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Conference | Southwest Conference |
Record | 6–5 (4–4 SWC) |
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Home stadium | Houston Astrodome |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Texas $ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Arkansas | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1977 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The Cougars were led by 16th-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, in their second year as full members of the league, finishing in fourth.
Houston was put on probation during this season for recruiting violations and was unable to compete in any bowl games.[1]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 12 | No. 11 UCLA* | No. 14 | ABC | W 17–13 | 38,131 | |
September 17 | at No. 10 Penn State* | No. 9 | L 14–31 | 61,704 | ||
September 24 | at Utah* | No. 19 | W 34–16 | 26,232 | ||
October 1 | Baylor | No. 19 |
| W 28–24 | 37,421 | |
October 15 | SMU | No. 19 |
| L 23–37 | 30,774 | |
October 22 | at No. 9 Arkansas | L 0–34 | 53,924 | |||
October 29 | at TCU | W 42–14 | 17,853 | |||
November 5 | No. 1 Texas |
| L 21–35 | 72,124 | ||
November 19 | No. 16 Texas Tech |
| W 45–7 | 43,989 | ||
November 26 | at Rice |
| W 51–21 | 25,000 | ||
December 3 | at No. 17 Texas A&M | ABC | L 7–27 | 51,790 | ||
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References
- ↑ College football, web: The Miami News, 1977, retrieved March 13, 2023
- ↑ "1977 Houston Cougars Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- ↑ "2017 University of Houston Football Media Guide" (PDF). Houston Athletics Communications Department. p. 142.
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