2022 Wyoming Cowboys football team

The 2022 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming as a member Mountain West Conference (MW) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Craig Bohl, the Cowboys compiled an overall record of 7–6 record with mark 5–3 in conference play, placing third in the MW's Mountain Division. Wyoming was invited to the Arizona Bowl, where the Cowboys lost to Ohio in overtime. The team played home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming.

2022 Wyoming Cowboys football
Arizona Bowl, L 27–30 OTvs. Ohio
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	Mountain Division
Record	7–6 (5–3 MW)
Head coach	Craig Bohl (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Polasek (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style, West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Jay Sawvel (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	War Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
Boise State xy		8	–	0					10	–	4
Air Force		5	–	3					10	–	3
Wyoming		5	–	3					7	–	6
Utah State		5	–	3					6	–	7
Colorado State		3	–	5					3	–	9
New Mexico		0	–	8					2	–	10
West Division
No. 24 Fresno State xy$		7	–	1					10	–	4
San Diego State		5	–	3					7	–	6
San Jose State		5	–	3					7	–	5
UNLV		3	–	5					5	–	7
Hawaii		2	–	6					3	–	10
Nevada		0	–	8					2	–	10
Championship: Fresno State 28, Boise State 16
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 27	2:00 p.m.	at Illinois*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	BTN	L 6–38	37,832
September 3	1:30 p.m.	Tulsa*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	FS1	W 40–37 2OT	20,574
September 10	2:00 p.m.	Northern Colorado*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	MW Network	W 33–10	22,863
September 16	6:00 p.m.	Air Force	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	CBSSN	W 17–14	18,277
September 24	8:15 p.m.	at No. 19 BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN2	L 24–38	60,092
October 1	7:30 p.m.	San Jose State	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	CBSSN	L 16–33	17,765
October 8	7:00 p.m.	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	CBSSN	W 27–14	14,226
October 22	7:45 p.m.	Utah State	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY (rivalry)	FS2	W 28–14	21,420
October 29	10:00 p.m.	at Hawaii	Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex Honolulu, HI (rivalry)	SPEC PPV	W 27–20	9,346
November 12	5:00 p.m.	at Colorado State	Canvas Stadium Fort Collins, CO (rivalry)	CBSSN	W 14–13	30,300
November 19	5:00 p.m.	Boise State	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	CBSSN	L 17–20	17,345
November 25	8:00 p.m.	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	FS1	L 0–30	40,214
December 30	1:30 p.m.	vs. Ohio*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ (Arizona Bowl)	Barstool.TV	L 27–30 OT	27,691
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll (and CFP Rankings, after November 1) - Released prior to game All times are in Mountain time

