2009 Wyoming Cowboys football team
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The 2009 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming
in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS college football season
. The Cowboys were led by 1st year head coach Dave Christensen
and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium
. The Cowboys finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in Mountain West
play and won the New Mexico bowl
35–28 in two overtimes against Fresno State
.
University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...
in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS college football season
2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on September 2, 2009, progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Pasadena, California on January 7, 2010, featuring the...
. The Cowboys were led by 1st year head coach Dave Christensen
Dave Christensen
Dave Christensen is an American college football coach. He is currently the head coach for the University of Wyoming. Christensen previously served as the offensive coordinator for the University of Missouri and University of Toledo....
and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium
War Memorial Stadium (Wyoming)
Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of the University of Wyoming in Laramie. It is the home field of the Wyoming Cowboys of the Mountain West Conference. It is the highest Division I FBS college football stadium in the nation; the playing field sits at...
. The Cowboys finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in Mountain West
2009 Mountain West Conference football season
The 2009 Mountain West Conference football season was the 11th since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the Mountain West Conference.-Previous season:...
play and won the New Mexico bowl
2009 New Mexico Bowl
The 2009 New Mexico Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 19, 2009 at University Stadium on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico as part of the 2009-10 NCAA Bowl season...
35–28 in two overtimes against Fresno State
2009 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 2009 Fresno State football team represented California State University, Fresno and the Central Valley in the 2009 college football season. The team was coached by 13th-year head coach Pat Hill. 2009 was the Bulldogs' 29th in their current home of Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California...
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