2014 Wyoming Cowboys football team

2014 Wyoming Cowboys football
2014 Wyoming Cowboys football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
	Mountain Division
Record	4–8 (2–6 MW)
Head coach	Craig Bohl (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Brent Vigen (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Steve Stanard (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	War Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 2013 2015 →

2014 Mountain West Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Mountain Division
No. 16 Boise State x$	7	–	1	12	–	2
Colorado State	6	–	2	10	–	3
Utah State	6	–	2	10	–	4
Air Force	5	–	3	10	–	3
New Mexico	2	–	6	4	–	8
Wyoming	2	–	6	4	–	8
West Division
Fresno State x	5	–	3	6	–	8
San Diego State	5	–	3	7	–	6
Nevada	4	–	4	7	–	6
Hawaii	3	–	5	4	–	9
San Jose State	2	–	6	3	–	9
UNLV	1	–	7	2	–	11
Championship: Boise State 28, Fresno State 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by first year head coach Craig Bohl and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium. They were members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the Mountain Division.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	2:00 p.m.	No. 5 (FCS) Montana*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	RTRM	W 17–12	25,243
September 6	8:15 p.m.	Air Force	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	ESPNU	W 17–13	21,246
September 13	12:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Oregon*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	P12N	L 14–48	56,533
September 20	2:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	MWN	W 20–19	21,226
September 27	10:00 a.m.	at No. 9 Michigan State*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN2	L 14–56	74,227
October 11	10:00 p.m.	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Paniolo Trophy)	MWN	L 28–38	24,273
October 18	2:00 p.m.	San Jose State	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	ESPN3	L 20–27 ^OT	19,627
October 25	5:00 p.m.	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO (Battle for the Bronze Boot)	RTRM	L 31–45	32,529
November 1	8:45 p.m.	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	ESPN2	W 45–17	32,164
November 7	6:00 p.m.	Utah State	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY (Bridger’s Battle)	ESPN2	L 3–20	14,430
November 22	8:15 p.m.	Boise State	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	ESPN2	L 14–63	15,821
November 29	1:30 p.m.	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	RTRM	L 30–36	18,489
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

Schedule Source:^[1]

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Wyoming	Alma mater	Before Wyoming
Craig Bohl	Head coach	1	Nebraska (1982)	North Dakota State – head coach (2013)
Steve Stanard	Defensive coordinator / Linebackers	1	Nebraska (1989)	North Dakota State – Linebackers (2013)
Brent Vigen	Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks	1	North Dakota State (1998)	North Dakota State – Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks (2013)
Mike Bath	Running Backs / Fullbacks	1	Miami, Ohio (2001)	Miami, Ohio – Interim Head Coach / offensive coordinator (2013)
David Brown II	Secondary / Safeties	1	Cal Poly (1996)	Fresno State – Safeties (2013)
Kenni Burns	Wide receivers	1	Indiana (2006)	North Dakota State – Wide receivers / recruiting coordinator (2013)
AJ Cooper	Special teams coordinator / Defensive Ends	1	North Dakota State (2006)	North Dakota State – Defensive ends / Co-Special Teams (2013)
Scott Fuchs	Offensive line	2	North Dakota State (1995)	North Dakota State (2013)
Pete Kaligis	Defensive tackles	6	Washington (1994)	Montana – Offensive line (2008)
John Richardson	Cornerbacks	1	North Dakota State (2010)	North Dakota State – Cornerbacks (2013)
Zach Duval	Director of Sports Performance / Head Strength and Conditioning Coach	1	Nebraska (1998)	Buffalo – Director of Sports Performance (2013)
Quinn Brown	Offensive Graduate Assistant	2	Missouri (2011)	William Jewell – Tight ends / assistant special teams coordinator (2012)
Shane LaDage	Offensive Graduate Assistant	1	Southwest Minnesota State (2010)	Saint Joseph's College – Wide receivers / tight ends (2013)
Kevin May	Defensive Graduate Assistant	2	Occidental College (2011)	Occidental College – Assistant
Greg Holsworth	Defensive Graduate Assistant	1	Occidental College (2012)	Occidental College – Linebackers
Cory Sullivan	Defensive Graduate Assistant	2	Oregon (2013)	Oregon – Student Assistant (2012)

