1979 Houston Cougars football team

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1979 Houston Cougars football
University of Houston classic logo.png
Southwest Conference co-champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
1979 record11–1 (7–1 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill Yeoman
Offensive schemeHouston Veer
Defensive coordinatorDon Todd
Home stadiumAstrodome
(Capacity: 53,000)
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Southwest Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Houston + 7 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Arkansas + 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Texas 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 14 Baylor 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Texas A&M 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
SMU 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Texas Tech 2 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 2
TCU 1 – 6 – 1 2 – 8 – 1
Rice 0 – 8 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The Cougars were led by 18th-year head coach Bill Yeoman and played their home games at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. They competed as members of the Southwest Conference, finishing as co-champions with Arkansas. This was Houston's second consecutive conference championship, and their third overall in their first four years as members of the conference.

The Cougars finished the season with a record of 11–1. Their only loss was at home to the eighth-ranked Texas Longhorns, 21–13. Houston was invited to the 1980 Cotton Bowl Classic, played on New Year's Day, where they defeated seventh-ranked Nebraska. Houston finished ranked fifth in both major final polls.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 8at UCLA*No. 16
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 24–16 40,008
September 15Florida*No. 13
W 14–10 34,432
September 29West Texas State*No. 8
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 49–10 27,080[2]
October 6BaylorNo. 6
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 13–10 41,371
October 13at Texas A&MNo. 7
W 17–14 59,545
October 20SMUNo. 5
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 37–10 43,409
October 27at No. 4 ArkansasNo. 6
  • Razorback Stadium
  • Fayetteville, AR
ABCW 13–10 43,319
November 3at TCUNo. 4
W 21–10 25,412
November 10No. 8 TexasNo. 5
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
L 13–21 55,155
November 24Texas TechNo. 9
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
ABCW 14–10 25,637
December 1at RiceNo. 10
W 63–0 27,800
January 1vs. No. 7 Nebraska*No. 8
CBSW 17–14 72,032
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

1979 Houston Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 70 Leonard Mitchell Jr
DT 79 Hosea Taylor Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References[]

  1. ^ "1979 Houston Cougars Schedule and Results".
  2. ^ "Coogs maul West Texas". Victoria Advocate. September 30, 1979. Retrieved May 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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