WYOMING FOOTBALL 2018 WWYOMINGYFFOOTBALLO OO T B AML L 22018I0 1N8 G TV-Radio Coverage Oct. 9, 2018 Wyoming Football Contacts Television Information Tim Harkins, Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations Televised By ESPNU Nick Seeman, Assistant Athletics Director for Media Relations Play-by-Play Announcer Mike Couzens Color Analyst Kirk Morrison Week 7: Sat., Oct. 13, 2018, 8:30 p.m., M.T. Sideline Analyst NA Bulldog Stadium (40,727) Fresno, Calif. The Wyoming Cowboys (2-4, 0-2 in the Mountain West Conference) Radio Broadcast Information Head Coach: Craig Bohl (Nebraska ‘82) The Cowboy Sports Network (CSN): Overall Record: 128-65 (.663), 16th season •Every Cowboy Football game is broadcast Record at Wyoming: 24-33 (.421), 5th season live on the 26 Affiliates of the Cowboy Conference Record: 64-43 (.598), 16th season Sports Network •Flagship Station, KFBC 1240 AM, vs. Cheyenne, Wyo. Announcers: The Fresno State Bulldogs •Dave Walsh, Play-by-Play (35th year) •Kevin McKinney, Color Analyst (21st year) (Receiving(R Votes in the Coaches Poll) •Reece Monaco, Sideline Reporter (8th year) (4-1,(4 1-0 in the Mountain West Conference) Pregame Show: Head Coach: Jeff Tedford (Fresno State ‘92) •Begins one hour prior to kickoff. Postgame Show: Overall Record: 96-62 (.608), 13th season •Begins immediately after the game Record at School: 14-5 (.737), 2nd season Weekly Coach’s Show Conference Record: 58-46 (.558), 13th season “Craig Bohl Radio Show” 2018 Wyoming Football Schedule Presented by Laramie GM Auto Center Score/ Where and When You Can Listen to and Attend the Date Opponent (Special Events) Time (M.T.) TV Show Sat., Aug. 25 at New Mexico State W 29-7/ 8:00 p.m. ESPN2 1. Wednesdays from 7:00-8:00 p.m., M.T. Sat., Sept. 1 WASHINGTON STATE (Hall of Fame) L 19-41/1:30 p.m. CBSSN Beginning Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2018 Sat., Sept. 8 at Missouri L 13-40/5:00 p.m. ESPNU 2. Listen on Cowboy Sports Network radio affiliates Sat., Sept. 15 WOFFORD^ W 17-14/2:00 p.m. MW Network 3. Attend in person at Altitude Chophouse and Brewery in downtown Laramie Sat., Sept. 22 BYE Week Sat., Sept. 29 BOISE STATE*$ L 14-34/5:00 p.m. CBSSN Weekly Media Events Sat., Oct. 6 at Hawai’i* L 13-17/10:00 p.m. Spectrum Hawai’i Sat., Oct. 13 at Fresno State* 8:30 p.m. ESPNU Mondays Wyoming Football Weekly Press Conference Sat., Oct. 20 UTAH STATE* (Homecoming) 12:30 p.m. AT&T SportsNet •Mick and Susie McMurry Fri., Oct. 26 at Colorado State* 8:00 p.m. CBSSN High Altitude Performance Center (HAPC) Sat., Nov. 3 SAN JOSE STATE* (“NO MORE” Game) Noon AT&T SportsNet Special Teams Room Sat., Nov. 10 BYE Week •Noon-12:20 p.m., Craig Bohl Press Conference Sat., Nov. 17 AIR FORCE* (Military Appreciation) TBA ESPN Networks •12:20-2:15 p.m., Requested Players and Asst. Coaches Sat., Nov. 24 at New Mexico* 12:30 p.m. AT&T SportsNet Tuesdays Sat., Dec. 1 Mountain West Championship Game+ TBA TBA Interviews With Craig Bohl Before Practice •Arrange with Tim Harkins of UW Athletic Media Games Times are Tentative and Subject to change Relations BOLD AND CAPS Indicate Home games Interviews with Players Unavailable on Mondays ^ (Energy Day/Ag Day/Fan Fest/Buddy Walk) •Those players who were requested but weren’t $ (CJC Auction-Friday/Family Weekend) available on Mondays will be made available *Indicates Mountain West Conference games on Tuesdays. Arrange details with Tim Harkins +The Mountain West Football Championship Game will be played at the home stadium of the divisional champion with the highest national ranking. Wednesdays Interviews With Craig Bohl Before Practice •Arrange with Tim Harkins Wyoming vs. Fresno State Preview Thursdays and Fridays No Interviews With Coaches or Players •Wyoming and Fresno State will be playing for the 12th time in history this Saturday. The Cowboys Postgame Press Conferences trail by one game in the overall series, 5-6. See more on Page 4 and 14. Coach Bohl followed by Requested Players •All but one of the previous 11 meetings was a conference matchup (Western Athletic Conference 1992-97) and Mountain West Conference (2012-Present). Wyoming won that lone •For Home Games the postgame interviews will take non-conference meeting by a score of 35-28 in double overtime in the 2009 New Mexico Bowl. place in the HAPC WAR Room on the main See more on Pages 4 and 14. level •Wyoming senior running back Nico Evans has 612 rushing yards this season to lead the MW •For Road Games, locations TBA and rank No. 14 nationally. See more