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On January 20, 1968, the University of Houston Cougars upset the
UCLA Bruins, ending a 47-game winning streak. Billed as the "Game
of the Century," the defeat of the UCLA hoopsters was witnessed by
52,693 fans and a national television audience-the first-ever
regular-season game broadcast nationally. But the game would never
have happened if Houston coach Guy Lewis had not recruited two
young black men from Louisiana in 1964: Don Chaney and Elvin Hayes.
Despite facing hostility both at home and on the road, Chaney and
Hayes led the Cougars basketball team to 32 straight victories.
Similarly in Cougar football, coach Bill Yeoman recruited Warren
McVea in 1964, and by 1967 McVea had helped the Houston gridiron
program lead the nation in total offense. Houston Cougars in the
1960s features the first-person accounts of the players, the
coaches, and others involved in the integration of collegiate
athletics in Houston, telling the gripping story of the visionary
coaches, the courageous athletes, and the committed supporters who
blazed a trail not only for athletic success but also for racial
equality in 1960s Houston.
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