2015 Wyoming Cowboys football team

American college football season

2015 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionMountain Division
Record2–10 (2–6 MW)
Head coach
  • Craig Bohl (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorBrent Vigen (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorSteve Stanard (2nd season)
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Mountain West Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Mountain Division
Air Force x   6 – 2     8 – 6  
New Mexico   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Utah State   5 – 3     6 – 7  
Boise State   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Colorado State   5 – 3     7 – 6  
Wyoming   2 – 6     2 – 10  
West Division
San Diego State x$   8 – 0     11 – 3  
Nevada   4 – 4     7 – 6  
San Jose State   4 – 4     6 – 7  
Fresno State   2 – 6     3 – 9  
UNLV   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Hawaii   0 – 8     3 – 10  
Championship: San Diego State 27, Air Force 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by second 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 2–10, 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the Mountain Division.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 52:00 p.m.North Dakota*
L 13–2423,669
September 122:00 p.m.Eastern Michigan*
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
RTRML 29–4819,112
September 196:30 p.m.at Washington State*P12NL 14–3131,105
September 261:00 p.m.New Mexico
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
RTRML 28–3818,723
October 31:30 p.m.at Appalachian State*ESPN3L 13–3119,345
October 108:15 p.m.at Air ForceESPN2L 17–3122,023
October 171:00 p.m.Nevada
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
ESPN3W 28–2117,026
October 248:15 p.m.at Boise StateESPN2L 14–3431,946
October 308:15 p.m.at Utah StateESPN2L 27–5820,964
November 71:00 p.m.Colorado State
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY (Bronze Boot)
ESPN3L 7–2718,682
November 148:30 p.m.at San Diego StateCBSSNL 3–3836,688
November 2812:00 p.m.UNLV
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
RTRMW 35–2811,149
Schedule Source:[1]

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name Position Seasons at
Wyoming		 Alma mater Before Wyoming
Craig Bohl Head coach 2 Nebraska (1982) North Dakota State – head coach (2013)
Steve Stanard Defensive coordinator / Linebackers 2 Nebraska (1989) North Dakota State – Linebackers (2013)
Brent Vigen Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks 2 North Dakota State (1998) North Dakota State – Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks (2013)
Mike Bath Running Backs / Fullbacks 2 Miami, Ohio (2001) Miami, Ohio – Interim Head Coach / offensive coordinator (2013)
AJ Cooper Special teams coordinator / Defensive Ends 2 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)
Gordie Haug Wide Receivers / Director of Recruiting 2 Bemidji State (2009) North Dakota State – Running backs (2013)
Pete Kaligis Defensive tackles 7 Washington (1994) Montana – Offensive line (2008)
Curt Mallory Defensive pass game coordinator / Secondary 1 Michigan (1992) Michigan – Secondary (2014)
John Richardson Cornerbacks 2 North Dakota State (2010) North Dakota State – Cornerbacks (2013)
Zach Duval Director of Sports Performance / Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2 Nebraska (1998) Buffalo – Director of Sports Performance (2013)
Quinn Brown Offensive Graduate Assistant 3 Missouri (2011) William Jewell – Tight ends / assistant special teams coordinator (2012)
Greg Holsworth Defensive Graduate Assistant 2 Occidental College (2012) Occidental College – Linebackers / Head Strength and Conditioning Coach (2014)
Shane LaDage Offensive Graduate Assistant 2 Southwest Minnesota State (2010) Saint Joseph's College – Wide receivers / tight ends (2013)
Grant Olson Defensive Graduate Assistant 1 North Dakota State (2014) North Dakota State – Student Assistant (2014)

Roster

2016 Wyoming Cowboys Football

Quarterbacks

  •  2 Cameron Coffman – Redshirt senior (6'2", 197)
  • 12 Aaron Young – junior (6'2", 189)
  • 15 Nick Smith – Redshirt freshman (6'4", 221)
  • 17 Josh Allen – sophomore (6'5", 210)

