1894 Wyoming Cowboys football team

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]

1894 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–0
Head coach
CaptainHerbert J. Brees
Seasons
1895 →
1894 Far West college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wyoming     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

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 edit

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

References edit

  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.