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1968 Houston Cougars football team

1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Penn State   –   11 – 0 – 0
Rutgers   –   8 – 2 – 0
West Texas State   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 5 Notre Dame   –   7 – 2 – 1
Florida State   –   8 – 3 – 0
Air Force   –   7 – 3 – 0
Army   –   7 – 3 – 0
Buffalo   –   7 – 3 – 0
No. 18 Houston   –   6 – 2 – 2
Utah State   –   7 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 3 – 0
West Virginia   –   7 – 3 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   7 – 4 – 0
Pacific   –   6 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 4 – 0
Xavier   –   6 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 5 – 0
Dayton   –   5 – 5 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   5 – 5 – 0
New Mexico State   –   5 – 5 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   4 – 6 – 0
Southern Miss   –   4 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross   –   3 – 6 – 1
San Jose State   –   3 – 7 – 0
Navy   –   2 – 8 – 0
Tulane   –   2 – 8 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   1 – 9 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. It was the 23rd year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by seventh-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 Houston Astrodome, a 53,000-person capacity stadium off-campus in Houston. Houston competed as a member of the NCAA in the University Division, independent of any athletic conference. It was their ninth year of doing so. At this time, Houston was on probation from the NCAA, and therefore was not eligible to compete in any post-season bowl games. Following the overall season, several players were selected for the 1969 NFL/AFL draft. The 100 points scored by Houston in the November 23rd game against Tulsa remains the most points scored by a team in Division I college football history.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 14Tulane
W 54–736,415[2]
September 21at No. 4 TexasNo. 11
T 20–2066,397[3]
October 4CincinnatiNo. 12
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 71–3331,881[4]
October 12Oklahoma StateNo. 11
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
L 17–2141,889[5]
October 26at No. 17 Ole Miss
W 29–732,157[6]
November 2at No. 7 GeorgiaNo. 15
T 10–1059,381[7]
November 9at Memphis StateNo. 13
W 27–735,592[8]
November 16IdahoNo. 14
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 77–330,412[9]
November 23TulsaNo. 11
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX (rivalry)
W 100–634,098[10]
November 29vs. Florida StateNo. 10
L 20–4039,400[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Poll rankings

Week-to-week rankings[13]
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Final
AP RV 11 10 12 11 NR NR 15 13 14 11 10 18 18

References

  1. ^ "Will any college football team score 100 points again?". ESPN. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "UH smothers Tulane". Waco Tribune-Herald. September 15, 1968. Retrieved October 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Cougars, Longhorns battle to 20–20 thriller". The Victoria Advocate. September 22, 1968. Retrieved May 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Gipson paces Cougars by Cincinnati, 71–33". The Odessa American. October 5, 1968. Retrieved April 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "OSU upsets Houston, 21–17". The Austin American-Statesman. October 13, 1968. Retrieved April 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Ole Miss bombed by Houston, 29–7". The Shreveport Times. October 26, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Bulldogs tie U of H, 10–10". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 3, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Houston machine clips Memphis St". Waco Tribune-Herald. November 10, 1968. Retrieved April 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Cougars play same record at Astrodome for Vandals". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 17, 1968. p. 10.
  10. ^ "B-O-O-M! It's Houston, 100–6". Tulsa World. November 24, 1968. Retrieved April 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "FSU shreds the point machine". St. Petersburg Times. November 30, 1968. Retrieved April 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Houston)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  13. ^ "1968 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved September 21, 2011.