2023 Wyoming Cowboys football team explained

Year:2023
Team:Wyoming Cowboys
Sport:football
Conference:Mountain West Conference
Short Conf:MW
Record:9–4
Conf Record:5–3
Head Coach:Craig Bohl
Hc Year:10th
Off Coach:Tim Polasek
Oc Year:3rd
Off Scheme:Pro-style, West Coast
Def Coach:Jay Sawvel
Dc Year:4th
Def Scheme:4–3
Stadium:War Memorial Stadium
Champion:Arizona Bowl champion
Bowl:Arizona Bowl
Bowl Result:W 16–15 vs. Toledo

The 2023 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming as a member of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by tenth-year head coach Craig Bohl and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium. The Cowboys finished the season 9-4, 5-3 in Mountain West play to finish fifth. They were invited to the Arizona Bowl for the second consecutive year, where they defeated Toledo.

On December 6, Bohl announced that he would be retiring following the team's bowl game.[1]

Offseason

Departures

Entered NFL

See also: 2023 NFL draft. [2]

Player! style="text-align:center;
PositionTeam
OL Miami Dolphins
RB Indianapolis Colts

Outgoing transfers

[3]

Player! style="text-align:center;
PositionHeightWeightYearNew team
Caden Becker DE 6'4" 235 RS Freshman Nebraska
Gavin Beerup WR 6'5" 210 RS Sophomore Nebraska–Kearney
Akili Bonner DE 6'4" 250 RS Junior Davenport
Joey Braasch RB 6'1" 210 RS Freshman TBD
Joshua Cobbs WR 6'4" 204 RS Junior Houston
Jagger Filippone OL 6'6" 265 Freshman San Diego
Hank Gibbs QB 6'6" 240 RS Freshman Northern Colorado
Keonte Glinton DB 5'11" 190 RS Junior New Mexico State
Tyrese Grant WR 6'0" 185 RS Freshman TBD
Zaire Jackson DB 5'11" 170 Freshman TBD
Mykel Janise OL 6'4" 280 RS Freshman Louisiana Tech
Oluwaseyi Omatosho DE 6'2" 246 RS Sophomore
Emmanuel Pregnon RG 6'6" 318 RS Sophomore USC
Cam Stone DB 5'10" 181 Senior Hawaii
Jordan Vaughn RB 6'3" 240 RS Sophomore Abilene Christian
Deshawn Woods OL 6'5" 285 Freshman TBD

Additions

Incoming transfers

[3]

Player! style="text-align:center;
PositionHeightWeightYearPrevious team
Ayir Asante WR 6'0" 174 Senior Holy Cross
Devin Boddie Jr. WR 5'11" 175 Junior Vanderbilt
Tyrecus Davis DB 5'10" 181 Junior Navarro Community College
Carson May QB 6'5" 208 RFreshman Iowa
Harrison Waylee RB 5'10" 192 Junior Northern Illinois

Recruiting

See main article: 2023 college football recruiting class.

Preseason

Mountain West Media Poll

[4]

Predicted finish! style="text-align:center;
TeamVotes (1st place)
1 433 (28)
2 364 (2)
3 351 (5)
4 338 (1)
5 293
6 Wyoming 281
7 201
8 194
9 177
10 102
11 92
12 60

Preseason All Mountain West teams

[4]

PositionPlayerClass
Offense
OL Frank Crum Sr.
Defense
DL Jordan Bertagnole Jr.
DL DeVonne Harris Jr.
LB Easton Gibbs Jr.
Specialists
PK John Hoyland Jr.

Award watch lists

Award! style="text-align:center;
PlayerPositionYear
Clayton Stewart[5] P Sr.
John Hoyland[6] PK Jr.
Easton Gibbs[7] LB Jr.
Jordan Bertagnole[8] DT Jr.
Easton Gibbs LB Jr.
Easton Gibbs[9] LB Jr.

Coaching staff

Name! style="text-align:center;
PositionConsecutive Years
Head Coach 10th
Mike Grant Associate Head Coach/Offensive Pass Coordinator/Wide Receivers 8th
Oscar Giles Associate Head Coach/Freshman/Defensive Run Coordinate/Defensive Tackles 2nd
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks 3rd
Defensive Coordinator/Safeties 4th
Linebackers 7th
Benny Boyd Co-Special Teams Coordinator/Cornerbacks 4th
Gordie Haug Recruiting Director/Running Backs 10th
Brian Hendricks Defensive Ends 1st
Shannon Moore Co-Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends and Fullbacks 5th
Joe Tripodi Offensive Line 2nd
Eric Donoval Director of Sports Performance 6th

Schedule

[10]

