Behind the numbers

BOISE, Idaho — In this new series we will examine a few numbers that stand out from the game we just witnessed. That was a 20-17 overtime loss to Boise State Saturday night at Albertsons Stadium.

Sometimes they won’t be fun ones. Other times, you will be downright giddy.

So, let’s get started.

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For the third consecutive week, Wyoming running back Xazavian Valladay eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark. Saturday, he finished with 124 yards on a career-high 37 carries. He now has 631 yards on the season.

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That's how many turnovers the Cowboys committed against Boise State. Despite winning the takeaway battle 2-0, Wyoming fell in overtime.

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Logan Wilson now has this many interceptions in his Wyoming career. Wilson, a Casper product, was named a semifinalist for the Butkus Award last week, which is given to the nation's best linebacker. Tonight, he finished with a team-high 10 tackles, a sack and a tackle for loss.

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Wilson is now fourth all-time in school history with 388 tackles, passing former Cowboy safety, John Salley. He's now sixth in tackling in the history of the Mountain West Conference, too.

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Wyoming is now 8-8 all time in overtime games. They are 4-6 overall on the road in those contests. The last time the Cowboys played an extra period was in 2017 against Hawaii.

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That's how many passes fifth-year senior Josh Harshman snagged from Tyler Vander Waal tonight. It is the most in Harshman's career in Laramie.

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Wyoming has 15 takeaways through its first nine games. Tonight, they were a plus-2 in that category. Javaree Jackson forced and recovered a fumble, and Logan Wilson picked off a Chase Cord pass late in the fourth. Wyoming has scored 55 points off those turnovers.

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Cooper Rothe nailed a 39-yard field goal in the second quarter to give the Cowboys a 10-7 lead at the half. That was the 55th of his career, leaving him just two shy of Sean Fleming's school record.

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That's how many fans crammed into Albertsons Stadium on a cool fall Saturday night in Boise. The capacity is 36,000-plus

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Wyoming has never beaten Boise State in this building in seven tries. The Cowboys did beat Central Michigan here in the 2017 Potato Bowl.

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Boise State has a commanding lead in this series overall. The Broncos have now won 13-of-14 meetings between the two schools.

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