2014 Wyoming Cowboys football team

American college football season

2014 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionMountain Division
Record4–8 (2–6 MW)
Head coach
  • Craig Bohl (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorBrent Vigen (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorSteve Stanard (1st season)
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Mountain West Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Mountain Division
No. 16 Boise State x$   7 – 1     12 – 2  
Colorado State   6 – 2     10 – 3  
Utah State   6 – 2     10 – 4  
Air Force   5 – 3     10 – 3  
New Mexico   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Wyoming   2 – 6     4 – 8  
West Division
Fresno State x   5 – 3     6 – 8  
San Diego State   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Nevada   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Hawaii   3 – 5     4 – 9  
San Jose State   2 – 6     3 – 9  
UNLV   1 – 7     2 – 11  
Championship: Boise State 28, Fresno State 14
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by first year head coach Craig Bohl 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 4–8, 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the Mountain Division.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 302:00 p.m.No. 5 (FCS) Montana*
RTRMW 17–1225,243
September 68:15 p.m.Air Force
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
ESPNUW 17–1321,246
September 1312:00 p.m.at No. 2 Oregon*P12NL 14–4856,533
September 202:00 p.m.Florida Atlantic*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
MWNW 20–1921,226
September 2710:00 a.m.at No. 9 Michigan State*
ESPN2L 14–5674,227
October 1110:00 p.m.at HawaiiMWNL 28–3824,273
October 182:00 p.m.San Jose Statedagger
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
ESPN3L 20–27 OT19,627
October 255:00 p.m.at Colorado StateRTRML 31–4532,529
November 18:45 p.m.at Fresno StateESPN2W 45–1732,164
November 76:00 p.m.Utah State
ESPN2L 3–2014,430
November 228:15 p.m.Boise State
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
ESPN2L 14–6315,821
November 291:30 p.m.at New Mexico
RTRML 30–3618,489
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
  • All times are in Mountain time
Schedule Source:[1]

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name Position Seasons at
Wyoming		 Alma mater Before Wyoming
Craig Bohl Head coach 1 Nebraska (1982) North Dakota State – head coach (2013)
Steve Stanard Defensive coordinator / Linebackers 1 Nebraska (1989) North Dakota State – Linebackers (2013)
Brent Vigen Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks 1 North Dakota State (1998) North Dakota State – Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks (2013)
Mike Bath Running Backs / Fullbacks 1 Miami, Ohio (2001) Miami, Ohio – Interim Head Coach / offensive coordinator (2013)
David Brown II Secondary / Safeties 1 Cal Poly (1996) Fresno State – Safeties (2013)
Kenni Burns Wide receivers 1 Indiana (2006) North Dakota State – Wide receivers / recruiting coordinator (2013)
AJ Cooper Special teams coordinator / Defensive Ends 1 North Dakota State (2006) North Dakota State – Defensive ends / Co-Special Teams (2013)
Scott Fuchs Offensive line 2 North Dakota State (1995) North Dakota State (2013)
Pete Kaligis Defensive tackles 6 Washington (1994) Montana – Offensive line (2008)
John Richardson Cornerbacks 1 North Dakota State (2010) North Dakota State – Cornerbacks (2013)
Zach Duval Director of Sports Performance / Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 1 Nebraska (1998) Buffalo – Director of Sports Performance (2013)
Quinn Brown Offensive Graduate Assistant 2 Missouri (2011) William Jewell – Tight ends / assistant special teams coordinator (2012)
Shane LaDage Offensive Graduate Assistant 1 Southwest Minnesota State (2010) Saint Joseph's College – Wide receivers / tight ends (2013)
Kevin May Defensive Graduate Assistant 2 Occidental College (2011) Occidental College – Assistant
Cory Sullivan Defensive Graduate Assistant 2 Oregon (2013) Oregon – Student Assistant (2012)

