1980 Houston Cougars football team

The 1980 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cougars were led by 19th-year head coach Bill Yeoman and played their home games at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The team competed as members of the Southwest Conference, finishing tied for second. Coming off of a Cotton Bowl-winning 1979 season, the Cougars started the year ranked in the top 10, but ended with a disappointing five regular season losses. Houston was invited to the 1980 Garden State Bowl, where they defeated Navy, 350.

1980 Houston Cougars football
Garden State Bowl champion
Garden State Bowl, W 350 vs. Navy
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1980 record75 (53 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAstrodome
1980 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 14 Baylor $ 8 0 0  10 2 0
No. 20 SMU 5 3 0  8 4 0
Houston 5 3 0  7 5 0
Texas 4 4 0  7 5 0
Rice 4 4 0  5 6 0
Arkansas 3 5 0  7 5 0
Texas A&M 3 5 0  4 7 0
Texas Tech 3 5 0  5 6 0
TCU 1 7 0  1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 13at Arizona State*No. 9L 13–29 64,868
September 20Miami (FL)*No. 18L 7–14 31,423
September 27North Texas State*
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 24–17 23,672
October 4at No. 20 BaylorL 12–24 40,000
October 11Texas A&M
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 17–7 46,525
October 18at SMUABCW 13–11 32,109
October 25No. 15 Arkansas
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 24–17 41,308
November 1TCU
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 37–5 26,502
November 8at TexasL 13–15 79,154
November 22at Texas TechESPNW 34–7 36,386
November 29Rice
ABCL 7–35 29,950
December 14vs. Navy*MizlouW 35–0 41,117
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[1]

Roster

1980 Houston Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 9 Delrick Brown Sr
QB 7 Terry Elston Sr
C 62 Billy Kidd Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 70 Leonard Mitchell Sr
DT 79 Hosea Taylor Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. "1980 Houston Cougars Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
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