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2013 Wyoming Cowboys football team

The 2013 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by fifth year head coach Dave Christensen and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium. They were members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place in the Mountain Division.

2013 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionMountain Division
Record5–7 (3–5 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPete Kaligis (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJim Harding (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorChris Tormey (2nd season; games 1–8)
Jamar Cain (interim; remainder of season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Mountain Division
Utah State x   7 – 1     9 – 5  
Boise State   6 – 2     8 – 5  
Colorado State   5 – 3     8 – 6  
Wyoming   3 – 5     5 – 7  
New Mexico   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Air Force   0 – 8     2 – 10  
West Division
Fresno State x$   7 – 1     11 – 2  
San Diego State   6 – 2     8 – 5  
UNLV   5 – 3     7 – 6  
San Jose State   5 – 3     6 – 6  
Nevada   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Hawaii   0 – 8     1 – 11  
Championship: Fresno State 24, Utah State 17
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Defensive coordinator Chris Tormey was fired mid-season after two straight losses in which the Cowboys surrendered more than 50 points a game; Christensen promoted defensive line coach Jamar Cain to interim coordinator.[1]

On December 1, 2013, the university announced that head coach Dave Christensen had been fired from his position after five seasons with the program.[2]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 p.m.at No. 18 Nebraska*
BTNL 34–3791,185[3]
September 72:00 p.m.Idaho*
RTRMW 42–1022,030[4]
September 142:00 p.m.Northern Colorado*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 35–719,091[4]
September 218:15 p.m.at Air Force
ESPNUW 56–2335,389[4]
September 285:00 p.m.at Texas State*
LHNL 21–4222,150[4]
October 121:30 p.m.New Mexico
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
RTRMW 38–3122,853[4]
October 1912:00 p.m.Colorado State
RTRML 22–5224,953[4]
October 265:00 p.m.at San Jose State
RTRML 44–5116,123[4]
November 98:15 p.m.No. 17 Fresno State
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
ESPN2L 10–4815,700[4]
November 168:15 p.m.at Boise State
ESPN2L 7–4833,992[4]
November 2312:00 p.m.Hawaii
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY (rivalry)
W 59–56 OT12,227[4]
November 3012:00 p.m.at Utah State
RTRML 7–3521,325[4]

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Personnel

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Coaching staff

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Name Position Seasons at
Wyoming		 Alma mater Before Wyoming
Dave Christensen Head coach 5 Western Washington (1985) Missouri – Assistant head coach / offensive coordinator (2008)
Pete Kaligis Asst. head coach / Co-Off. Coordinator / running backs coach 5 Washington (1994) Montana – Offensive line coach (2008)
Jim Harding Co-offensive Coordinator / offensive line coach 5 Toledo (2001) Troy HS – Head coach (2008)
Chris Tormey Defensive coordinator / safeties coach 2 Idaho (1978) Washington State – Linebackers coach (2011)
Robin Ross Special teams coordinator / Linebackers 2 Washington State (1977) UNLV – Linebackers coach (2011)
Jamar Cain Defensive line coach 1 New Mexico State (2002) Cal Poly – Defensive line coach (2012)
Nick Danielson Tight Ends / h-backs coach 2 Occidental College (2011) University of Puget Sound – Assistant Offensive Line Coach (2012)
Jason Gesser Quarterbacks 1 Washington State (2002) Idaho – Interim head coach / offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach (2012)
Renaldo Hill Cornerbacks 2 Michigan State (2012) Denver Broncos – Cornerback (2010)
Derek Sage Wide receivers 4 Cal State Northridge (2002) New Hampshire – Wide receivers coach (2009)

Roster

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2013 Wyoming Cowboys Football

Quarterbacks

  • 11 Colby Kirkegaard – senior (6'3", 198)
  • 13 Tommy Thornton – freshman (6'1", 205)
  • 16 Brett Smith – junior (6'3", 205)
  • 17 Jason Thompson – sophomore (6'2", 212)

Tailbacks

  •  7 D.J. May – sophomore (5'11", 196)
  •  8 Brandon Miller – senior (6'0", 188)
  • 22 Tedder Easton – senior (5'11", 260)
  • 24 Omar Stover – freshman (5'11", 192)
  • 26 Shaun Wick – sophomore (5'10", 190)
  • 32 Joshua Tapscott – freshman (5'9", 200)

