1895 Wyoming Cowboys football team

The 1895 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming as an independent during the 1895 college football season. In its second season under head coach Justus F. Soule, a professor of Latin and Greek, the team compiled a perfect 1–0 record. In the program's first intercollegiate football game, the team defeated Colorado State Normal from Greeley, Colorado, by a 34–0 score.[1]

1895 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–0
Head coach
CaptainHerbert J. Brees
1895 Far West college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Occidental    5 0 0
New Mexico A&M    2 0 0
Washington Agricultural    2 0 0
Wyoming    1 0 0
Stanford    4 0 1
Washington    4 0 1
California    3 1 1
Pacific (CA)    0 0 1
Saint Mary's    1 1 0
San Jose State    0 0 1
USC    0 1 1
Utah    0 1 0

For the second of three consecutive years, Herbert J. Brees was the team captain. 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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 29Colorado State NormalLaramie, WYW 16–6

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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