The 1967 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the
University of Wyoming
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in the
1967 NCAA University Division football season
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. Led by sixth-year head coach
Lloyd Eaton
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, they were members of the
Western Athletic Conference
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(WAC) and played their home games on campus at
War Memorial Stadium War Memorial Stadium may refer to:
* Ada War Memorial Stadium, in Ada, Ohio, also known as ''War Memorial Stadium''
* War Memorial Stadium (Arkansas), Little Rock, Arkansas
* War Memorial Stadium (Austin, Texas) (former official name 1924–1947), ...
in
Laramie.
Wyoming won all ten games in the regular season, had the nation's best rushing defense, and was invited to the
Sugar Bowl
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in
on
New Year's Day
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.
On a fourteen-game winning streak, underdog Wyoming led unranked
LSU
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13–0 at halftime, but were outscored 20–0 in the
The Cowboys outscored their opponents 289 to 119; they were led on offense by quarterback Paul Toscano and running back
Jim Kiick
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.
Schedule
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The AP rankings included only the top ten this season; the final poll was released in late November.
NFL/AFL Draft
Five Cowboys were selected in the
1968 NFL/AFL Draft
The 1968 National Football League draft was part of the common draft, in the second year in which the NFL and AFL held a joint draft of college players. It took place at the Belmont Plaza Hotel in New York City on January 30–31, 1968.
The Minn ...
, the second
common draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (462 selections).
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Toscano was the Wyoming quarterback
Awards and honors
*
Mike Dirks,
All-American: (Football Writers of America, Look Magazine, Newspaper Enterprise Association)
* Mike Dirks, First Team, All-Western Athletic Conference
References
{{Western Athletic Conference football champions
Wyoming
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Wyoming Cowboys football seasons
Western Athletic Conference football champion seasons
Wyoming Cowboys football
The Wyoming Cowboys football program represents the University of Wyoming in college football. They compete in the Mountain West Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I and have won 14 conference titles. The head coac ...