| 1950Wyoming Cowboys football | |
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Skyline champion Gator Bowl champion | |
Gator Bowl, W 20–7 vs.Washington and Lee | |
| Conference | Skyline Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 14 |
| AP | No. 12 |
| Record | 10–0 (5–0 Skyline) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Dick Campbell |
| Home stadium | War Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12Wyoming $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado A&M | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1950 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented theUniversity of Wyoming in theSkyline Conference during the1950 college football season. In their fourth season under head coachBowden Wyatt, the Cowboys compiled a perfect 10–0 record (5–0 against Skyline opponents), won the Skyline Conference championship, ranked No. 12 in the finalAP poll, defeatedWashington and Lee in the1951 Gator Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 363 to 59.[1][2] The team ranked third in major college football in total defense, allowing an average of only 173.2 yards per game.[3]
HalfbackEddie Talboom scored 130 points (15 touchdowns, 40 points after touchdown) and received All-American honors after the 1950 season. He was recognized as a first-team offense player by theInternational News Service and as a second-team player on offense by theAssociated Press.
In 2000, Talboom became the first player in Wyoming program history to be inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame.[4][5] Head coach Bowden Wyatt was also inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1997.[6]
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 16 | Montana State* | W 61–13 | 5,500 | [7] | ||||
| September 23 | Baylor* |
| W 7–0 | 17,268 | [8] | |||
| October 7 | Colorado A&M |
| W 34–0 | 19,656 | [9] | |||
| October 14 | atUtah State | W 40–7 | 10,000 | [10] | ||||
| October 21 | atUtah | W 53–13 | 22,325 | [11] | ||||
| October 28 | New Mexico* |
| W 44–0 | [12] | ||||
| November 4 | atIdaho* | No. 18 | W 14–7 | 9,000 | [13][14] | |||
| November 11 | atBYU | No. 14 |
| W 48–0 | [15] | |||
| November 23 | atDenver | No. 12 | W 42–12 | 28,700 | [16] | |||
| January 1, 1951 | vs. No. 18Washington & Lee* | No. 12 | W 20–7 | 26,354 | [17][18] | |||
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