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1973 Houston Cougars football team

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The 1973 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. It was the 28th year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by 12th-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 Astrodome, a 50,000-person capacity stadium off-campus in Houston at the Astrodomain. Houston competed as a member of the NCAA in the University Division, independent of any athletic conference. It was their fourteenth year of doing so. The Cougars had been admitted to the Southwest Conference two years prior, but were ineligible for conference play until the 1976 season.[1] After completion of the regular season, the Cougars were invited to the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl where they defeated the Tulane Green Wave.[2]

ConferenceIndependent
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 9
Record11–1
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1973 Houston Cougars football
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 9
Record11–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeHouston Veer
Defensive coordinatorDon Todd (2nd season)
Captains
  • Ken Baugh
  • D. C. Nobles
  • Deryl McGallion
Home stadiumHouston Astrodome
Seasons
← 1972
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1973 NCAA Division I independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Notre Dame – 11–0–0
No. 5 Penn State – 12–0–0
No. 9 Houston – 11–1–0
Temple – 9–1–0
No. 20 Tulane – 9–3–0
Memphis State – 8–3–0
Tampa – 8–3–0
Boston College – 7–4–0
South Carolina – 7–4–0
Utah State – 7–4–0
Air Force – 6–4–0
Southern Miss – 6–4–1
Northern Illinois – 6–5–0
Rutgers – 6–5–0
West Virginia – 6–5–0
Pittsburgh – 6–5–1
Colgate – 5–5–0
Dayton – 5–5–1
Xavier – 5–5–1
Georgia Tech – 5–6–0
Holy Cross – 5–6–0
Miami (FL) – 5–6–0
Cincinnati – 4–7–0
Marshall – 4–7–0
Navy – 4–7–0
Southern Illinois – 3–7–1
Villanova – 3–8–0
Syracuse – 2–9–0
Virginia Tech – 2–9–0
Army – 0–10–0
Florida State – 0–11–0
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

More information Date, Time ...
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 15RiceNo. 18W 24–643,917[3]
September 21South CarolinaNo. 16
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 27–1924,019[4]
September 29at Memphis StateNo. 15W 35–2140,126[5]
October 6at San Diego StateNo. 14W 14–937,489[6]
October 12Virginia TechNo. 14
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 54–2727,103[7]
October 197:03 p.m.at Miami (FL)No. 14W 30–729,340[8]
October 27at AuburnNo. 12L 0–758,426[9]
November 3Florida StatedaggerNo. 18
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 34–327,587[10]
November 10at Colorado StateNo. 15W 28–2017,532[11]
November 24WyomingNo. 14
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 35–018,441[12]
December 1TulsaNo. 14
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 35–1621,500–21,590[13]
December 29No. 17 TulaneNo. 14
ABCW 47–744,358[14]
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Coaching staff

Head coach Bill Yeoman
More information Name, Position ...
NamePositionAlma mater (year)Year at Houston
Bill YeomanHead coach, offensive coordinatorArmy (1948)12th
Don ToddFreshman assistant coachHardin–Simmons (1964)2nd
Melvin BrownOffensive backs coachOklahoma (1954)11th
Billy WillinghamOffensive line coachTCU (1951)8th
Barry SidesOffensive line coach, defensive ends coachHouston (1968)5th
Clarence DanielDefensive backs coachHuron (1955)2nd
Larry FrenchDefensive coordinatorColorado State (1965)4th
Joe ArenasWide receivers coachNebraska-Omaha (1951)11th
Carroll SchultzFreshmen coachLouisiana Tech (1948)12th
Bobby BaldwinFreshmen coachHouston (1958)9th
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