19211–⁠4–⁠21–⁠3–⁠2John Corbett1385
19204–⁠5–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1John Corbett1406
19193–⁠53–⁠3John Corbett1371
19173–⁠41–⁠4John Corbett1350
19161–⁠41–⁠4John Corbett1318
19152–⁠61–⁠5John Corbett1255
19141–⁠50–⁠5Ralph Thacker1231
19130–⁠50–⁠5Ralph Thacker1259
19122–⁠70–⁠5Leon Excelby1293
19114–⁠3–⁠12–⁠3H.I. Dean1456
19104–⁠41–⁠4H.I. Dean1415
19093–⁠50–⁠1H.I. Dean1348
1908few games on file0–⁠1Robert Ehlman1421
1907few games on file0–⁠1Robert Ehlman1429
1906few games on file0–⁠1William McMurray1422
19053–⁠40–⁠1William McMurray1423
1904few games on file0–⁠0–⁠1William McMurray1481
1903few games on file0–⁠1William McMurray1477

Officially 572–⁠617–⁠28 since 1893 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 551–⁠609–⁠27 (−21 wins, −8 losses, −1 tie). Our file starts in 1903; the program began in 1893. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1918, 1943–⁠45: wartime seasons, when many programs didn’t play.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.