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Roster

2022 Wyoming Cowboys football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 2 Titus Swen Jr WR 3 Gavin Beerup  Fr WR 5 Jaylen Sargent  Fr QB 6 Andrew Peasley Jr RB 7 D.Q. James  Fr WR 8 Joshua Cobbs So WR 9 Alex Brown So WR 11 Wyatt Wieland Jr QB 12 Jayden Clemons So QB 13 Hank Gibbs  Fr QB 15 Caden Becker Fr WR 16 Gunner Gentry Jr QB 17 Evan Svoboda So WR 18 Tyrese Grant So WR 19 Caleb Cooley Jr WR 20 Ryan Marquez Jr RB 21 Jeremy Hollingsworth So RB 22 Joey Braasch  Fr WR 23 Caleb Merritt Fr WR 24 Charlie Coenen Fr WR 25 Mitchell Anderson Fr RB 26 L.J. Richardson Fr RB 28 Jordon Vaughn  Fr WR 29 Isaac Sell Fr RB 30 Dawaiian McNeely So FB 32 Dalton Strouss  Fr FB 35 Kimball Madsen  Fr FB 36 Caleb Driskill So OT 50 Jack Lookabaugh So OL 54 Mykel Janise Fr OT 55 JJ Uphold  Fr OL 57 Luke Sandy Fr C 60 Marco Machado Jr OL 62 Jagger Filippone Fr G 64 Kohl Herbolsheimer So G 65 Zach Watts Jr G 66 Ethan Shipp Fr G 68 Mason Schultz So OT/OG 69 Eric Abojei Sr OL 70 Rex Johnsen Fr OT 71 Carlos Harrison So OT 72 Caden Barnett  Fr OT 73 Deshawn Woods Fr OT 74 Forrest Scheel Fr OT 75 Frank Crum Jr G 76 Emmanuel Prefnon  Fr C 77 Nofoafia Tulafono So OL 78 Wes King Fr G 79 Jack Walsh  Fr FB/TE 80 Parker Christensen So TE 81 Treyton Welch Jr TE 82 Jackson Marcotte Jr WR 83 Will Pelissier So TE 84 John Michael Gyllenborg  Fr WR 85 Chase Locke So TE 86 Nick Miles So TE 87 Isaac Schoenfeld Fr TE 88 Colin O'Brien Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class NB 2 Keonte Glinton So FS 3 Andrew Johnson  Fr CB 4 Cam Stone So CB 5 Deron Harrell Sr CB 6 Kolbey Taylor  Fr CB 7 Jakorey Hawkins Jr CB 11 Josh Dixon Fr NB 13 Zaire Jackson  Fr SS 14 Miles Williams Sr S 15 TJ Urban Fr NB 19 Malique Singleton Fr S 21 Koa McIntyre Fr CB 22 Jovan Marsh  Fr NB 23 Wrook Brown  Fr LB 25 Cole DeMarzo So LB 28 Easton Gibbs So CB 29 Mathew Posas So NB 30 Buck Coors  Fr FS 31 Wyett Ekeler So LB 32 Sam Scott  Fr LB 33 Connor Shay So SS 34 Tommy Wroblewski So FS 37 Brenndan Warady  Fr DE 40 Tyce Westland  Fr LB 41 Nic Talich  Fr SS 42 Isaac White So LB 43 Shae Suiaunoa So DE 44 Oluwaseyi Omotosho  Fr LB 45 Read Sunn  Fr LB 47 Brent VanderVeen  Fr LB 49 Cayden Hawkins Fr LB 50 Tommy McEvoy  Fr DE 54 Sabastian Harsh So DE 55 Kevin Sjogren Fr DE 57 Brady Bohlinger  Fr LB 58 Michah Young  Fr NT 63 Ben Florentine  Fr DE 86 Braden Siders  Fr DE 87 Akili Bonner So NT 90 Gavin Meyer So DT 91 Jaden Williams Fr DE 93 DeVonne Harris So NT 94 Cole Godbout Jr DT 95 Caleb Robinson So DT 96 Jordan Bertagnole So DT 97 Ethan Drewes So DE 99 Keelan Cox So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 27 Ralph Fawaz So P 39 Clayton Stewart Jr K 42 Luke Glassock So K 46 John Hoyland So LS 52 Carson York Fr	Head coach Craig Bohl Coordinators/assistant coaches Mike Grant – Associate head coach / passing game coordinator / wide receivers Tim Polasek – Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks Jay Sawvel – Defensive coordinator / safeties Aaron Bohl – Linebackers Benny Boyd – Co-special teams coordinator / cornerbacks Marty English – Defensive ends Oscar Giles – Defensive run game coordinator / defensive tackles Gordie Haug – Executive director of recruiting / running backs Shannon Moore – Co-special teams coordinator / tight ends / fullbacks Joe Tripodi – Offensive line Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 7 December 2022

Statistics

Team

Wyoming Opp Scoring 249 281   Points per Game 20.8 23.4 First Downs 191 233   Rushing 105 104   Passing 72 112   Penalty 14 17 Rushing yards 2253 1794   Avg per play 5.1 4.2   Avg per game 187.8 149.5   Rushing touchdowns 14 16 Passing yards 1533 2637   Att-Comp-Int 274-138-11 399-241-6   Avg per pass 5.6 6.6   Avg per catch 11.1 10.9   Avg per game 127.8 219.8   Passing touchdowns 10 17 Total Offense 3786 4431   Avg per Play 5.3 5.4   Avg per Game 315.5 369.3 Fumbles-Lost 10-4 14-7 Penalties-Yards 53-460 64-591   Avg per Game 38.3 49.3

Wyoming Opp Punts-Yards 68-3015 61-2696   Avg per Punt 44.3 44.2 Time of Possession/Game 29:06 30:54 3rd Down Conversions 54-159 66-175 4th Down Conversions 2-7 10-18 Touchdowns Scored 27 34 Field Goals-Attempts 20-23 13-25 PAT-Attempts 25-25 34-34

Individual leaders

Passing

Passing statistics
#	NAME	GP	RAT	CMP	ATT	YDS	AVG/G	CMP%	TD	INT	LONG
6	Andrew Peasley	11	104.6	126	245	1388	126.2	51.4%	9	8	51
12	Jayden Clemons	4	74.1	12	29	145	36.3	41.4%	1	3	32
	TOTALS	12	101.4	138	274	1533	127.8	50.4%	10	11	51

Rushing

Rushing statistics
#	NAME	GP	ATT	GAIN	AVG	TD	LONG	AVG/G
2	Titus Swen	12	207	1039	5.0	8	83	86.6
30	Dawaiian McNeely	10	63	356	5.7	1	61	35.6
7	D.Q. James	9	40	346	8.7	0	74	38.4
6	Andrew Peasley	11	70	330	4.7	2	61	30.0
22	Joseph Braasch	8	29	91	3.1	0	11	11.4
12	Jayden Clemons	4	13	58	4.5	1	14	14.5
83	Will Pelissier	9	6	38	6.3	0	18	4.2
11	Wyatt Wieland	12	6	19	3.2	2	9	1.6
20	Ryan Marquez	12	2	4	2.0	0	6	0.3
39	Clayton Stewart	12	1	-12	-12.0	0	0	-1.0
	Team	12	9	-16	-1.8	0	0	-1.3
	TOTALS	12	446	2253	5.1	14	83	187.8

