1951 Houston Cougars football team
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1138:"Feeble Titans Swamped By Houston Speed Demons, 33 to 7"
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1203:Brown, Jimmy (November 11, 1951).
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1173:. p. 1, section 2
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932:2,500–3,000
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1882:Categories
1383:Texas Tech
1368:Bowl games
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91:Captain
1440:People
1404:Shasta
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1314:Venues
1049:17,000
1015:Dayton
965:12,500
818:15,000
782:15,000
739:14,651
699:13,521
632:Baylor
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1388:Tulsa
1093:(PDF)
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1001:20–14
929:28–35
891:6,000
888:14–19
851:27–33
815:35–27
779:27–46
751:Tulsa
288:Drake
246:Tulsa
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1862:2023
1857:2022
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1487:1948
1482:1947
1477:1946
1373:Rice
1260:2021
1223:2023
1179:2023
1101:2020
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696:33–7
658:0–19
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167:Conf
121:1952
116:1950
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