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.

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

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