1980 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record6–5 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach
CaptainGreg Taylor, Guy Frazier
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
1980 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 12 BYU $ 6 –1 –012 –1 –0
Colorado State 5 –1 –16 –4 –1
Hawaii 3 –3 –08 –3 –0
Wyoming 4 –4 –06 –5 –0
San Diego State 4 –4 –04 –8 –0
New Mexico 3 –4 –04 –7 –0
Utah 2 –3 –15 –5 –1
Air Force 1 –3 –02 –9 –1
UTEP 1 –6 –01 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led led by first-year head coach Pat Dye, the Cowboys played their home games on campus at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. They finished the season at 6–5 (4–4 in WAC, fifth).[1]

Dye was previously the head coach for six years at independent East Carolina. After his only season in Laramie, he resigned a month after the season,[2][3] and was hired in early January at Auburn in the Southeastern Conference.[4][5][6]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13Oregon State*
W 30–1020,113
September 20Richmond*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 35–1417,000[7]
September 27Hawaii
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY (rivalry)
W 45–2020,883
October 4New Mexico
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
L 21–24
October 11at BYU
L 17–5241,296
October 18Utah
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 24–215,515
October 25San Diego State
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 34–915,325[8]
November 1at Colorado State
L 25–28
November 8at UNLV*
L 26–3320,277
November 15at Air Force
L 7–2515,693[9]
November 22at UTEP
W 52–74,327
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ↑ "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 214. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Dye resigns at Wyoming". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). UPI. December 24, 1980. p. 16.
  3. ↑ "Dye resigns at Wyoming". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. December 24, 1980. p. B.
  4. ↑ "Can Wyoming find coach who likes place?". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 2, 1981. p. 2C.
  5. ↑ Browning, Al (January 4, 1981). "AU seeks new life with Dye". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). p. 1B.
  6. ↑ "Auburn chooses Dye as coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 4, 1981. p. 12C.
  7. ↑ "Pokes ride to 35–14 victory". Casper Star-Tribune. September 21, 1980. Retrieved October 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Steve Dolan (October 26, 1980). "Aztecs Fall, 34-9". The Los Angeles Times (San Diego County ed.). Los Angeles, California. p. III-1. Retrieved January 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  9. ↑ "Air Force upsets Pokes". The Billings Gazette. Associated Press. November 16, 1980. p. 4G. Retrieved January 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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