1948_Wyoming_Cowboys_football_team

1948 Wyoming Cowboys football team

1948 Wyoming Cowboys football team

American college football season

The 1948 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the Skyline Six Conference during the 1948 college football season. In their second season under head coach Bowden Wyatt, the Cowboys compiled a 4–5 record (0–5 against Skyline Six opponents), finished sixth in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 270 to 145.[1][2]

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Eddie Talboom played in the backfield. He later became the first Wyoming player to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[3][4] Head coach Bowden Wyatt was also inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1997.[5]

In the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948, Wyoming was ranked at No. 95.[6]

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References

  1. [1]
    "1948 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  2. [2]
    "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 212. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Eddie Talboom". National Football Foundation. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  4. [4]
    2018 Media Guide, p. 18.
  5. [5]
    "Bowden Wyatt". National Football Foundation. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
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    "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Wyoming Cowboys Ride Herd on Montana State Bobcat Club, 46-12: Eddie Talboom Leads Punchers In Lopsided Conquest of Cats". The Billings Gazette. November 14, 1948. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "DU Blanks Pokes, 13-0". Fort Collins Coloradoan. Associated Press. November 26, 1948. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
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