1958 Houston Cougars football team
American college football season
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 5–4 (2–2 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Rice Stadium (70,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas State $ | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1958 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston in the 1958 NCAA University Division football season.[1] In Hal Lahar's second year as head coach, the Cougars compiled a 5–4 record, 2–2 against conference opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 209 to 161.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | Texas A&M* |
| W 39–7 | 65,131 | ||
| October 4 | at Cincinnati | No. 19 |
| W 34–13 | ||
| October 11 | Wichita | No. T–19 |
| W 44–0 | 25,000 | |
| October 18 | Oklahoma State* | No. 15 |
| L 0–7 | 28,000 | |
| November 1 | Tulsa |
| L 20–25 | 26,000 | ||
| November 8 | at No. 9 Ole Miss* | L 7–56 | 20,000 | |||
| November 15 | at North Texas State | L 6–10 | [2] | |||
| November 21 | at Miami (FL)* | W 37–26 | 24,822 | |||
| November 29 | Texas Tech* |
| W 22–17 | 7,500 | ||
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References
- ^ "Houston Game by Game Results". September 5, 2015. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ^ "North Texas clips Houston". Longview News-Journal. November 16, 1958. Retrieved November 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
