The 2020 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the

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during the

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. The season was suspended on August 10, 2020, however, the

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board of directors later decided to play an eight-game season, starting on October 24. The Cowboys played their home games at War Memorial Stadium as members of the

. They were led by seventh-year head coach

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Previous season

The

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finished the 2019 season 8–5, 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place in the Mountain Division. They played in the

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, where they defeated Georgia State 38–17.

2020 recruiting class

The Cowboys announced an early signing class of 18 high school student athletes on December 18, 2019. A day later, the Cowboys added tackle Emmanuel Pregnon. On February 5, 2020, the Cowboys added five more recruits.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Mountain West media days

Mountain West media days were originally scheduled for July 16–17 at

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, but were canceled in favor of virtual media days due to the

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. On July 20, the virtual media days were canceled. The division predicted order of finish was released July 21, the preseason all-conference team was released on July 22, and preseason individual awards were released on July 23. Wyoming was picked to finish 2nd in the Mountain Division in the Mountain West preseason poll. The divisions were later suspended for the 2020 season.

Media poll

Preseason All-Mountain West

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

Schedule

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. On September 25, the Mountain West Conference announced that they would be playing an eight-game schedule, to start October 24. The team's non conference games against

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, and Ball State remained canceled. Additionally, a game against

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replaced a game against

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. On November 8, the scheduled November 14 game against

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was canceled by the Mountain West Conference due to an uptick in COVID–19 cases within the Air Force football team and Academy. On November 18, the scheduled November 19 game against

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was canceled by the Mountain West Conference due to rising COVID–19 cases in the Utah State program. Source

Statistics

Team

Offense

Defense

Key: SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FF: Forced Fumbles, FR: Fumbles Recovered, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties

Special teams

Awards and honors

All–conference teams

All–Mountain West teams were announced on December 15, 2020. Honorable Mentions *Esaias Gandy, Sr., DB *Logan Harris, Sr., OL * Isaiah Neyor, Fr., WR

Game summaries

At Nevada

*Passing leaders: Levi Williams (WYO): 16–31, 227 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT; Carson Strong (NEV): 39–52, 420 YDS, 4 TD *Rushing leaders: Xazavian Valladay (WYO): 22 CAR, 87 YDS; Devonte Lee (NEV): 18 CAR, 65 YDS *Receiving leaders: Isaiah Neyor (WYO): 3 REC, 102 YDS; Cole Turner (NEV): 7 REC, 119 YDS, 2 TD

Hawaii

*Passing leaders: Levi Williams (WYO): 9–18, 112 YDS; Chevan Cordeiro (HAW): 11–26, 110 YDS, 1 INT *Rushing leaders: Xazavian Valladay (WYO): 32 CAR, 163 YDS, 2 TD; Miles Reed (HAW): 7 CAR, 54 YDS *Receiving leaders: Xazavian Valladay (WYO): 2 REC, 32 YDS; Zion Bowens (HAW): 1 REC, 47 YDS

At Colorado State

*Passing leaders: Levi Williams (WYO): 19–31, 321 YDS, 1 INT; Patrick O'Brien (CSU): 18–26, 255 YDS, 2 TD *Rushing leaders: Xazavian Valladay (WYO): 28 CAR, 147 YDS, 1 TD; A'Jon Vivens (CSU): 14 CAR, 62 YDS *Receiving leaders: Ayden Eberhardt (WYO): 7 REC, 132 YDS; Dante Wright (CSU): 10 REC, 146 YDS

At UNLV

*Passing leaders: Levi Williams (WYO): 8–14, 99 YDS; Doug Brumfield (UNLV): 4–8, 93 YDS *Rushing leaders: Trey Smith (WYO): 24 CAR, 164 YDS, 1 TD; Max Gilliam (UNLV): 12 CAR, 63 YDS, 1 TD *Receiving leaders: Ayden Eberhardt (WYO): 3 REC, 42 YDS; Kyle Williams (UNLV): 4 REC, 71 YDS

At New Mexico

*Passing leaders: Levi Williams (WYO): 4–12, 73 YDS, 1 INT; Isaiah Chavez (UNM): 5–10, 55 YDS, 1 TD *Rushing leaders: Trey Smith (WYO): 24 CAR, 154 YDS, 1 TD; Bobby Cole (UNM): 22 CAR, 131 YDS *Receiving leaders: Isaiah Neyor (WYO): 1 REC, 54 YDS; Bobby Cole (UNM): 2 REC, 53 YDS

Boise State

*Passing leaders: Levi Williams (WYO): 3–13, 45 YDS; Hank Bachmeier (BSU): 19–28, 181 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT *Rushing leaders: Xazavian Valladay (WYO): 11 CAR, 59 YDS; Andrew Van Buren (BSU): 25 CAR, 79 YDS, 1 TD *Receiving leaders: Xazavian Valladay (WYO): 1 REC, 29 YDS; Khalil Shakir (BSU): 8 REC, 105 YDS

References

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