1968 Houston Cougars football team , also known as the Houston Cougars , Houston , or UH , represented the University of Houston in the 1968 college football season . It was the 23rd year of season play for Houston . The team was coached by seventh-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 ninth 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 1969 NFL Draft . The 100 points scored by Houston in the November 23rd game against Tulsa remains the most points scored by a team in Division I college football history
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1968 Houston Cougars football team