1894 Wyoming Cowboys football team

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The 1894 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming as an independent during the 1894 college football season. In its first season under head coach Justus F. Soule, a professor of Latin and Greek, the team compiled a perfect 3–0 record. In games against a Laramie town team, the Wilson Beauties, and the No. 5 Hose Company, the team outscored opponents by a total of 46 to 6.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record3–0
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1894 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–0
Head coach
CaptainHerbert J. Brees
Seasons
← 1893–94
1895 â†’
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1894 Far West college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Wyoming â€“ 3–0–0
USC â€“ 1–0–0
Stanford â€“ 6–3–0
Saint Mary's â€“ 2–2–0
Washington Agricultural â€“ 1–1–0
Washington â€“ 1–1–1
Utah â€“ 1–2–0
California â€“ 0–1–2
New Mexico A&M â€“ 0–1–0
Idaho â€“ 0–2–0
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For the first of three consecutive years, Herbert J. Brees was the team captain.[1] Brees was a native of Laramie who went on to a career in the United States Army. He retired from the Army in 1941 with the rank of lieutenant general.[2]

It was not until 1895 that the team began intercollegiate play.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResult
October 13Laramie town teamLaramie, WYW 14–0
November 29Wilson BeautiesLaramie, WYW 16–0
December 25 No. 5 Hose CompanyLaramie, WYW 16–6
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