1955 Wyoming Cowboys football team
| 1955 Wyoming Cowboys football | |
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Sun Bowl champions | |
Sun Bowl vs. Texas Tech, W 28–14 | |
| Conference | Mountain States Conference |
| 1955 record | 8–3 (5–2 MSC) |
| Head coach | Phil Dickens |
| 1955 MSC football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado A&M | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah A.C. | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1955 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1955 college football season. It was the Cowboys' 60th season and they competed as a member of the Mountain States Conference. The team was led by head coach Phil Dickens, in his third year, and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. They finished with a record of eight wins and three losses (8–3, 5–2 Skyline) and with a win over Texas Tech in the Sun Bowl. The Cowboys offense scored 225 points, while the defense allowed 137 points.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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| September 17 | at Kansas State* | Memorial Stadium • Manhattan, KS | W 38–20 | ||||||
| September 24 | at Montana* | Old Dornblaser Field • Missoula, MT | W 35–6 | ||||||
| October 1 | Utah Agricultural | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Rivalry) | W 21–13 | ||||||
| October 8 | Colorado A&M | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (The Border War) | L 13–14 | ||||||
| October 15 | Tulsa* | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY | W 23–19 | ||||||
| October 22 | at Utah | Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | W 23–13 | ||||||
| October 29 | BYU | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY | W 14–6 | ||||||
| November 12 | at New Mexico* | Zimmerman Field • Albuquerque, NM | W 20–0 | ||||||
| November 24 | at Denver | DU Stadium • Denver, CO | L 3–6 | ||||||
| December 3 | at Houston* | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX | L 14–26 | ||||||
| January 1 | vs. Texas Tech* | Kidd Field • El Paso, TX (The Sun Bowl) | W 21–14 | ||||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. | |||||||||
- Reference:[1]
1955 team players in the NFL
The following were selected in the 1956 NFL Draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL Team |
| Joe Mastrogiovanni | Back | 17 | 198 | Philadelphia Eagles |
- Reference:[2]
References
- ↑ "University of Wyoming – 1955". College Football Reference. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
- ↑ "1956 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
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