# 2013 Wyoming Cowboys football team

The 2013 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by fifth year head coach Dave Christensen 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 5–7, 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place in the Mountain Division.
Defensive coordinator Chris Tormey was fired mid-season after two straight losses in which the Cowboys surrendered more than 50 points a game; Christensen promoted defensive line coach Jamar Cain to interim coordinator.
On December 1, 2013, the university announced that head coach Dave Christensen had been fired from his position after five seasons with the program.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Nebraska* | Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE | BTN | L 34–37 | 91,185 |
| September 7 | 2:00 p.m. | Idaho* | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY | RTRM | W 42–10 | 22,030 |
| September 14 | 2:00 p.m. | Northern Colorado* | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY | | W 35–7 | 19,091 |
| September 21 | 8:15 p.m. | at Air Force | Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO | ESPNU | W 56–23 | 35,389 |
| September 28 | 5:00 p.m. | at Texas State* | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | LHN | L 21–42 | 22,150 |
| October 12 | 1:30 p.m. | New Mexico | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY | RTRM | W 38–31 | 22,853 |
| October 19 | 12:00 p.m. | Colorado State | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY (Battle for the Bronze Boot) | RTRM | L 22–52 | 24,953 |
| October 26 | 5:00 p.m. | at San Jose State | Spartan StadiumSan Jose, CA | RTRM | L 44–51 | 16,123 |
| November 9 | 8:15 p.m. | No. 17 Fresno State | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY | ESPN2 | L 10–48 | 15,700 |
| November 16 | 8:15 p.m. | at Boise State | Bronco StadiumBoise, ID | ESPN2 | L 7–48 | 33,992 |
| November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | Hawaii | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY (rivalry) | | W 59–56 $^{OT}$ | 12,227 |
| November 30 | 12:00 p.m. | at Utah State | Romney StadiumLogan, UT (rivalry) | RTRM | L 7–35 | 21,325 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time |||||||

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Seasons at Wyoming | Alma mater | Before Wyoming |
| Dave Christensen | Head coach | 5 | Western Washington (1985) | Missouri – Assistant head coach / offensive coordinator (2008) |
| Pete Kaligis | Asst. head coach / Co-Off. Coordinator / running backs coach | 5 | Washington (1994) | Montana – Offensive line coach (2008) |
| Jim Harding | Co-offensive Coordinator / offensive line coach | 5 | Toledo (2001) | Troy HS – Head coach (2008) |
| Chris Tormey | Defensive coordinator / safeties coach | 2 | Idaho (1978) | Washington State – Linebackers coach (2011) |
| Robin Ross | Special teams coordinator / Linebackers | 2 | Washington State (1977) | UNLV – Linebackers coach (2011) |
| Jamar Cain | Defensive line coach | 1 | New Mexico State (2002) | Cal Poly – Defensive line coach (2012) |
| Nick Danielson | Tight Ends / h-backs coach | 2 | Occidental College (2011) | University of Puget Sound – Assistant Offensive Line Coach (2012) |
| Jason Gesser | Quarterbacks | 1 | Washington State (2002) | Idaho – Interim head coach / offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach (2012) |
| Renaldo Hill | Cornerbacks | 2 | Michigan State (2012) | Denver Broncos – Cornerback (2010) |
| Derek Sage | Wide receivers | 4 | Cal State Northridge (2002) | New Hampshire – Wide receivers coach (2009) |

### Roster

* The name of Ruben Narcisse, who died in a car accident on Sept. 6, 2010, will remain on the Wyoming roster until his freshman class of 2010 graduates as his teammates and coaches wish to continue to honor him as a member of the Wyoming Cowboys. His class indicates the year in school he would be this season.

## Box Scores
### @ Nebraska

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| #18 Cornhuskers | 10 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 37 |

### Idaho

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vandals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Cowboys | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 42 |

### Northern Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Cowboys | 0 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 35 |

### @ Air Force

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 14 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 56 |
| Falcons | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 23 |

### @ Texas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Bobcats | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

### New Mexico

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lobos | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 31 |
| Cowboys | 14 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 38 |

### Colorado State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
| Cowboys | 0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 22 |

### @ San Jose State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 16 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 44 |
| Spartans | 0 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 51 |

### Fresno State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #17 Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 48 |
| Cowboys | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### @ Boise State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Broncos | 14 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 48 |

### Hawaii

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Warriors | 14 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 56 |
| Cowboys | 13 | 22 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 59 |

### @ Utah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Aggies | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |

