The 1970 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the

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in the

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. Led by ninth-year head coach

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, they were members of the

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(WAC) and played their home games on campus at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie. The Cowboys had a record of and Eaton was reassigned to assistant The controversial previous season had concluded with four consecutive losses, all on the road. A week before the season opener, starting quarterback Ed Synakowski drowned in a boating accident while fishing with his brother on Lake Hattie, just southwest of Laramie. Wyoming entered this year with 22 consecutive home wins, which started with the opener of the 1965 season, but the Cowboys lost all five games in Laramie in 1970.

Schedule

NFL Draft

One Cowboy was selected in the

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, which lasted seventeen rounds (442 selections). Defensive end Tony McGee, a Cowboy in

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, was selected in the

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and played in the NFL for 14 seasons.

References

External links

Sports Reference
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