Cowboys stun Falcons, begin conference play with a win

The Wyoming Cowboys beat the Air Force Falcons 17-14 on Friday night to open up Mountain West Conference play and improve their record to 3-1 on the season.

It’s an overused cliche, but it truly was a gritty effort from the Cowboys to pull off the victory in front of their home crowd at War Memorial.

The keys to the victory started with the incredible showing from the defense. The Wyoming D had been somewhat inconsistent in their first three games coming into Friday night’s victory, but they did exactly what they needed to do and have done in years past against the Falcons, which was put a halt to the Air Force triple option ground attack. The Cowboys held Air Force to just 171 yards rushing…