With the touchdown and seven points after, McMillan set a new school record with 13 points in the game. Lopasky scoresīill McMillan caught a three-yard pass for the 5th TD of the half and then kicked the PAT. Then, after forcing a Miami punt, Lupasky returned the kick 70 yards, and the Coogs were rolling.
After Lupasky scored to tie it up, Bobby Brezina scored on a short run and then again on a 44-yard pass. UH student watches the Tangerine Bowl – believed to be UH’s first-ever televised gameĪfter going down 7-0 to start the game, the Cougars ran off 35 straight points before halftime.
The Cougars’ first national broadcast would come in 1965 in the first game in the Astrodome. The game has added significance as it was UH’s first-ever televised game, available to regional audiences in the Southwest and Midwest. When asked if the game was an upset, Bill Yeoman exclaimed, “Heck, yes! We know Miami is a better ball club.” Miami was 8-1-1 coming into the game, and the UH rout was considered a significant upset. Sophomore Joe Lopasky scored 4 TDs (2 runs, a punt return, & a catch), and Bobby Brezina added two more.ĭespite Lopasky’s great day, UH QB Billy Roland was named the Tangerine Bowl MVP. On December 22, 1962, the Houston Cougars beat the Miami (OH) Redskins, 49-21, in the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando.
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