1970 Houston Cougars football team

1970 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Syracuse	No. 15	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX		W 42–15	40,439	^[1]
September 26	at Oklahoma State	No. 11	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		L 17–26	26,000
October 10	at Mississippi State		Scott Field Starkville, MS		W 31–14	28,000
October 17	Oregon State	No. 19	Houston Astrodome Houston,TX		W 19–16	37,791
October 24	Alabama	No. 15	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX		L 21–30	46,869
October 31	Tulsa		Houston Astrodome Houston, TX		W 21–9	34,119
November 7	at No. 13 Ole Miss	No. 18	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS		L 13–24	36,535
November 14	Wyoming		Houston Astrodome Houston, TX		W 28–0	26,987
November 21	Wake Forest		Houston Astrodome Houston, TX		W 26–2	28,569
November 26	at Florida State		Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL		W 53–21	18,053
December 5	at Miami (FL)		Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ABC	W 36–3	17,798
Rankings from AP Poll

1970 Houston Cougars football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	Name	Class
FB	Ted Heiskell
QB	Gary Mullins	Jr
RB	Tommy Mozisek
RB	Robert Newhouse	Jr
WR	Pat Orchin
WR	Elmo Wright	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K		Carlos Lopez

#18 Houston Cougars at #13 Ole Miss Rebels

	1	2	3	4	Total
Houston	0	7	0	7	14
Ole Miss	14	0	3	7	24

at Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Mississippi

Game information

First quarter

MISS – Randy Reed 14-yard pass from Archie Manning (Jim Poole kick). Ole Miss 7–0. Drive: 9 plays, 83 yards.
MISS – Bob Knight 5-yard pass from Archie Manning (Jim Poole kick). Ole Miss 14–0. Drive:

Second quarter

HOU – Robert Newhouse 11-yard run (Carlos Lopez kick), 1:11. Ole Miss 14–7. Drive:

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

MISS – Vernon Studdard 3-yard pass from Shug Chumbler (Jim Poole kick). Ole Miss 24–7. Drive: 3 plays, 5 yards.
HOU – touchdown (kick failed). Ole Miss 24–13. Drive:

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1970 NCAA University Division independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 2 Notre Dame		–		10	–	1	–	0
Villanova		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Air Force		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Georgia Tech		–		9	–	3	–	0
Boston College		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Houston		–		8	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		8	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Tulane		–		8	–	4	–	0
No. 18 Penn State		–		7	–	3	–	0
West Texas State		–		7	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati		–		7	–	4	–	0
Florida State		–		7	–	4	–	1
Virginia Tech		–		5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		6	–	4	–	0
Dayton		–		5	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh		–		5	–	5	–	0
Rutgers		–		5	–	5	–	0
Utah State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		5	–	6	–	0
Southern Miss		–		5	–	6	–	0
New Mexico State		–		4	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		3	–	8	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		3	–	7	–	0
Marshall		–		3	–	6	–	0
Buffalo		–		2	–	9	–	0
Navy		–		2	–	9	–	0
Army		–		1	–	9	–	1
Xavier		–		1	–	9	–	0
Holy Cross		–		0	–	10	–	1

Rankings from AP Poll