Receiving

Receiving statistics
#	NAME	GP	CTH	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	AVG/G
8	Joshua Cobbs	12	35	407	11.6	2	51	33.9
11	Wyatt Wieland	12	21	289	13.8	1	39	24.1
80	Parker Christensen	11	19	169	8.9	1	29	15.4
81	Treyton Welch	11	17	217	12.8	4	47	19.7
2	Titus Swen	12	14	108	7.7	0	43	9.0
83	Will Pelissier	9	8	101	12.6	1	48	11.2
7	D.Q. James	9	5	44	8.8	0	23	4.9
22	Joseph Braasch	8	4	25	6.3	0	8	3.1
88	Colin O'Brien	8	4	83	20.8	0	46	10.4
82	Jackson Marcotte	11	3	11	3.7	0	7	1.0
9	Alex Brown	11	3	41	13.7	1	32	3.7
84	John Michael Gyllenborg	11	3	21	7.0	0	10	1.9
20	Ryan Marquez	12	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.5
86	Nick Miles	10	1	11	11.0	0	11	1.1
	TOTALS	12	138	1533	11.1	10	51	127.8

Defense

Defense statistics
#	NAME	GP	SOLO	AST	TOT	TFL-YDS	SACK-YDS	INT	BU	QBH	FR	FF	BLK	SAF	TD
28	Easton Gibbs	12	58	53	111	8-24	2-3	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
43	Shae Suiaunoa	12	39	28	67	4.5-23	2.5-18	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
31	Wyett Ekeler	12	42	22	64	1-1	0-0	1	5	4	1	1	0	0	0
42	Isaac White	12	42	19	61	3-7	0.5-3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
93	DeVonne Harris	12	27	23	50	13-54	8-40	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
96	Jordan Bertagnole	10	24	25	49	7.5-59	5.5-57	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
44	Oluwaseyi Omotosho	11	27	19	46	7.5-43	6.5-42	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0
86	Braden Siders	12	29	8	38	10.5-35	5-16	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
90	Gavin Meyer	12	18	18	36	5-27	4-23	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
4	Cameron Stone	12	23	12	35	1-3	0-0	2	10	1	0	1	0	0	0
94	Cole Godbout	6	17	15	32	4.5-7	0-0	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0
23	Wrook Brown	12	19	12	31	0.5-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Jakorey Hawkins	11	21	7	28	0-0	0-0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Keonte Glinton	6	19	7	26	0-0	0-0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
25	Cole DeMarzo	12	7	15	22	0.5-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Miles Williams	12	13	5	18	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
5	Deron Harrell	11	11	6	17	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
95	Caleb Robinson	12	7	7	14	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	Read Sunn	12	3	5	8	0.5-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	Caleb Driskill	12	4	2	6	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	Ryan Marquez	12	5	1	6	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	Matt Posas	11	3	1	4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Wyatt Wieland	12	4	0	4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Joseph Braasch	8	2	1	3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	Parker Christensen	11	3	0	3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Connor Shay	11	0	3	3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
84	John Michael Gyllenborg	11	1	2	3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
76	Emmanuel Pregnon	10	2	0	2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Kolbey Taylor	8	2	0	2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Sam Scott	11	1	1	2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
58	Micah Young	10	2	0	2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
83	Will Pelissier	9	2	0	2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Buck Coors	3	1	1	2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Joshua Cobbs	12	2	0	2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	Jaden Williams	2	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	Jovan Marsh	2	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
63	Ben Florentine	2	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	Caden Barnett	11	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	John Hoyland	12	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	Colin O'Brien	8	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
52	Carson York	12	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	12	487	320	807	67-285	34-202	6	40	56	7	8	2	0	0

Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown

Special teams

Kicking statistics
#	NAME	GP	XPM	XPA	XP%	FGM	FGA	FG%	1–19	20–29	30–39	40–49	50+	LNG
46	John Hoyland	12	25	25	100.0%	20	23	87.0%	1-1	7-7	5-6	4-5	3-4	55

Kickoff statistics
#	NAME	GP	KICKS	YDS	AVG	TB	OB
46	John Hoyland	12	58	3656	63.0	27	2

Punting statistics
#	NAME	GP	PUNTS	YDS	AVG	LONG	TB	I–20	50+	BLK
39	Clayton Stewart	12	66	2902	44.0	67	9	19	17	0
	Team	12	2	113	56.5	0	0	0	0	2
	TOTALS	12	68	3015	44.3	67	9	20	17	2

Kick return statistics
#	NAME	GP	RTNS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
4	Cameron Stone	12	7	154	22.0	0	37
11	Wyatt Wieland	12	4	94	23.5	0	29
58	Micah Young	10	1	10	10.0	0	10
	TOTALS	12	12	258	21.5	0	37

Punt return statistics
#	NAME	GP	RTNS	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
19	Caleb Cooley	12	2	10	5.0	0	10
11	Wyatt Wieland	12	2	0	0.0	0	0
4	Cameron Stone	12	1	1	1.0	0	1
	TOTALS	12	5	20	4.0	0	10