# 2011 Wyoming Cowboys football team

The 2011 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by third year head coach Dave Christensen and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium. They are members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–2 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Temple.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 7:00 p.m. | Weber State* | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY | | W 35–32 | 21,492 |
| September 10 | 4:00 p.m. | Texas State* | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY | The Mtn. | W 45–10 | 23,248 |
| September 17 | 10:00 a.m. | at Bowling Green* | Doyt Perry StadiumBowling Green, OH | BCSN/ ESPN3 | W 28–27 | 14,813 |
| September 24 | 5:30 p.m. | No. 9 Nebraska* | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY | Versus | L 14–38 | 32,617 |
| October 8 | 6:00 p.m. | at Utah State* | Romney StadiumLogan, UT (rivalry) | KCSG/ESPN3 | L 19–63 | 17,561 |
| October 15 | 12:00 p.m. | UNLV | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY | The Mtn. | W 41–14 | 22,985 |
| October 29 | 8:00 p.m. | at San Diego State | Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego, CA | The Mtn. | W 30–27 | 29,730 |
| November 5 | 12:00 p.m. | TCU | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY | The Mtn. | L 20–31 | 17,673 |
| November 12 | 12:00 p.m. | at Air Force | Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO | The Mtn. | W 25–17 | 33,823 |
| November 19 | 12:00 p.m. | New Mexico | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY | The Mtn. | W 31–10 | 14,959 |
| November 26 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Boise State | Bronco StadiumBoise, ID | The Mtn. | L 14–36 | 33,773 |
| December 3 | 12:00 p.m. | at Colorado State | Hughes StadiumFort Collins, CO (Bronze Boot) | The Mtn. | W 22–19 | 17,207 |
| December 17 | 12:00 p.m. | vs. Temple* | University StadiumAlbuquerque, NM (Gildan New Mexico Bowl) | ESPN | L 15–37 | 25,762 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Weber State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Weber State | 7 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 32 |
| Wyoming | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |

### Texas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Texas State | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Wyoming | 14 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 45 |

### Bowling Green

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wyoming | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Bowling Green | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 27 |

### Nebraska

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #9 Nebraska | 7 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 38 |
| Wyoming | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

### Utah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wyoming | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Utah State | 14 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 63 |

### UNLV

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| UNLV | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Wyoming | 20 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 41 |

### San Diego State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wyoming | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| San Diego State | 13 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 27 |

### TCU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| TCU | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Wyoming | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 |

### Air Force

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wyoming | 6 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 25 |
| Air Force | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 |

### New Mexico

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| New Mexico | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Wyoming | 7 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 31 |

### Boise State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wyoming | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| #7 Boise State | 0 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 36 |

### Colorado State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wyoming | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| Colorado State | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 19 |

### Temple–New Mexico Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Temple | 7 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 37 |
| Wyoming | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 |