2013 Wyoming Cowboys football team

The 2013 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming as a member Mountain West Conference (MW) during the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led Dave Christensen in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Cowboys compiled an overall record of 5–7 record with mark 3–5 in conference play, placing fourth in the MW's Mountain Division. The team played home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming.

Chris Tormey, the Cowboys' defensive coordinator was fired mid-season after two straight losses in which the Cowboys surrendered more than 50. Christensen promoted defensive line coach Jamar Cain to interim defensive coordinator. On December 1, the Wyoming announced that Christensen had been fired.

Schedule

Game summaries @ Nebraska

Idaho

Northern Colorado

@ Air Force

@ Texas State

New Mexico

Colorado State

@ San Jose State

Fresno State

@ Boise State

Hawaii

@ Utah State

Personnel Coaching staff Name Position Seasons atWyoming Alma mater Before Wyoming Dave Christensen Head coach 5 Western Washington (1985) Missouri – Assistant head coach / offensive coordinator (2008) Pete Kaligis Asst. head coach / Co-Off. Coordinator / running backs coach 5 Washington (1994) Montana – Offensive line coach (2008) Jim Harding Co-offensive Coordinator / offensive line coach 5 Toledo (2001) Troy HS – Head coach (2008) Chris Tormey Defensive coordinator / safeties coach 2 Idaho (1978) Washington State – Linebackers coach (2011) Robin Ross Special teams coordinator / Linebackers 2 Washington State (1977) UNLV – Linebackers coach (2011) Jamar Cain Defensive line coach 1 New Mexico State (2002) Cal Poly – Defensive line coach (2012) Nick Danielson Tight Ends / h-backs coach 2 Occidental College (2011) University of Puget Sound – Assistant Offensive Line Coach (2012) Jason Gesser Quarterbacks 1 Washington State (2002) Idaho – Interim head coach / offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach (2012) Renaldo Hill Cornerbacks 2 Michigan State (2012) Denver Broncos – Cornerback (2010) Derek Sage Wide receivers 4 Cal State Northridge (2002) New Hampshire – Wide receivers coach (2009)

Roster

2013 Wyoming Cowboys FootballQuarterbacks 11 Colby Kirkegaard – senior (6'3", 198) 13 Tommy Thornton – freshman (6'1", 205) 16 Brett Smith – junior (6'3", 205) 17 Jason Thompson – sophomore (6'2", 212)

Tailbacks  7 D.J. May – sophomore (5'11", 196)  8 Brandon Miller – senior (6'0", 188) 22 Tedder Easton – senior (5'11", 260) 24 Omar Stover – freshman (5'11", 192) 26 Shaun Wick – sophomore (5'10", 190) 32 Joshua Tapscott – freshman (5'9", 200)

Wide receivers  1 Jalen Claiborne – junior (5'9", 175)  2 Eric Nzeocha – freshman (6'1", 208)  3 Trey Norman – junior (6'1", 170)  4 Tanner Gentry – freshman (6'2", 190)  5 Trent Sewell – freshman (6'2", 207)  6 Robert Herron – senior (5'10", 187)  9 Sam Stratton – junior (5'11", 196) 18 Josh Smith – junior (6'3", 205) 19 Keenan Montgomery – junior (6'1", 180) 25 Spencer Bruce – senior (6'5", 225) 27 Oscar Nevermann – freshman (6'1", 210) 33 Dominic Rufran – junior (6'0", 185) 81 Justin Berger – junior (6'2", 200) 82 Tanner Simpson – freshman (6'2", 178) 83 Jake Maulhardt – freshman (6'6", 197) 89 Nico Brown – freshman (6'3", 205)

