1958 Houston Cougars football team

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.

1958 Houston Cougars football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
1958 record5–4 (2–2 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRice Stadium (70,000)
1958 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
North Texas State $ 2 1 17 2 1
Cincinnati 1 1 26 2 2
Tulsa 2 2 07 3 0
Houston 2 2 05 4 0
Wichita 1 2 14 5 1
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Texas A&M*W 39–765,131
October 4at CincinnatiNo. 19W 34–13
October 11WichitaNo. T–19
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 44–025,000
October 18Oklahoma State*No. 15
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 0–728,000
November 1Tulsa
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 20–2526,000
November 8at No. 9 Ole Miss*L 7–5620,000
November 15at North Texas StateL 6–10[2]
November 21at Miami (FL)*W 37–2624,822
November 29Texas Tech*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 22–177,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Houston Game by Game Results". 2015-09-05. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  2. "North Texas clips Houston". Longview News-Journal. November 16, 1958. Retrieved November 2, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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