1967 Wyoming Cowboys football team

The 1967 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Lloyd Eaton, they were members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and played their home games on campus at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie.

1967 Wyoming Cowboys football
WAC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 13–20 vs LSU
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 6
Record10–1 (5–0 WAC)
Head coach
CaptainMike Dirks, Jim Kiick
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
1967 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Wyoming $ 5 –0 –010 –1 –0
Arizona State 4 –1 –08 –2 –0
BYU 3 –2 –06 –4 –0
Utah 2 –3 –04 –7 –0
Arizona 1 –4 –03 –6 –1
New Mexico 0 –5 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Wyoming won all ten games in the regular season, had the nation's best rushing defense, and was invited to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on New Year's Day.[1] On a fourteen-game winning streak, underdog Wyoming led unranked LSU 13–0 at halftime, but were outscored 20–0 in the second half.[2][3]

The Cowboys outscored their opponents 289 to 119; they were led on offense by quarterback Paul Toscano and running back Jim Kiick.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 16at Arizona
W 36–17
September 23Air Force*
W 37–10
September 30Colorado State*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY (rivalry)
W 13–10
October 7BYU
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 26–10
October 14at Utah
W 28–028,055
October 21Wichita State*No. 10
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 30–7
October 28at Arizona StateNo. 8
W 15–13
November 4at San Jose State*No. 8
W 28–7
November 11at New MexicoNo. 7
ABCW 42–6
November 18at UTEP*No. 6
W 21–19
January 1, 196811:45 amvs. LSU*No. 6
NBCL 13–2078,963[4]

[5]

  • The AP rankings included only the top ten this season; the final poll was released in late November.

NFL/AFL Draft

Five Cowboys were selected in the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft, the second common draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (462 selections).[6]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallFranchise
Jerry DePoysterKicker237Detroit Lions
Mike LaHoodGuard251Los Angeles Rams
Jim KiickRunning back5118Miami Dolphins
Mike DirksTackle5122Philadelphia Eagles
Paul ToscanoDefensive Back ^7187Houston Oilers
^ Toscano was the Wyoming quarterback

Awards and honors
  • Mike Dirks, All-American: (Football Writers of America, Look Magazine, Newspaper Enterprise Association)[1]
  • Mike Dirks, First Team, All-Western Athletic Conference

References
  1. "University of Wyoming Official Athletic Site - Traditions". Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. "Tigers upset Wyoming". Eugene Register-Guard. (location). Associated Press. January 2, 1968. p. 2B.
  3. "LSU rallies in 2nd half to defeat Wyoming, 20-13". Milwaukee Journal. press dispatches. January 2, 1968. p. 18. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  4. "Late Bengal comeback nips Cowboys, 20–13". The Shreveport Journal. January 2, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Lloyd W. Eaton, 1967". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  6. "1968 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
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