1968 Houston Cougars football team

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 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]

1968 Houston Cougars football
University of Houston's classic athletics logo
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 18
Record6–2–2
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill Yeoman (7th season)
Offensive schemeHouston Veer
Defensive coordinatorMelvin Robertson (4th season)
Home stadiumHouston Astrodome (53,000)
1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
VPI   –  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

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 14Tulane
W 54–736,4157[2]
September 21at No. 4 TexasNo. 11
T 20–2066,397[3]
October 4CincinnatiNo. 12
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 71–3331,881
October 12Oklahoma StateNo. 11
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
L 17–2141,889
October 26at No. 17 Ole Miss
W 29–732,157[4]
November 2at No. 7 GeorgiaNo. 15
T 10–1059,381[5]
November 9at Memphis StateNo. 13
W 27–735,592
November 16IdahoNo. 14
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 77–330,412
November 23TulsaNo. 11
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 100–634,098
November 29at Florida StateNo. 10
L 20–4039,400
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Poll rankings
Week-to-week rankings[6]
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
PollPreWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Final
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. "Ole Miss bombed by Houston, 29–7". The Shreveport Times. October 26, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Bulldogs tie U of H, 10–10". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 3, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "1968 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved September 21, 2011.


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