1978 Houston Cougars football team

American college football season

1978 Houston Cougars football

SWC champion

Cotton Bowl Classic, L 34–35 vs. Notre Dame

Conference| Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches| No. 11
AP| No. 10
Record| 9–3 (7–1 SWC)
Head coach|

* Bill Yeoman (17th season)

Offensive coordinator| Bill Yeoman
Offensive scheme| Houston Veer
Defensive coordinator| Don Todd
Home stadium| Houston Astrodome

Seasons

<- 1977

1979 ->

1978 Southwest Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 10 Houston $  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 3  | - | 0
No. 11 Arkansas | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 1
No. 9 Texas | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 3  | - | 0
Texas Tech | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
No. 19 Texas A&M | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 4  | - | 0
SMU | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 1
Baylor | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 8  | - | 0
Rice | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 9  | - | 0
TCU | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 9  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The Cougars were led by 17th-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, winning the conference with a 7–1 conference record. This was Houston's first outright conference title and second overall, in only their third year in the league. They were invited to the 1979 Cotton Bowl Classic, played on New Year's Day, where they were defeated by Notre Dame. Houston was ranked 10th in the final AP Poll of the season and 11th in the Coaches' Poll.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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September 16| at Memphis State*| |

* Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
* Memphis, TN

| | L 3–17| 31,316
September 23| Utah*| |

* Houston Astrodome
* Houston, TX

| | W 42–25| 30,000
September 30| at No. 10 Florida State*| |

* Doak Campbell Stadium
* Tallahassee, FL

| | W 27–21| 41,142
October 7| at Baylor| |

* Baylor Stadium
* Waco, TX

| | W 20–18| 35,000
October 14| No. 6 Texas A&M| No. 17|

* Houston Astrodome
* Houston, TX

| | W 33–0| 52,156
October 21| at SMU| No. 11|

* Cotton Bowl
* Dallas, TX

| | W 42–28| 64,871
October 28| No. 9 Arkansas| No. 11|

* Houston Astrodome
* Houston, TX

| | W 20–9| 50,913
November 4| TCU| No. 10|

* Houston Astrodome
* Houston, TX

| | W 63–6| 30,011
November 11| at No. 6 Texas| No. 8|

* Texas Memorial Stadium
* Austin, TX

| | W 10–7| 83,053
November 25| at Texas Tech| No. 5|

* Jones Stadium
* Lubbock, TX

| | L 21–22| 36,691
December 2| Rice| No. 9|

* Houston Astrodome
* Houston, TX (rivalry)

| | W 49–25| 33,186
January 1| vs. No. 10 Notre Dame*| No. 9|

* Cotton Bowl
* Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)

| CBS| L 34–35| 72,000

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## References[edit]

1. ^ "1978 Houston Cougars". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 3, 2016.

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Houston Cougars football

Venues|

* Robertson Stadium (1946–1950, 1998–2012)
* Rice Stadium (1950–1964)
* Houston Astrodome (1965–1997)
* Reliant Stadium (2013)
* BBVA Compass Stadium (2013)
* TDECU Stadium (2014–present)

Bowls and rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Rice
* Texas Tech
* Tulsa

Culture & lore|

* Shasta
* "Cougar Fight Song"
* Spirit of Houston
* The Comeback Victory
* 2022 SMU game

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

Seasons|

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Southwest Conference football champions

* Oklahoma (1915)
* Texas (1916)
* Texas A&M (1917)
* Texas & Oklahoma (1918)
* Texas A&M (1919)
* Texas (1920)
* Texas A&M (1921)
* Baylor (1922)
* SMU (1923)
* Baylor (1924)
* Texas A&M (1925)
* SMU (1926)
* Texas A&M (1927)
* Texas (1928)
* TCU (1929)
* Texas (1930)
* SMU (1931)
* TCU (1932)
* No champion (1933)
* Rice (1934)
* SMU (1935)
* Arkansas (1936)
* Rice (1937)
* TCU (1938)
* Texas A&M (1939)
* Texas A&M & SMU (1940)
* Texas A&M (1941)
* Texas (1942)
* Texas (1943)
* TCU (1944)
* Texas (1945)
* Rice & Arkansas (1946)
* SMU (1947)
* SMU (1948)
* Rice (1949)
* Texas (1950)
* TCU (1951)
* Texas (1952)
* Rice & Texas (1953)
* Arkansas (1954)
* TCU (1955)
* Texas A&M (1956)
* Rice (1957)
* TCU (1958)
* Arkansas, Texas, & TCU (1959)
* Arkansas (1960)
* Texas & Arkansas (1961)
* Texas (1962)
* Texas (1963)
* Arkansas (1964)
* Arkansas (1965)
* SMU (1966)
* Texas A&M (1967)
* Arkansas & Texas (1968)
* Texas (1969)
* Texas (1970)
* Texas (1971)
* Texas (1972)
* Texas (1973)
* Baylor (1974)
* Arkansas, Texas & Texas A&M (1975)
* Houston & Texas Tech (1976)
* Texas (1977)
* Houston (1978)
* Arkansas & Houston (1979)
* Baylor (1980)
* SMU (1981)
* SMU (1982)
* Texas (1983)
* SMU & Houston (1984)
* Texas A&M (1985)
* Texas A&M (1986)
* Texas A&M (1987)
* Arkansas (1988)
* Arkansas (1989)
* Texas (1990)
* Texas A&M (1991)
* Texas A&M (1992)
* Texas A&M (1993)
* Texas Tech, Baylor, Rice, Texas & TCU (1994)
* Texas (1995)

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