The 1984 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the

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during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cougars were led by 23rd-year head coach Bill Yeoman and played their home games at the

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. The team competed as members of the

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, finishing as co-champions with SMU with a conference record of 6–2. Houston was invited to the

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, where they lost to

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Schedule

Roster

Game summaries

At Washington

Vs. Boston College (Cotton Bowl)

References

Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...

Houston Cougars football seasons Southwest Conference football champion seasons

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