1895 Wyoming Cowboys football team explained

Year:1895
Team:Wyoming Cowboys
Sport:football
Conference:Independent
Record:1–0
Head Coach:Justus F. Soule
Hc Year:2nd
Captain:Herbert J. Brees

The 1895 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming as an independent during the 1895 college football season. In its second season under head coach Justus F. Soule, a professor of Latin and Greek, the team compiled a perfect 1–0 record. In the program's first intercollegiate football game, the team defeated from Greeley, Colorado, by a 34–0 score.[1]

For the second of three consecutive years, Herbert J. Brees was the team captain. Brees was a native of Laramie who went on to a career in the United States Army. He retired from the Army in 1941 with the rank of lieutenant general.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide. University of Wyoming. 2018. 210. January 12, 2019.
  2. Web site: Herbert Jay Brees. Sightline Media Group. January 12, 2019.