1980 Houston Cougars football team

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1980 Houston Cougars football
Garden State Bowl champion
Garden State Bowl, W 35–0 vs. Navy
Conference Southwest Conference
Record7–5 (5–3 SWC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Don Todd (9th season)
Home stadium Houston Astrodome
Seasons
←  1979
1981  →
1980 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 14 Baylor $ 8 –0 –010 –2 –0
No. 20 SMU 5 –3 –08 –4 –0
Houston 5 –3 –07 –5 –0
Texas 4 –4 –07 –5 –0
Rice 4 –4 –05 –6 –0
Arkansas 3 –5 –07 –5 –0
Texas A&M 3 –5 –04 –7 –0
Texas Tech 3 –5 –05 –6 –0
TCU 1 –7 –01 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cougars were led by 19th-year head coach Bill Yeoman and played their home games at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The team competed as members of the Southwest Conference, finishing tied for second. Coming off of a Cotton Bowl-winning 1979 season, the Cougars started the year ranked in the top 10, but ended with a disappointing five regular season losses. Houston was invited to the 1980 Garden State Bowl, where they defeated Navy, 35–0.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 13at Arizona State *No. 9
L 13–2964,868 [1]
September 20 Miami (FL) *No. 18
L 7–1431,423 [2]
September 27 North Texas State *
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 24–2023,672 [3]
October 4at No. 20 Baylor
L 12–2440,000 [4]
October 11 Texas A&M
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 17–746,525 [5]
October 18at SMU
ABC W 13–1132,109 [6]
October 25No. 15 Arkansas
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 24–1741,308 [7]
November 1 TCU
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 37–526,502 [8]
November 8at Texas
L 13–1579,154 [9]
November 22at Texas Tech
ESPN W 34–736,386 [10]
November 29 Rice
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX (rivalry)
ABCL 7–3529,950 [11]
December 14vs. Navy *
 Mizlou W 35–041,117 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1980 Houston Cougars football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 9Delrick BrownSr
QB 7Terry ElstonSr
C 62Billy KiddJr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 70 Leonard Mitchell Sr
DT 79 Hosea Taylor Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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  13. ↑ "1980 Houston Cougars Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 1, 2018.


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