1981 Wyoming Cowboys football team

The 1981 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cowboys were led by first-year head coach Al Kincaid and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. They finished the season with a 8–3 record overall and a 6–2 record in the Western Athletic Conference to finish 4th in the conference.[1]

1981 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record8–3 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach
CaptainGary Crum, Phil Davis, Jim Eliopulos
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 33,500)
1981 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 BYU $ 7 1 011 2 0
Hawaii 5 1 09 2 0
Utah 4 1 18 2 1
Wyoming 6 2 08 3 0
New Mexico 3 4 14 7 1
Air Force 2 3 04 7 0
San Diego State 3 5 06 5 0
UTEP 1 6 01 10 0
Colorado State 0 8 00 12 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5Cal State Fullerton*W 38–1317,972[2]
September 12at No. 3 Oklahoma*L 20–3775,920
September 19at Air ForceW 17–1028,200[3]
October 3UNLV*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 45–2123,793
October 10Hawaii
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY (rivalry)
L 9–1419,931
October 17UTEP
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 63–127,982
October 24No. 13 BYU
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 33–2022,745
October 31Colorado State
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY (rivalry)
W 55–21
November 7at San Diego StateW 24–1330,361
November 14at UtahL 27–3028,206
November 21at New MexicoW 13–12
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1981 Wyoming Cowboys football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Phil Davis
QB 6 Jay Novacek Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 80 Jim Eliopulos Sr
S 5 Chuck Pagano Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 18 Rick Donnelly So
K Steve Tobin
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Season summary

BYU

#13 BYU Cougars (6–1) at Wyoming Cowboys (4–2)
Period 1 2 34Total
BYU 14 0 0620
Wyoming 0 14 71233

at War Memorial Stadium, Laramie, Wyoming

  • Date: October 24, 1981
  • Game weather: Snow, 32 °F (0 °C)
  • Game attendance: 22,745
  • Box Score
Game information

References

  1. "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 214. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. Pete Donovan (September 6, 1981). "Fullerton Has Opening-Day Jitters Against Wyoming". The Los Angeles Times (Orange County ed.). Los Angeles, California. p. III-1. Retrieved February 10, 2017 via Newspapers.com.open access
  3. "Wyoming 17, Air Force 10". The Palm Beach Post. September 20, 1981. p. E8. Retrieved October 20, 2021 via Newspapers.com.


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