Wyoming Cowboys football
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| First season | 1892 | ||
| Athletic director | Tom Burman | ||
| Head coach |
Craig Bohl 3rd year, 14–24 (.368) |
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| Stadium | War Memorial Stadium | ||
| Seating capacity | 29,181 | ||
| Field surface |
Artificial turf (2005–present) |
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| Location | Laramie, Wyoming | ||
| Conference | Mountain West | ||
| Division | Mountain | ||
| All-time record | 519–562–31 (.481) | ||
| Bowl record | 6–8 (.429) | ||
| Conference titles | 15 | ||
| Division titles | 2 | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 4 | ||
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| Colors | Brown and Gold |
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| Fight song | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | ||
| Mascot | Cowboy Joe | ||
| Marching band | Western Thunder | ||
| Rivals | Colorado State | ||
| Website | GoWyo.com | ||
The Wyoming Cowboys are a college football team that represents the University of Wyoming. They compete in the Mountain West Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I and have won 15 conference titles. The head coach is Craig Bohl, who entered his first season in 2014.
War Memorial Stadium was built in 1950 with an original capacity of 20,000 fans; the current capacity is 29,181 after the completion of 2009-2010 stadium upgrades.
It is the highest Division I FBS football stadium in the nation; the elevation of its playing field exceeds 7,200 feet (2,195 m) above sea level. The playing surface was natural grass until 2005, when infilled artificial turf was installed.
Prior to War Memorial Stadium, the Cowboys played at Corbett Field, a small field located southeast of Half Acre Gym where the Business Building and the Student Union parking lot now sit. It was named for John J. Corbett, longtime all-sport coach and director of physical education at the school. The field was the first official stadium for the Cowboys; previously they had played on Prexy's Pasture, the main green of the school.
The Bronze Boot is awarded to the winner of the college football game between Wyoming and Colorado State, in nearby Fort Collins. The annual game has evolved into one of the most bitterly contested rivalries in college football. The teams have waged the "Border War" one hundred times since the schools began playing in 1899, playing every year except 1901, 1902, 1906, 1907, 1918, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1943, 1944, and 1945. This is one of the oldest interstate rivalries west of the Mississippi River, and the oldest west of Lawrence, Kansas. The series is the oldest rivalry for both schools and the "Border War" has been played in three different centuries.
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