1955 Wyoming Cowboys Football Team
The 1955 Wyoming Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wyoming as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1955 college football season.
In their third year under head coach Phil Dickens, the Cowboys compiled a record of eight wins and three losses (8–3, 5–2 Skyline), defeated Texas Tech in the 1956 Sun Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 225 to 137. They played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming.
| 1955 Wyoming Cowboys football | |
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Sun Bowl champion | |
Sun Bowl, W 28–14 vs. Texas Tech | |
| Conference | Skyline Conference |
| Record | 8–3 (5–2 Skyline) |
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| Captain | Ray Lutterman |
| Home stadium | War Memorial Stadium |
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| Colorado A&M $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 17 | at Kansas State* | W 38–20 | ||||
| September 24 | 1:30 p.m. | vs. Montana |
| W 35–6 | 7,000 | |
| October 1 | Utah State | W 21–13 | ||||
| October 8 | Colorado A&M |
| L 13–14 | 14,000 | ||
| October 15 | Tulsa* |
| W 23–19 | 8,890 | ||
| October 22 | at Utah | W 23–13 | ||||
| October 29 | BYU |
| W 14–6 | |||
| November 12 | at New Mexico* | W 20–0 | ||||
| November 24 | at Denver | L 3–6 | 25,000 | |||
| December 3 | at Houston* | L 14–26 | 10,000 | |||
| January 1 | vs. Texas Tech* | W 21–14 | 14,500 | |||
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1955 team players in the NFL
The following were selected in the 1956 NFL Draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL Team |
| Joe Mastrogiovanni | Back | 17 | 198 | Philadelphia Eagles |
References
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