2012 Wyoming Cowboys football team

2012 Wyoming Cowboys football

Conference	Mountain West Conference
2012 record	4–8 (3–5 MWC)
Head coach	Dave Christensen (4th year, games 1–7 and 9–12) Pete Kaligis (interim, game 8)
Offensive coordinator	Gregg Brandon
Defensive coordinator	Chris Tormey
Home stadium	War Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 29,181)


2012 Mountain West Conference football standings
Team	W		L	W		L
#18 Boise State §	7	–	1	11	–	2
Fresno State §	7	–	1	9	–	4
San Diego State §	7	–	1	9	–	4
Air Force	5	–	3	6	–	7
Nevada	4	–	4	7	–	6
Wyoming	3	–	5	4	–	8
Colorado State	3	–	5	4	–	8
UNLV	2	–	6	2	–	11
New Mexico	1	–	7	4	–	9
Hawaii	1	–	7	3	–	9

§ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by fourth year head coach Dave Christensen and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

On October 13, 2012; Christensen confronted Air Force coach Troy Calhoun after the Cowboys' narrow 28–27 loss to the Falcons. Believing Calhoun had told Air Force quarterback Connor Dietz to fake an injury in order to buy more time before the game-winning touchdown, Christensen launched a profanity-laced tirade at Calhoun, calling him a "fly boy." Christensen apologized the next night and was reprimanded by the Mountain West Conference for his actions. On October 22, Wyoming athletic director Tom Burman suspended Christensen for the Cowboys' game against Boise State and fined him $50,000. Assistant head coach Pete Kaligis coached the team in that game.^[1] However, Wyoming credits the entire season to Christensen.

Schedule

^[2]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 PM	at #15 Texas*	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	LHN	L 17–37	101,142
September 8	2:00 PM	Toledo*	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY		L 31–34	21,688
September 15	4:00 PM	Cal Poly*	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY		L 22–24	21,728
September 22	3:00 PM	at Idaho*	Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID	ESPN3	W 40–37 ^OT	13,558
October 6	5:05 PM	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV		L 28–35 ^OT	24,025
October 13	5:00 PM	Air Force	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	ROOT	L 27–28	22,627
October 20	8:30 PM	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	ROOT/TWCSN	L 14–42	29,423
October 27	1:30 PM	#18 Boise State	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	CBSSN	L 14–45	17,855
November 3	2:30 PM	Colorado State	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Battle for the Bronze Boot)	KTVD	W 45–31	20,055
November 10	1:30 PM	at New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM		W 28–23	17,839
November 17	2:00 PM	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	TWCSN	W 28–23	10,717
November 24	1:30 PM	San Diego State	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	ROOT/TWCSN	L 28–42	13,374
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Box Scores

@ Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	9	0	0	8	17
#15 Longhorns	7	17	7	6	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	2010	TEX, 34–7

Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rockets	3	14	10	7	34
Cowboys	14	6	0	11	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2010	WYO, 20–15

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	14	0	7	3	24
Cowboys	0	15	0	7	22

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-0	First meeting

@ Idaho

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Cowboys	14	0	6	14	6	40
Vandals	6	14	7	7	3	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–1	1999	WYO, 28–13

@ Nevada

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Cowboys	7	7	7	7	0	28
Wolf Pack	7	14	0	7	7	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2000	NEV, 35–28

Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	7	7	7	28
Cowboys	6	18	3	0	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–26–3	2011	WYO, 25–17

@ Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	0	7	7	14
Bulldogs	21	14	0	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–3	2009	WYO, 35–28

Last meeting was in the 2009 New Mexico Bowl.

Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Broncos	7	10	21	7	45
Cowboys	0	7	0	7	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–6	2011	BSU, 36–14

Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
State Rams	7	7	3	14	31
Cowboys	21	7	14	3	45

See also: 2012 Colorado State Rams football team and Bronze Boot

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
43–55–5	2011	WYO, 22–19

@ New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	21	0	7	28
Lobos	0	7	10	6	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
33–31	2011	WYO, 31–10

@ UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	14	14	0	0	28
Rebels	7	10	0	6	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–10	2011	WYO, 41–14

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	7	14	14	7	42
Cowboys	7	21	0	0	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–15	2011	WYO, 30–27

References

Wyoming Cowboys football

Venues	Corbett Field (1925–1949) War Memorial Stadium (1950–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado State (Bronze Boot) Hawaii (Paniolo Trophy) Utah State

Culture & lore	Pistol Pete "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" Western Thunder Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

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