1968 Wyoming Cowboys Football Team

1968 Wyoming Cowboys football
1968 Wyoming Cowboys football
WAC champion
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	7–3 (6–1 WAC)
Head coach	Lloyd Eaton (7th season);
Captain	Jim House, Gene Huey
Home stadium	War Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

Led by seventh-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.

1968 Western Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Wyoming $	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Arizona State	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Arizona	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
UTEP	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Utah	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Colorado State *	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
BYU	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
New Mexico	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion * Games against Texas Tech and Air Force counted in the conference standings.

The Cowboys had a record of 7–3, won a third consecutive WAC title, and outscored their opponents 242 to 118.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 14	at No. 14 Nebraska*		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	L 10–13	66,922
September 21	Utah State*		War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY (rivalry)	W 48–3	20,719
September 28	at Air Force*	No. 20	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	L 3–10
October 5	No. 14 Arizona State		War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	W 27–13
October 12	at BYU		Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 20–17
October 19	Utah		War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	W 20–9
October 26	New Mexico		War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	W 35–6
November 2	at Colorado State		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO (rivalry)	W 46–14	22,500
November 16	at UTEP	No. 20	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	W 26–19
November 23	at Arizona	No. 20	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 7–14
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1968 Wyoming Cowboys football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`22`	Dave Hampton	Sr
QB	`12`	Skip Jacobson	Sr
QB	`10`	Ed Synakowski	So
RB	`26`	Joe Williams	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`88`	Tony McGee	So
LB	`53`	Gene Sheahan	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Lloyd Eaton

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

1969 NFL/AFL Draft

Three Cowboys were selected in the 1969 NFL/AFL Draft, the third common draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (442 selections).

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL team
Gene Huey	Wide receiver	5	123	St. Louis Cardinals
Dave Hampton	Running back	9	220	Green Bay Packers
Dennis Devlin	Defensive back	10	240	New England Patriots

References

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1968 Wyoming Cowboys Football Team

Schedule

Roster

1969 NFL/AFL Draft

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