1895 Wyoming Cowboys football team

1895 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–0
Head coach
CaptainHerbert J. Brees
1895 Far West college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Occidental   –   5 – 0 – 0
New Mexico A&M   –   2 – 0 – 0
Washington Agricultural   –   2 – 0 – 0
Gonzaga   –   1 – 0 – 0
  –   1 – 0 – 0
Stanford   –   4 – 0 – 1
Washington   –   4 – 0 – 1
California   –   3 – 1 – 1
Pacific (CA)   –   0 – 0 – 1
Saint Mary's   –   1 – 1 – 0
San Jose Normal   –   0 – 0 – 1
USC   –   0 – 1 – 1
Idaho   –   0 – 1 – 0
Utah   –   0 – 1 – 0

The 1895 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming as an independent during the 1895 college football season. In its second season under head coach Justus F. Soule, a professor of Latin and Greek, the team compiled a perfect 1–0 record. In the program's first intercollegiate football game, the team defeated Colorado State Normal from Greeley, Colorado, by a 34–0 score.[1]

For the second of three consecutive years, Herbert J. Brees was the team captain. 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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 29Colorado State NormalLaramie, WYW 16–6

References

  1. ^ "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.