Roster

2016 Wyoming Cowboys Football

Quarterbacks

  •  1 Sam Stratton – senior (5'11", 190)
  • 11 Colby Kirkegaard – Redshirt senior (6'3", 205)
  • 12 Aaron Young – sophomore (6'2", 201)
  • 13 Tom Thornton – sophomore (6'1", 205)
  • 15 Nick Smith – freshman (6'4", 215)
  • 16 Austin Fort – freshman (6'4", 218)
  • 17 Cameron Coffman – senior (6'2", 186)

Running backs

  •  7 D.J. May – Redshirt sophomore (5'11", 205)
  •  8 Brian Hill – freshman (6'1" 204)
  • 21 Shaun Wick – junior (5'10", 212)
  • 22 Nico Evans – freshman (5'9", 186)
  • 24 Omar Stover – sophomore (5'11", 207)
  • 27 Oscar Nevermann – sophomore (6'1", 213)
  • 32 Joshua Tapscott – Redshirt freshman (5'9", 205)

Fullbacks

  • 36 Drew Van Maanen – Redshirt freshman (6'1", 222)

Wide receivers

  •  3 Trey Norman – senior (6'1", 175)
  •  4 Tanner Gentry – sophomore (6'2", 198)
  •  5 Trent Sewell – sophomore (6'2", 196)
  •  9 Jalen Claiborne – senior (5'9", 175)
  • 17 Josh Smith – senior (6'3", 205)
  • 19 Keenan Montgomery – senior (6'1", 186)
  • 30 Jacob McGarvin – Redshirt freshman (5'9", 159)
  • 33 Dominic Rufran – senior (6'0", 188)
  • 81 Justin Berger – senior (6'2", 198)
  • 82 Tanner Simpson – sophomore (6'2", 188)
  • 83 Jake Maulhardt – sophomore (6'6", 215)
  • 87 Colin Gilbert – Redshirt freshman (6'2", 184)

Tight ends

  •  2 Eric Nzeocha – sophomore (6'3", 211)
  • 25 J.D. Krill – senior (6'6", 246)
  • 80 Brinkley Jolly – freshman (6'5", 265)
  • 84 Grant Lewis – freshman (6'5", 225)
  • 85 Tyree Mayfield – freshman (6'3", 223)
  • 88 Jacob Hollister – sophomore (6'4", 230)
  • 96 Micah Jones – sophomore (6'3", 220)
  

Offensive linemen

  • 52 Sam Hardy – sophomore (6'3", 294)
  • 58 Taylor Knestis – Redshirt freshman (6'5", 288)
  • 59 Ryan Cummings – freshman (6'5", 294)
  • 63 Rafe Kiely – junior (6'3", 306)
  • 64 Charlie Renfree – Redshirt freshman (6'3", 268)
  • 65 Jesse Wilson – junior (6'1", 245)
  • 66 Zach D'Amico – junior (5'11", 275)
  • 67 Cole Turner – freshman (6'4", 285)
  • 68 Brayton Medina – Redshirt freshman (6'5", 302)
  • 69 Richard Bettencourt – freshman (6'3", 284)
  • 71 Austin Traphagan – junior (6'5", 272)
  • 72 Jake Jones – junior (6'3", 295)
  • 73 Chase Roullier – sophomore (6'4", 293)
  • 75 Kurtis Stirneman – Redshirt freshman (6'5", 270)
  • 76 Jacob English – sophomore (6'5", 300)
  • 77 Connor Rains – senior (6'7", 309)
  • 78 Nathan Leddige – sophomore (6'5", 289)

Defensive linemen

  • 34 Siaosi Hala'api'api – junior (6'2", 255)
  • 42 Riley Lange – senior (6'3", 250)
  • 50 Sonny Puletasi – senior (6'3", 251)
  • 55 Eddie Yarbrough – junior (6'3", 251)
  • 57 Chase Appleby – sophomore (6'0", 260)
  • 60 Du'Ryan Ebbesen – Redshirt freshman (6'2", 288)
  • 61 Wyatt Mirich – Redshirt junior (6'3", 205)
  • 62 Seth Edeen – freshman (6'3", 203)
  • 70 Conner Cain – freshman (6'4", 243)
  • 86 Adam Kinder – sophomore (6'2", 206)
  • 90 Uso Olive – sophomore (6'1", 301)
  • 91 Troy Boyland – Redshirt junior (6'2", 297)
  • 91 John Jackson – freshman (6'2", 280)
  • 93 Jonathan Kongbo – freshman (6'6", 250)
  • 95 Patrick Mertens – senior (6'5", 285)
  • 96 Sidney Malauulu – freshman (6'3", 283)
  • 97 Dan Crook – senior (6'3", 272)
  • 98 Dalton Fields – Redshirt freshman (6'3", 272)
  • 99 Joshua Stanton – freshman (6'3", 240)
  

