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2019 COWBOY FOOTBALL Media Contacts: Tim Harkins, Associate AD for Media and Public Relations - Cell Phone: 307-760-7847 - Email: [email protected] Nick Seeman, Assistant AD for Media and Public Relations - Cell Phone: 612-741-0550 - Email: [email protected] TV-Radio Coverage Week 5: Sat., Sept. 28, 2019, 6:00 p.m. M.T. Television Information Televised By ESPNU Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium (29, 181) Play-by-Play Announcer Mike Corey Color Analyst Rene Ingoglia Laramie, Wyo. The Wyoming Cowboys Radio Broadcast Information (3-1, 0-0 in the Mountain West Conference) The Cowboy Sports Network (CSN): Head Coach: Craig Bohl (Nebraska ‘82) •Every Cowboy Football game is broadcast Overall Record: 135-68 (.665), 17th season live on the 26 Affiliates of the Cowboy Record at Wyoming: 31-36 (.463), 6th season Sports Network •Flagship Station, KFBC 1240 AM, Conference Record: 68-45 (.602), 17th season Cheyenne, Wyo. Announcers: vs. •Dave Walsh, Play-by-Play (36th year) The UNLV Rebels •Kevin McKinney, Color Analyst (22nd year) •Reece Monaco, Sideline Reporter (9th year) (1-2, 0-0 in the Mountain West Conference) Pregame Show: Head Coach: Tony Sanchez (New Mexico State ‘98) •Begins one hour prior to kickoff. Overall Record: 17-34 (.333), 5th Season Postgame Show: Record at School: Same •Begins immediately after the game Conference Record: 11-21(.343), 5th Season Weekly Coach’s Show 2019 Wyoming Football Schedule Score/ “Craig Bohl Radio Show” Date Opponent (Special Events) Time (M.T.) TV Presented by Laramie GM Auto Center Sat., Aug. 31 MISSOURI (Hall of Fame, Rodeo Day) W, 37-31 CBSSN Where and When You Can Listen to and Attend the Sat., Sept. 7 at Texas State W, 23-14 ESPN+ Show Sat., Sept. 14 IDAHO (Black 14 50th, Fan Appreciation, Ag Day) W, 21-16 ESPN3 1. Wednesdays from 7:00-8:00 p.m., M.T. Beginning Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019 Sat., Sept. 21 at Tulsa L, 21-24 CBSSN 2. Listen on Cowboy Sports Network radio affiliates Sat., Sept. 28 UNLV*(Energy and Military Day, Family Weekend )6 p.m. ESPNU 3. Attend in person at Altitude Chophouse and Brewery in downtown Laramie Sat., Oct. 5 BYE Week Sat., Oct. 12 at San Diego State* 8:30 p.m. CBSSN Weekly Media Events Sat., Oct. 19 NEW MEXICO* (Homecoming, W Club Weekend) 2:00 p.m. AT&T SPORTSNET Mondays Sat., Oct. 26 NEVADA* Noon AT&t SPORTSNET Wyoming Football Weekly Press Conference Sat., Nov. 2 BYE Week •Mick and Susie McMurry High Altitude Performance Center (HAPC) Sat., Nov. 9 at Boise State* TBA ESPN Networks Special Teams Room Sat., Nov. 16 at Utah State* TBA ESPN Networks •12 p.m.-12:20 p.m., Craig Bohl Press Conference •12:20-2:15 p.m., Requested Players and Asst. Coaches Fri., Nov. 22 COLORADO STATE* 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Sat., Nov. 30 at Air Force* Noon TBA Tuesdays Interviews With Craig Bohl Before Practice Sat., Dec. 7 Mountain West Championship Game+ 2:00 p.m. ESPN •Arrange with Nick Seeman of UW Athletic Media •Additional game times and television coverage by AT&T SportsNet and Stadium will be announced Relations at future dates Interviews with Players Unavailable on Mondays •BOLD AND CAPS Indicate Home games •Those players who were requested but weren’t available on Mondays will be made available *Indicates Mountain West Conference games on Tuesdays. Arrange details with Nick Seeman Wyoming and UNLV Preview Wednesdays Interviews With Craig Bohl Before Practice •This week’s contest will mark the 24th meeting between the two schools in a series that dates back •Arrange with Nick Seeman to 1978. Wyoming leads the all-time series 12-11 and is 7-4 in Laramie. Thursdays and Fridays No Interviews With Coaches or Players •Wyoming is seeking its fifth-straight home win. Wyoming is 2-0 at home this season and finished last season with two-straight home wins. Postgame Press Conferences Coach Bohl followed by Requested Players • The Cowboys played 11 Wyoming natives last week in their contest at Tulsa. •For Home Games the postgame interviews will take place in the HAPC WAR Room on the main • Saturday’s game will be a “White Out” inside War Memorial Stadium. level •For Road Games, locations TBA GOWYO.COM #RIDEFORTHEBRAND PAGE 1 QUICK NOTES University of Wyoming THIS WEEK IN COWBOY FOOTBALL Fast Facts General Information MW Opener: The 2019 season marks the 21st season of the Mountain West Location: Laramie, Wyo. Conference, and this year’s Wyoming-UNLV contest is the first conference Founded: 1886 Enrollment: 12,450 game of the year for both the Cowboys and the Rebels. Acting President: Neil Theobald Wyoming is 10-10 (.500) in Mountain West openers. UW