Tight ends 42 Riley Lange – junior (6'3", 250) 80 J.D. Krill – junior (6'6", 255) 86 Luke Leddige – junior (6'2", 205) Offensive linemen 50 Albert Perez – junior (6'1", 285) 51 Tyler Strong – senior (6'3", 312) 58 Taylor Knestis – freshman (6'5", 270) 62 Josh Teeter – freshman (6'3", 268) 63 Rafe Kiely – sophomore (6'3", 296) 64 Charlie Renfree – freshman (6'3", 283) 65 Jesse Wilson – sophomore (6'1", 230) 66 Zach D'Amico – sophomore (5'11", 275) 69 Austin Tixier – freshman (6'3", 272) 71 Austin Traphagan – sophomore (6'5", 308) 72 Jake Jones – sophomore (6'3", 295) 73 Chase Roullier – freshman (6'4", 312) 74 Walker Madden – junior (6'9", 280) 75 Kurtis Stirneman – freshman (6'5", 270) 76 Jacob English – freshman (6'5", 305) 77 Connor Rains – junior (6'7", 318) 78 Nathan Leddige – freshman (6'5", 289) 79 Connor Riese – freshman (6'7", 305)

Defensive linemen 12 Sonny Puletasi – junior (6'3", 247) 31 Sam Awrabi – freshman (6'3", 245) 34 Siaosi Hala'api'api – sophomore (6'2", 240) 46 Deven McKenna – sophomore (6'2", 225) 52 Sam Hardy – freshman (6'3", 299) 54 James Diamanti – freshman (6'4", 296) 55 Eddie Yarbrough – sophomore (6'3", 253) 57 Chase Appleby – freshman (6'0", 289) 60 Du'Ryan Ebbesen – freshman (6'2", 301) 90 Uso Olive – freshman (6'1", 300) 91 Troy Boyland – junior (6'2", 310) 94 Adam Kinder – freshman (6'2", 206) 95 Patrick Mertens – senior (6'5", 295) 96 Justin Bernthaler – senior (6'2", 256) 97 Dan Crook – junior (6'3", 266) 98 Dalton Fields – freshman (6'3", 265) Linebackers  1 Jordan Stanton – junior (6'0", 246)  3 Jeff Lark – sophomore (6'2", 203)  8 Zack Berg – sophomore (6'2", 226)  9 Malkaam Muhammad – sophomore (6'0", 225) 12 Ruben Narcisse* – senior (6'1", 214) 15 Nehemie Kankolongo – junior (5'11", 208) 21 Mark Nzeocha – junior (6'3", 230) 22 Ryan Anaya – freshman (6'2", 240) 43 Devyn Harris – senior (6'3", 229) 44 J.J. Quinlan – senior (6'1", 238) 45 Lucas Wacha – freshman (6'1", 201) 47 Brandon Lukenbill – freshman (6'2", 224) 53 Alex Borgs – junior (6'2", 224)

Defensive backs  2 Marqueston Huff – senior (6'0", 195)  4 DeAndre Jones – junior (6'0", 180)  5 Jesse Sampson – junior (6'0", 188)  6 B.J. Hendrix Jr. – sophomore (5'11", 184)  7 Chad Reese – junior (5'11", 180) 13 Darrenn White – junior (6'0", 184) 14 Xavier Lewis – freshman (6'0", 190) 16 Cortland Fort – freshman (6'0", 182) 20 Blair Burns – junior (5'10", 180) 23 Tim Kamana – freshman (5'11", 185) 24 Zaquoya Parham – sophomore (5'10", 177) 29 Timmy Hayes – freshman (5'9", 185) 32 Jake Schiffner – junior (5'10", 181) 35 Cooper Wise – freshman (5'9", 170) 37 Luke Kellum – freshman (5'10", 184) 38 Julian Hawkins – junior (5'8", 169)

Placekickers/Punters 39 Justin Martin – sophomore (5'10", 178) 40 Stuart Williams – junior (5'11", 180) 91 Ethan Wood – freshman (6'3", 165) 92 Taylor King – freshman (5'9", 173) 93 Kris Mull – freshman (5'11", 155)

Longsnapper 94 Brendan Turelli – freshman (6'2", 240) The name of Ruben Narcisse, who died in a car accident on Sept. 6, 2010, remained on the Wyoming roster to honor him until his freshman class of 2010 graduated.