Statistics

Team

Wyoming Opp
Scoring 329 290
  Points per Game 25.3 22.3
First Downs 242 258
  Rushing 115 102
  Passing 103 143
  Penalty 24 13
Rushing yards 2060 1879
  Avg per play 4.4 4.1
  Avg per game 158.5 144.5
  Rushing touchdowns 19 12
Passing yards 2191 2772
  Att-Comp-Int 304-189-6 433-253-11
  Avg per pass 7.2 6.4
  Avg per catch 11.6 11.0
  Avg per game 168.5 213.2
  Passing touchdowns 20 18
Total Offense 4251 4651
  Avg per Play 5.5 5.2
  Avg per Game 327.0 357.8
Fumbles-Lost 11-5 16-11
Penalties-Yards 51-434 60-531
  Avg per Game 33.4 40.8
Wyoming Opp
Punts-Yards 61-2567 50-2228
  Avg per Punt 42.1 44.6
Time of Possession/Game 30:14 29:46
3rd Down Conversions 56-152 85-191
4th Down Conversions 6-9 13-23
Touchdowns Scored 41 32
Field Goals-Attempts 13-20 22-28
PAT-Attempts 38-39 26-27

Individual Leaders

Passing

Passing statistics
NAME GP RAT CMP ATT YDS AVG/G CMP% TD INT LONG
6 Andrew Peasley 12 146.3 166 266 1991 165.9 62.4% 20 5 89
17 Evan Svoboda 10 99.5 23 38 200 20.0 60.5% 0 1 20
TOTALS 13 140.5 189 304 2191 168.5 62.2% 20 6 89

Rushing

Rushing statistics
NAME GP ATT GAIN AVG TD LONG AVG/G
4 Harrison Waylee 10 164 947 5.8 5 75 94.7
6 Andrew Peasley 12 110 419 3.8 7 43 34.9
22 Sam Scott 13 49 237 4.8 2 19 18.2
32 Jamari Ferrell 11 52 188 3.6 1 17 17.1
7 D.Q. James 4 35 106 3.0 0 15 26.5
17 Evan Svoboda 10 25 80 3.2 2 18 8.0
21 Jeremy Hollingsworth 4 6 31 5.2 0 10 7.8
2 Devin Boddie 13 4 30 6.5 0 26 2.0
11 Wyatt Wieland 13 7 22 3.1 1 11 1.7
5 Ayir Asante 13 4 11 2.8 1 10 0.8
83 Will Pelissier 9 3 6 2.0 0 4 0.7
23 Caleb Merritt 6 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.2
12 Jayden Clemons 2 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 -1.0
Team 13 7 -10 -1.4 0 0 -0.8
TOTALS 13 468 2060 4.4 19 75 158.5

Receiving

Receiving statistics
NAME GP CTH YDS AVG TD LONG AVG/G
11 Wyatt Wieland 13 44 480 10.9 5 40 36.9
81 Treyton Welch 13 31 308 9.9 2 32 23.7
84 John Michael Gyllenborg 13 23 360 15.7 3 89 27.7
5 Ayir Asante 13 21 372 17.7 6 66 28.6
20 Ryan Marquez 13 12 164 13.7 1 44 12.6
4 Harrison Waylee 10 12 66 5.5 0 12 6.6
22 Sam Scott 13 11 77 7.0 0 18 5.9
9 Alex Brown 12 8 106 13.3 0 28 8.8
83 Will Pelissier 9 7 79 11.3 1 34 8.8
2 Devin Boddie 13 6 48 8.0 0 19 3.7
16 Gunner Gentry 12 3 31 10.3 1 17 2.6
36 Caleb Driskill 13 2 15 7.5 1 11 1.2
88 Colin O'Brien 13 2 20 10.0 0 14 1.7
7 D.Q. James 4 2 14 7.0 0 9 3.5
32 Jamari Ferrell 11 2 7 3.5 0 6 0.6
8 Jalen Sargent 7 1 15 15.0 0 15 2.1
23 Caleb Merritt 6 1 7 7.0 0 7 1.2
TOTALS 13 189 2191 11.6 20 89 168.5

