Wyoming football at a glance

Coach: Craig Bohl (4th year at Wyoming, 14-24; 15th year overall, 118-56). Last season: 8-6 overall, 6-2 MWC (T-1 Mountain Division). Preseason prediction: 3rd MWC Mountain. On Orlando Sentinel Countdown: 57th nationally, 2nd MWC. Returning starters: 7 offense, 8 defense, 1 special teams.

Series vs. UNM: Cowboys lead, 36-33. Key players: Josh Allen, jr. QB, 6-5, 233; Adam Wingard, jr. S, 6-0, 209; Marcus Epps, jr. S, 6-0, 206; Austin Conway, soph. WR, 5-10, 178; Ryan Cummings, sr. OT, 6-6, 309; Logan Wilson, soph. LB, 6-2, 229.

Major question marks: In losing running back Brian Hill and receivers Tanner Gentry, Jake Maulhardt and Jacob Hollister, the Cowboys are looking at 4,315 yards from scrimmage they’ll have to replace. Finishing with three consecutive losses took some of the luster off a breakthrough 2016 season.

Bronco factoid: Wingard, the MWC preseason defensive player of the year, had only two Division I offers — from Wyoming and North Dakota — coming out of Ralston Valley High School in Arvada, Colo.

Quotable: “That’s the kind of guy coach Bohl recruits, guys like us ... I think that’s what sticks with us, and it has stuck with us over our entire careers, that we have to work no matter what.” — Wingard, on himself and Allen, both under-recruited out of high school. 2017 Schedule (All times MT. x-MWC games). Sept. 2, at Iowa, 10 a.m.; Sept. 9, Gardner-Webb, TBA; Sept. 16, Oregon, 5 p.m.; Sept. 23, x-Hawaii, TBA; Sept. 30: Texas State, TBA; Oct. 14, x-at Utah State, TBA; Sept. 21, x-at Boise State, TBA; Sept. 28, x-New Mexico, TBA; Nov. 4, x-Colorado State, 5 p.m.; Nov. 11, at x-Air Force, TBA; Nov. 18, x-Fresno State, TBA; Nov. 25, x-at San Jose State, TBA.