Statistics Team Team statistics Wyoming Opponents Points 375 440 First downs 280 292 Rushing 107 138 Passing 152 138 Penalty 21 16 Rushing yards 2285 2642 Rushing attempts 449 570 Average oer rush 5.1 4.6 Long 79 62 Rushing TDs 21 27 Passing yards 3389 3142 Comp–att 297–473 273–396 Comp % 62.8% 68.9% Average per game 282.8 261.8 Average per attempt 7.2 7.9 Passing TDs 29 32 INTs 12 9 Touchdowns 52 60 Passing 29 32 Rushing 21 27 Defensive 2 0 Interceptions 9 12 Yards 162 173 Long 50 42 Total offense 5674 5784 Total Plays 922 966 Average yard per game 472.8 482.0 Kick returns: # – yards 31–523 27–586 TDs 0 0 Long 33 42 Punts 70 66 Yards 2933 3012 Average 41.9 45.6 Punt returns: # – yards 19–88 26–204 TDs 0 1 Long 22 64 Fumbles – fumbles lost 24–12 20–11 Opposing TD's 60 52 Penalties – yards 66–592 69–580 3rd–down conversions 85/188 80/193 4th–down conversions 10/22 17/24 Takeaways 21 23 Field goals 4–7 7–14 Extra points 47–48 53–56 Sacks 23 27 Sack against 27 23 Yards 162 190

Offense Passing statistics NAME GP CMP ATT YDS CMP% TD INT Brett Smith 12 293 467 3375 62.7 29 11 Tom Thornton 4 3 4 15 75.0 0 0 Trey Norman 10 2 5 23 40.7 0 1 Nathan Leddige 12 1 1 -1 100.0 0 0 Sam Stratton 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 TOTALS 12 297 473 3389 62.8 29 12

Rushing statistics NAME GP CAR YDS LONG TD Shaun Wick 12 166 979 67 9 Brett Smith 12 125 573 74 4 Brandon Miller 11 83 385 29 3 Tedder Easton 12 45 311 79 5 Omar Stover 4 10 37 11 0 Robert Herron 12 2 12 8 0 Tom Thornton 4 6 8 11 0 Dominic Rufran 12 1 1 1 0 TEAM 8 10 -9 0 0 Sam Stratton 12 1 -12 0 0TOTALS 12 449 2285 79 21

Receiving statistics NAME GP REC YDS LONG TD Dominic Rufran 12 75 960 71 8 Robert Herron 12 72 937 93 9 Tanner Gentry 12 39 376 31 0 Jalen Claiborne 11 33 452 71 5 Brandon Miller 11 23 193 25 2 Shaun Wick 12 21 118 14 2 Jake Maulhardt 11 9 76 14 1 Jarrod Darden 6 6 49 19 0 Keenan Montgomery 11 5 102 72 1 Trey Norman 10 5 81 30 0 Spencer Bruce 12 3 23 14 1 Tedder Easton 12 3 4 4 0 Justin Berger 9 2 19 11 0 Marqueston Huff 12 1 -1 0 0 TOTALS 12 297 3389 93 29

