The Mountain West Conference and its member schools announced their 2022 football schedules. The Wyoming Cowboys will kick off their 2022 schedule in "Zero" Week on Saturday, Aug. 27 when they will travel to Champaign, Ill., to play the University of Illinois Fighting Illini. Wyoming will have four of its first six games of the season at home in 2022.
The Cowboys' 2022 schedule will feature six home games and six road games. There are seven teams on Wyoming's 2022 schedule who earned bowl bids last season, including non-conference opponents BYU and Tulsa and Mountain West Conference opponents Air Force, Boise State, Fresno State, Hawai'i and Utah State. Four of those postseason teams will play in Laramie -- Tulsa, Air Force, Boise State and Utah State. The Cowboys concluded the 2021 season with a 52-38 win over Kent State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
Home Schedule
The home opener is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 3 against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. That will be the first of three consecutive home games in the month of September. UW will host Northern Colorado on Saturday, Sept. 10, and will open conference play against Air Force in Laramie on Saturday, Sept. 17.
The fourth home game in the first six games of the season will be on Saturday, Oct. 1 against San Jose State. Wyoming will also host Utah State on Saturday, Oct. 22.
The final regular-season home game of the 2022 season will be on Saturday, Nov. 19 versus Boise State.
Road Schedule
In addition to its trip to Illinois, Wyoming will renew an old rivalry on Saturday, Sept. 24 when the Cowboys travel to Provo, Utah, to take on the BYU Cougars.
Mountain West Conference road games for the Pokes will include road trips to: New Mexico on Saturday, Oct. 8; at Hawai'i on Saturday, Oct. 29; at Colorado State for the "Border War" on Saturday, Nov. 12; and the regular-season finale at Fresno State on Saturday, Nov. 26.
Future 2022 Schedule Information
Wednesday's schedule announcement completed the first phase of the 2022 Mountain West football scheduling process. Televised games, game times and potential moves of some games to Fridays will be announced by the Mountain West at future dates.
2022 University of Wyoming
Football Schedule
Date Opponent (Special Events) Time (M.T.) Television
Sat., Aug. 27 at Illinois TBA TBA
Sat., Sept. 3 TULSA TBA TBA
Sat., Sept. 10 NORTHERN COLORADO TBA TBA
Sat., Sept. 17 AIR FORCE* TBA TBA
Sat., Sept. 24 at BYU TBA TBA
Sat., Oct. 1 SAN JOSE STATE* TBA TBA
Sat., Oct. 8 at New Mexico* TBA TBA
Sat., Oct. 15 BYE
Sat., Oct. 22 UTAH STATE* TBA TBA
Sat., Oct. 29 at Hawai'i* TBA TBA
Sat., Nov. 5 BYE
Sat., Nov. 12 at Colorado State* TBA TBA
Sat., Nov. 19 BOISE STATE* TBA TBA
Sat., Nov. 26 at Fresno STate* TBA TBA
Sat., Dec. 3 Mountain West Championship Game+ TBA TBA
Game dates are tentative and subject to change
Game times and television coverage will be announced at future dates by the Mountain West Conference
BOLD AND CAPS Indicate Home games
*Indicates Mountain West Conference games
+The Mountain West Football Championship Game will be played at the home stadium of one of the divisional champions based on the current MW policy in place to determine the host team.
2022 Wyoming Cowboy Football Team
About the 2022 Cowboy Football Team
Wyoming Cowboy Football is in the midst of one of its most successful periods in its history. Last year's appearance and victory in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl marked Wyoming's fourth bowl appearance in six seasons, dating back to the 2016 season. That is the first time that has been accomplished by Wyoming Football in program history.
The Cowboys win over Kent State in last year's bowl game also marked the third consecutive bowl win by the Pokes, which was the first time that had been accomplished since the 1950s and '60s.
UW also had 16 players on NFL rosters during the 2021 season, more than any other program in the Mountain West Conference.
