1947 Wyoming Cowboys football team

1947 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceMountain States Conference
Record4–5 (2–4 MSC)
Head coach
CaptainEd Chenoweth
Home stadiumCorbett Field
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Mountain States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
  • $ – Conference champion

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]

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]

  1. ^ "1947 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 212. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  3. ^ "Bowden Wyatt". National Football Foundation. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  4. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.