Defense Defensive statistics # NAME GP SOLO AST TOT TFL-YDS SACKS INT-YDS BU QBH FR–YDS FF BLK SAF 1 Jordan Stanton 12 71 63 134 10.0–20 2.0–7 2–51 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 2 Marqueston Huff 12 74 53 127 3.0–6 0.0–0 2–0 6 0 2–0 1 1 0 10 Mark Nzeocha 12 64 37 101 10.0–36 1.0–8 0–0 2 0 0–0 2 0 0 55 Eddie Yarbrough 12 41 48 89 12.0–60 6.5–45 0–0 1 0 2–48 2 1 0 45 Lucas Wacha 12 41 47 88 2.0–10 1.0–9 0–0 1 1 2–0 1 0 0 20 Blair Burns 12 38 23 61 1.0–2 0.0–0 1–33 7 0 1–0 0 0 0 43 Devyn Harris 12 28 21 49 3.5–11 1.0–8 0–0 1 1 2–5 0 0 0 12 Sonny Puletasi 12 19 28 47 10.0–48 4.5–35 0–0 3 1 0–0 0 1 0 96 Justin Bernthaler 12 20 26 46 7.5–39 4.5–31 0–0 0 0 0–0 1 0 0 4 DeAndre Jones 12 25 14 39 1.0–1 0.0–0 1–22 1 0 1–0 1 0 0 7 Chad Reese 7 25 14 39 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 29 Tim Hayes 11 31 5 36 2.0–4 0.0–0 1–0 6 0 0–0 0 0 0 95 Patrick Mertens 12 10 24 34 5.0–21 2.0–15 0–0 0 0 1–0 1 0 0 13 Darrenn White 6 20 8 28 0.5–1 0.0–0 0–0 1 0 0–0 2 0 0 90 Uso Olive 11 13 12 25 4.0–12 0.5–4 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 18 Xavier Lewis 12 9 9 18 1.0–1 0.0–0 0–0 3 0 0–0 0 0 0 5 Jesse Sampson 4 7 5 12 1.0–2 0.0–0 1–6 1 0 0–0 0 0 0 34 Siaosi Hala'api'api 10 6 5 11 1.5–1 0.0–0 0–0 1 0 0–0 1 0 0 2 Cortland Fort 11 6 2 8 0.0–0 0.0–0 1–50 1 0 0–0 0 0 0 9 Malkaam Muhammad 11 2 6 8 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 14 Tyran Finley 1 2 3 5 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 83 Jake Maulhardt 11 1 4 5 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 16 Brett Smith 12 3 0 3 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 53 Alex Borgs 12 1 2 3 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 94 Brendan Turelli 12 0 3 3 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 6 Robert Herron 12 3 0 3 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 28 Nehemie Kankolongo 10 2 1 3 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 1 0 0 6 B.J. Hendrix Jr. 2 0 2 2 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 41 Ethan Wood 12 1 1 2 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 27 Oscar Nevermann 12 0 1 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 73 Chase Roullier 10 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 65 Jessee Wilson 1 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 72 Jake Jones 12 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 39 Justin Martin 5 0 1 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 1 Jalen Claiborne 11 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 21 Shaun Wick 12 1 0 1 0.0–0 0.0–0 0–0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 TOTAL 12 568 468 1036 75–275 23–162 9–162 35 3 11–53 13 3 0 OPPONENTS 12 522 362 884 64–276 27–190 12–173 42 19 12–58 14 1 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 Jordan Stanton 2 51 25.5 1 39 Marqueston Huff 2 0 0.0 0 0 DeAndre Jones 1 22 22.0 0 22 Tim Hayes 1 0 0.0 0 0 Cortland Fort 1 50 50.0 1 50 Blair Burns 1 33 33.0 0 33 Jesse Sampson 1 6 6.0 0 6 TOTALS 9 162 18.0 2 50

Special teams Kicking statistics NAME XPM XPA XP% FGM FGA FG% 1–19 20–29 30–39 40–49 50+ LNG PTS Stuart Williams 47 48 97.9% 4 7 57.1% 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 43 59 TOTALS 47 48 97.9% 4 7 57.1% 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 43 59

Kick return statistics NAME RTNS YDS AVG TD LNG Jalen Claiborne 16 293 18.3 0 33 Trey Norman 6 105 17.5 0 27 Shaun Wick 3 58 19.3 0 21 J.J. Quinlan 3 16 5.3 0 12 Robert Herron 1 14 14.0 0 14 Brandon Miller 1 19 19.0 0 18 Tyran Finley 1 18 18.0 0 18 TOTALS 31 523 16.9 0 33

Punting statistics NAME PUNTS YDS AVG LONG TB FC I–20 50+ BLK Ethan Wood 69 2899 42.0 64 8 4 17 13 0 Stuart Williams 1 34 34.0 34 0 0 1 0 0 TOTALS 70 2933 41.9 64 8 4 18 13 0