Running backs

  •  8 Brian Hill – sophomore (6'1", 211)
  • 16 Milo Hall – freshman (5'8", 188)
  • 21 Shaun Wick – senior (5'10", 215)
  • 22 Nico Evans – Redshirt freshman (5'9", 190)
  • 29 Kellen Overstreet – freshman (5'11", 200)
  • 32 Joshua Tapscott – sophomore (5'9", 205)

Fullbacks

  • 36 Drew Van Maanen – sophomore (6'1", 226)
  • 38 Wade Cicierski – Redshirt freshman (5'10", 222)
  • 47 Matt List – Redshirt freshman (5'11", 223)
  • 48 Jordan Ellis – junior (6'2", 226)

Wide receivers

  •  3 Joseph Parker – freshman (5'10", 175)
  •  4 Tanner Gentry – junior (6'2", 207)
  • 13 Tom Thornton – junior (6'1", 193)
  • 14 C.J. Johnson – freshman (6'2", 180)
  • 20 Justice Murphy – freshman (6'0", 180)
  • 25 Dameko Doddles – freshman (6'2", 205)
  • 30 Jacob McGarvin – sophomore (5'9", 159)
  • 80 James Price – freshman (6'2", 180)
  • 81 Justin Berger – Redshirt senior (6'2", 198)
  • 82 Tanner Simpson – junior (6'2", 188)
  • 83 Jake Maulhardt – junior (6'6", 205)
  • 87 Joshua Clausen – freshman (6'4", 193)
  •   Weston Dinsmore – freshman (6'3", 195)

Tight ends

  • 84 Grant Lewis – Redshirt freshman (6'5", 220)
  • 85 Tyree Mayfield – Redshirt freshman (6'3", 223)
  • 88 Jacob Hollister – junior (6'4", 224)
  

Offensive linemen

  • 51 Troy Boyland – senior (6'2", 298)
  • 58 Taylor Knestis – sophomore (6'5", 297)
  • 59 Ryan Cummings – sophomore (6'6", 301)
  • 61 Kaden Jackson – freshman (6'2", 265)
  • 62 Eli Moody – Redshirt junior (6'3", 248)
  • 63 Rafe Kiely – senior (6'3", 301)
  • 64 Charlie Renfree – sophomore (6'3", 255)
  • 67 Cole Turner – Redshirt freshman (6'4", 276)
  • 69 Richard Bettencourt – Redshirt freshman (6'3", 280)
  • 72 Zach Wallace – freshman (6'7", 265)
  • 73 Chase Roullier – junior (6'4", 293)
  • 74 Brinkley Jolly – Redshirt freshman (6'5", 265)
  • 75 Kurtis Stirneman – sophomore (6'5", 280)
  • 77 Pahl Schwab – freshman (6'5", 284)
  • 79 Ryley Southam – Redshirt freshman (6'3", 270)
  •   Danny Bradfield – freshman (6'6", 226)

Defensive linemen

  • 34 Siaosi Hala'api'api – senior (6'2", 250)
  • 47 Tavita Faaiu – junior (6'3", 245)
  • 55 Eddie Yarbrough – senior (6'3", 251)
  • 57 Chase Appleby – junior (6'0", 252)
  • 60 Du'Ryan Ebbesen – junior (6'2", 299)
  • 62 Seth Edeen – sophomore (6'3", 203)
  • 68 Trevor Meader – junior (6'4", 222)
  • 70 Conner Cain – Redshirt freshman (6'4", 252)
  • 76 Jacob English – junior (6'5", 300)
  • 86 Adam Kinder – junior (6'2", 237)
  • 90 Uso Olive – junior (6'1", 305)
  • 91 Carl Granderson – freshman (6'5", 185)
  • 92 Skylor Clinton – freshman (6'2", 225)
  • 93 Youhanna Ghaifan – freshman (6'4", 255)
  • 96 Sidney Malauulu – Redshirt freshman (6'3", 288)
  • 98 Dalton Fields – sophomore (6'3", 259)
  •   Brent Gilliland – freshman (6'4", 255)
  

