1894 Wyoming Cowboys football team

1894 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–0
Head coach
CaptainHerbert J. Brees
1894 Far West college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
  –   3 – 0 – 0
USC   –   1 – 0 – 0
Stanford   –   6 – 3 – 0
Saint Mary's   –   2 – 2 – 0
Washington Agricultural   –   1 – 1 – 0
Washington   –   1 – 1 – 1
Utah   –   1 – 2 – 0
California   –   0 – 1 – 2
New Mexico A&M   –   0 – 1 – 0
Idaho   –   0 – 2 – 0

The 1894 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming as an independent during the 1894 college football season. In its first season under head coach Justus F. Soule, a professor of Latin and Greek, the team compiled a perfect 3–0 record. In games against a Laramie town team, the Wilson Beauties, and the No. 5 Hose Company, the team outscored opponents by a total of 46 to 6.[1]

For the first of three consecutive years, Herbert J. Brees was the team captain.[1] Brees was a native of Laramie who went on to a career in the United States Army. He retired from the Army in 1941 with the rank of lieutenant general.[2]

It was not until 1895 that the team began intercollegiate play.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 13Laramie town teamLaramie, WYW 14–0
November 29Wilson BeautiesLaramie, WYW 16–0
December 25 No. 5 Hose CompanyLaramie, WYW 16–6

References

  1. ^ a b c "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 210. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "Herbert Jay Brees". Sightline Media Group. Retrieved January 12, 2019.