He also played in the 1968 Sugar Bowl against LSU, rushing 19 times for 75 yards and a touchdown, and catching five passes for 48 yards. He was named the Most Valuable Player in the 1966 Sun Bowl victory over Florida State, rushing 25 times for 135 yards and two touchdowns, and catching four passes for 42 yards. Kiick was co-captain of the team as a senior. He was the first player ever to earn first-team All-Western Athletic Conference honors three times. He totalled 1,714 yards and ten touchdowns on 431 carries, and 561 yards and five touchdowns on 52 pass receptions.
He was inducted into the Wyoming Cowboys Athletic Hall of Fame on October 29, 1993. Dirks produced 71 tackles, 30 unassisted tackles, and 26 tackles for a loss. No team in the nation has since allowed fewer rushing yards than the 19 Wyoming defenses. He was part of the Cowboys line that was the nation's best rushing defense for two consecutive seasons. Led the Cowboys to a 10-1 record and berth in the 1968 Sugar Bowl. He co-captained Wyoming's 1967 WAC Championship football team that finished fifth in the nation. He was selected as an All-American and All-Western Athletic Conference performer. Mike Dirks - tackle - part of one of college football's best defenses in 19.The field was the first official stadium for the Cowboys previously they had played on Prexy's Pasture, the main green of the school. Corbett, longtime all-sport coach and director of physical education at the school. 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. The playing surface was natural grass until 2005, when infilled artificial turf was installed. 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. 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. Their most recent bowl appearance came in their 52–38 win over Kent State in the 2021 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. The Cowboys have appeared in 17 bowl games and have a record of nine wins and eight losses (9–8). Wyoming defeated UCLA in the 2004 Las Vegas Bowl to end their six bowl game losing streak.
Wyoming shared the Mountain West's Mountain division championship in 2016 and lost in the league's championship game. Wyoming won the Western Athletic Conference's Pacific division championship in 1996 and lost in the league's championship game. Wyoming has won 14 conference championships, ten outright and four shared. Mountain West Conference (1999–present)Ĭhampionships Conference championships.Western Athletic Conference (1962–1998).Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (1909–1937).Colorado Football Association (1905–1908).Coaches such as Bowden Wyatt, Bob Devaney, Fred Akers, Pat Dye, Dennis Erickson and Joe Tiller were at Wyoming immediately prior to gaining notoriety at bigger football powerhouses. The Cowboy football program has been among the most notable of "stepping stone" programs due to the success of its former coaches. The head coach is Craig Bohl, who entered his first season in 2014. They compete in the Mountain West Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I and have won 14 conference titles. The Wyoming Cowboys football program represents the University of Wyoming in college football.
Football team for the University of Wyoming