2013 Wyoming Cowboys football team

2013 Wyoming Cowboys football

Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	Mountain Division
2013 record	5–7 (3–5 MWC)
Head coach	Dave Christensen (5th year)
Offensive coordinator	Pete Kaligis (5th year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Jim Harding
Defensive coordinator	Chris Tormey (fired October 29^[1]) Jamar Cain (interim)^[1] (2nd 1st year)
Home stadium	War Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 29,181)

2013 Mountain West football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Mountain Division
Utah State x		7	–	1		9	–	5
Boise State		6	–	2		8	–	5
Colorado State		5	–	3		8	–	6
Wyoming		3	–	5		5	–	7
New Mexico		1	–	7		3	–	9
Air Force		0	–	8		2	–	10
West Division
Fresno State x$		7	–	1		11	–	2
San Diego State		6	–	2		8	–	5
UNLV		5	–	3		7	–	6
San Jose State		5	–	3		6	–	6
Nevada		3	–	5		4	–	8
Hawaii		0	–	8		1	–	11
Championship: Fresno State 24, Utah State 17
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by fifth year head coach Dave Christensen and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium. They were members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place in the Mountain Division.

Defensive coordinator Chris Tormey was fired mid-season after two straight losses in which the Cowboys surrendered more than 50 points a game; Christensen promoted defensive line coach Jamar Cain to interim coordinator.^[1]

On December 1, 2013, the university announced that head coach Dave Christensen had been fired from his position after five seasons with the program.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	BTN	L 34–37	91,185^[3]
September 7	2:00 p.m.	Idaho*	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	RTRM	W 42–10	22,030^[4]
September 14	2:00 p.m.	Northern Colorado*	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY		W 35–7	19,091^[4]
September 21	8:15 p.m.	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	ESPNU	W 56–23	35,389^[4]
September 28	5:00 p.m.	at Texas State*	Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX	LHN	L 21–42	22,150^[4]
October 12	1:30 p.m.	New Mexico	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	RTRM	W 38–31	22,853^[4]
October 19	12:00 p.m.	Colorado State	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Battle for the Bronze Boot)	RTRM	L 22–52	24,953^[4]
October 26	5:00 p.m.	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA	RTRM	L 44–51	16,123^[4]
November 9	8:15 p.m.	No. 17 Fresno State	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	ESPN2	L 10–48	15,700^[4]
November 16	8:15 p.m.	at Boise State	Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN2	L 7–48	33,992^[4]
November 23	12:00 p.m.	Hawaii	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Rivalry)		W 59–56 ^OT	12,227^[4]
November 30	12:00 p.m.	at Utah State	Romney Stadium • Logan, UT (Rivalry)	RTRM	L 7–35	21,325^[4]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

^[5]

Box Scores

@ Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	7	7	13	34
#18 Cornhuskers	10	7	14	6	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–6	2011	NEB, 38–14

Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	0	0	0	10	10
Cowboys	0	21	21	0	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–1	2012	WYO, 40–37

Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	7	7
Cowboys	0	21	0	14	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–5–3	1949	WYO, 103–0

@ Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	14	28	7	7	56
Falcons	10	7	0	6	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–27–3	2012	AF, 28–27

@ Texas State

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2011	WYO, 45–10

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	0	3	14	14	31
Cowboys	14	7	3	14	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–31	2012	WYO, 28–23

Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	14	10	14	14	52
Cowboys	0	7	8	7	22

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
44–55–5	2012	WYO, 45–31

@ San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	16	7	7	14	44
Spartans	0	14	22	15	51

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–1	1997	WYO, 30–10

Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Bulldogs	0	14	14	20	48
Cowboys	10	0	0	0	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–4	2012	FSU, 42–14

@ Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	0	0	0	7
Broncos	14	14	17	3	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–7	2012	BSU, 45–14

Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Warriors	14	21	7	14	0	56
Cowboys	13	22	7	14	3	59

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–8	1997	WYO, 35–6

@ Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	0	0	7	7
Aggies	7	14	14	0	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–35–4	2011	USU, 63–19

References

1 2 3 Associated Press (October 29, 2013). "Wyoming Fires Chris Tormey". ESPN. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
↑ Wolken, Dan (December 1, 2013). "Dave Christensen Out After Five Seasons at Wyoming". USA Today. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
↑ "Wyoming Cowboys at #18 Nebraska Cornhuskers (August 31, 2013)". Statbroadcast.com. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Wyoming Combined Statistics" (PDF). Wyoming Athletics. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
↑ "2013–2014 Schedule". University of Wyoming Athletics. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

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

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