A celebration by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Houston" class="extiw" title="en:University of Houston">University of Houston</a> students during the first school day following the defeat of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_Golden_Hurricane_football" class="extiw" title="en:Tulsa Golden Hurricane football">Tulsa Golden Hurricane</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Houston_Cougars_football_team" class="extiw" title="en:1952 Houston Cougars football team">1952 Houston Cougars football team</a>.  It was Houston's homecoming game.  Students blocked entry into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_G._Cullen_Building" class="extiw" title="en:Roy G. Cullen Building">Roy G. Cullen Building</a>, and declared the day a holiday for the university.  Walter W. Kemmerer, then <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_University_of_Houston" class="extiw" title="en:List of Presidents of the University of Houston">President of the University of Houston</a>, condoned the event.
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1952-10-13
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digital.lib.uh.edu/u?/p15195coll7,1548">1953 <i>Houstonian</i></a>, Courtesy of Special Collections, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Houston_Libraries" class="extiw" title="en:University of Houston Libraries">University of Houston Libraries</a>