Wide receivers

  •  1 Jalen Claiborne – junior (5'9", 175)
  •  2 Eric Nzeocha – freshman (6'1", 208)
  •  3 Trey Norman – junior (6'1", 170)
  •  4 Tanner Gentry – freshman (6'2", 190)
  •  5 Trent Sewell – freshman (6'2", 207)
  •  6 Robert Herron – senior (5'10", 187)
  •  9 Sam Stratton – junior (5'11", 196)
  • 18 Josh Smith – junior (6'3", 205)
  • 19 Keenan Montgomery – junior (6'1", 180)
  • 25 Spencer Bruce – senior (6'5", 225)
  • 27 Oscar Nevermann – freshman (6'1", 210)
  • 33 Dominic Rufran – junior (6'0", 185)
  • 81 Justin Berger – junior (6'2", 200)
  • 82 Tanner Simpson – freshman (6'2", 178)
  • 83 Jake Maulhardt – freshman (6'6", 197)
  • 89 Nico Brown – freshman (6'3", 205)

Tight ends

  • 42 Riley Lange – junior (6'3", 250)
  • 80 J.D. Krill – junior (6'6", 255)
  • 86 Luke Leddige – junior (6'2", 205)
  

Offensive linemen

  • 50 Albert Perez – junior (6'1", 285)
  • 51 Tyler Strong – senior (6'3", 312)
  • 58 Taylor Knestis – freshman (6'5", 270)
  • 62 Josh Teeter – freshman (6'3", 268)
  • 63 Rafe Kiely – sophomore (6'3", 296)
  • 64 Charlie Renfree – freshman (6'3", 283)
  • 65 Jesse Wilson – sophomore (6'1", 230)
  • 66 Zach D'Amico – sophomore (5'11", 275)
  • 69 Austin Tixier – freshman (6'3", 272)
  • 71 Austin Traphagan – sophomore (6'5", 308)
  • 72 Jake Jones – sophomore (6'3", 295)
  • 73 Chase Roullier – freshman (6'4", 312)
  • 74 Walker Madden – junior (6'9", 280)
  • 75 Kurtis Stirneman – freshman (6'5", 270)
  • 76 Jacob English – freshman (6'5", 305)
  • 77 Connor Rains – junior (6'7", 318)
  • 78 Nathan Leddige – freshman (6'5", 289)
  • 79 Connor Riese – freshman (6'7", 305)

Defensive linemen

  • 12 Sonny Puletasi – junior (6'3", 247)
  • 31 Sam Awrabi – freshman (6'3", 245)
  • 34 Siaosi Hala'api'api – sophomore (6'2", 240)
  • 46 Deven McKenna – sophomore (6'2", 225)
  • 52 Sam Hardy – freshman (6'3", 299)
  • 54 James Diamanti – freshman (6'4", 296)
  • 55 Eddie Yarbrough – sophomore (6'3", 253)
  • 57 Chase Appleby – freshman (6'0", 289)
  • 60 Du'Ryan Ebbesen – freshman (6'2", 301)
  • 90 Uso Olive – freshman (6'1", 300)
  • 91 Troy Boyland – junior (6'2", 310)
  • 94 Adam Kinder – freshman (6'2", 206)
  • 95 Patrick Mertens – senior (6'5", 295)
  • 96 Justin Bernthaler – senior (6'2", 256)
  • 97 Dan Crook – junior (6'3", 266)
  • 98 Dalton Fields – freshman (6'3", 265)
  

Linebackers

  •  1 Jordan Stanton – junior (6'0", 246)
  •  3 Jeff Lark – sophomore (6'2", 203)
  •  8 Zack Berg – sophomore (6'2", 226)
  •  9 Malkaam Muhammad – sophomore (6'0", 225)
  • 12 Ruben Narcisse* – senior (6'1", 214)
  • 15 Nehemie Kankolongo – junior (5'11", 208)
  • 21 Mark Nzeocha – junior (6'3", 230)
  • 22 Ryan Anaya – freshman (6'2", 240)
  • 43 Devyn Harris – senior (6'3", 229)
  • 44 J.J. Quinlan – senior (6'1", 238)
  • 45 Lucas Wacha – freshman (6'1", 201)
  • 47 Brandon Lukenbill – freshman (6'2", 224)
  • 53 Alex Borgs – junior (6'2", 224)

