List of Wyoming Cowboys football seasons
This is a list of seasons completed by the Wyoming Cowboys football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
Year by Year
| Year | Record | Head Coach | Notes |
| 1893 | 1-0[1] |
Fred Hess | Played Cheyenne HS on February 22 and won 14-0 |
| 1894 | 3-0 | Fred Hess and J.F. Soule | Played on October 13, November 29 and December 25 |
| 1895 | 1-0 | J.F. Soule | Beat Northern Colorado 34-0 |
| 1896 | 2-0[2] |
J.F. Soule | Beat Northern Colorado and Denver Manual HS |
| 1897 | 2-0 | J.F. Soule | Beat Wyoming Alumni and Cheyenne HS |
| 1898 | 0-4 | Fred Hess | |
| 1899 | 0-1-1 | J.F. Soule | |
| 1900 | 3-3 | William McMurray | |
| 1901 | 1-0 | William McMurray | |
| 1902 | 1-0 | William McMurray | |
| 1903 | 3-2 | William McMurray | |
| 1904 | 4-4-1 | William McMurray | |
| 1905 | 3-4 | William McMurray | |
| 1906 | 1-1[3] |
William McMurray | |
| 1907 | 2-1 | Robert Ehlman | |
| 1908 | 1-2 | Robert Ehlman | |
| 1909 | 3-5 | H.I. Dean | |
| 1910 | 4-4 | H.I. Dean | |
| 1911 | 4-3-1 | H.I. Dean | |
| 1912 | 2-7 | L.C. Excelby | |
| 1913 | 0-5 | R.W. Thacker | Outscored 0-183 during season |
| 1914 | 1-5 | R.W. Thacker | |
| 1915 | 2-6 | John Corbett | |
| 1916 | 1-4[4] |
John Corbett | |
| 1917 | 3-4 | John Corbett | |
| 1918 | N/A | N/A | No games played - World War I |
| 1919 | 3-5 | John Corbett | |
| 1920 | 4-5-1 | John Corbett | |
| 1921 | 1-4-2 | John Corbett | |
| 1922 | 1-8 | John Corbett | |
| 1923 | 0-8 | John Corbett | |
| 1924 | 2-6 | William Dietz | |
| 1925 | 6-3 | William Dietz | |
| 1926 | 2-4-2 | William Dietz | |
| 1927 | 4-5[5] |
William Dietz | |
| 1928 | 2-7 | G.W. McLaren | |
| 1929 | 1-7 | G.W. McLaren | |
| 1930 | 2-5-1 | John Rhodes | |
| 1931 | 6-4 | John Rhodes | |
| 1932 | 2-6-1 | John Rhodes | |
| 1933 | 2-6-1 | Willard Witte | |
| 1934 | 3-5 | Willard Witte | |
| 1935 | 4-4 | Willard Witte | |
| 1936 | 2-5-1 | Willard Witte | |
| 1937 | 3-5[6] |
Willard Witte | |
| 1938 | 2-5-1 | Willard Witte | |
| 1939 | 0-7-1 | Joel Hunt | |
| 1940 | 1-7-1 | Okie Blanchard | |
| 1941 | 2-7-1 | Bunny Oakes | |
| 1942 | 3-5 | Bunny Oakes | |
| 1943-45 | N/A | N/A | No football played - World War II |
| 1946 | 1-8-1 | Bunny Oakes | |
| 1947 | 4-5 | Bowden Wyatt | Wyatt's first season |
| 1948 | 4-5 | Bowden Wyatt | |
| 1949 | 9-1 | Bowden Wyatt | Defeated Northern Colorado 103-0 |
| 1950 | 10-0[7] |
Bowden Wyatt | Gator Bowl champions |
| 1951 | 7-2-1 | Bowden Wyatt | |
| 1952 | 5-4 | Bowden Wyatt | |
| 1953 | 5-4-1 | Phil Dickens | |
| 1954 | 6-4 | Phil Dickens | |
| 1955 | 8-3 | Phil Dickens | Sun Bowl champions |
| 1956 | 10-0 | Phil Dickens | |
| 1957 | 4-3-3 | Bob Devaney | |
| 1958 | 8-3 | Bob Devaney | Sun Bowl champions |
| 1959 | 9-1 | Bob Devaney | |
| 1960 | 8-2[8] |
Bob Devaney | Jerry Hill’s final year |
| 1961 | 6-1-2 | Bob Devaney | |
| 1962 | 5-5 | Lloyd Eaton | |
| 1963 | 6-4 | |
| 1964 | 6-2-2 | |
| 1965 | 6-4 |
1st yr of Mike Dirks, Jim Kiick |
| 1966 | 10-1 | Sun Bowl champions |
| 1967 | 10-1 |
appeared in Sugar Bowl |
| 1968 | 7-3 | |
| 1969 | 6-4 | |
| 1970 | 1-9[9] |
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| 1971 | 5-6 | Fritz Shurmur | |
| 1972 | 4-7 | |
| 1973 | 4-7 | |
| 1974 | 2-9 | Mike McGraw and Archie Gray selected in the 1975 NFL Draft |
| 1975 | 2-9 | Fred Akers | Lawrence Gaines and Aaron Kyle selected in the first round of the 1976 NFL Draft |
| 1976 | 8-4 | |
| 1977 | 4-6-1 | Bill Lewis | |
| 1978 | 5-7 | |
| 1979 | 4-8 | |
| 1980 | 6-5[10] |
style="text-align:middle; text-align:center;" rowspan="1"| Pat Dye | Dye's only season at Wyoming |
| 1981 | 8-3 | Al Kincaid | |
| 1982 | 5-7 | |
| 1983 | 7-5 | |
| 1984 | 6-6 | Jay Novacek’s final year |
| 1985 | 3-8 | |
| 1986 | 6-6 | Dennis Erickson | Erickson's only season at Wyoming |
| 1987 | 10-3 | Paul Roach | appeared in Holiday Bowl |
| 1988 | 11-2 | appeared in Holiday Bowl |
| 1989 | 5-6 | Craig Schlichting drafted by Vikings |
| 1990 | 9-4[11] | appeared in Copper Bowl |
| 1991 | 4-6-1 | Joe Tiller | Doug Rigby drafted by Chiefs |
| 1992 | 5-7 | |
| 1993 | 8-4 | appeared in Copper Bowl |
| 1994 | 6-6 | |
| 1995 | 6-5 | Brian Gragert drafted by Broncos |
| 1996 | 10-2 | Marcus Harris won the Fred Biletnikoff Award |
| 1997 | 7-6 | Dana Dimel | |
| 1998 | 8-3 | Dana Dimel | |
| 1999 | 7-4 | Dana Dimel | |
| 2000 | 1-10[12] | Vic Koenning | Patrick Chukwurah drafted by Vikings |
| 2001 | 2-9 | |
| 2002 | 2-10 | |
| 2003 | 4-8 | Joe Glenn | |
| 2004 | 7-5 |
Las Vegas Bowl champions |
| 2005 | 4-7 | |
| 2006 | 6-6 | |
| 2007 | 5-7 | |
| 2008 | 4-8 | |
| 2009 | 7-6 | Dave Christensen | New Mexico Bowl champions |
| 2010 | 3-9 | |
| 2011 | 8-5 | Appeared in New Mexico Bowl |
| 2012 | 4-8 | Pete Kaligis coached Boise State game due to Christensen suspension |
| 2013 | 5-7 | |
| 2014 | 4-8 | Craig Bohl | |
| 2015 | 2-10 | |
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