Defense

Defense statistics
NAME GP SOLO AST TOT TFL-YDS SACK-YDS INT BU QBH FR FF BLK SAF TD
28 Easton Gibbs 13 47 62 109 4.0-20 2.0-17 1 6 3 1 2 0 0 0
43 Shae Suiaunoa 13 60 33 93 5.5-31 2.5-24 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 Wyett Ekeler 13 49 28 77 5.5-27 2.0-20 2 7 0 1 2 0 0 0
42 Isaac White 13 33 28 61 2.0-15 1.0-8 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
96 Jordan Bertagnole 13 27 33 60 5.5-19 2.0-4 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 0
54 Sabastian Harsh 12 30 20 50 9.0-33 3.0-20 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 Wrook Brown 12 34 13 47 1.0-1 0-0 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
94 Cole Godbout 13 12 31 43 4.0-13 2.0-10 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
7 Jakorey Hawkins 13 31 10 41 0.5-1 0-0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 1
93 DeVonne Harris 13 20 15 35 4.0-29 4.0-29 0 4 8 1 0 2 0 0
6 Kolbey Taylor 9 22 7 29 0-0 0-0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0
12 Tyrecus Davis 9 24 3 27 0-0 0-0 1 7 0 2 1 0 0 0
90 Gavin Meyer 13 13 13 26 3.5-8 0-0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
34 Braden Siders 12 15 11 26 5.0-20 4.0-19 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0
40 Tyce Westland 13 8 10 18 4.5-15 0.5-3 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
33 Connor Shay 13 8 7 15 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Cole DeMarzo 13 8 6 14 1.0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
63 Ben Florentine 12 7 4 11 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Buck Coors 9 10 0 10 2.0-5 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
95 Caleb Robinson 11 5 4 9 1.0-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Andrew Johnson 13 4 3 7 1.0-6 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
44 Micah Young 13 1 6 7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Ian Bell 12 2 4 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Sam Scott 13 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 Kevin Sjogren 2 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
52 Carson York 13 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Wyatt Wieland 13 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Ryan Marquez 13 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
36 Caleb Driskill 13 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
19 Caleb Cooley 13 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 Nic Talich 13 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
91 Jaden Williams 5 1 1 2 1.0-6 1.0-6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 Gunner Gentry 12 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Jeremy Hollingsworth 4 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 John Hoyland 13 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 Read Sunn 13 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Jalen Sargent 7 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Josh Dixon 4 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Malique Singleton 3 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Mitchell Anderson 1 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 Cayden Hawkins 2 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 13 489 362 851 60-255 24-160 11 60 34 11 8 3 0 1
Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown

Special teams

Kick return statistics
NAME GP RTNS YDS AVG TD LNG
5 Ayir Asante 13 8 166 20.8 0 31
11 Wyatt Wieland 13 6 92 15.3 0 27
TOTALS 13 16 258 18.4 0 31
Punt return statistics
NAME GP RTNS YDS AVG TD LONG
19 Caleb Cooley 13 8 34 4.3 0 14
2 Devin Boddie 13 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
TOTALS 13 9 33 3.7 0 14

Game summaries

Texas Tech

See also: 2023 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team.

Portland State

See also: 2023 Portland State Vikings football team.

at No. 4 Texas

See also: 2023 Texas Longhorns football team.

Appalachian State

See also: 2023 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team.

New Mexico

See also: 2023 New Mexico Lobos football team.

No. 24 Fresno State

See also: 2023 Fresno State Bulldogs football team.

at Air Force

See also: 2023 Air Force Falcons football team.

at Boise State

See also: 2023 Boise State Broncos football team.

Colorado State

See also: 2023 Colorado State Rams football team and Border War (Colorado State–Wyoming rivalry).

at UNLV

See also: 2023 UNLV Rebels football team.

Hawaii

See also: 2023 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team and Hawaii–Wyoming football rivalry.

at Nevada

See also: 2023 Nevada Wolf Pack football team.

vs Toledo (Arizona Bowl)

See also: 2023 Toledo Rockets football team and 2023 Arizona Bowl.

Notes and References

  1. News: Seeman . Nick . Craig Bohl Announces His Retirement as Head Coach of Wyoming Football . December 6, 2023 . Wyoming Cowboys Athletics . December 6, 2023.
  2. News: Thorburn . Ryan . Five former Wyoming Cowboys signed as NFL undrafted free agents . 15 August 2023 . Casper Star Tribune . 2 May 2023.
  3. News: Wittman . Mike . 2022-2023 MWC Player Movement Tracker . 15 August 2023 . Mountain West Connection . SBNation . 13 August 2023.
  4. News: Harkins . Tim . Wyoming Picked Sixth in 2023 Preseason Football Media Poll . 18 August 2023 . GoWyo.com . 19 July 2023.
  5. Web site: Watchlist - Ray Guy Award . RayGuyAward.com . Augusta Sports Council . 18 August 2023.
  6. Web site: Watch List . LouGrozaAward.com . Palm Beach Sports Commission . 18 August 2023.
  7. Web site: Watch List . touchdownclub.com . Charlotte Touchdown Club . 18 August 2023.
  8. Web site: 2023 Outland Trophy Watch List unveiled . sportswriters.net . Football Writers Association of America . 18 August 2023.
  9. Web site: College - The Butkus Award . thebutkusaward.com . The Butkus Foundation . 18 August 2023.
  10. Web site: 2023 Wyoming Football Schedule . FBSchedules.com . January 3, 2023.

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