Linebackers

  •  7 D.J. May – junior (5'11", 207)
  •  9 Malkaam Muhammad – senior (6'0", 215)
  • 11 Christian Irving – freshman (5'11", 195)
  • 11 Eric Nzeocha – junior (6'3", 211)
  • 23 Tim Kamana – sophomore (5'11", 196)
  • 33 Josh Harshman – freshman (6'3", 200)
  • 36 Will Tutein – junior (6'2", 210)
  • 38 Jaylon Watson – freshman (6'0", 215)
  • 42 Kevin Prosser – freshman (6'2", 205)
  • 43 Ben Wisdorf – freshman (6'1", 183)
  • 44 Devin McKenna – junior (6'2", 215)
  • 45 Lucas Wacha – junior (6'1", 214)
  • 50 Luis Bach – freshman (6'2", 208)
  • 52 Waddie Love – sophomore (6'1", 188)

Defensive backs

  •  5 Tyran Finley – senior (5'9", 177)
  •  6 Ryon'e Winters – sophomore (6'0", 185)
  • 17 Isaiah Jefferson – sophomore (5'10", 188)
  • 18 Xavier Lewis – junior (6'0", 195)
  • 19 Anthony Makransky – Redshirt freshman (5'10", 170)
  • 20 Fred Jones – Redshirt freshman (5'10", 155)
  • 21 Antonio Hull – freshman (5'10", 185)
  • 22 Marcus Epps – Redshirt freshman (6'0", 185)
  • 24 Kevin Jackson – freshman (6'3", 185)
  • 26 C.J. Jennings – Redshirt freshman (5'10", 180)
  • 27 Davion Freeman – freshman (5'9", 175)
  • 28 Andrew Wingard – freshman (6'0", 175)
  • 30 Logan Wilson – freshman (6'1", 185)
  • 31 Chavez Pownell Jr. – Redshirt freshman (5'11", 192)
  • 32 Adam Pilapil – Redshirt freshman (6'1", 189)
  • 35 Robert Priester – sophomore (5'9", 168)
  •   Jalen Ortiz – junior (5'9", 182)

Placekickers

  • 39 Justin Martin – Redshirt junior (5'10", 187)
  • 40 Tristan Bailey – freshman (6'1", 190)

Punter

  • 41 Ethan Wood – junior (6'3", 173)

Long snapper

  • 94 Brendan Turelli – junior (6'2", 216)

Box Scores

North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
North Dakota 7 7 0 10 24
Cowboys 0 0 0 13 13

Eastern Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 14 24 7 3 48
Cowboys 7 7 15 0 29

At Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 14 0 0 0 14
Cougars 7 14 0 10 31

New Mexico

1 2 3 4 Total
Lobos 14 14 7 3 38
Cowboys 0 14 7 7 28

At Appalachian State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 7 0 6 13
Mountaineers 14 7 7 3 31

At Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 3 0 14 17
Falcons 0 7 7 17 31

Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total
Wolf Pack 0 7 7 7 21
Cowboys 0 21 7 0 28

At Boise State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 7 0 7 14
Broncos 17 7 10 0 34

At Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 7 7 7 6 27
Aggies 14 16 7 21 58

Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 17 6 3 0 26
Cowboys 0 0 0 7 7

At San Diego State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 0 0 3 3
Aztecs 14 7 3 14 38

UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total
Rebels 7 0 7 14 28
Cowboys 0 14 7 14 35

Statistics

source:[2]