## Statistics
### Team

Team Statistics :
| | Wyoming | Opponents |
| Points | 375 | 440 |
| First Downs | 280 | 292 |
| Rushing | 107 | 138 |
| Passing | 152 | 138 |
| Penalty | 21 | 16 |
| Rushing Yards | 2285 | 2642 |
| Rushing Attempts | 449 | 570 |
| Average Per Rush | 5.1 | 4.6 |
| Long | 79 | 62 |
| Rushing TDs | 21 | 27 |
| Passing yards | 3389 | 3142 |
| Comp–Att | 297–473 | 273–396 |
| Comp % | 62.8% | 68.9% |
| Average Per Game | 282.8 | 261.8 |
| Average per Attempt | 7.2 | 7.9 |
| Passing TDs | 29 | 32 |
| INT's | 12 | 9 |
| Touchdowns | 52 | 60 |
| Passing | 29 | 32 |
| Rushing | 21 | 27 |
| Defensive | 2 | 0 |
| Interceptions | 9 | 12 |
| Yards | 162 | 173 |
| Long | 50 | 42 |
| Total Offense | 5674 | 5784 |
| Total Plays | 922 | 966 |
| Average Per Yards/Game | 472.8 | 482.0 |
| Kick Returns: # – Yards | 31–523 | 27–586 |
| TDs | 0 | 0 |
| Long | 33 | 42 |
| Punts | 70 | 66 |
| Yards | 2933 | 3012 |
| Average | 41.9 | 45.6 |
| Punt Returns: # – Yards | 19–88 | 26–204 |
| TDs | 0 | 1 |
| Long | 22 | 64 |
| Fumbles – Fumbles Lost | 24–12 | 20–11 |
| Opposing TD's | 60 | 52 |
| Penalties – Yards | 66–592 | 69–580 |
| 3rd–Down Conversions | 85/188 | 80/193 |
| 4th–Down Conversions | 10/22 | 17/24 |
| Takeaways | 21 | 23 |
| Field Goals | 4–7 | 7–14 |
| Extra Point | 47–48 | 53–56 |
| Sacks | 23 | 27 |
| Sack Against | 27 | 23 |
| Yards | 162 | 190 |

### Offense

Passing Statistics :
| NAME | GP | CMP | ATT | YDS | CMP% | TD | INT |
| Brett Smith | 12 | 293 | 467 | 3375 | 62.7 | 29 | 11 |
| Tom Thornton | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Norman | 10 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 40.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Nathan Leddige | 12 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Stratton | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 12 | 297 | 473 | 3389 | 62.8 | 29 | 12 |
Rushing Statistics :
| NAME | GP | CAR | YDS | LONG | TD |
| Shaun Wick | 12 | 166 | 979 | 67 | 9 |
| Brett Smith | 12 | 125 | 573 | 74 | 4 |
| Brandon Miller | 11 | 83 | 385 | 29 | 3 |
| Tedder Easton | 12 | 45 | 311 | 79 | 5 |
| Omar Stover | 4 | 10 | 37 | 11 | 0 |
| Robert Herron | 12 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Thornton | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
| Dominic Rufran | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| TEAM | 8 | 10 | -9 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Stratton | 12 | 1 | -12 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 12 | 449 | 2285 | 79 | 21 |
Receiving Statistics :
| NAME | GP | REC | YDS | LONG | TD |
| Dominic Rufran | 12 | 75 | 960 | 71 | 8 |
| Robert Herron | 12 | 72 | 937 | 93 | 9 |
| Tanner Gentry | 12 | 39 | 376 | 31 | 0 |
| Jalen Claiborne | 11 | 33 | 452 | 71 | 5 |
| Brandon Miller | 11 | 23 | 193 | 25 | 2 |
| Shaun Wick | 12 | 21 | 118 | 14 | 2 |
| Jake Maulhardt | 11 | 9 | 76 | 14 | 1 |
| Jarrod Darden | 6 | 6 | 49 | 19 | 0 |
| Keenan Montgomery | 11 | 5 | 102 | 72 | 1 |
| Trey Norman | 10 | 5 | 81 | 30 | 0 |
| Spencer Bruce | 12 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 1 |
| Tedder Easton | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Justin Berger | 9 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 0 |
| Marqueston Huff | 12 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 12 | 297 | 3389 | 93 | 29 |

