1960 Wyoming Cowboys football team

1960 Wyoming Cowboys football
MSC co-champion
Conference Mountain States Conference
1960 record 8–2 (6–1 MSC)
Head coach Bob Devaney (4th season)
Home stadium War Memorial Stadium
1960 MSC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Utah State + 6 1 0     9 2 0
Wyoming + 6 1 0     8 2 0
Utah 5 1 0     7 3 0
New Mexico 4 2 0     5 5 0
Montana 2 5 0     5 5 0
BYU 2 5 0     3 8 0
Denver 1 6 0     3 7 0
Colorado State 1 6 0     2 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1960 college football season. The Cowboys offense scored 212 points while the defense allowed 71 points. Led by head coach Bob Devaney, the Cowboys finished the season with eight wins and two losses. Running back Jerry Hill was in his final season and finished his Cowboys career with 1,374 rushing yards on 288 carries.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 17 at Montana Billings, MT W 14–0  
September 24 New Mexico War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY W 13–3  
October 1 at Arizona* Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ L 19–21  
October 8 Denver War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY W 41–2  
October 15 at Colorado State Colorado FieldFort Collins, CO (The Border War) W 40–8  
October 22 Air Force* War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY W 15–0  
October 29 Utah War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY W 17–7  
November 5 at Utah State Romney StadiumLogan, UT (Rivalry) L 13–17  
November 12 at Texas Tech* Jones StadiumLubbock, TX W 10–7  
November 19 at BYU Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT W 30–6  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

Awards and honors

1960 Team Players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1961 NFL Draft.

Player Position Round Overall NFL Team
Jerry Hill Running Back 335 Baltimore Colts
Chuck LamsonRunning Back4 43 Minnesota Vikings
Don Klacking Running Back 8 203 Philadelphia Eagles
Mike Davenport Running Back 17428 St. Louis Cardinals

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  2. "University of Wyoming – 1960". College Football Reference. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  3. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1961.htm
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