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1968 Houston Cougars football team

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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.

ConferenceIndependent
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 18
Record6–2–2
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1968 Houston Cougars football
University of Houston's classic athletics logo
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 18
Record6–2–2
Head coach
Offensive schemeHouston Veer
Defensive coordinatorMelvin Robertson (4th season)
Captains
Home stadiumHouston Astrodome
Seasons
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1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf.Overall
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
Virginia Tech – 7–4–0
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
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The 100 points scored by Houston in the November 23rd game against Tulsa remains the most points scored by a team in Division I-FBS college football history.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 14TulaneW 54–736,415[2]
September 21at No. 4 TexasNo. 11T 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 MissW 29–732,157[6]
November 2at No. 7 GeorgiaNo. 15T 10–1059,381[7]
November 9at Memphis StateNo. 13W 27–735,592[8]
November 16IdahoNo. 14
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 77–330,412[9]
November 23TulsadaggerNo. 11
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 100–634,098[10]
November 29vs. Florida StateNo. 10L 20–4039,400[11]
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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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
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