The 1947 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1947 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bowden Wyatt, the Cowboys compiled a 4–5 record (2–4 against MSC opponents), finished sixth in the MSC, and outscored all opponents by a total of 175 to 168.[1][2]
| 1947 Wyoming Cowboys football | |
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| Conference | Mountain States Conference |
| Record | 4–5 (2–4 MSC) |
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| Captain | Ed Chenoweth |
| Home stadium | Corbett Field |
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| Utah $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado A&M | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1947 season was Bowden Wyatt's first as a head coach. He was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1997.[3]
In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Wyoming was ranked at No. 135 out of 500 college football teams.[4]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 27 | at Arizona* | L 7–27 | 15,000 | [5] | |||
| October 4 | BYU | W 12–7 | [6] | ||||
| October 11 | Colorado Mines* |
| W 53–6 | [7] | |||
| October 18 | Utah State |
| W 33–19 | 6,436 | [8] | ||
| October 25 | Utah |
| L 7–26 | 7,000 | [9] | ||
| November 1 | at Colorado State–Greeley* | Greeley, CO | W 44–14 | [10] | |||
| November 8 | at Denver |
| L 7–27 | [11] | |||
| November 15 | at Colorado | L 6–21 | < 10,000 | [12] | |||
| November 22 | at Colorado A&M | L 6–21 | [13] | ||||
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References
edit- ^ "1947 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 212. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ^ "Bowden Wyatt". National Football Foundation. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Enke Leads Arizona Cats To 27-7 Win Over Wyoming". The Arizona Daily Star. September 28, 1947. pp. 1, 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cowboys, Aggies Win Big-7 Grid Openers". The Sunday Herald (Provo, Utah). October 5, 1947. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wyoming Runs Wild, 53 to 7". The Casper Tribune-Herald. October 12, 1947. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dazzling Cowboys Pass To Defeat Utags 33-19". The Casper Tribune-Herald. October 19, 1947. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ben Funk (October 26, 1947). "Redskins Overpower Cowboys 26-7 At Laramie". The Casper Tribune-Herald. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cowboys Uncork Reverses for Victory at Greeley". The Casper Tribune-Herald. November 2, 1947. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ben Funk (November 9, 1947). "Pioneers Puncture Cowboys' Defenses for 27-7 Victory". The Casper Tribune-Herald. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Buffs' Passing in Second Period Defeats Wyoming". The Casper Tribune-Herald. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Colorado Tips Wyoming by Score of 21 to 6". The Ogdent (Utah) Standard-Examiner. November 23, 1947. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.