List of Wyoming Cowboys bowl games explained

The Wyoming Cowboys college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Wyoming in the Mountain West Conference (MW). Since the establishment of the team in 1892, Wyoming has appeared in 19 bowl games.^[1] The latest bowl appearance was on December 30, 2023, when Wyoming won against to Toledo University in the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl. The win brought the Cowboys' overall bowl record to ten wins and nine losses (10–9).^{[1] [2]}

Key

General

	Bowl game record attendance
	Former bowl game record attendance

Results

W	Win
L	Loss

Bowl games

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Bowl	Score	Date	Season	Opponent	Stadium	Location	Attendance^[3]	Head coach
1	Gator Bowl			1950	Washington & Lee	Gator Bowl	Jacksonville
2	Sun Bowl			1955	Texas Tech	Kidd Field	El Paso
3	Sun Bowl			1958	Hardin–Simmons	Kidd Field	El Paso
4	Sun Bowl			1966	Florida State	Sun Bowl	El Paso
5	Sugar Bowl			1967	LSU	Tulane Stadium	New Orleans
6	Fiesta Bowl			1976	Oklahoma	Sun Devil Stadium	Tempe
7	Holiday Bowl			1987	Iowa	Jack Murphy Stadium	San Diego
8	Holiday Bowl			1988	Oklahoma State	Jack Murphy Stadium	San Diego
9	Copper Bowl			1990	California	Arizona Stadium	Tucson
10	Copper Bowl			1993	Kansas State	Arizona Stadium	Tucson
11	Las Vegas Bowl			2004	UCLA	Sam Boyd Stadium	Whitney
12	New Mexico Bowl	^3OT		2009	Fresno State	University Stadium	Albuquerque
13	New Mexico Bowl			2011	Temple	University Stadium	Albuquerque	^[4]
14	Poinsettia Bowl			2016	BYU	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego
15	Famous Idaho Potato Bowl			2017	Central Michigan	Albertsons Stadium	Boise
16	Arizona Bowl			2019	Georgia State	Arizona Stadium	Tucson
17	Famous Idaho Potato Bowl			2021	Kent State	Albertsons Stadium	Boise
18	Arizona Bowl	^OT		2022	Ohio	Arizona Stadium	Tucson
19	Arizona Bowl			2023	Toledo	Arizona Stadium	Tucson

Notes

1. Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 29
2. News: Temple wins New Mexico Bowl with romp over Wyoming . https://web.archive.org/web/20111218003010/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=313512751 . dead . December 18, 2011 . Associated Press . ESPN.com . December 17, 2011 . December 18, 2011.
3. Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38
4. News: Temple Owls vs. Wyoming Cowboys box score . Associated Press . ESPN.com . December 17, 2011 . December 18, 2011.

References

General

• Web site: Bowl/All-Star Game Records . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) . 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records . NCAA.org . December 18, 2011 . PDF.

Specific