Linebackers

  •  1 Jordan Stanton – senior (6'0", 246)
  •  3 Jeff Lark – junior (6'2", 213)
  •  9 Malkaam Muhammad – junior (6'0", 228)
  • 21 Mark Nzeocha – senior (6'3", 239)
  • 28 Nehemie Kankolongo – senior (5'11", 219)
  • 30 Brecken Biggs – freshman (6'0", 178)
  • 40 Sam Boyd – freshman (6'1", 190)
  • 43 Devyn Harris – senior (6'3", 234)
  • 45 Lucas Wacha – sophomore (6'1", 214)
  • 48 Alex Bush – freshman (6'2", 231)
  • 53 Alex Borgs – senior (6'2", 229)

Defensive backs

  •  4 DeAndre Jones – senior (6'0", 186)
  •  5 Jesse Sampson – senior (6'0", 200)
  •  6 Ryon'e Winters – freshman (6'0", 180)
  • 13 Darrenn White – senior (6'0", 192)
  • 14 Tyran Finley – Redshirt junior (5'9", 177)
  • 18 Xavier Lewis – sophomore (6'0", 195)
  • 20 Blair Burns – senior (5'10", 186)
  • 23 Tim Kamana – Redshirt freshman (5'11", 196)
  • 24 Zaquoya Parham – junior (5'10", 181)
  • 26 C.J. Jennings – freshman (5'10", 180)
  • 29 Tim Hayes – sophomore (5'9", 189)
  • 31 Chavez Pownell Jr. – freshman (5'11", 192)
  • 32 Jake Schiffner – senior (5'10", 181)
  • 35 Robert Priester – freshman (5'9", 168)
  • 37 Luke Kellum – sophomore (5'10", 184)
  • 48 Waddie Love – freshman (6'1", 188)

Placekickers

  • 39 Justin Martin – junior (5'10", 178)
  • 40 Stuart Williams – senior (5'11", 180)

Punter

  • 41 Ethan Wood – sophomore (6'3", 173)

Long snapper

  • 94 Brendan Turelli – sophomore (6'2", 225)

Box Scores

Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
Grizzlies 0 6 0 6 12
Cowboys 3 0 14 0 17

Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total
Falcons 3 7 0 3 13
Cowboys 0 7 0 10 17

At #2 Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 7 0 0 7 14
#2 Ducks 0 20 21 7 48

Florida Atlantic

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 3 3 10 3 19
Cowboys 7 3 0 10 20

At Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 7 7 0 0 14
#9 Spartans 21 21 7 7 56

At Hawaii

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 14 7 7 0 28
Rainbow Warriors 3 7 14 14 38

San Jose State

1 2 3 4OT Total
Spartans 3 7 0 107 27
Cowboys 0 3 7 100 20

At Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 10 0 0 3 13
Rams 7 3 0 6 16

At Fresno State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 7 14 0 24 45
Bulldogs 7 3 0 7 17

Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 17 0 0 3 20
Cowboys 0 3 0 0 3

Boise State

1 2 3 4 Total
Broncos 14 14 28 7 63
Cowboys 0 7 0 7 14

At New Mexico

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 10 10 10 0 30
Lobos 14 7 15 0 36

