1967 Houston Cougars football team

1967 Houston Cougars football
University of Houston's classic athletics logo
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches No. 19
1967 record 7–3
Head coach Bill Yeoman (6th season)
Offensive coordinator Bill Yeoman (6th season)
Offensive scheme Houston Veer
Defensive coordinator Melvin Robertson (3rd season)
Home stadium Astrodome (53,000)
1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Army   –    8 –2 –0
No. 5 Notre Dame   –    8 –2 –0
Syracuse   –    8 –2 –0
No. 10 Penn State   –    8 –2 –1
New Mexico State   –    7 –2 –1
UTEP   –    7 –2 –1
Utah State   –    7 –2 –1
Florida State   –    7 –2 –2
West Texas State   –    8 –3 –0
Houston   –    7 –3 –0
VPI   –    7 –3 –0
Memphis State   –    6 –3 –0
Southern Miss   –    6 –3 –0
Dayton   –    6 –3 –1
Xavier   –    6 –3 –1
Miami (FL)   –    7 –4 –0
Buffalo   –    6 –4 –0
Navy   –    5 –4 –1
Holy Cross   –    5 –5 –0
Colorado State   –    4 –5 –1
Pacific   –    4 –5 –0
Rutgers   –    4 –5 –0
Boston College   –    4 –6 –0
Georgia Tech   –    4 –6 –0
Villanova   –    4 –6 –0
Air Force   –    2 –6 –2
Tulane   –    3 –7 –0
San Jose State   –    2 –7 –0
Colgate   –    2 –8 –0
Pittsburgh   –    1 –9 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the 1967 college football season. It was the 22nd year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by sixth-year head coach Bill Yeoman who would later be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001. The team played its home games in the Astrodome, a 53,000-person capacity stadium off-campus in Houston. Houston competed as a member of the NCAA in the University Division, independent of any athletic conference. It was their eighth year of doing so. At this time, Houston was on probation from the NCAA, and therefore was not eligible to compete in any post-season bowl games. Following the overall season, several players were selected for the 1968 NFL Draft.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 15 Florida State* Astrodome • Houston, Texas W 33–13   40,336[1]
September 23 at No. 3 Michigan State* Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan W 37–7   75,833[1]
September 29 at Wake Forest* No. 3 Bowman Gray Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina W 50–6   41,769[1]
October 7 NC State* No. 2 Astrodome • Houston, Texas L 16–6   52,483[1]
October 21 at Mississippi State* No. 9 Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi W 43–6   17,000[1]
October 28 at Ole Miss* No. 9 Astrodome • Houston, Texas L 14–13   26,500[1]
November 4 No. 5 Georgia* Astrodome • Houston, Texas W 15–14   53,356[1]
November 11 Memphis State* No. 10 Astrodome • Houston, Texas W 35–18   46,060[1]
November 18 Idaho* Astrodome • Houston, Texas W 77–6   40,050[1]
November 25 at Tulsa* No. 10 Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma L 22–13   26,300[1]
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Poll rankings

Week-to-Week Rankings[2]
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
PollPreWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Final
AP NR RV 3(6) 2(10) 10 10 9 9 RV 10 RV 10 NR

Coaching staff

Head coach Bill Yeoman coaches Houston
NamePositionAlma mater (Year)Year at Houston
Bill YeomanHead coach/offensive coordinatorArmy (1948)6th
Melvin RobertsonDefensive coordinatorWest Texas State (1950)3rd
Melvin BrownOffensive backs coachOklahoma (1954)6th
Billy WillinghamOffensive line coachTCU (1951)2nd
Ben HurtDefensive line coachMiddle Tennessee (1957)3rd
Howard TippettLinebackers coachEast Tennessee State (1958)1st
Joe ArenasWide receivers coachNebraska-Omaha (1951)5th
Carroll SchultzFreshmen coachLouisiana Tech (1948)6th
Bobby BaldwinFreshmen coachHouston (1958)3rd

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "2009 Houston Cougars football media guide: Year-by-Year results" (PDF). Houston Cougars athletics. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  2. ↑ "1967 AP Football Poll". AP Poll Archive. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
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