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1987 Wyoming Cowboys football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1987
team	Wyoming Cowboys
sport	football
conference	Western Athletic Conference
short_conf	WAC
record	10–3
conf_record	8–0
head_coach	Paul Roach
hc_year	1st
off_coach	Joe Tiller
oc_year	1st
stadium	War Memorial Stadium
champion	WAC champion
bowl	[Holiday Bowl](1987-holiday-bowl)
bowl_result	L 19–20 vs. [Iowa](1987-iowa-hawkeyes-football-team)

The 1987 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Cowboys' 92nd season and they competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Led by first-year head coach Paul Roach, the Cowboys compiled a 10–2 record (8–0 against conference opponents), finishing first in the WAC. The team played their home games on campus at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming, and outscored their opponents 426 to 271. As WAC Champions against Iowa in the Holiday Bowl, Wyoming lost by a point to finish at 10–3.

Roach was hired as the athletic director at Wyoming in July 1986. When head coach Dennis Erickson left abruptly after just one season for Washington State in January 1987, Roach selected himself as successor a few days later. The two teams met in the second game of the season.

Schedule

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1988 NFL draft

The following were selected in the 1988 NFL draft.

References

(July 26, 1986). "New Wyoming A.D. named". Deseret News.
Grummert, Dale. (January 8, 1987). "Erickson sets lofty goals for Cougars". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
Condotta, Bob. (January 7, 1987). "Denny's dream comes true". Idahonian.
Weaver, Dan. (January 8, 1987). "Erickson followed his heart to WSU". Spokesman-Review.
(January 7, 1987). "Pokes' Erickson to Washington State". Deseret News.
Kiszla, Mark. (January 8, 1987). "'Pokes want coach who will stay". Deseret News.
(January 10, 1987). "Wyoming replaces Erickson". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
(January 10, 1987). "AD Roach takes Wyoming grid reins". Idahonian.
(September 6, 1987). "Cowboys shoot down Falcons to open season, 27–13". Casper Star-Tribune.
Jacobson, Bryan. (September 12, 1987). "Cougs, Cowboys are carbon copy". Idahonian.
(September 13, 1987). "WSU deals Cowboys 43-28 loss". Eugene Register-Guard.
Jacobson, Bryan. (September 14, 1987). "Tough week for WSU's Erickson". Idahonian.
(September 20, 1987). "OSU tops Wyoming". The Salina Journal.
(September 27, 1987). "ISU's first TD doesn't prevent loss". The Sioux City Journal.
Curt Holbreich. (October 4, 1987). "There May Be No Road to Title After Aztecs Fall to Wyoming, 52–10". [[Los Angeles Times]].
(October 11, 1987). "Wyoming dumps BYU 29–27". The Daily Spectrum.
(October 18, 1987). "WAC: Wyoming just pulls out 37–35 non-conference victory over Houston". The Times-News.
(November 1, 1987). "Wyoming wins, 4–0 in WAC". The Billings Gazette.
(November 8, 1987). "Runyan, Pokes demolish hapless Lobos". Casper Star-Tribune.
(November 15, 1987). "Steve Bena scores 3 TDs as Wyo nears WAC crown". Star-Herald.
(November 22, 1987). "Wyoming 'goin' to the beach!' for Holiday". Albuquerque Journal.
(November 30, 1987). "Cowboys finish perfect in WAC". Casper Star-Tribune.
(December 31, 1987). "Creative Iowa rebounds to win by 1 again". The Los Angeles Times.
"1988 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

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