WWYOMINGYFFOOTBALLO OO T B AML L 22020I0 2N0 G TV-Radio Coverage Nov. 16, 2020 Wyoming Football Contacts Tim Harkins, Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations Nick Seeman, Assistant Athletics Director for Media Relations 2020 University of Wyoming Football Television Information Televised By CBS Sports Network Game 4: Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, 7 p.m., M.T. Play-by-Play Announcer Dave Ryan Color Analyst Corey Chavous War Memorial Stadium (29,181), Laramie, Wyo. Sideline Analyst NA Radio Broadcast Information The Wyoming Cowboys The Cowboy Sports Network (CSN): (2020 Record: 1-2, 1-2 in the Mountain West) •Every Cowboy Football game is broadcast Head Coach: Craig Bohl (Nebraska ‘82) live on the 26 Affiliates of the Cowboy Overall Record: 141-74 (.656), 18th season Sports Network •Flagship Station, KFBC 1240 AM, Record at Wyoming: 37-42 (.468), 7th season Cheyenne, Wyo. Conference Record: 73-51 (.589), 18th season Announcers: •Dave Walsh, Play-by-Play (37th year) vs. •Kevin McKinney, Color Analyst (23rd year) The Utah State Aggies •Reece Monaco, Sideline Reporter (10th year) Pregame Show: (2020(2 Record: 0-4, 0-4 in the Mountain West) •Begins 90 minutes prior to kickoff. Head Coach: Frank Maile (Utah State ‘07) Postgame Show: Overall Record: 1-1 (.500), 1st season •Begins immediately after the game Record at School: 1-1 (.500)), 1st season Conference Record: 0-1 (.000), 1st season University of Wyoming Fast Facts 2020 Wyoming Football Schedule General Information Score/ Location: Laramie, Wyo. Date Opponent Time (M.T.) TV Founded: 1886 Sat., Oct. 24 at Nevada* L 34-37 / 5 p.m. CBSSN Enrollment: 12,450 Fri., Oct. 30 HAWAI’I* W 31-7 / 7:45 p.m. FS1 President: Edward Seidel Thu., Nov. 5 at Colorado State* L 24-34 / 7 p.m. CBSSN Athletics Director: Tom Burman Colors: Brown & Gold Sat., Nov. 14 AIR FORCE* Cancelled / 8 p.m. CBSSN Nickname: Cowboys, Pokes Thu., Nov. 19 UTAH STATE* 7 p.m. CBSSN Conference: Mountain West Fri., Nov. 27 at UNLV* 2 p.m. FS1 Stadium: Jonah Field at Sat., Dec. 5 at New Mexico* 5 p.m. CBSSN War Memorial Stadium Sat., Dec. 12 BOISE STATE* 4 p.m. CBSSN Capacity: 29,181 Surface: FieldTurf Revolution Sat., Dec. 19 Mountain West Championship Game+ TBA FOX or FS1 •Game dates are tentative and subject to change. 2020 Team Information •Game times will be announced at future dates by the Mountain West Conference •BOLD AND CAPS Indicate Home games Offensive Scheme: Pro-Style, West Coast Defensive Scheme: Tampa 2 (4-3) *Indicates Mountain West Conference games Starters Returning: 11 Total +The Mountain West Football Championship Game will be played at the home stadium of a (7 Offense, 4 Defense, 0 Special Teams) Mountain West Conference school based on the current MW policy in place to determine the Starters Lost: 13 Total host team. (4 Offense, 7 Defense, 2 Special Teams Lettermen Returning: 40 Total Wyoming and Utah State Preview (23 Offense, 17 Defense, 0 Special Teams) Lettermen Lost: 28 Total (8 Offense, 15 Defense, 5 Special Teams) •Wyoming returns to the field this Thursday to play Utah State after having its game vs. Air Force Other Returners: 34 Total cancelled last week due to Air Force being unable to play because of rising COVID-19 numbers. (17 Offense, 16 Defense, 1 Special Teams) 2020 Signings: 25 Total •The Cowboys and Utah State Aggies will be playing for the 71st time. USU leads the overall (12 Offense, 12 Defense, 1 Special Teams) series 40-26-4. •Since 2013, the two teams have played for the “Bridger Rifle” traveling trophy. The Aggies lead that portion of the series 5-2. •The two teams have split the last four meetings in the series, with Wyoming winning in 2016 in Laramie and 2017 in Logan, Utah. Utah State won in 2018 in Laramie and in 2019 in Logan. •For the third consecutive week, Wyoming will be playing for a traveling trophy. The Cowboys won the Paniolo Trophy from Hawai’i and lost the Bronze Boot to CSU in its last two games. GOWYO.COM #RIDEFORTHEBRAND PAGE 1 WWYOMINGYOMING NNOTESOTES 2020 Coaching Staff ValladayVa Becomes Only the 12th12 Cowboy to Rush for 2,000 Head Coach: Craig Bohl (Nebraska ‘82) Overall Record: 141-74 (.656), 18th season CareerCa Yards, Ranks Sixth Record at Wyoming: 37-42 (.468), 7th season iinn the NCAA This Season in Offensive Coaching Staff Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/QBs RuRushing: Wyoming junior running Brent Vigen (North Dakota State ‘98) backba Xazavian Valladay rushed for 147 Wide Receivers yardsya against Colorado State on Nov. 5, Mike Grant (Nebraska ‘93) 2020,20 to become only the 12th Wyoming Running Backs/Director of Player Personnel Gordie Haug (Bemidji State ‘09) CowboyCo in school history to rush for over Offensive Run-Game Coordinator/ Offensive Line 2,0002,0 career yards. Valladay enters this Bart Miller (New Mexico ‘07) weekwe with 2,071 career rushing yards. Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends/Fullbacks ValladayVa rushed for 409 yards as a Shannon Moore (Black Hills State ‘00) redshirtred freshman, recorded 1,265 Defensive Coaching Staff Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Xazavian Valladay, Jr., Running Back rushingrus yards as a sophomore and has Jay Sawvel (Mount Union ‘93) 407 rushing yards thus far in 2020. Linebackers Aaron Bohl (MSU Moorhead ‘16) Wyoming’s Career Rushing Leaders Cornerbacks Benny Boyd (Aurora ‘00) Rk. Player Years Yards Att. Avg./Att. TDs Defensive Ends 1. Brian Hill 2014-16 4,287 (+2,216) 775 5.5 35 Marty English (Northern Colorado ‘86) 2. Devin Moore 2005-08 2,963 (+892) 553 5.4 15 Defensive Run-Game Coordinator/DTs/NTs 3. Ryan Christopherson 1991-94 2,906 (+835) 585 5.0 19 Pete Kaligis (Washington ‘94) 4. Wynel Seldon 2005-08 2,672 (+601) 636 4.2 22 Administrative Staff Associate A.D. for Football Operations 5. Marques Brigham 1995-98 2,605 (+534) 595 4.4 25 Brent Vernon (Missouri ‘08) 6. Shaun Wick 2012-16 2,533 (+462) 516 4.9 21 Director of Recruiting 7. Gerald Abraham 1984-87 2,278 (+207) 456 5.0 17 Ian McGrew (Tennessee-Martin ‘15) 8. Derek Armah 2000-03 2,190 (+119) 572 3.8 15 Director of On-Campus Recruiting 9. Kevin Lowe 1981-84 2,188 (+117) 327 6.7 26 Thomas Jenkins (Wyoming ‘18) 10. Walt Goffigan 1980-83 2,167 (+96) 448 4.8 26 11. Alvester Alexander 2009-11 2,127 (+56) 477 4.5 27 2020 Team Captains Selected: The Xazavian Valladay 2018-Present 2,071 400 5.2 12 Wyoming Cowboys voted for team captains the final week of fall camp and on Saturday, MW NCAA Oct. 17 head coach Craig Bohl announced Xazavian Valladay’s NCAA Rankings Statistic Rank Rank the Cowboys that were selected as 2020 team Rushing Yards per Game 132.3 rushing yards per game No. 2 No. 6 captains. All-Purpose Yards 157.67 all-purpose yards per game No. 3 No. 15 Sophomore quarterback Sean Chambers Rushing TDs 3 total rushing TDs No. 4 No. 107 was voted a team captain for the second consecutive season. Xazavian Valladay’s 2020 Season Game-by-Game The other three Cowboy captains earned All- the honor for the first time in their careers. Rush Rush Rush Avg. Rec. Rec. Total Purpose 2020 Wyoming Team Captains Opponent Att. Yards TDs Long Rush Rec. Yards TDs Plays Yards #12 Sean Chambers, So., Quarterback at Nevada 22 87 0 14 4.0 7 44 0 29 131 #88 Garrett Crall, Sr., Defensive End Hawai’i 32 163 2 21 5.1 2 32 0 34 195 #73 Keegan Cryder, Jr., Center at CSU 28 147 1 38 5.2 2 0 0 30 147 #48 Chad Muma, Jr., Linebacker Totals 82 397 3 38 4.8 11 76 0 93 473 Valladay, Cryder and Harris Return Wyoming and Utah State Continue Rivalry That Began in 1903, “Bridger’s After Earning All-Conference Honors Battle” Tradition Was Introduced in 2013: Wyoming and Utah State first played in in 2019: Three Wyoming Cowboys return football in 1903, and this year’s meeting will be the 71st in the series. Wyoming has won 26 of the in 2020 after earning All-Mountain West previous 70 meetings, while Utah State has won 40 times and there have been four ties. Conference honors in 2019. A new tradition was incorporated into a century-old rivalry in 2013 when the Wyoming Junior running back Xazavian Valladay Cowboys and Utah State Aggies introduced a new “Bridger’s Battle” tradition to the football series earned First Team All-Mountain West honors as between the two schools. a sophomore in 2019. As part of the new tradition, a traveling “Bridger Rifle” will be awarded to the winner each year. He will be joined by returning All- The rifle is a .50-caliber Rocky Mountain Hawken rifle that was popular among mountain men of Conference honorees Keegan Cryder at center, the 1800s, and is widely-considered to be the rifle carried by the legendary Jim Bridger. “Bridger’s who earned Second Team All-Conference as a Battle” was chosen as the name for the new series due to Bridger’s ties to the Wyoming-Utah sophomore, and Logan Harris at right guard, region. The Bridger’s Battle portion of the series now stands at 5-2 in favor of Utah State. who earned Honorable Mention All-Mountain The last two games have been narrowly won by Utah State. USU won by eight points (24-16) West honors as a junior. in 2018 in Laramie to take possession of the Bridger Rifle traveling trophy.