1996 Wyoming Cowboys football team

The 1996 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Cowboys' 100th season and they competed as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).[1] The team was led by head coach Joe Tiller, in his sixth year, and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. They finished with a record of ten wins and two losses (10–2, 7–1 WAC). Despite winning the Pacific Division and their double-digit victory total, the Cowboys were not invited to a postseason bowl game. Their season ended with a loss against BYU in the inaugural WAC Championship Game. The Cowboys offense scored 464 points while the defense allowed 284 points.

1996 Wyoming Cowboys football
WAC Pacific Division champion
WAC Championship Game, L 25–28 OT vs. BYU
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
DivisionPacific Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
APNo. 22
1996 record10–2 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorBrock Spack (2nd season)
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 33,500)
1996 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Mountain Division
No. 5 BYU x$  8 0     14 1  
Utah  6 2     8 4  
Rice  6 2     7 4  
SMU  4 4     5 6  
New Mexico  3 5     6 5  
TCU  3 5     4 7  
Tulsa  2 6     4 7  
UTEP  0 8     2 9  
Pacific Division
No. 22 Wyoming x  7 1     10 2  
San Diego State  6 2     8 3  
Colorado State  6 2     7 5  
Air Force  5 3     6 5  
Fresno State  3 5     4 7  
San Jose State  3 5     3 9  
Hawaii  1 7     2 10  
UNLV  1 8     1 11  
Championship: BYU 28, Wyoming 25 OT
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 311:00 pmIdaho*W 40–3817,279
September 75:00 pmat Iowa State*FSNW 41–38 OT44,511
September 141:00 pmHawaii
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, Wyoming
W 66–015,182
September 211:00 pmAir Force
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, Wyoming
W 22–1931,009
September 282:00 pmat UNLVW 33–2112,564
October 52:30 pmat San Jose StateNo. 25W 45–228,756
October 121:00 pmWestern Michigan*No. 24
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, Wyoming
W 42–2822,813
October 1912:00 pmFresno StateNo. 23
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, Wyoming
W 42–2114,446
November 21:00 pmSMUNo. 17
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, Wyoming
W 59–1717,268
November 76:00 pmat San Diego StateNo. 16ESPNL 28–2438,679
November 168:00 pmat Colorado StateNo. 23ESPN2W 25–2433,701
December 72:30 pmvs. No. 6 BYUNo. 20
ABCL 25–28 OT41,238

Roster

1996 Wyoming Cowboys football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense 29 Josh Amundson RB 6-0 229 So. Twin Falls, Ida. 70 Garrett Anderson OT 6-6 247 Fr. Murphysboro, Ill. 55 Rob Bohlinger OT 6-9 287 Jr 85 Jason Ringenberg WR 6-1 216 Fr. Twin Falls, Ida. 64 Charlie Ruff C 6-3 264 Sr. Sheridan, Wyo. 57 Kevin Hughes C 6-6 315 Fr. Littleton, CO 41 Chris Clache FB 5-11 255 Fr. New London, WI 72 Nate Selk OG 6-7 305 Fr. Plainfield, Ill. 18 Kofi Shuck WR 6-2 170 Fr. Park Forest, Ill. 43 Arlen Smith RB 6-0 200 Fr. Killeen, Tex. 51 Jeff Smith OG 6-4 290 So. Phoenix, Ariz. 66 Terry Staggs OG 6-3 292 So
Pos.#NameClass
RB 28 Tim Beasley Fr
WR 23 Marcus Harris Sr
C 53 Rob Rathbun Sr
WR 1 David Saraf Sr
T 77 Steve Scifres Sr
RB 12 Len Sexton Sr
QB 3 Jeremy Silcox Jr
Defense 90 Jeff Leonard DE 6-4 261 Jr. San Ramon, Calif. 24 Waymon Levingston CB 5-9 164 Sr
Pos.#NameClass
DT 92 Pat Larson Sr
DT 95 Michael Graham Jr
SS 45 Brian Lee Jr
DT 89 Brent Leu Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Awards and honors

Team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1997 NFL Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL Team
Steve ScifresGuard383Dallas Cowboys
Lee VaughnDefensive Back6187Dallas Cowboys
Marcus HarrisWide Receiver7232Detroit Lions

References

  1. "Wyoming Wins Its Division". Los Angeles Times. November 17, 1996. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  2. "University of Wyoming – 1996". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  3. "Past Winners – Biletnikoff Award". National College Football Awards Association. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  4. "1997 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
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