1949 Wyoming Cowboys football team

1949 Wyoming Cowboys football
Skyline Six champion
ConferenceSkyline Six Conference
Record9–1 (5–0 Skyline Six)
Head coach
CaptainCarl Rollins
Home stadiumCorbett Field
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Skyline Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wyoming $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Colorado A&M 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Denver 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Utah 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
Utah State 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
BYU 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1949 Wyoming Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wyoming as a member of the Skyline Six Conference during the 1949 college football season. In their third season under head coach Bowden Wyatt, the Cowboys compiled a 9–1 record (5–0 against Skyline Six opponents), won the Skyline Six championship, shut out six of ten opponents while averaging 38 points per game, and outscored all opponents by a total of 381 to 65.[1][2] The conference championship was the first in the program's history.[3]

On November 5, 1949, the Cowboys defeated Colorado State College in Greeley by a score of 103 to 0.[4] The team established the program's single-game records that still stand for points scored (103), touchdowns (15) rushing yardage (504), and total yards (871).[5]

Four Wyoming players were named to the Skyline Six All-Star team selected by the conference coaches for the Associated Press: tackle Charles Peterson; center Fred Taucher; fullback Walker "Sonny" Jones; and halfback Eddie Talboom.[6][7] Carl Rollins was the team captain.[2]

In 2000, Talboom, who played with the Cowboys from 1948 to 1950, became the first Wyoming player to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[8][9] Head coach Bowden Wyatt was also inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1997.[10]

  1. ^ "1949 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 212.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference DU was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference GWWC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ 2018 Media Guide, pp. 194, 209
  6. ^ "Skyline Six All-Star Football Team for 1949". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. November 21, 1949. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ 2018 Media Guide, p. 236.
  8. ^ "Eddie Talboom". National Football Foundation. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  9. ^ 2018 Media Guide, p. 18.
  10. ^ "Bowden Wyatt". National Football Foundation. Retrieved October 12, 2018.