Roster

2016 Wyoming Cowboys Football

Quarterbacks

1 Sam Stratton – senior (5'11", 190)
11 Colby Kirkegaard – senior (6'3", 205)
12 Aaron Young – sophomore (6'2", 201)
13 Tom Thornton – sophomore (6'1", 205)
15 Nick Smith – freshman (6'4", 215)
16 Austin Fort – freshman (6'4", 218)
17 Cameron Coffman – senior (6'2", 186)

Running backs

7 D.J. May – sophomore (5'11", 205)
8 Brian Hill – freshman (6'1" 204)
21 Shaun Wick – junior (5'10", 212)
22 Nico Evans – freshman (5'9", 186)
24 Omar Stover – sophomore (5'11", 207)
27 Oscar Nevermann – sophomore (6'1", 213)
32 Joshua Tapscott – freshman (5'9", 205)

Fullbacks

36 Drew Van Maanen – freshman (6'1", 222)

Wide receivers

3 Trey Norman – senior (6'1", 175)
4 Tanner Gentry – sophomore (6'2", 198)
5 Trent Sewell – sophomore (6'2", 196)
9 Jalen Claiborne – senior (5'9", 175)
17 Josh Smith – senior (6'3", 205)
19 Keenan Montgomery – senior (6'1", 186)
30 Jacob McGarvin – freshman (5'9", 159)
33 Dominic Rufran – senior (6'0", 188)
81 Justin Berger – senior (6'2", 198)
82 Tanner Simpson – sophomore (6'2", 188)
83 Jake Maulhardt – sophomore (6'6", 215)
87 Colin Gilbert – freshman (6'2", 184)

Tight ends

2 Eric Nzeocha – sophomore (6'3", 211)
25 J.D. Krill – senior (6'6", 246)
80 Brinkley Jolly – freshman (6'5", 265)
84 Grant Lewis – freshman (6'5", 225)
85 Tyree Mayfield – freshman (6'3", 223)
88 Jacob Hollister – sophomore (6'4", 230)
96 Micah Jones – sophomore (6'3", 220)

Offensive linemen

52 Sam Hardy – sophomore (6'3", 294)
58 Taylor Knestis – freshman (6'5", 288)
59 Ryan Cummings – freshman (6'5", 294)
63 Rafe Kiely – junior (6'3", 306)
64 Charlie Renfree – freshman (6'3", 268)
65 Jesse Wilson – junior (6'1", 245)
66 Zach D'Amico – junior (5'11", 275)
67 Cole Turner – freshman (6'4", 285)
68 Brayton Medina – freshman (6'5", 302)
69 Richard Bettencourt – freshman (6'3", 284)
71 Austin Traphagan – junior (6'5", 272)
72 Jake Jones – junior (6'3", 295)
73 Chase Roullier – sophomore (6'4", 293)
75 Kurtis Stirneman – freshman (6'5", 270)
76 Jacob English – sophomore (6'5", 300)
77 Connor Rains – senior (6'7", 309)
78 Nathan Leddige – sophomore (6'5", 289)

Defensive linemen

34 Siaosi Hala'api'api – junior (6'2", 255)
42 Riley Lange – senior (6'3", 250)
50 Sonny Puletasi – senior (6'3", 251)
55 Eddie Yarbrough – junior (6'3", 251)
57 Chase Appleby – sophomore (6'0", 260)
60 Du'Ryan Ebbesen – freshman (6'2", 288)
61 Wyatt Mirich – junior (6'3", 205)
62 Seth Edeen – freshman (6'3", 203)
70 Conner Cain – freshman (6'4", 243)
86 Adam Kinder – sophomore (6'2", 206)
90 Uso Olive – sophomore (6'1", 301)
91 Troy Boyland – junior (6'2", 297)
91 John Jackson – freshman (6'2", 280)
93 Jonathan Kongbo – freshman (6'6", 250)
95 Patrick Mertens – senior (6'5", 285)
96 Sidney Malauulu – freshman (6'3", 283)
97 Dan Crook – senior (6'3", 272)
98 Dalton Fields – freshman (6'3", 272)
99 Joshua Stanton – freshman (6'3", 240)

