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
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1980 record7–5 (5–3 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAstrodome
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Southwest Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Baylor $ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 20 SMU 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Houston 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Texas 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Rice 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Arkansas 3 – 5 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Texas A&M 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Texas Tech 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
TCU 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 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.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 13at Arizona State*No. 9
L 13–29 64,868
September 20Miami (FL)*No. 18
L 7–14 31,423
September 27North Texas State*
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 24–17 23,672[1]
October 4at No. 20 Baylor
L 12–24 40,000
October 11Texas A&M
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 17–7 46,525
October 18at SMU
ABCW 13–11 32,109
October 25No. 15 Arkansas
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 24–17 41,308
November 1TCU
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 37–5 26,502
November 8at Texas
L 13–15 79,154
November 22at Texas Tech
ESPNW 34–7 36,386
November 29Rice
ABCL 7–35 29,950
December 14vs. Navy*
MizlouW 35–0 41,117
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[2]

Roster[]

1980 Houston Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 9 Delrick Brown Sr
QB 7 Terry Elston Sr
C 62 Billy Kidd Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 70 Leonard Mitchell Sr
DT 79 Hosea Taylor Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References[]

  1. ^ "Cougars slip past NT Eagles". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 28, 1980. Retrieved October 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1980 Houston Cougars Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 1, 2018.


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