1896 Wyoming Cowboys football team

The 1896 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming during the 1896 college football season. In its third season under head coach Justus F. Soule, a professor of Latin and Greek, the team compiled a perfect 2–0 record, consisting of victories over Colorado State Normal and Denver's Manual High School.[1]

1896 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceIndependent
1896 record2–0
Head coach
CaptainHerbert J. Brees
1896 Far West college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Wyoming      2 0 0
Washington Agricultural      2 0 1
California      6 2 2
Stanford      2 1 1
Oregon      2 1 0
Utah      3 2 0
Saint Mary's      1 1 0
Washington      2 3 0
Nevada State      1 2 0
Oregon Agricultural      1 2 0
Utah Agricultural      0 1 0
New Mexico A&M      0 2 0
USC      0 3 0

For the third consecutive year, Herbert J. Brees was the team captain.[1] Brees was a native of Laramie who went on to a career in the United States Army. He retired from the Army in 1941 with the rank of lieutenant general.[2]

In the program's first three years under coach Soule and captain Brees (1894-1896), the football team compiled a 6-0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 128 to 26.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 31at Colorado State NormalGreeley, COW 10–6
November 7Manual High School (Denver)Laramie, WYW 18–14

References

  1. "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 210. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  2. "Herbert Jay Brees". Sightline Media Group. Retrieved January 12, 2019.


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