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1/12 Wyoming Cowboys is our final featured team of the Best College Logo Tournament's Final Four. The bucking-horse-and-rider logo has a lot of history spanning over a hundred years. #GoWyo
2/12 The first horse depicted was Deadwing in 1918, used on emblems on military gear & equipment in France where a WY regiment served during WWI. Around 1921 UW athletics adopted a 1903 photo turned logo of Steamboat, regarded as one of the greatest bucking horses ever...
3/12 Years later the symbol more closely resembled of a different horse, Deadman, also world famous. This version was used on license plates for the first time in 1936 & remains unchanged since. So the logo is of Deadman but is referred to as Steamboat today if I'm not mistaken.
4/12 Here is the collection of current logos. Steamboat is also used for institutional purposes. Their athletic font matches the wordmarks. Colors are Gold & Brown. More on the Pistol Pete later.
5/12 Past symbols include variations of the bucking-horse-and-rider & the logos pictured. Not necessarily in order of use. Current logo is a touched up version of a previous one but the outline is still a little sloppy.
6/12 Similar to of Oklahoma State Cowboys, UW has their own Pistol Pete logo & here are past variations. This 1993 article explains how both trademarked Pistol Petes exist (UW must have 'Cowboys' on hat & can't use others' colors) https://oklahoman.com/article/2418546/osu-wyoming-ok-similar-logos
7/12 These old decals show some different variations of the bucking-horse-and-rider used over the years.
8/12 Here some ticket stubs I've found. Years in order are 1965, 1979, 1987, and 2002 with different logos used on each.
9/12 Not long ago there was a different Pistol Pete logo used. The first picture is from a 1985 football media guide and the second is from an undated sweater that shows its colors. I believe this logo was in use until 1989.
10/12 Along with being on license plates & signs, the logo is also on the state's quarter with over 564 million minted. If there's any one symbol that represents a whole state & its flagship university, it is of Wyoming's.
11/12 On campus is a bronze statue tilted 'Wyoming Cowboy', a representation of Steamboat. Similar to the primary logo, it is 16 feet tall.
12/12 Lastly, here is Wyoming's path to the Final Four. Their average % of votes is highest among the remaining logos. With a rating of 6.2/10 on http://sportslogos.net , it was given the first #2 seed as the 5th highest rated logo. #MarchMadness
