1988 Football Team
The 1988 football team finished the season with an overall record of 11-2, winning the Western Athletic Conference with a league record of 8-0 and playing in its second straight Holiday Bowl. With a high-scoring offense led by first-year starter Randy Welniak at quarterback and a ferocious defense, the Cowboys won their first ten games, including the first night game in the history of War Memorial Stadium, a 24-14 victory over Brigham Young University, and a remarkable 48-45 comeback win at Air Force. Ranked as high as 10th in the nation, the Cowboys had eight players named to the All-Conference team, as well as the offensive player of the year (Welniak), the Defensive Player of the Year (DT Pat Rabold), and the Newcomer of the Year (RB Dabby Dawson). Nine Cowboys earned honorable-mention All-America honors with one (Rabold) being named Second Team All-America. Head Coach Paul Roach was named Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year for the second straight year. Wyoming’s defensive front four (Dave Edeen, Craig Schlichting, Rabold, and Mitch Donahue) accounted for 48 quarterback sacks on the year.
PHOTO ID – Front row, left to right: Tony Kapushion, Gaston Gosar, Tom Kilpatrick, Dave Edeen, Mike Schenbeck, Shawn Wehrer, Rich Miller, Randy Welniak, Grant Salisbury, John Brasee, Brad Quiring. Second row: Trent Greener, Freddie Dussett, Steve McMillon, Eric Coleman, Pat Rabold, John Walsh. Third row: P. J. Wells, Mark Timmer, Dabby Dawson, Doug Rigby, Dan Cudworth, Mark Foos, Steve Slay, Craig Schlichting, Steve Addison, Mitch Donahue, Jon Cogdill, Shawn Wiggins, Crandelle Mack. Fourth row: Melvin Wells, Carl Bruere, Ted Gilmore, Matt O’Brien, Mitch Rosebrough, Lee Carter, Jim Scifres, Eric Worden, Derrick Spack, Ryan Vowers, Tyrone Fittje, Quentin Skinner, Bobby Fresques. Fifth row: Bryan Mooney, Scott Skavdahl, Kevin Schitoskey, Scott Addison, Darren Wehrer, Vic Mazurie, Jay Daffer, Justin Byleveld, Tom Kramer, Sean Fleming, John Gustin, Neron D. Miller. Sixth row: David Johnson, Pete Gosar, Willie Wright, Peter Rowe, Mike Eldridge, Matt Fowler, Scott Powers, Steve Roe, Matt Swenson, Kirk Van Roekel, Will Hutcheson, John Wade, Richard Sauls. Seventh row: DeWaine Jones, Gordy Wood, Andy Yoesting, Bobby Wright, Ty Muma, Cody Johnson, Tom Corontzos, Jim Pennington, Andy Metcalf, Pat Thomas, Rod Merchant, Kiowa Moore, Tim Taft. Eighth row: Damian Spencer, Dorrell Drake, Lance Jackson, Lee Hamilton, Pete Wilkie, Ross Crum, Craig Lockhorn, Steve Palluck, Shawn Dostal, Bob Hanson, Jarrod Thiele, Luke Weith, Joe Benedetti, Derrick Palmer, Brett Maynard. Ninth row: Cedric Duncan, Robert Midgett, General Jackson, Chris Mortimer, Matt Sims, Paul Wallace, Daryl Harris, Scott Gibson, Fred Harris, Steve Mann, George Dozier, Steve Bena, Steve Sikic, Vaughn Henderson. Tenth row: Glenn Hampton, Joe Irribarren, John Bruley, Chad Denton, Joe Wahlgren, Greg Peters, Andy Pett, Peter Gunn, Gregg Brown, Andre Rudolph, Davion Henson, Brady Jacobsen.
Not pictured: Head Coach Paul Roach, Assistant Coaches Gregg Brandon, Greg Brown, Dave Butterfield, Scott Downing, Larry Korpitz, Joe Tiller, Mark Tommerdahl, Del Wight, and Bill Cockerham; Head equipment manager Michael Aanonsen; Head athletic trainer Bill Lyons; Student athletic trainers Traci Vorn, Dan Dalen, Julie Abbott, Wayne Petsch, Tony Bare, Syd Webb, Amy Garwood, Donna St. Clair, Kenna Tanner, and Todd Nalder; Student equipment managers Mike Corbin, Jeff Gallagher, Greg Gorney, Sherry Hartleip, Mark Rotellini, Rick Mitchelson, and Sam Mirich.