2013 Wyoming Cowboys football team

American college football season

2013 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionMountain Division
Record5–7 (3–5 MW)
Head coach
  • Dave Christensen (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorPete Kaligis (5th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJim Harding (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorChris Tormey (2nd season: 1–8, fired)[1]
Jamar Cain (1st season: 9–12, interim)[1]
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Mountain West Conference football standings
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 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

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.

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

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 ForceESPNUW 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 StateESPN2L 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 StateRTRML 7–3521,325[4]

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Personnel

Coaching staff

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

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

@ Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 7 7 7 13 34
#18 Cornhuskers 10 7 14 6 37

Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 0 0 0 10 10
Cowboys 0 21 21 0 42

Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 7 7
Cowboys 0 21 0 14 35

@ Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 14 28 7 7 56
Falcons 10 7 0 6 23

@ Texas State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 14 0 7 21
Bobcats 7 7 14 14 42

New Mexico

1 2 3 4 Total
Lobos 0 3 14 14 31
Cowboys 14 7 3 14 38

Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 14 10 14 14 52
Cowboys 0 7 8 7 22

@ San Jose State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 16 7 7 14 44
Spartans 0 14 22 15 51

Fresno State

1 2 3 4 Total
#17 Bulldogs 0 14 14 20 48
Cowboys 10 0 0 0 10

@ Boise State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 7 0 0 0 7
Broncos 14 14 17 3 48

Hawaii

1 2 3 4OT Total
Warriors 14 21 7 140 56
Cowboys 13 22 7 143 59

@ Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 0 0 7 7
Aggies 7 14 14 0 35

Statistics

Team

Team Statistics
Wyoming Opponents
Points 375 440
First Downs 280 292
Rushing 107 138
Passing 152 138
Penalty 21 16
Rushing Yards 2285 2642
Rushing Attempts 449 570
Average Per Rush 5.1 4.6
Long 79 62
Rushing TDs 21 27
Passing yards 3389 3142
Comp–Att 297–473 273–396
Comp % 62.8% 68.9%
Average Per Game 282.8 261.8
Average per Attempt 7.2 7.9
Passing TDs 29 32
INT's 12 9
Touchdowns 52 60
Passing 29 32
Rushing 21 27
Defensive 2 0
Interceptions 9 12
Yards 162 173
Long 50 42
Total Offense 5674 5784
Total Plays 922 966
Average Per Yards/Game 472.8 482.0
Kick Returns: # – Yards 31–523 27–586
TDs 0 0
Long 33 42
Punts 70 66
Yards 2933 3012
Average 41.9 45.6
Punt Returns: # – Yards 19–88 26–204
TDs 0 1
Long 22 64
Fumbles – Fumbles Lost 24–12 20–11
Opposing TD's 60 52
Penalties – Yards 66–592 69–580
3rd–Down Conversions 85/188 80/193
4th–Down Conversions 10/22 17/24
Takeaways 21 23
Field Goals 4–7 7–14
Extra Point 47–48 53–56
Sacks 23 27
Sack Against 27 23
Yards 162 190

Offense

Passing Statistics
NAME GP CMP ATT YDS CMP% TD INT
Brett Smith 12 293 467 3375 62.7 29 11
Tom Thornton 4 3 4 15 75.0 0 0
Trey Norman 10 2 5 23 40.7 0 1
Nathan Leddige 12 1 1 -1 100.0 0 0
Sam Stratton 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
TOTALS 12 297 473 3389 62.8 29 12
Rushing Statistics
NAME GP CAR YDS LONG TD
Shaun Wick 12 166 979 67 9
Brett Smith 12 125 573 74 4
Brandon Miller 11 83 385 29 3
Tedder Easton 12 45 311 79 5
Omar Stover 4 10 37 11 0
Robert Herron 12 2 12 8 0
Tom Thornton 4 6 8 11 0
Dominic Rufran 12 1 1 1 0
TEAM 8 10 -9 0 0
Sam Stratton 12 1 -12 0 0
TOTALS 12 449 2285 79 21
Receiving Statistics
NAME GP REC YDS LONG TD
Dominic Rufran 12 75 960 71 8
Robert Herron 12 72 937 93 9
Tanner Gentry 12 39 376 31 0
Jalen Claiborne 11 33 452 71 5
Brandon Miller 11 23 193 25 2
Shaun Wick 12 21 118 14 2
Jake Maulhardt 11 9 76 14 1
Jarrod Darden 6 6 49 19 0
Keenan Montgomery 11 5 102 72 1
Trey Norman 10 5 81 30 0
Spencer Bruce 12 3 23 14 1
Tedder Easton 12 3 4 4 0
Justin Berger 9 2 19 11 0
Marqueston Huff 12 1 -1 0 0
TOTALS 12 297 3389 93 29