Linebackers

1 Jordan Stanton – senior (6'0", 246)
3 Jeff Lark – junior (6'2", 213)
9 Malkaam Muhammad – junior (6'0", 228)
21 Mark Nzeocha – senior (6'3", 239)
28 Nehemie Kankolongo – senior (5'11", 219)
30 Brecken Biggs – freshman (6'0", 178)
40 Sam Boyd – freshman (6'1", 190)
43 Devyn Harris – senior (6'3", 234)
45 Lucas Wacha – sophomore (6'1", 214)
48 Alex Bush – freshman (6'2", 231)
53 Alex Borgs – senior (6'2", 229)

Defensive backs

4 DeAndre Jones – senior (6'0", 186)
5 Jesse Sampson – senior (6'0", 200)
6 Ryon'e Winters – freshman (6'0", 180)
13 Darrenn White – senior (6'0", 192)
14 Tyran Finley – junior (5'9", 177)
18 Xavier Lewis – sophomore (6'0", 195)
20 Blair Burns – senior (5'10", 186)
23 Tim Kamana – freshman (5'11", 196)
24 Zaquoya Parham – junior (5'10", 181)
26 C.J. Jennings – freshman (5'10", 180)
29 Tim Hayes – sophomore (5'9", 189)
31 Chavez Pownell Jr. – freshman (5'11", 192)
32 Jake Schiffner – senior (5'10", 181)
35 Robert Priester – freshman (5'9", 168)
37 Luke Kellum – sophomore (5'10", 184)
48 Waddie Love – freshman (6'1", 188)

Placekickers

39 Justin Martin – junior (5'10", 178)
40 Stuart Williams – senior (5'11", 180)

Punter

41 Ethan Wood – sophomore (6'3", 173)

Long snapper

94 Brendan Turelli – sophomore (6'2", 225)

Box Scores

Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Grizzlies	0	6	0	6	12
Cowboys	3	0	14	0	17

Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	3	7	0	3	13
Cowboys	0	7	0	10	17

At #2 Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	0	0	7	14
#2 Ducks	0	20	21	7	48

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	3	3	10	3	19
Cowboys	7	3	0	10	20

At Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	7	0	0	14
#9 Spartans	21	21	7	7	56

At Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	14	7	7	0	28
Rainbow Warriors	3	7	14	14	38

San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Spartans	3	7	0	10	7	27
Cowboys	0	3	7	10	0	20

At Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	10	0	0	3	13
Rams	7	3	0	6	16

At Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	14	0	24	45
Bulldogs	7	3	0	7	17

Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	17	0	0	3	20
Cowboys	0	3	0	0	3

Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	14	14	28	7	63
Cowboys	0	7	0	7	14

At New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	10	10	10	0	30
Lobos	14	7	15	0	36

Statistics

Team

Team Statistics
	Wyoming	Opponents
Points	253	394
First Downs	221	252
Rushing	83	120
Passing	124	122
Penalty	14	10
Rushing Yards	1838	2436
Rushing Attempts	448	55
Average Per Rush	4.1	5.2
Long	89	69
Rushing TDs	17	24
Passing Yards	2733	2733
Comp–Att	212–375	214–325
Comp %	56.5%	65.8%
Average Per Game	227.8	227.8
Average per Attempt	7.3	8.4
Passing TDs	12	22
INT's	10	3
Touchdowns	31	51
Passing	12	22
Rushing	17	24
Defensive	2	2
Interceptions	3	10
Yards	51	152
Long	51	38
Total Offense	4571	5169
Total Plays	823	790
Average Per Yards/Game	380.9	430.8
Kick Returns: # – Yards	29–581	34–830
TDs	0	1
Long	36	97
Punts	67	51
Yards	2761	2208
Average	41.2	43.3
Punt Returns: # – Yards	16–163	17–311
TDs	0	2
Long	39	80
Fumbles – Fumbles Lost	14–8	21–13
Opposing TD's	51	31
Penalties – Yards	63–520	56–519
3rd–Down Conversions	76/191	69/160
4th–Down Conversions	9/20	5/15
Takeaways	16	18
Field Goals	12–17	13–19
Extra Point	31–31	47–49
Sacks	14	44
Sack Against	44	14
Yards	93	277

