2004 Wyoming Cowboys football team

The 2004 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cowboys offense scored 318 points while the defense allowed 297 points. Led by head coach Joe Glenn, the Cowboys competed in the Las Vegas Bowl.

2004 Wyoming Cowboys football
Las Vegas Bowl champion
ConferenceMountain West Conference
2004 record7–5 (3–4 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBilly Cockhill (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Breske (2nd season)
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 32,580)
2004 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Utah $  7 –0     12 –0  
New Mexico  5 –2     7 –5  
BYU  4 –3     5 –6  
Wyoming  3 –4     7 –5  
Air Force  3 –4     5 –6  
Colorado State  3 –4     4 –7  
San Diego State  2 –5     4 –7  
UNLV  1 –6     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
Rankings from AP Poll

Pre-Season

During the off season, War Memorial Stadium was upgraded with new railings installed in certain areas as well as more handicap accessible.[1]

The big concern coming into Spring Training was the lack of depth on defense, a young and inexperienced offensive line and a poor running game. 13 Starters and 38 lettermen returned.[2]

Fall practice began on August 11, 2004.[3] The Cowboys participated in two inter squad scrimmages. The first one was held August 21 and the second one was 5 days later on the 26th.[4]

Players

Quarterbacks

Corey Bramlet replaced his older brother, Casey, who graduate the previous season.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 41:00 pmAppalachian State*
W 53–713,205
September 111:30 pmat Texas A&M*
FSNL 31–065,600
September 251:00 pmOle Miss*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
PPVW 37–3222,331
October 21:00 pmLouisiana–Monroe*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 37–1012,125
October 91:00 pmSan Diego State
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
ESPN+W 20–1019,540
October 168:00 pmat Brigham Young
SPWL 24–1358,737
October 227:30 pmat Colorado State
ESPN2L 30–730,108
October 301:00 pmAir Force
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 43–2613,716
November 65:00 pmat UNLV
SPWW 53–45 3OT19,752
November 135:00 pmNo. 8 Utah
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
ABCL 45–2817,074
November 201:00 pmat New Mexico
ESPN+L 16–935,333
December 238:45 pmvs. UCLA*
ESPNW 24–2127,784
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

[5]

UCLA vs. Wyoming in the 2004 Las Vegas Bowl

References
  2. Gagliardi, R. (Aug 27, 2004). Glenn excited about 2004 Cowboys. Wyoming Tribune - Eagle, pp. Tab-Tab.
  5. "Wyoming football results". Retrieved February 17, 2008.
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