1991 Wyoming Cowboys football team
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The Wyoming Cowboys represented the University of Wyoming
in the 1991 NCAA Football season. Joe Tiller was in his first year as head coach of the Cowboys. The offense scored 305 points, while the defense allowed 357 points. It was the second losing season in three seasons for the Cowboys. The Cowboys played their home games at War Memorial Stadium
. At season’s end, the Cowboys were not ranked in the National Rankings.
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University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...
in the 1991 NCAA Football season. Joe Tiller was in his first year as head coach of the Cowboys. The offense scored 305 points, while the defense allowed 357 points. It was the second losing season in three seasons for the Cowboys. The Cowboys played their home games at War Memorial Stadium
War Memorial Stadium (Wyoming)
Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of the University of Wyoming in Laramie. It is the home field of the Wyoming Cowboys of the Mountain West Conference. It is the highest Division I FBS college football stadium in the nation; the playing field sits at...
. At season’s end, the Cowboys were not ranked in the National Rankings.
Regular season
- In the battle for the Bronze BootBronze BootThe Bronze Boot is awarded to each season's winner of the College football game between the Colorado State University Rams and the University of Wyoming Cowboys. The annual Wyoming–Colorado State football game has evolved into one of the most bitterly contested rivalries in college football...
, the Cowboys beat the Colorado State Rams by a score of 35-28. It was the fifteenth time that the Cowboys won the Bronze Boot.
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Cowboys points | Opponents | Record |
| 1 | Aug. 31 | Loss | 17 | 32 | 0-1-0 | |
| 2 | Sept. 7 | @ | Loss | 13 | 30 | 0-2-0 |
| 3 | Sept. 14 | Win | 28 | 15 | 1-2-0 | |
| 4 | Sept. 21 | Texas Tech | Win | 22 | 17 | 2-2-0 |
| 5 | Sept. 28 | Tie | 28 | 28 | 2-2-1 | |
| 6 | Oct. 5 | @ Air Force 1991 Air Force Falcons football team The 1991 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Falcons came within one victory of playing for the National Championship... |
Loss | 28 | 51 | 2-3-1 |
| 7 | Oct. 12 | Utah 1991 Utah Utes football team In Ron McBride's second season with the team, he guided the Utes to their first winning record since the 1988 season, going 7–5, thus becoming bowl-eligible. Unfortunately for the team, they were not selected to play in any bowl games that year.-Schedule:... |
Loss | 42 | 57 | 2-4-1 |
| 8 | Oct. 19 | @ | Win | 39 | 19 | 3-4-1 |
| 9 | Oct. 26 | Win | 35 | 28 | 4-4-1 | |
| 10 | Nov. 2 | @ | Loss | 22 | 24 | 4-5-1 |
| 11 | Nov. 9 | @ | Loss | 31 | 56 | 4-6-1 |
1991 Team Players in the NFL
The following were selected in the 1992 NFL Draft1992 NFL Draft
The 1992 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 26–27, 1992. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft...
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| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL Team |
| Doug Rigby | Defensive End | 11 | 298 | Kansas City Chiefs |