Defensive backs

  •  2 Marqueston Huff – senior (6'0", 195)
  •  4 DeAndre Jones – junior (6'0", 180)
  •  5 Jesse Sampson – junior (6'0", 188)
  •  6 B.J. Hendrix Jr. – sophomore (5'11", 184)
  •  7 Chad Reese – junior (5'11", 180)
  • 13 Darrenn White – junior (6'0", 184)
  • 14 Xavier Lewis – freshman (6'0", 190)
  • 16 Cortland Fort – freshman (6'0", 182)
  • 20 Blair Burns – junior (5'10", 180)
  • 23 Tim Kamana – freshman (5'11", 185)
  • 24 Zaquoya Parham – sophomore (5'10", 177)
  • 29 Timmy Hayes – freshman (5'9", 185)
  • 32 Jake Schiffner – junior (5'10", 181)
  • 35 Cooper Wise – freshman (5'9", 170)
  • 37 Luke Kellum – freshman (5'10", 184)
  • 38 Julian Hawkins – junior (5'8", 169)

Placekickers/Punters

  • 39 Justin Martin – sophomore (5'10", 178)
  • 40 Stuart Williams – junior (5'11", 180)
  • 91 Ethan Wood – freshman (6'3", 165)
  • 92 Taylor King – freshman (5'9", 173)
  • 93 Kris Mull – freshman (5'11", 155)

Longsnapper

  • 94 Brendan Turelli – freshman (6'2", 240)
  • The name of Ruben Narcisse, who died in a car accident on Sept. 6, 2010, will remain on the Wyoming roster until his freshman class of 2010 graduates as his teammates and coaches wish to continue to honor him as a member of the Wyoming Cowboys. His class indicates the year in school he would be this season.

Box Scores

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@ Nebraska

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 7 7 7 13 34
#18 Cornhuskers 10 7 14 6 37
See also: 2013 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Idaho

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1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 0 0 0 10 10
Cowboys 0 21 21 0 42
See also: 2013 Idaho Vandals football team

Northern Colorado

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 7 7
Cowboys 0 21 0 14 35
See also: 2013 Northern Colorado Bears football team

@ Air Force

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 14 28 7 7 56
Falcons 10 7 0 6 23
See also: 2013 Air Force Falcons football team

@ Texas State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 14 0 7 21
Bobcats 7 7 14 14 42
See also: 2013 Texas State Bobcats football team

New Mexico

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1 2 3 4 Total
Lobos 0 3 14 14 31
Cowboys 14 7 3 14 38
See also: 2013 New Mexico Lobos football team

Colorado State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 14 10 14 14 52
Cowboys 0 7 8 7 22
See also: 2013 Colorado State Rams football team and Bronze Boot

@ San Jose State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 16 7 7 14 44
Spartans 0 14 22 15 51
See also: 2013 San Jose State Spartans football team

Fresno State

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1 2 3 4 Total
#17 Bulldogs 0 14 14 20 48
Cowboys 10 0 0 0 10
See also: 2013 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

@ Boise State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 7 0 0 0 7
Broncos 14 14 17 3 48
See also: 2013 Boise State Broncos football team

Hawaii

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1 2 3 4OT Total
Warriors 14 21 7 140 56
Cowboys 13 22 7 143 59
See also: 2013 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

@ Utah State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 0 0 7 7
Aggies 7 14 14 0 35
See also: 2013 Utah State Aggies football team

Statistics

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Team

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Offense

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Defense

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Key: SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FF: Forced Fumbles, FR: Fumbles Recovered, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties

Special teams

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Scores by quarter (all opponents)

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1 2 3 4OT Total
All opponents 76 111 130 1230 440
Wyoming 78 137 60 973 375

References

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  1. ^ Associated Press (October 29, 2013). "Wyoming Fires Chris Tormey". ESPN. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  2. ^ Wolken, Dan (December 1, 2013). "Dave Christensen Out After Five Seasons at Wyoming". USA Today. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "Wyoming Cowboys at #18 Nebraska Cornhuskers (August 31, 2013)". Statbroadcast.com. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Wyoming Combined Statistics" (PDF). Wyoming Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  5. ^ "2013–2014 Schedule". University of Wyoming Athletics. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
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