on Page 2. •The Cowboy roster has 28 players on it from the state of California -- more than any other state. See additional information on Page 2. GGoWyo.comoWyo.com Page 1 WYOMING 2018 Wyoming Team Notes FOOTBALL 2018 University of Wyoming Football Tickets for 2018 Season: Wyoming Cowboy Defense Has One of the Best Performances of the Season at Cowboy Football fans may purchase tickets Hawai’i: Wyoming’s defense put together one of its best performances of the season against the for the 2018 season in a vareity of ways. To Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors. The Cowboys: purchase tickets, fans may: go online at GoWyo. •Held Hawai’i to 17 points -- 25 points under its season average of 42 points per game and its com/tickets; may call the UW Athletics Ticket lowest point total of the season. Office at 307-766-7220; may email: tickets@ •Limited the Rainbow Warriors to 304 yards of total offense -- 191 yards under their average uwyo.edu or may go to the UW Athletics of 495 yards. Ticket Office on the west side of the Arena- •Allowed Hawai’i only 148 passing yards -- 203 yards below its 351-yard average. Auditorium. •Generated two takeaways, one interception by defensive end Carl Granderson and a fumble recovery by nickel back Tyler Hall, who also forced the fumble by ripping the ball out of a UH Nico Evans Sets New Personal Best running back’s arms. With 192 Rushing Yards at Hawai’i, •Scored their first defensive touchdown of the season on a 61-yard interception return for a Ranks No. 1 in MW and No. 14 in “Pick Six” by Granderson. •Tackled Hawai’i players for 7.0 tackles for loss for -22 yards and sacked the UH quarterback NCAA in Total Rushing Yards: Cowboy 5.0 times for 17 yards in losses. running back Nico Evans returned to action on •Broke up five Hawai’i pass attempts -- two by defensive tackle Youhanna Ghaifan. Sept. 29 against Boise State after missing the previous 2 1/2 games due to injury. The senior Playmakers vs. Hawai’i: There were several Cowboys who made big plays in last Saturday’s picked up right where he began the season, game. Here is a selection. rushing for over 100 yards vs. the Broncos. He added a second consecutive 100-yard Nico Evans, Running Back game on Oct. 6 at Hawai’i, marking his third •The running back had five runs of 10 yards or more, including rushes for 16, 12, 10, 17 and 100-yard rushing game of the season. 63. At Hawai’i, Evans set a personal best with •Evans rushed for a combined 38 yards on opening drive of the game to set up a field goal, 192 rushing yards, eclipsing his previous high of giving the Cowboys a 3-0 lead. 190 in the 2018 season opener at New Mexico •In the fourth quarter, he rushed for a combined 67 yards, including a 63-yard scamper, that State. He averaged 8.0 yards per carry vs. the set up Wyoming’s second field goal to give the Cowboys a 13-10 lead. Rainbow Warriors, and had a long run of 63 Carl Granderson, Defensive End yards. •The defensive end returned an interception 61 yards for a “Pick Six” in the third quarter to Evans rushed for 141 yards against Boise give Wyoming a 10-3 lead. Granderson added two tackles, 1.0 sack and 1.0 tackle for loss. State, including a 75-yard touchdown run to Logan Wilson, Linebacer begin the second half. He averaged 11.8 yards •Led Wyoming with 11 tackles, nine solo tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss for six yards and 1.0 sack per carry on 12 carries. for three yards. The Los Angeles native recorded his first Tyler Hall, Nickel Back 100-yard rushing game in the Cowboys’ season- •The junior nickel back forced a fumble and recovered that same fumble, ending a Hawai’i opening win at New Mexico State. Evans scoring threat at the Wyoming 25-yard line. He also had six tackles. rushed for 190 yards vs. NMSU, averaged 7.9 Youhanna Ghaifan, Defensive Tackle yards per carry and scored two rushing TDs of •The defensive tackle had five tackles (all solos), 1.0 sack, 1.0 TFL, two pass breakups and one 24 and 56 yards. quarterback hurry. He had rushed for 89 yards against Washington State in the second game of the James Price Among Nation’s Leaders in Yards Per Catch: Senior wide receiver season, before he was injured on the first James Price is having one of his best seasons as a Cowboy. Price has already caught 12 passes for possession of the third quarter. 236 yards and one touchdown. His 236 yards leads the team. Nico Evans’ 2018 Rankings His one TD reception was a 72-yard catch and run against Boise State in Week 5.