The Houston Cougars were 9-2 in 1971. They fell to the Colorado Buffaloes, 29 to 17, in the Bluebonnet Bowl.
GP | PTS | YDS | PLY | AVG | RUSH YDS | RUSH ATT | RUSH AVG | PASS YDS | PASS ATT | PASS AVG | SCK | SCKY | 1DWN | RUSH 1DWN | PASS 1DWN | PEN 1DWN | PEN | PEN YDS | |
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Team | 11 | 322 | 4,993 | 836 | 6.0 | 3,094 | 617 | 5.0 | 1,899 | 219 | 8.7 | ||||||||
Team Rank | 17th | 7th | 18th | 6th | 10th | 17th | 8th | 22nd | 69th | 4th | |||||||||
Opponent | 11 | 170 | 2,935 | 3.9 | 1,504 | 490 | 3.1 | 1,431 | 258 | 5.5 | |||||||||
Opponent Rank | 90th | 33rd | 27th | 26th | 35th | 27th | 65th | 90th | 32nd | ||||||||||
Net | +152 | +2,058 | +836 | +2.0 | +1,590 | +127 | +1.9 | +468 | -39 | +3.1 | |||||||||
Net Rank | 14th | 6th | 18th | 6th | 10th | 18th | 10th | 21st | 88th | 4th |
Big 12 | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Arizona State | 11 | 2 | .846 |
2 | BYU | 10 | 2 | .833 |
Mountain West | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Boise State | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UNLV | 11 | 3 | .786 |
Independent | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Notre Dame | 12 | 1 | .923 |
2 | UConn | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Mid-American | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Ohio | 11 | 3 | .786 |
2 | Miami (OH) | 8 | 5 | .615 |
Big 10 | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oregon | 13 | 0 | 1.000 |
2 | Penn State | 12 | 2 | .857 |
Pac-12 | W | L | PCT | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oregon State | 5 | 7 | .417 |
2 | Washington State | 8 | 4 | .667 |
Conference USA | W | L | PCT | |
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1 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 5 | .643 |
2 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 6 | .571 |