### Defense

Defensive Statistics :
| # | NAME | GP | SOLO | AST | TOT | TFL-YDS | SACKS | INT-YDS | BU | QBH | FR–YDS | FF | BLK | SAF |
| 1 | Jordan Stanton | 12 | 71 | 63 | 134 | 10.0–20 | 2.0–7 | 2–51 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Marqueston Huff | 12 | 74 | 53 | 127 | 3.0–6 | 0.0–0 | 2–0 | 6 | 0 | 2–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Mark Nzeocha | 12 | 64 | 37 | 101 | 10.0–36 | 1.0–8 | 0–0 | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Eddie Yarbrough | 12 | 41 | 48 | 89 | 12.0–60 | 6.5–45 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 2–48 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Lucas Wacha | 12 | 41 | 47 | 88 | 2.0–10 | 1.0–9 | 0–0 | 1 | 1 | 2–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Blair Burns | 12 | 38 | 23 | 61 | 1.0–2 | 0.0–0 | 1–33 | 7 | 0 | 1–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Devyn Harris | 12 | 28 | 21 | 49 | 3.5–11 | 1.0–8 | 0–0 | 1 | 1 | 2–5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Sonny Puletasi | 12 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 10.0–48 | 4.5–35 | 0–0 | 3 | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | Justin Bernthaler | 12 | 20 | 26 | 46 | 7.5–39 | 4.5–31 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DeAndre Jones | 12 | 25 | 14 | 39 | 1.0–1 | 0.0–0 | 1–22 | 1 | 0 | 1–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Chad Reese | 7 | 25 | 14 | 39 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Tim Hayes | 11 | 31 | 5 | 36 | 2.0–4 | 0.0–0 | 1–0 | 6 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Patrick Mertens | 12 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 5.0–21 | 2.0–15 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 1–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Darrenn White | 6 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 0.5–1 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Uso Olive | 11 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 4.0–12 | 0.5–4 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Xavier Lewis | 12 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 1.0–1 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Jesse Sampson | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1.0–2 | 0.0–0 | 1–6 | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Siaosi Hala'api'api | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1.5–1 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Cortland Fort | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 1–50 | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Malkaam Muhammad | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Tyran Finley | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Jake Maulhardt | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Brett Smith | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Alex Borgs | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Brendan Turelli | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Robert Herron | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Nehemie Kankolongo | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | B.J. Hendrix Jr. | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Ethan Wood | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Oscar Nevermann | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Chase Roullier | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Jessee Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Jake Jones | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Justin Martin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Jalen Claiborne | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Shaun Wick | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0–0 | 0.0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | TOTAL | 12 | 568 | 468 | 1036 | 75–275 | 23–162 | 9–162 | 35 | 3 | 11–53 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| | OPPONENTS | 12 | 522 | 362 | 884 | 64–276 | 27–190 | 12–173 | 42 | 19 | 12–58 | 14 | 1 | 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 |
| Jordan Stanton | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 1 | 39 |
| Marqueston Huff | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Jones | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 |
| Tim Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cortland Fort | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 1 | 50 |
| Blair Burns | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 33 |
| Jesse Sampson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| TOTALS | 9 | 162 | 18.0 | 2 | 50 |

### Special teams

Kicking Statistics :
| NAME | XPM | XPA | XP% | FGM | FGA | FG% | 1–19 | 20–29 | 30–39 | 40–49 | 50+ | LNG | PTS |
| Stuart Williams | 47 | 48 | 97.9% | 4 | 7 | 57.1% | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 43 | 59 |
| TOTALS | 47 | 48 | 97.9% | 4 | 7 | 57.1% | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 43 | 59 |
Kick Return Statistics :
| NAME | RTNS | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG |
| Jalen Claiborne | 16 | 293 | 18.3 | 0 | 33 |
| Trey Norman | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 0 | 27 |
| Shaun Wick | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 21 |
| J.J. Quinlan | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 12 |
| Robert Herron | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Brandon Miller | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 18 |
| Tyran Finley | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 |
| TOTALS | 31 | 523 | 16.9 | 0 | 33 |
Punting Statistics :
| NAME | PUNTS | YDS | AVG | LONG | TB | FC | I–20 | 50+ | BLK |
| Ethan Wood | 69 | 2899 | 42.0 | 64 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 0 |
| Stuart Williams | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 70 | 2933 | 41.9 | 64 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 0 |
Punt Return Statistics :
| NAME | RTNS | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
| Jalen Claiborne | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 0 | 15 |
| Dominic Rufran | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | 22 |
| TEAM | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Blair Burns | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 19 | 88 | 4.6 | 0 | 22 |

### Scores by quarter (all opponents)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| All opponents | 76 | 111 | 130 | 123 | 0 | 440 |
| Wyoming | 78 | 137 | 60 | 97 | 3 | 375 |