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 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
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 18
1968 record	6–2–2
Head coach	Bill Yeoman (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Yeoman (7th season)
Offensive scheme	Houston Veer
Defensive coordinator	Melvin Robertson (4th season)
Home stadium	Astrodome (53,000)

1968 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Penn State			–					11	–	0	–	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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 14	Tulane*		Astrodome Houston	W 54–7	36,415[2]
September 21	at No. 4 Texas*	No. 11	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas (rivalry)	T 20–20	66,397[2]
October 4	Cincinnati*	No. 12	Astrodome Houston	W 71–33	31,881[2]
October 12	Oklahoma State*	No. 11	Astrodome Houston	L 17–21	41,889[2]
October 26	at No. 17 Ole Miss*		Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, Mississippi	W 29–7	32,157[2]
November 2	at No. 7 Georgia*	No. 15	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia	T 10–10	59,381[2]
November 9	at Memphis State*	No. 13	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee	W 27–7	35,592[2]
November 16	Idaho*	No. 14	Astrodome Houston	W 77–3	30,412[2]
November 23	Tulsa*	No. 11	Astrodome Houston	W 100–6	34,098[2]
November 29	at Florida State	No. 10	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, Florida	L 20–40	39,400[2]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Poll rankings

Week-to-Week Rankings[3]
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 2017-07-28.
2. "2009 Houston Cougars Media Guide: Year-by-Year results" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-09-21.
3. "1968 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved 2011-09-21.