2017 Wyoming Cowboys football team


The 2017 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were coached by fourth-year head coach Craig Bohl and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium. They participated in the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. This was their first year with new defensive coordinator Scottie Hazelton, who was previously an NFL linebackers coach with Jacksonville Jaguars for three seasons and was also Bohl's defensive coordinator for two seasons at North Dakota State. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl where they defeated Central Michigan.

Previous season

The Cowboys finished the season 8–6 overall. They finished in a three-way tie for the Mountain Division title. After tiebreakers, they represented the Mountain Division in, and hosted, the Mountain West Championship Game where they lost to San Diego State. They were invited to the Poinsettia Bowl where they lost to BYU.

2017 recruiting class

Wyoming signed 23 high school players and one transfer.

Schedule

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

Statistics

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Team

Offense

Defense

Special teams

Scores by quarter (all opponents)

Awards and honors

All-Conference Teams

First Team
Youhanna Ghaifan, So., DL
Carl Granderson, Jr., DL
Andrew Wingard, Jr., DB
Second Team
Logan Wilson, So., LB
Rico Gafford, Sr., DB
Honorable Mention
Josh Allen, Sr., QB
Tyler Hall, So., Ret

Senior Bowls

– Senior Bowl
Rico Gafford – NFLPA Collegiate Bowl

Box Scores

at Iowa

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Josh AllenQB17Buffalo Bills
Rico GaffordCBUDFA-Tennessee Titans