Offense

Passing Statistics
NAME	GP	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	TD	INT
Colby Kirkegaard	12	206	359	2660	57.4	12	9
Tom Thornton	4	4	10	50	40.0	0	1
Sam Stratton	11	2	5	23	40.7	0	0
Team	6	0	1	0	0.0	0	0

Rushing Statistics
NAME	GP	CAR	YDS	LONG	TD
Brian Hill	12	145	796	89	7
Shaun Wick	9	126	753	57	6
D.J. May	6	56	260	58	2
Josh Tapscott	5	15	80	48	2
Sam Stratton	11	6	21	17	0
Dominic Rufran	12	6	15	18	0
J.D. Krill	12	0	10	0	0
Tom Thornton	4	5	9	6	0
Omar Stover	5	3	5	3	0
Jordan Ellis	8	1	5	5	0
Tanner Gentry	12	2	3	2	0
Jalen Claiborne	12	2	1	1	0
TOTALS	12	448	2207	89	17

Receiving Statistics
NAME	GP	REC	YDS	LONG	TD
Dominic Rufran	12	45	596	88	0
Jalen Claiborne	12	41	576	52	3
Tanner Gentry	12	32	435	44	2
Jake Maulhardt	12	21	274	53	1
Jacob Hollister	12	17	244	66	2
Brian Hill	12	13	204	40	0
Shaun Wick	9	10	62	12	0
D.J. May	6	8	144	41	2
Eric Nzeocha	12	8	65	16	0
J.D. Krill	12	7	48	15	2
Trey Norman	11	3	19	9	0
Jordan Ellis	8	2	28	16	1
Drew Van Maanen	12	2	25	23	0
Joshua Tapscott	5	1	10	10	0
Keenan Montgomery	12	1	4	4	0
TOTALS	12	212	2733	88	12