Statistics

Team

Team Statistics
Wyoming Opponents
Points 253 394
First Downs 221 252
Rushing 83 120
Passing 124 122
Penalty 14 10
Rushing Yards 1838 2436
Rushing Attempts 448 55
Average Per Rush 4.1 5.2
Long 89 69
Rushing TDs 17 24
Passing Yards 2733 2733
Comp–Att 212–375 214–325
Comp % 56.5% 65.8%
Average Per Game 227.8 227.8
Average per Attempt 7.3 8.4
Passing TDs 12 22
INT's 10 3
Touchdowns 31 51
Passing 12 22
Rushing 17 24
Defensive 2 2
Interceptions 3 10
Yards 51 152
Long 51 38
Total Offense 4571 5169
Total Plays 823 790
Average Per Yards/Game 380.9 430.8
Kick Returns: # – Yards 29–581 34–830
TDs 0 1
Long 36 97
Punts 67 51
Yards 2761 2208
Average 41.2 43.3
Punt Returns: # – Yards 16–163 17–311
TDs 0 2
Long 39 80
Fumbles – Fumbles Lost 14–8 21–13
Opposing TD's 51 31
Penalties – Yards 63–520 56–519
3rd–Down Conversions 76/191 69/160
4th–Down Conversions 9/20 5/15
Takeaways 16 18
Field Goals 12–17 13–19
Extra Point 31–31 47–49
Sacks 14 44
Sack Against 44 14
Yards 93 277

Offense

Passing Statistics
NAME GP CMP ATT YDS CMP% TD INT
Colby Kirkegaard 12 206 359 2660 57.4 12 9
Tom Thornton 4 4 10 50 40.0 0 1
Sam Stratton 11 2 5 23 40.7 0 0
Team 6 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Rushing Statistics
NAME GP CAR YDS LONG TD
Brian Hill 12 145 796 89 7
Shaun Wick 9 126 753 57 6
D.J. May 6 56 260 58 2
Josh Tapscott 5 15 80 48 2
Sam Stratton 11 6 21 17 0
Dominic Rufran 12 6 15 18 0
J.D. Krill 12 0 10 0 0
Tom Thornton 4 5 9 6 0
Omar Stover 5 3 5 3 0
Jordan Ellis 8 1 5 5 0
Tanner Gentry 12 2 3 2 0
Jalen Claiborne 12 2 1 1 0
TOTALS 12 448 2207 89 17
Receiving Statistics
NAME GP REC YDS LONG TD
Dominic Rufran 12 45 596 88 0
Jalen Claiborne 12 41 576 52 3
Tanner Gentry 12 32 435 44 2
Jake Maulhardt 12 21 274 53 1
Jacob Hollister 12 17 244 66 2
Brian Hill 12 13 204 40 0
Shaun Wick 9 10 62 12 0
D.J. May 6 8 144 41 2
Eric Nzeocha 12 8 65 16 0
J.D. Krill 12 7 48 15 2
Trey Norman 11 3 19 9 0
Jordan Ellis 8 2 28 16 1
Drew Van Maanen 12 2 25 23 0
Joshua Tapscott 5 1 10 10 0
Keenan Montgomery 12 1 4 4 0
TOTALS 12 212 2733 88 12

