1998 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record8–3 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorDave Warner (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorClancy Barone (1st as OC, 2nd overall season)
Defensive coordinatorVic Koenning (2nd season)
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 33,500)
1998 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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. Despite a solid overall record, the Cowboys were not invited to play in a bowl game. This was Wyoming's last season in the WAC before they joined the Mountain West Conference.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 12Montana State*W 17–9
September 19at No. 12 Georgia*L 9–1686,117
September 26Louisiana Tech*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 31–1914,924[1]
October 3Utah
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 27–2416,349
October 10SMU
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 12–715,504
October 17at UNLVW 28–25 OT17,089
October 24Rice
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 34–2416,134
October 31at TCUW 34–2723,080
November 7at Colorado StateW 27–19
November 14No. 23 Air ForceNo. 25
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
L 3–1029,197
November 21at TulsaL 0–3512,054
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
APRVRVRVRVRV25RVRVRVRVRV
CoachesRVRVRVRVRVRV25тRVRVRVRVRV
BCSNot releasedNot released

References

  1. "UW unveils united front". Casper Star-Tribune. September 27, 1998. Retrieved July 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1998 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule & Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.