Team

Team Statistics
Wyoming Opponents
Points 228 408
First Downs 237 261
Rushing 119 137
Passing 95 103
Penalty 23 21
Rushing Yards 2081 2702
Rushing Attempts 478 512
Average Per Rush 4.4 5.3
Long 72 74
Rushing TDs 12 28
Passing Yards 2247 2363
Comp–Att 183–308 186–279
Comp % 59.4% 66.7%
Average Per Game 187.2 196.9
Average per Attempt 7.3 8.5
Passing TDs 20 23
INT's 11 5
Touchdowns 32 53
Passing 20 28
Rushing 12 23
Defensive 0 1
Interceptions 5 11
Yards 32 250
Long 19 91
Total Offense 4328 5065
Total Plays 786 791
Average Per Yards/Game 360.7 422.1
Kick Returns: # – Yards 33–776 24–511
TDs 0 0
Long 49 37
Punts 68 48
Yards 2800 2146
Average 41.2 44.7
Punt Returns: # – Yards 14–105 21–97
TDs 0 1
Long 24 20
Fumbles – Fumbles Lost 17–10 9–5
Opposing TD's 53 32
Penalties – Yards 75–681 58–600
3rd–Down Conversions 52/156 68/149
4th–Down Conversions 14/23 7/13
Takeaways 10 21
Field Goals 2–8 13–18
Extra Point 28–31 51–53
Sacks 10 31
Sack Against 31 10
Yards 69 234

Offense

Passing Statistics
NAME GP CMP ATT YDS CMP% TD INT
Cameron Coffman 9 152 241 1951 63.1 18 10
Nick Smith 5 27 60 245 45.0 2 1
Josh Allen 2 4 6 51 66.7 0 0
Team 6 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Rushing Statistics
NAME GP CAR YDS LONG TD
Brian Hill 12 281 1631 72 6
Nick Smith 5 45 157 20 2
Shaun Wick 4 43 97 24 1
Josh Tapscott 8 17 86 30 0
Kellen Overstreet 12 16 84 16 1
Nico Evans 10 14 56 17 0
Tanner Gentry 7 5 48 15 0
Josh Allen 2 3 40 24 0
Justin Berger 7 1 8 8 1
Justice Murphy 11 2 6 5 1
TOTALS 12 478 2081 72 12
Receiving Statistics
NAME GP REC YDS LONG TD
Jake Maulhardt 12 57 653 42 8
Tanner Gentry 7 37 678 92 4
Jacob Hollister 12 26 355 64 3
Brian Hill 12 20 132 21 0
James Price 12 12 143 35 1
Joseph Parker 12 7 68 16 0
Shaun Wick 4 5 49 20 1
Tyree Mayfield 12 4 21 12 1
Kellen Overstreet 12 3 33 21 0
Josh Harshman 11 2 39 26 1
Justin Berger 7 2 35 22 0
Josh Tapscott 8 2 10 8 1
Tayton Montgomery 8 2 6 4 0
Drew Van Maanen 12 2 4 4 0
Justice Murphy 11 1 17 17 0
TOTALS 12 183 2247 92 20

