1977 Houston Cougars football team

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.

1977 Houston Cougars football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1977 record65 (44 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAstrodome
1977 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12No. 11 UCLA*No. 14ABCW 17–13 38,131
September 17at No. 10 Penn State*No. 9L 14–31 61,704
September 24at Utah*No. 19W 34–16 26,232
October 1BaylorNo. 19
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 28–24 37,421
October 15SMUNo. 19
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
L 23–37 30,774
October 22at No. 9 ArkansasL 0–34 53,924
October 29at TCUW 42–14 17,853
November 5No. 1 Texas
L 21–35 72,124
November 19No. 16 Texas Tech
  • Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 45–7 43,989
November 26at Rice
W 51–21 25,000
December 3at No. 17 Texas A&MABCL 7–27 51,790
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Sources:[1][2]

References

  1. "1977 Houston Cougars Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. "2017 University of Houston Football Media Guide" (PDF). Houston Athletics Communications Department. p. 142.
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