1968 Houston Cougars football team

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1968 Houston Cougars football
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ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 18
Record6–2–2
Head coach
Offensive scheme Houston Veer
Defensive coordinator Melvin Robertson (4th season)
Home stadium Houston Astrodome (53,000)
Seasons
←  1967
1969  →
1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Penn State  – 11 –0 –0
Rutgers  – 8 –2 –0
West Texas State  – 8 –2 –0
No. 5 Notre Dame  – 7 –2 –1
Florida State  – 8 –3 –0
Air Force  – 7 –3 –0
Army  – 7 –3 –0
Buffalo  – 7 –3 –0
No. 18 Houston  – 6 –2 –2
Utah State  – 7 –3 –0
Boston College  – 7 –3 –0
West Virginia  – 7 –3 –0
Virginia Tech  – 7 –4 –0
Pacific  – 6 –4 –0
Syracuse  – 6 –4 –0
Villanova  – 6 –4 –0
Xavier  – 6 –4 –0
Colgate  – 5 –5 –0
Dayton  – 5 –5 –0
Miami (FL)  – 5 –5 –0
New Mexico State  – 5 –5 –0
Georgia Tech  – 4 –6 –0
Southern Miss  – 4 –6 –0
Holy Cross  – 3 –6 –1
San Jose State  – 3 –7 –0
Navy  – 2 –8 –0
Tulane  – 2 –8 –0
Pittsburgh  – 1 –9 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. It was the 23rd year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by seventh-year head coach Bill Yeoman who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001. The team played its home games in the Houston Astrodome, a 53,000-person capacity stadium off-campus in Houston. Houston competed as a member of the NCAA in the University Division, independent of any athletic conference. It was their ninth year of doing so. At this time, Houston was on probation from the NCAA, and therefore was not eligible to compete in any post-season bowl games. Following the overall season, several players were selected for the 1969 NFL/AFL draft. The 100 points scored by Houston in the November 23rd game against Tulsa remains the most points scored by a team in Division I college football history. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 14 Tulane
W 54–736,415 [2]
September 21at No. 4 Texas No. 11
T 20–2066,397 [3]
October 4 Cincinnati No. 12
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 71–3331,881
October 12 Oklahoma State No. 11
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
L 17–2141,889
October 26at No. 17 Ole Miss
W 29–732,157 [4]
November 2at No. 7 Georgia No. 15
T 10–1059,381 [5]
November 9at Memphis State No. 13
W 27–735,592
November 16 Idaho No. 14
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 77–330,412 [6]
November 23 Tulsa No. 11
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX (rivalry)
W 100–634,098
November 29at Florida State No. 10
L 20–4039,400
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Poll rankings

Week-to-week rankings [7]
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
PollPreWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Final
APRV11101211NRNR15131411101818

References

  1. ↑ "Will any college football team score 100 points again?". ESPN. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ "UH smothers Tulane". Waco Tribune-Herald. September 15, 1968. Retrieved October 1, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Cougars, Longhorns battle to 20–20 thriller". The Victoria Advocate. September 22, 1968. Retrieved May 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Ole Miss bombed by Houston, 29–7". The Shreveport Times. October 26, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Bulldogs tie U of H, 10–10". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 3, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Cougars play same record at Astrodome for Vandals". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 17, 1968. p. 10.
  7. ↑ "1968 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
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