1990 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 1990 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Cowboys' 95th season and they competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The team was led by head coach Paul Roach, in his fourth year, and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. They finished with a record of nine wins and four losses (9–4, 5–3 WAC) and with a loss in the Copper Bowl. The Cowboys offense scored 327 points, while the defense allowed 297 points.
| 1990 Wyoming Cowboys football | |
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Copper Bowl, L 15–17 vs. California | |
| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| 1990 record | 9–4 (5–3 WAC) |
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| Home stadium | War Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 BYU $ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTEP | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 | Temple* | W 38–23 | 17,654 | ||
| September 8 | at Washington State* | W 34–30 | 30,484 | ||
| September 15 | Arkansas State* |
| W 34–27 | 18,433 | |
| September 22 | Air Force |
| W 24–12 | 27,463 | |
| September 29 | at Utah | W 28–10 | 31,051 | ||
| October 6 | San Diego State |
| W 52–51 | 16,713 | |
| October 13 | New Mexico | No. 23 |
| W 25–22 | 21,336 |
| October 20 | Weber State* | No. 21 |
| W 21–12 | 12,959 |
| October 27 | at UTEP | No. 18 | W 17–10 | 16,694 | |
| November 3 | at Colorado State | No. 19 | L 8–17 | 30,111 | |
| November 10 | No. 8 BYU | No. 25 |
| L 14–45 | 34,231 |
| November 17 | at Hawaii | L 17–38 | 39,103 | ||
| December 31 | vs. California* | L 15–17 | 36,340 | ||
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Team players in the NFL
The following were selected in the 1991 NFL Draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL Team |
| Mitch Donahue | Linebacker | 4 | 95 | San Francisco 49ers |
| Shawn Wiggins | WR | 9 | 239 | Cleveland Browns |
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References
- "University of Wyoming – 1990". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
- "1990 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
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