2014 Wyoming Cowboys football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 2014 Wyoming Cowboys football Wyoming Athletics logo.svg 100 Mountain West Conference Mountain Division MW 4–8 2–6 Craig Bohl 1st Brent Vigen 1st Pro-style Steve Stanard 1st 4–3 War Memorial Stadium The 2014 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW) during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Craig Bohl, the Cowboys compiled an overall record of 4–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, tying for fifth place at the bottom of the standings in the MW's Mountain Division. The team played home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. Schedule 2014 AP Mountain August 30 2:00 p.m. w y Montana 5 (FCS) War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY RSRM 17–12 25,243 September 6 8:15 p.m. w Air Force War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY ESPNU 17–13 21,246 September 13 12:00 p.m. l y y Oregon 2 Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR P12N 14–48 56,533 September 20 2:00 p.m. w y Florida Atlantic War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY MWN 20–19 21,226 September 27 10:00 a.m. l y y Michigan State 9 Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI ESPN2 14–56 74,227 October 11 10:00 p.m. l y Hawaii Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI rivalry MWN 28–38 24,273 October 18 2:00 p.m. l y San Jose State War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY ESPN3 20–27 OT 19,627 October 25 5:00 p.m. l y Colorado State Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO Border War RSRM 31–45 32,529 November 1 8:45 p.m. w y Fresno State Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA ESPN2 45–17 32,164 November 7 6:00 p.m. l Utah State War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY rivalry ESPN2 3–20 14,430 November 22 8:15 p.m. l Boise State War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY ESPN2 14–63 15,821 November 29 1:30 p.m. l y New Mexico University Stadium Albuquerque, NM RSRM 30–36 18,489 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule 2014 https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2751/season/2014 ESPN August 19, 2025 2014 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/wyoming/2014-schedule.html College Football at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference August 19, 2025 2014 Football Schedule https://gowyo.com/sports/football/schedule/2014 University of Wyoming August 19, 2025 Game sumamries Montana Grizzlies 0 6 0 6 Cowboys 3 0 14 0 2014 Montana Grizzlies football team Air Force Falcons 3 7 0 3 Cowboys 0 7 0 10 2014 Air Force Falcons football team At No. 2 Oregon Cowboys 7 0 0 7 No. 2 Ducks 0 20 21 7 2014 Oregon Ducks football team Florida Atlantic Owls 3 3 10 3 Cowboys 7 3 0 10 2014 Florida Atlantic Owls football team At Michigan State Cowboys 7 7 0 0 #9 Spartans 21 21 7 7 2014 Michigan State Spartans football team At Hawaii Cowboys 14 7 7 0 Rainbow Warriors 3 7 14 14 2014 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team Hawaii–Wyoming football rivalry San Jose State Spartans 3 7 0 10 7 Cowboys 0 3 7 10 0 2014 San Jose State Spartans football team At Colorado State Cowboys 10 0 0 3 Rams 7 3 0 6 2014 Colorado State Rams football team Border War (Colorado State–Wyoming rivalry) At Fresno State Cowboys 7 14 0 24 Bulldogs 7 3 0 7 2014 Fresno State Bulldogs football team Utah State Aggies 17 0 0 3 Cowboys 0 3 0 0 2014 Utah State Aggies football team Boise State Broncos 14 14 28 7 Cowboys 0 7 0 7 2014 Boise State Broncos football team At New Mexico Cowboys 10 10 10 0 Lobos 14 7 15 0 2014 New Mexico Lobos football team Personnel Coaching staff Name Position Seasons atWyoming 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 FootballQuarterbacks  1 Sam Stratton – senior (5'11", 190) 11 Colby Kirkegaard – 10px|Redshirt 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 – 10px|Redshirt 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 – 10px|Redshirt freshman (5'9", 205) Fullbacks 36 Drew Van Maanen – 10px|Redshirt 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 – 10px|Redshirt 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 – 10px|Redshirt 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 – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'5", 288) 59 Ryan Cummings – freshman (6'5", 294) 63 Rafe Kiely – junior (6'3", 306) 64 Charlie Renfree – 10px|Redshirt 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 – 10px|Redshirt 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 – 10px|Redshirt 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 – 10px|Redshirt freshman (6'2", 288) 61 Wyatt Mirich – 10px|Redshirt 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 – 10px|Redshirt 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 – 10px|Redshirt 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 – 10px|Redshirt junior (5'9", 177) 18 Xavier Lewis – sophomore (6'0", 195) 20 Blair Burns – senior (5'10", 186) 23 Tim Kamana – 10px|Redshirt 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) 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 0TOTALS 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) All opponents 95 116 102 74 7 Wyoming 58 61 45 89 0 References Wyoming Category:Wyoming Cowboys football seasons Wyoming Cowboys football