Defense

Defensive Statistics
# NAME GP SOLO AST TOT TFL-YDS SACKS INT-YDS BU QBH FR–YDS FF BLK SAF
28 Andrew Wingard 12 83 39 122 7.0–18 0.0–0 1–0 2 1 0–0 1 0 0
45 Lucas Wacha 11 46 50 96 6.0–18 0.0–0 0–0 0 1 0–0 1 0 0
35 Marcus Epps 11 59 24 83 2.0–5 0.0–0 2–27 4 0 0–0 1 0 0
7 D.J. May 11 42 27 69 4.5–22 1.0–18 0–0 10 0 1–0 0 0 0
55 Eddie Yarbrough 12 30 32 62 10.5–49 7.0–41 0–0 1 0 1–0 1 1 0
2 Robert Priester 11 36 14 50 2.0–2 0.0–0 1–0 3 0 1–5 1 0 0
91 Carl Granderson 12 21 15 36 6.0–18 1.0–5 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
11 Eric Nzeocha 11 20 15 35 1.0–1 0.0–0 0–0 1 0 0–0 1 0 0
1 Antonio Hull 12 18 15 33 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 6 0 1–0 0 0 0
34 Siaosi Hala'api'api 12 18 13 31 4.5–9 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
23 Tim Kamana 12 16 15 31 1.0–4 0.0–0 1–5 1 0 0–0 0 0 0
96 Sidney Malauulu 12 9 10 19 0.5–1 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
31 Chavez Pownell, Jr. 11 10 8 18 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
26 C.J. Jennings 10 14 4 18 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 1 0 0–0 0 0 0
90 Uso Olive 12 2 15 17 1.5–2 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 1 0
10 Adam Pilapil 11 5 8 13 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
87 Conner Cain 11 4 8 12 1.5–2 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
57 Chase Appleby 7 5 6 11 0.5–2 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
19 Anthony Makransky 8 6 4 10 1.0–3 0.0–0 0–0 1 0 0–0 0 0 0
5 Tyran Finley 6 8 2 10 1.0–4 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
36 Will Tutein 11 3 5 8 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
22 Nico Evans 10 4 3 7 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
42 Kevin Prosser 12 4 2 6 1.0–5 1.0–5 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
44 Devin McKenna 4 1 5 6 0.5–2 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
98 Dalton Fields 12 2 2 4 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
29 Kellen Overstreet 12 2 1 3 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
50 Luis Bach 7 1 1 2 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
47 Tavita Faaiu 2 1 1 2 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
85 Tyree Mayfield 12 1 1 2 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
9 Christian Irving 6 0 1 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
63 Rafe Kiely 12 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
73 Chase Roullier 12 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
72 Zach Wallace 12 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
20 Justice Murphy 11 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
3 Joseph Parker 12 1 0 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 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0
TOTAL 12 478 346 824 52–167 10–69 5–32 30 2 5–5 6 2 0
OPPONENTS 12 454 362 816 76–346 31–234 11–250 41 4 10–0 7 2 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
Marcus Epps 2 27 13.5 0 19
Andrew Wingard 1 0 0.0 0 0
Tim Kamana 1 5 5.0 0 5
Robert Priester 1 0 0.0 0 0
TOTALS 5 32 6.4 0 19

Special teams

Kicking Statistics
NAME XPM XPA XP% FGM FGA FG% 1–19 20–29 30–39 40–49 50+ LNG PTS
Tristan Bailey 28 31 90.3% 2 8 25.0% 0–0 0–0 1–4 1–4 0–0 41 34
TOTALS 28 31 90.3% 2 8 25.0% 0–0 0–0 1–4 1–4 0–0 41 34
Kick Return Statistics
NAME RTNS YDS AVG TD LNG
D.J. May 24 630 26.2 0 49
Nico Evans 2 21 10.5 0 9
Tanner Gentry 2 15 7.5 0 15
Drew Van Maanen 2 35 17.5 0 19
Kellen Overstreet 2 51 25.5 0 26
Justice Murphy 1 24 24.0 0 24
TOTALS 33 776 23.5 0 49
Punting Statistics
NAME PUNTS YDS AVG LONG TB FC I–20 50+ BLK
Ethan Wood 67 2800 41.8 67 4 9 19 12 1
Team 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 68 2800 41.2 67 4 9 19 12 1
Punt Return Statistics
NAME RTNS YDS AVG TD LONG
Tanner Gentry 7 73 10.4 0 24
D.J. May 4 20 5.0 0 10
Andrew Wingard 3 12 4.0 0 16
TOTALS 14 105 7.5 0 24

Scores by quarter (all opponents)

1 2 3 4 Total
All opponents 125 116 65 102 408
Wyoming 28 80 43 77 228

References

  1. ^ "2015 Wyoming Cowboys Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  2. ^ "2015 Season UW Statistics" (PDF). GoWyo.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
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