American college football season
The 1967 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season . Led by sixth-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 .
Wyoming won all ten games in the regular season, had the nation's best rushing defense, and was invited to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on New Year's Day .[1] On a fourteen-game winning streak, underdog Wyoming led unranked LSU 13–0 at halftime, but were outscored 20–0 in the second half.[2] [3]
The Cowboys outscored their opponents 289 to 119; they were led on offense by quarterback Paul Toscano and running back Jim Kiick .
Schedule
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The AP rankings included only the top ten this season; the final poll was released in late November.
NFL/AFL Draft
Five Cowboys were selected in the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft , the second common draft , which lasted seventeen rounds (462 selections).[6]
^ Toscano was the Wyoming quarterback
Awards and honors
Mike Dirks , All-American : (Football Writers of America, Look Magazine, Newspaper Enterprise Association)[1]
Mike Dirks, First Team, All-Western Athletic Conference
References
^ a b "University of Wyoming Official Athletic Site - Traditions" . Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2015 .
^ "Tigers upset Wyoming" . Eugene Register-Guard . (location). Associated Press. January 2, 1968. p. 2B.
^ "LSU rallies in 2nd half to defeat Wyoming, 20-13" . Milwaukee Journal . press dispatches. January 2, 1968. p. 18. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
^ "Late Bengal comeback nips Cowboys, 20–13" . The Shreveport Journal . January 2, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Lloyd W. Eaton, 1967" . College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2013 .
^ "1968 NFL Draft" . Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 9, 2013 .
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