 Even though Wyoming beat BYU 40-7 and San Jose State (the next game) without the players, it would lose its last four games of 1969 and went 1-9 the next year, which prompted the school to fire Eaton.Black athletes stayed away from the college athletic programs for the following decade.The "Black 14" incident spurred the court case "Williams v. Eaton", with the issue of free speech against the principle of separation of church and state.