Sawvel era starts on Wednesday
LARAMIE, Wyo. (July 30, 2024) – The Wyoming Cowboys will officially open the Jay Sawvel era on Wednesday with the first official practice of the 2024 season. Wednesday's practice will begin a one-month countdown to the season opener at Arizona State on Saturday, Aug. 31.
Wyoming will conduct 20 fall camp practices prior to game week against the Sun Devils. UW will rotate their practices between War Memorial Stadium and the North 40 practice fields. *Practices are closed to the public.
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Tickets to all six Cowboy Football home games are now available for purchase. Lock in your seats for exciting matchups, including the Gold Out game against Idaho, the Stripe Out game against BYU, and a clash against Mountain West foe Boise State.
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WYOMING WILL RETURN AN EXCITING CORE OF PLAYERS
Sawvel returns a core of veteran players to his roster including three players who earned All-Mountain West honors a season ago along with the MVP of the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl.
Jordan Bertagnole earned Second-Team All-MW honors and is joined by Wyett Ekeler (Honorable Mention) to anchor a veteran group that also features the return of linebacker Shae Suiaunoa and a host of other returners. Wyoming brings back six of its top seven tacklers from last season.
The Wyoming offense welcomes back honorable mention All-MW running back Harrison Waylee, along with a strong group that includes tight end John Michael Gyllenborg and quarterback Evan Svoboda, as he helped lead the Pokes to a comeback win in the win over Toledo in the Arizona Bowl. Kicker John Hoyland was named the MVP of the 2023 Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl.
Preseason Honors
Wyoming had two players earn Preseason All-MW honors on the offensive side of the ball, with tight end John Michael Gyllenborg and offensive guard Jack Walsh garnering the honor from the league's media. Defensive tackle Jordan Bertagnole was named to the defensive team for the second straight season.
A pair of national publications released their preseason All-Mountain West squads as numerous Cowboys were named to the teams by Athlon Sports and Phil Steele. The publications named 15 different Cowboys to preseason honors.
Athlon Sports released its team, and 15 Cowboys were named to the squad, with eight players on defense and six on offense with one special teamer.
Defensive tackle Jordan Bertagnole, linebacker Shae Suiaunoa, and safety Wyett Ekeler were named to the First-Team defense. Defensive ends DeVonne Harris and Sabastian Harsh and safety Isaac White were named to the second team. Nickel Wrook Brown was named to the Third Team, and Tyrecus Davis was named to the Fourth Team.
The offense was highlighted by running back Harrison Waylee, tight end John Michael Gyllenborg, and Nofoafia Tulafono, named to the First Team offense. Offensive lineman Jack Walsh and Wes King were on the second team, and offensive lineman Caden Barnett was on the fourth team.
Kicker John Hoyland was named All-MW Fourth Team as a specialist.
Phil Steele also named his teams, with Waylee and Gyllenborg earning a spot on the First Team offense. On the first team, defense from Steele, Bertagnole, and Suiaunoa earned spots. Second Team honors on offense went to Walsh, with Harsh and Ekeler earning second-team honors.
Davis Earned Third Team defense and Hoyland earned Fourth Team honors as a specialist.
2024 WYOMING HOME SCHEDULE
•After opening the season at Arizona State, the Cowboys will play four of their next five contests inside War Memorial Stadium in Laramie.
•The Cowboys will host another Big 12 foe, this time in BYU, on Saturday, Sept. 14. The two teams met in Provo in 2022.
•Wyoming will open the Mountain West portion of the schedule on Saturday, Sept. 28, hosting Air Force. Both teams won nine games last season.
•The Cowboys will face San Diego State in their first meeting in War Memorial Stadium since the Mountain West Championship game in 2016.
•Wyoming will face Utah State in the Battle for Bridger's Rifle on Saturday, Oct. 26.
•The Pokes will host Boise State in a key Mountain West contest on Saturday, Nov. 23 in the final home contest of the season.
2024 WYOMING ROAD SCHEDULE
•The contest against Arizona State will mark back-to-back seasons that the Cowboys have faced a team from the Big 12 Conference to open the season.
•Wyoming will faceoff against North Texas on Saturday, Sept. 21. It marks the first meeting between the schools.
•Wyoming's first road contest in conference play will be a trip to San Jose State on Saturday, Oct. 19.
•Wyoming will face New Mexico on Saturday, Nov. 2 and head to Fort Collins for the Border War against Colorado State on Friday, Nov. 15.
•Wyoming closes the regular season at Washington State. The contest is part of a scheduling agreement between the conference and both WSU and Oregon State. The games against OSU and WSU will not count toward the conference standings, and neither Pac-12 school is eligible for the MW championship game.
*UW Press Release
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