1998 Wyoming Cowboys football team

1998 Wyoming Cowboys football

Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1998 record	8–3 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach	Dana Dimel (2nd season)
Home stadium	War Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 33,500)

1998 WAC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Mountain Division
No. 13 Air Force x$		7	–	1		12	–	1
Wyoming		6	–	2		8	–	3
Colorado State		5	–	3		8	–	4
Rice		5	–	3		5	–	6
TCU		4	–	4		7	–	5
Tulsa		2	–	6		4	–	7
SMU		1	–	1		0	–	1
UNLV		0	–	8		0	–	11
Pacific Division
BYU xy		7	–	1		9	–	5
San Diego State x		7	–	1		7	–	5
Utah		5	–	3		7	–	4
Fresno State		5	–	3		5	–	6
San Jose State		3	–	5		4	–	8
UTEP		3	–	5		3	–	8
New Mexico		1	–	7		3	–	9
Hawaii		0	–	8		0	–	12
Championship: Air Force 20, BYU 13
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cowboys were led by second-year head coach Dana Dimel and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. They finished the season with an 8–3 record overall and a 6–2 record in the Western Athletic Conference to finish 2nd in the Mountain Division. This was Wyoming's last season in the WAC before they joined the Mountain West Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 12	Montana State*		War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	W 17–9
September 19	at No. 12 Georgia*		Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	L 9–16
September 26	Louisiana Tech*		War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	W 31–19
October 3	Utah		War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	W 27–24
October 10	SMU		War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	W 12–7
October 17	at UNLV		Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	W 28–25
October 24	Rice		War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	W 34–24
October 31	at TCU		Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	W 34–27
November 7	at Colorado State		Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (Bronze Boot)	W 27–19
November 14	No. 23 Air Force	No. 25	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	L 3–10
November 21	at Tulsa		Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, OK	L 0–35
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Source:^[1]

↑ "1998 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule & Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.

Wyoming Cowboys football
Venues	Corbett Field (1922–1949) 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 Statistical leaders
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1922 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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