Defense

Defensive Statistics
# NAME GP SOLO AST TOT TFL-YDS SACKS INT-YDS BU QBH FR–YDS FF BLK SAF
1 Jordan Stanton 12 71 63 134 10.0–20 2.0–7 2–51 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
2 Marqueston Huff 12 74 53 127 3.0–6 0.0–0 2–0 6 0 2–0 1 1 0
10 Mark Nzeocha 12 64 37 101 10.0–36 1.0–8 0–0 2 0 0–0 2 0 0
55 Eddie Yarbrough 12 41 48 89 12.0–60 6.5–45 0–0 1 0 2–48 2 1 0
45 Lucas Wacha 12 41 47 88 2.0–10 1.0–9 0–0 1 1 2–0 1 0 0
20 Blair Burns 12 38 23 61 1.0–2 0.0–0 1–33 7 0 1–0 0 0 0
43 Devyn Harris 12 28 21 49 3.5–11 1.0–8 0–0 1 1 2–5 0 0 0
12 Sonny Puletasi 12 19 28 47 10.0–48 4.5–35 0–0 3 1 0–0 0 1 0
96 Justin Bernthaler 12 20 26 46 7.5–39 4.5–31 0–0 0 0 0–0 1 0 0
4 DeAndre Jones 12 25 14 39 1.0–1 0.0–0 1–22 1 0 1–0 1 0 0
7 Chad Reese 7 25 14 39 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
29 Tim Hayes 11 31 5 36 2.0–4 0.0–0 1–0 6 0 0–0 0 0 0
95 Patrick Mertens 12 10 24 34 5.0–21 2.0–15 0–0 0 0 1–0 1 0 0
13 Darrenn White 6 20 8 28 0.5–1 0.0–0 0–0 1 0 0–0 2 0 0
90 Uso Olive 11 13 12 25 4.0–12 0.5–4 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
18 Xavier Lewis 12 9 9 18 1.0–1 0.0–0 0–0 3 0 0–0 0 0 0
5 Jesse Sampson 4 7 5 12 1.0–2 0.0–0 1–6 1 0 0–0 0 0 0
34 Siaosi Hala'api'api 10 6 5 11 1.5–1 0.0–0 0–0 1 0 0–0 1 0 0
2 Cortland Fort 11 6 2 8 0.0–0 0.0–0 1–50 1 0 0–0 0 0 0
9 Malkaam Muhammad 11 2 6 8 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
14 Tyran Finley 1 2 3 5 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
83 Jake Maulhardt 11 1 4 5 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
16 Brett Smith 12 3 0 3 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
53 Alex Borgs 12 1 2 3 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
94 Brendan Turelli 12 0 3 3 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
6 Robert Herron 12 3 0 3 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
28 Nehemie Kankolongo 10 2 1 3 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 1 0 0
6 B.J. Hendrix Jr. 2 0 2 2 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
41 Ethan Wood 12 1 1 2 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
27 Oscar Nevermann 12 0 1 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
73 Chase Roullier 10 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
65 Jessee Wilson 1 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
72 Jake Jones 12 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
39 Justin Martin 5 0 1 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
1 Jalen Claiborne 11 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
21 Shaun Wick 12 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
TOTAL 12 568 468 1036 75–275 23–162 9–162 35 3 11–53 13 3 0
OPPONENTS 12 522 362 884 64–276 27–190 12–173 42 19 12–58 14 1 0

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

Interceptions Statistics
NAME NO. YDS AVG TD LNG
Jordan Stanton 2 51 25.5 1 39
Marqueston Huff 2 0 0.0 0 0
DeAndre Jones 1 22 22.0 0 22
Tim Hayes 1 0 0.0 0 0
Cortland Fort 1 50 50.0 1 50
Blair Burns 1 33 33.0 0 33
Jesse Sampson 1 6 6.0 0 6
TOTALS 9 162 18.0 2 50

Special teams

Kicking Statistics
NAME XPM XPA XP% FGM FGA FG% 1–19 20–29 30–39 40–49 50+ LNG PTS
Stuart Williams 47 48 97.9% 4 7 57.1% 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 43 59
TOTALS 47 48 97.9% 4 7 57.1% 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 43 59
Kick Return Statistics
NAME RTNS YDS AVG TD LNG
Jalen Claiborne 16 293 18.3 0 33
Trey Norman 6 105 17.5 0 27
Shaun Wick 3 58 19.3 0 21
J.J. Quinlan 3 16 5.3 0 12
Robert Herron 1 14 14.0 0 14
Brandon Miller 1 19 19.0 0 18
Tyran Finley 1 18 18.0 0 18
TOTALS 31 523 16.9 0 33
Punting Statistics
NAME PUNTS YDS AVG LONG TB FC I–20 50+ BLK
Ethan Wood 69 2899 42.0 64 8 4 17 13 0
Stuart Williams 1 34 34.0 34 0 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 70 2933 41.9 64 8 4 18 13 0
Punt Return Statistics
NAME RTNS YDS AVG TD LONG
Jalen Claiborne 13 42 3.2 0 15
Dominic Rufran 3 51 17.0 0 22
TEAM 2 0 0.0 0 3
Blair Burns 1 -5 -5.0 0 0
TOTALS 19 88 4.6 0 22

Scores by quarter (all opponents)

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

References

  1. ^ a b c 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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