1973 Houston Cougars football team


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. After completion of the regular season, the Cougars were invited to the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl where they defeated the Tulane Green Wave.

Schedule

Coaching staff

NamePositionAlma mater Year at Houston
Bill YeomanHead coach/offensive coordinatorArmy 12th
Don ToddFreshman Assistant CoachHardin–Simmons 2nd
Melvin BrownOffensive backs coachOklahoma 11th
Billy WillinghamOffensive line coachTCU 8th
Barry SidesOffensive line coach/defensive ends coachHouston 5th
Clarence DanielDefensive backs coachHuron 2nd
Larry FrenchDefensive coordinatorColorado State 4th
Joe ArenasWide receivers coachNebraska-Omaha 11th
Carroll SchultzFreshmen coachLouisiana Tech 12th
Bobby BaldwinFreshmen coachHouston 9th