1973 Houston Cougars football team

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1973 Houston Cougars football
University of Houston's classic athletics logo
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 9
1973 record11–1
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill Yeoman (12th season)
Offensive schemeHouston Veer
Defensive coordinatorDon Todd (2nd season)
Home stadiumAstrodome (50,000)
Seasons
← 1972
1974 →
1973 NCAA Division I independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Notre Dame     11 0 0
No. 5 Penn State     12 0 0
No. 9 Houston     11 1 0
Temple     9 1 0
No. 20 Tulane     9 3 0
Memphis State     8 3 0
Tampa     8 3 0
Boston College     7 4 0
South Carolina     7 4 0
Utah State     7 4 0
Air Force     6 4 0
Southern Miss     6 4 1
Northern Illinois     6 5 0
Rutgers     6 5 0
West Virginia     6 5 0
Pittsburgh     6 5 1
Colgate     5 5 0
Dayton     5 5 1
Xavier     5 5 1
Georgia Tech     5 6 0
Holy Cross     5 6 0
Miami (FL)     5 6 0
Cincinnati     4 7 0
Marshall     4 7 0
Navy     4 7 0
Southern Illinois     3 7 1
Villanova     3 8 0
Syracuse     2 9 0
Virginia Tech     2 9 0
Army     0 10 0
Florida State     0 11 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. It was the 28th year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by 12th-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 Astrodome, a 50,000-person capacity stadium off-campus in Houston at the Astrodomain. Houston competed as a member of the NCAA in the University Division, independent of any athletic conference. It was their fourteenth year of doing so. The Cougars had been admitted to the Southwest Conference two years prior, but were ineligible for conference play until the 1976 season.[1] After completion of the regular season, the Cougars were invited to the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl where they defeated the Tulane Green Wave.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 15RiceNo. 18W 24–643,917[3]
September 27South CarolinaNo. 16
  • Astrodome
  • Houston
W 27–1924,019[3]
September 29at Memphis StateNo. 15
W 35–2140,126[3]
October 6at San Diego StateNo. 14W 14–937,489[3]
October 12Virginia TechNo. 14
  • Astrodome
  • Houston
W 54–2727,103[3][4]
October 19at Miami (FL)No. 14
W 30–729,340[3]
October 27at No. 11 AuburnNo. 12L 0–758,426[3]
November 3Florida StateNo. 18
  • Astrodome
  • Houston
W 34–327,587[3]
November 10at Colorado StateNo. 15W 28–2017,532[3]
November 24WyomingNo. 14
  • Astrodome
  • Houston
W 35–018,441[3]
December 1TulsaNo. 14
  • Astrodome
  • Houston
W 35–1621,500[3]
December 29TulaneNo. 14
  • Astrodome
  • Houston (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl)
ABCW 47–744,358[5]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Coaching staff[]

Head coach Bill Yeoman
Name Position Alma mater (Year) Year at Houston
Bill Yeoman Head coach/offensive coordinator Army (1948) 12th
Don Todd Hardin–Simmons (1964) 2nd
Melvin Brown Offensive backs coach Oklahoma (1954) 11th
Billy Willingham Offensive line coach TCU (1951) 8th
Barry Sides Offensive line coach/defensive ends coach Houston (1968) 5th
Clarence Daniel Defensive backs coach Huron (1955) 2nd
Larry French Defensive coordinator Colorado State (1965) 4th
Joe Arenas Wide receivers coach Nebraska-Omaha (1951) 11th
Carroll Schultz Freshmen coach Louisiana Tech (1948) 12th
Bobby Baldwin Freshmen coach Houston (1958) 9th

References[]

  1. ^ "Houston Joins Southwest Conference". Star-News. 1971-05-03. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  2. ^ "Cougars Rout Tulane 47–7". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. 1973-12-30. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "2009 Houston Cougars Media Guide: Year-by-Year results" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  4. ^ "Cougars glide past Virginia Tech 54–27". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 14, 1973. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "D.C. Nobels picks apart Tulane, 47–7". The Daily Advertiser. December 30, 1973. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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