1927 Wyoming Cowboys football team

1927 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
Record4–5 (1–4 RMC)
Head coach
CaptainNone
Home stadiumCampus athletic grounds
1927 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Colorado Agricultural $ 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Denver 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Montana State 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Utah 3 – 1 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
Colorado College 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Colorado 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Utah Agricultural 3 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
BYU 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 1
Colorado Mines 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Wyoming 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Western State (CO) 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Colorado Teachers 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1927 Wyoming Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wyoming as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1927 college football season. In their first season under head coach George McLaren, the Cowboys compiled a 4–5 record (1–4 against conference opponents), finished tenth in the RMC, and outscored opponents by a total of 122 to 105.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 24Spearfish*
W 31–6[3]
October 1at Creighton*
L 0–13[4]
October 8at Denver
L 0–7[5]
October 15Chadron Normal*
  • Campus athletic grounds
  • Laramie, WY
W 30–13[6]
October 22at Utah Agricultural
L 0–42[7]
October 29Colorado College
  • Campus athletic grounds
  • Laramie, WY
L 8–12[8]
November 11vs. Montana StateSheridan, WYL 0–6[9]
November 19Montezuma College*
  • Campus athletic grounds
  • Laramie, WY
W 26–0[10]
November 24at Colorado Teachers
W 27–6[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1927 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 211. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "Cowboys defeat Spearfish by 31 to 6 in initial contest on soggy gridiron". The Casper Tribune-Herald. September 25, 1927. Retrieved February 8, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Creighton subdues Cowboys by 13 to 0". The Salt Lake Tribune. October 2, 1927. Retrieved February 8, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Pioneers Score in First Three Minutes To Down Hard-Fighting Cowboys, 7 to 0". Casper Tribune-Herald. October 9, 1927. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Cowboys rally in final minutes to vanquish Chadron". Scottsbluff Daily Star-Herald. October 16, 1927. Retrieved February 8, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Cowboys take short end of 42-to-0 score". The Billings Gazette. October 23, 1927. Retrieved February 8, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Colorado College defeats Wyoming". The Daily Missoulian. October 30, 1927. Retrieved February 8, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Montana State defeats University of Wyoming, 6 to 0, on muddy field". The Billings Gazette. November 12, 1927. Retrieved February 8, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Wyoming University if winner over Teachers". The Anaconda Standard. November 20, 1927. Retrieved February 8, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Cowboys beat Teacher team". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. November 25, 1927. Retrieved February 8, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
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