Defense

Defensive Statistics
# NAME GP SOLO AST TOT TFL-YDS SACKS INT-YDS BU QBH FR–YDS FF BLK SAF
43 Devyn Harris 12 43 40 83 5.5–13 0.0–0 0–0 2 0 2–78 2 0 0
55 Eddie Yarbrough 12 31 32 63 10.5–49 4.0–28 0–0 1 2 1–0 1 0 0
20 Blair Burns 12 38 25 63 1.5–12 0.0–0 0–0 2 1 2–63 2 0 0
10 Mark Nzeocha 7 35 24 59 3.0–16 2.0–12 0–0 5 0 1–0 2 0 0
45 Lucas Wacha 12 31 21 52 4.0–8 0.0–0 0–0 1 0 0–0 0 0 0
1 Jordan Stanton 10 25 20 45 2.0–5 1.0–4 0–0 0 0 1–0 1 0 0
23 Tim Kamana 12 27 17 44 0.0–0 0.0–0 1–0 2 0 0–0 0 0 0
13 Darrenn White 7 23 19 42 1.5–3 0.0–0 0–0 1 0 1–0 1 0 0
4 DeAndre Jones 8 28 13 41 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 2 0 0–0 0 0 0
95 Patrick Mertens 12 14 25 39 5.0–16 2.0–12 0–0 1 1 2–0 0 0 0
35 Robert Priester 11 29 10 39 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 2 0 1–0 2 0 0
3 William Tutein 12 24 11 35 2.0–5 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 1 1 0
5 Jesse Sampson 6 20 13 33 0.5–2 0.0–0 0–0 4 0 0–0 0 0 0
90 Uso Olive 12 14 6 20 2.0–3 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
34 Siaosi Hala'api'api 12 13 7 20 5.5–50 3.0–34 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
42 Riley Lange 10 9 8 17 2.0–3 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
14 Tyran Finley 11 14 3 17 2.0–7 0.0–0 2–51 1 0 0–0 0 0 0
57 Chase Appleby 12 7 5 12 1.0–4 0.0–0 0–0 2 0 1–0 0 0 0
50 Sonny Puletasi 8 4 7 11 1.5–3 0.0–0 0–0 1 0 1–0 0 0 0
37 Luke Kellum 4 7 3 10 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
29 Tim Hayes 8 6 4 10 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 1 0 0–0 0 0 0
16 Jeff Lark 9 2 8 10 0.5–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
18 Xavier Lewis 11 5 4 9 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
62 Seth Edeen 4 4 2 6 2.0–3 2.0–3 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
6 Ryon'e Winters 9 4 0 4 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
51 Troy Boyland 8 1 3 4 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
3 Trey Norman 11 3 0 3 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
27 Oscar Nevermann 11 3 0 3 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
5 Malkaam Muhammad 6 1 1 2 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
98 Dalton Fields 12 0 2 2 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
73 Chase Roullier 12 2 0 2 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
21 Shaun Wick 9 1 1 2 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
28 Nehemie Kankolongo 8 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
53 Alex Borgs 6 0 1 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
36 Drew Van Maanen 12 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
25 J.D. Krill 12 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
2 Eric Nzeocha 12 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 1 0
94 Brendan Turelli 11 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
83 Jake Maulhardt 12 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
7 D.J. May 6 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
40 Stuart Williams 12 0 1 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
TM Team 6 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 1–0 0 0 0
8 Brian Hill 12 0 1 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
TOTAL 12 475 338 813 52–202 14–93 3–51 28 4 13–141 11 2 0
OPPONENTS 12 467 372 839 81–362 44–277 10–152 40 17 8–0 11 3 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
Tyran Finley 2 51 25.5 0 51
Tim Kamana 1 0 0.0 0 0
TOTALS 3 51 17.0 0 51

Special teams

Kicking Statistics
NAME XPM XPA XP% FGM FGA FG% 1–19 20–29 30–39 40–49 50+ LNG PTS
Stuart Williams 31 31 100.0% 12 17 70.6% 2–2 2–2 5–5 2–6 1–2 50 67
TOTALS 31 31 100.0% 12 17 70.6% 2–2 2–2 5–5 2–6 1–2 50 67
Kick Return Statistics
NAME RTNS YDS AVG TD LNG
Jalen Claiborne 13 226 17.4 0 24
D.J. May 10 242 24.2 0 36
Tyran Finley 3 56 18.7 0 20
Dominic Rufran 2 57 28.5 0 33
J.D. Krill 1 0 0.0 0 0
TOTALS 29 581 20.0 0 36
Punting Statistics
NAME PUNTS YDS AVG LONG TB FC I–20 50+ BLK
Ethan Wood 66 2733 41.4 67 5 18 18 8 1
Team 1 28 28.0 28 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 67 2761 41.2 67 5 18 18 8 1
Punt Return Statistics
NAME RTNS YDS AVG TD LONG
Jalen Claiborne 14 139 9.9 0 39
Eric Nzeocha 1 21 21.0 0 0
Tim Kamana 1 3 3.0 0 3
TOTALS 16 163 10.2 0 39

Scores by quarter (all opponents)

1 2 3 4OT Total
All opponents 95 116 102 747 394
Wyoming 58 61 45 890 253

References

  1. ^ "2014 Wyoming Cowboys Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
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