is 7-6 (.538) Athletics Director: Tom Burman Colors: Brown & Gold when opening MW play at home, and is 3-4 (.429) when opening on the Nickname: Cowboys, Pokes road. Conference: Mountain West Stadium: Jonah Field at The Cowboys have won 4 or their last 6 MW openers, and 3 of 5 in the War Memorial Stadium Craig Bohl era. Capacity: 29,181 Surface: FieldTurf Revolution This year’s MW opener will mark the third time in the 21 seasons of 2019 Team Information the MW that the Cowboys have opened Mountain West Conference play against UNLV. The Rebels, like the Cowboys, were original members of the Offensive Scheme: Pro-Style, West Coast Mountain West. Defensive Scheme: Tampa 2 (4-3) Starters Returning: 13 Total The Cowboys have won both the previous two Mountain West (5 Offense, 6 Defense, 2 Special Teams) openers versus UNLV in 2009 (30-27) and 2011 (41-14). Both those seasons, Starters Lost: 11 Total (6 Offense, 5 Defense, 0 Special Teams Wyoming went on to earn bowl bids. Lettermen Returning: 42 Total (20 Offense, 17 Defense, 5 Special Teams) Lettermen Lost: 26 Total Wyoming in Mountain West (13 Offense, 13 Defense, 0 Special Teams) Conference Openers Other Returners: 34 Total (18 Offense, 16 Defense, 0 Special Teams) Sept. 25, 1999 at Air Force W 10-7 2019 Signings: 24 Total Sept. 30, 2000 at New Mexico L 10-45 (13 Offense, 11 Defense, 0 Special Teams) Sept. 29, 2001 Colorado State L 14-42 Oct. 12, 2002 at Colorado St. L 36-44 2019 Coaching Staff Sept. 20, 2003 at Air Force L 29-35 Oct. 9, 2004 San Diego State W 20-10 Head Coach: Craig Bohl (Nebraska ‘82) Overall Record: 135-68 (.665), 17th season Sept. 17, 2005 at Air Force W 29-28 Record at Wyoming: 31-36 , 6th season Sept. 23, 2006 Air Force L 24-31 Offensive Coaching Staff Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/QBs Oct. 6, 2007 TCU W 24-21 Brent Vigen (North Dakota State ‘98) Sept. 6, 2008 Air Force L 3-23 Wide Receivers Mike Grant (Nebraska ‘93) Sept. 26, 2009 UNLV W 30-27 Running Backs/Director of Player Personnel Sept. 25, 2010 Air Force L 14-20 Gordie Haug (Bemidji State ‘09) Offensive Line Oct. 15, 2011 UNLV W 41-14 Bart Miller (New Mexico ‘07) Oct. 6, 2012 at Nevada L 28-35 Co-Special Teams Coord./Tight Ends/Fullbacks Shannon Moore (Black Hills State ‘00) Sept. 21, 2013 at Air Force W 56-23 Defensive Coaching Staff Sept. 6, 2014 Air Force W 17-13 Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Jake Dickert (Wisconsin-Stevens Point ‘07) Sept. 26, 2015 New Mexico L 28-38 Run-Game Coord./DEs/Co-Special Teams Coord. Oct. 1, 2016 at Colorado St. W 38-17 AJ Cooper (North Dakota State ‘06) Safeties Sept 23, 2017 Hawai’i W 28-21 (1ot) Willie Mack Garza (Texas ‘93) Sept. 29, 2018 Boise State L 14-34 Defensive Tackles Pete Kaligis (Washington ‘94) Cornerbacks Quite The Duo: The duo of senior linebacker Logan Wilson and senior John Richardson (North Dakota St. ‘10) Administrative Staff safety Alijah Halliburton have been quite the duo this season defensively. Associate A.D. for Football Operations In fact, Wilson and Halliburton are the only teammates in the nation that Brent Vernon (Missouri ‘08) Director of Recruiting average double-digit tackles. Halliburton leads the Cowboys in tackles with Ian McGrew (Tennessee-Martin ‘15) 43 on the season to rank No. 13 in the nation. Wilson has added 41 tackles Director of On-Campus Recruiting Jacob Claborn (Cal Lutheran ‘09) on season ranking No. 19 in the nation. The duo has been involved with 27 percent of the defensive plays for the cowboys this season. Byrd Brings Pressure: Redshirt freshman Solomon Byrd is having quite the season so far for the Brown and Gold. Through three games he has 12 tackles with four of those tackles being tackles for loss. Byrd also leads the Cowboys with 3.5 sacks for the season. His 1.17 sacks per game ranks second in the MW and eighth in the nation. At Tulsa, Byrd finished the contest with six tackles with 2.5 sacks. He also forced a fumble in the contest and recovered the ball as well. GOWYO.COM #RIDEFORTHEBRAND | PAGE 2 QUICK NOTES 2019 Captains Announced THIS WEEK IN COWBOY FOOTBALL Wyoming Head coach Craig Bohl announced captains for the 2019 season on August 24. The group features five players including two Wyo- Eberhardt Makes Big Play: Junior wide receiver Ayden Eberhardt hauled in a 53-yard ming natives. This season’s captains are senior touchdown pass in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter. It was the Pokes first linebacker Logan Wilson, senior tight end Josh receiving touchdown of the season and the first of his career. Harshman, senior defensive end Josiah Hall, senior wide receiver Austin Conway and redshirt freshman quarterback Sean Chambers.