The 1987 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the
University of Wyoming in the
1987 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Miami winning its second national championship of the 1980s in an Orange Bowl game featuring a rare No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup between the top ranked Oklahoma Sooners and the Hurricanes.
Miami's ...
. It was the Cowboys' 92nd season and they competed as a member of the
Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Led by first-year head coach
Paul Roach
Paul Louis Roach (October 24, 1927 – September 3, 2023) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the head football coach of the Wyoming Cowboys from 1987 to 1990, also serving as the University of W ...
, the
Cowboys 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. They finished the regular season with a record of 10–2 (8–0 in WAC, first); as WAC Champions against
Iowa in the
Holiday Bowl, Wyoming lost by a point to finish at 10–3. The Cowboys outscored their opponents 426 to 271.
Roach was hired as the athletic director at Wyoming in July
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
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**Spain and Portugal ente ...
.
When head coach
Dennis Erickson left abruptly after just one season for
Washington State in January 1987,
Roach selected himself as successor a few days later.
The two teams met in the second game of the season.
Schedule
:
1988 NFL Draft
The following were selected in the
1988 NFL Draft
The 1988 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 24–25, 1988, at the Marriot Marq ...
.
References
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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 ...