Defense

Defensive Statistics
#	NAME	GP	SOLO	AST	TOT	TFL-YDS	SACKS	INT-YDS	BU	QBH	FR–YDS	FF	BLK	SAF
43	Devyn Harris	12	43	40	83	5.5–13	0.0–0	0–0	2	0	2–78	2	0	0
55	Eddie Yarbrough	12	31	32	63	10.5–49	4.0–28	0–0	1	2	1–0	1	0	0
20	Blair Burns	12	38	25	63	1.5–12	0.0–0	0–0	2	1	2–63	2	0	0
10	Mark Nzeocha	7	35	24	59	3.0–16	2.0–12	0–0	5	0	1–0	2	0	0
45	Lucas Wacha	12	31	21	52	4.0–8	0.0–0	0–0	1	0	0–0	0	0	0
1	Jordan Stanton	10	25	20	45	2.0–5	1.0–4	0–0	0	0	1–0	1	0	0
23	Tim Kamana	12	27	17	44	0.0–0	0.0–0	1–0	2	0	0–0	0	0	0
13	Darrenn White	7	23	19	42	1.5–3	0.0–0	0–0	1	0	1–0	1	0	0
4	DeAndre Jones	8	28	13	41	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	2	0	0–0	0	0	0
95	Patrick Mertens	12	14	25	39	5.0–16	2.0–12	0–0	1	1	2–0	0	0	0
35	Robert Priester	11	29	10	39	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	2	0	1–0	2	0	0
3	William Tutein	12	24	11	35	2.0–5	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	1	1	0
5	Jesse Sampson	6	20	13	33	0.5–2	0.0–0	0–0	4	0	0–0	0	0	0
90	Uso Olive	12	14	6	20	2.0–3	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
34	Siaosi Hala'api'api	12	13	7	20	5.5–50	3.0–34	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
42	Riley Lange	10	9	8	17	2.0–3	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
14	Tyran Finley	11	14	3	17	2.0–7	0.0–0	2–51	1	0	0–0	0	0	0
57	Chase Appleby	12	7	5	12	1.0–4	0.0–0	0–0	2	0	1–0	0	0	0
50	Sonny Puletasi	8	4	7	11	1.5–3	0.0–0	0–0	1	0	1–0	0	0	0
37	Luke Kellum	4	7	3	10	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
29	Tim Hayes	8	6	4	10	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	1	0	0–0	0	0	0
16	Jeff Lark	9	2	8	10	0.5–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
18	Xavier Lewis	11	5	4	9	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
62	Seth Edeen	4	4	2	6	2.0–3	2.0–3	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
6	Ryon'e Winters	9	4	0	4	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
51	Troy Boyland	8	1	3	4	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
3	Trey Norman	11	3	0	3	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
27	Oscar Nevermann	11	3	0	3	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
5	Malkaam Muhammad	6	1	1	2	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
98	Dalton Fields	12	0	2	2	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
73	Chase Roullier	12	2	0	2	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
21	Shaun Wick	9	1	1	2	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
28	Nehemie Kankolongo	8	1	0	1	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
53	Alex Borgs	6	0	1	1	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
36	Drew Van Maanen	12	1	0	1	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
25	J.D. Krill	12	1	0	1	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
2	Eric Nzeocha	12	1	0	1	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	1	0
94	Brendan Turelli	11	1	0	1	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
83	Jake Maulhardt	12	1	0	1	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
7	D.J. May	6	1	0	1	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
40	Stuart Williams	12	0	1	1	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
TM	Team	6	1	0	1	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	1–0	0	0	0
8	Brian Hill	12	0	1	1	0.0–0	0.0–0	0–0	0	0	0–0	0	0	0
	TOTAL	12	475	338	813	52–202	14–93	3–51	28	4	13–141	11	2	0
	OPPONENTS	12	467	372	839	81–362	44–277	10–152	40	17	8–0	11	3	0

Key: SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FF: Forced Fumbles, FR: Fumbles Recovered, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties

Interceptions Statistics
NAME	NO.	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Tyran Finley	2	51	25.5	0	51
Tim Kamana	1	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	3	51	17.0	0	51

Special teams

Kicking Statistics
NAME	XPM	XPA	XP%	FGM	FGA	FG%	1–19	20–29	30–39	40–49	50+	LNG	PTS
Stuart Williams	31	31	100.0%	12	17	70.6%	2–2	2–2	5–5	2–6	1–2	50	67
TOTALS	31	31	100.0%	12	17	70.6%	2–2	2–2	5–5	2–6	1–2	50	67

Kick Return Statistics
NAME	RTNS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Jalen Claiborne	13	226	17.4	0	24
D.J. May	10	242	24.2	0	36
Tyran Finley	3	56	18.7	0	20
Dominic Rufran	2	57	28.5	0	33
J.D. Krill	1	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	29	581	20.0	0	36

Punting Statistics
NAME	PUNTS	YDS	AVG	LONG	TB	FC	I–20	50+	BLK
Ethan Wood	66	2733	41.4	67	5	18	18	8	1
Team	1	28	28.0	28	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS	67	2761	41.2	67	5	18	18	8	1

Punt Return Statistics
NAME	RTNS	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jalen Claiborne	14	139	9.9	0	39
Eric Nzeocha	1	21	21.0	0	0
Tim Kamana	1	3	3.0	0	3
TOTALS	16	163	10.2	0	39

Scores by quarter (all opponents)

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
All opponents	95	116	102	74	7	394
Wyoming	58	61	45	89	0	253

References

^ "2014 Wyoming Cowboys Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 23, 2014.

[1] "2014 Wyoming Cowboys Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 23, 2014.

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