1974 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl December 23 1974 1974 Houston Astrodome Houston, Texas North Carolina State University NC State Wolfpack 9–2 13 9 Lou Holtz 3 7 7 14 University of Houston Houston Cougars 8–3 Bill Yeoman 0 3 7 21 35,122 ABC Chris Schenkel and Darrell Royal The 1974 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 23, 1974 at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. It was the sixteenth edition of the Bluebonnet Bowl. The game matched the Houston Cougars against the NC State Wolfpack. It was the final contest of the 1974 NCAA Division I football season for both teams. The game ended in a 31–31 tie. Teams The game matched the Houston Cougars against the NC State Wolfpack of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The game was the first bowl game featuring the Cougars and the Wolfpack, and was their third overall meeting. The two teams had met twice before, with each team winning one against the other, and the teams' previous meeting was in 1969, when the Cougars defeated the Wolfpack 34–13.North Carolina State vs Houston, 1967-1974 http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1967&end=1974&team1=NorthCarolinaState&team2=Houston Stassen.com 29 January 2014 NC State Wolfpack 1974 NC State Wolfpack football team The NC State Wolfpack of the ACC entered the game ranked 13 in the AP Poll. During the regular season, they had compiled a 9 2 record, including a 4 2 record against conference opponents; they placed second in their conference standings. The game represented the Wolfpack's first appearance in the Bluebonnet Bowl. Houston Cougars 1974 Houston Cougars football team The conference-independent Cougars entered the game unranked in the AP Poll. Their regular-season record was 8 3. The game represented the Cougars' fourth appearance in the Bluebonnet Bowl; their previous appearance was in the 1973 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, in which they defeated the Tulane Green Wave 47–7. Game summary Scoring summary NCSU HOU 1 NCSU FG 37 John Huff 3 0 2 HOU FG 21 Lennard Coplin 3 3 2 NCSU RushTD Roland Hooks 11 good Huff 10 3 3 HOU RushTD John Housman 1 good Coplin 10 10 3 NCSU RecTD Stan Fritts Dave Buckey 7 good Huff 17 10 4 HOU RushTD Marshall Johnson 10 good Coplin 17 17 4 HOU RecTD Eddie Foster Bubba McGallion 73 good Coplin 17 24 4 HOU RushTD Housman 5 good Coplin 17 31 4 NCSU RushTD Tommy London 9 pass failed 23 31 4 NCSU RushTD Dave Buckey 1 run good 31 31 31 31 Source: 1974 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl Recap http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020712aaf.html https://archive.today/20150129094342/http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/020712aaf.html dead 29 January 2015 NC State Wolfpack 29 January 2015 23 December 1974 Statistics Statistics NCSU HOU First downs 20 25 Plays–yards 71–354 83–524 Rushes–yards 41–154 69–345 Passing yards 200 179 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 18–30–2 8–14–2 References Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl Category:Bluebonnet Bowl Category:NC State Wolfpack football bowl games Category:Houston Cougars football bowl games Astro-Bluebonnet Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl