1980 Wyoming Cowboys football team

1980 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record6–5 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach
CaptainGreg Taylor, Guy Frazier
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 BYU $ 6 1 0 12 1 0
Colorado State 5 1 1 6 4 1
Hawaii 3 3 0 8 3 0
Wyoming 4 4 0 6 5 0
San Diego State 4 4 0 4 8 0
New Mexico 3 4 0 4 7 0
Utah 2 3 1 5 5 1
Air Force 1 3 0 2 9 1
UTEP 1 6 0 1 11 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led led by first-year head coach Pat Dye, the Cowboys played their home games on campus at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. They finished the season at 6–5 (4–4 in WAC, fifth).[1]

Dye was previously the head coach for six years at independent East Carolina. After his only season in Laramie, he resigned a month after the season,[2][3] and was hired in early January at Auburn in the Southeastern Conference.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 214. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "Dye resigns at Wyoming". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). UPI. December 24, 1980. p. 16.
  3. ^ "Dye resigns at Wyoming". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. December 24, 1980. p. B.
  4. ^ "Can Wyoming find coach who likes place?". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 2, 1981. p. 2C.
  5. ^ Browning, Al (January 4, 1981). "AU seeks new life with Dye". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). p. 1B.
  6. ^ "Auburn chooses Dye as coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 4, 1981. p. 12C.