1973 Houston Cougars football
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 9
Record11–1
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill Yeoman (12th season)
Offensive schemeHouston Veer
Defensive coordinatorDon Todd (2nd season)
Home stadiumHouston Astrodome
1973 NCAA Division I independents football records
ConfOverall
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

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]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 15RiceNo. 18W 24–643,917
September 21South CarolinaNo. 16
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 27–1924,019
September 29at Memphis StateNo. 15W 35–2140,126
October 6at San Diego StateNo. 14W 14–937,489
October 12Virginia TechNo. 14
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 54–2727,103[3]
October 19at Miami (FL)No. 14W 30–729,340
October 27at No. 11 AuburnNo. 12L 0–758,426[4]
November 3Florida StateNo. 18
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 34–327,587
November 10at Colorado StateNo. 15W 28–2017,532
November 24WyomingNo. 14
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 35–018,441
December 1TulsaNo. 14
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 35–1621,500<
December 29TulaneNo. 14
ABCW 47–744,358[5]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Coaching staff

Head coach Bill Yeoman
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

References

  1. "Houston Joins Southwest Conference". Star-News. May 3, 1971. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  2. "Cougars Rout Tulane 47–7". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. December 30, 1973. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  3. "Cougars glide past Virginia Tech 54–27". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 14, 1973. Retrieved December 14, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Auburn dumps Houston". The Odessa American. October 21, 1973. Retrieved October 24, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "D.C. Nobels picks apart Tulane, 47–7". The Daily Advertiser. December 30, 1973. Retrieved October 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "2009 Houston Cougars Media Guide: Year-by-Year results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2012.


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