On this day, January 20, 1968, the Houston Cougars upset the UCLA Bruins, ending UCLA's 47-game winning streak.

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• 1968 – The Houston Cougars upset the UCLA Bruins in what became known as the "Game of the Century", ending the Bruins' 47-game winning streak, and establishing college basketball as a sports commodity on American television.

Game of the Century (college basketball)


UCLA Bruins (13–0) 69; Houston Cougars (14–0) 71

Date: January 20, 1968
Venue: Astrodome, Houston, Texas
Attendance: 52,693
United States TV coverage
Network: TVS Television Network
Announcers: Dick Enberg and Bob Pettit

In men's college basketball, the Game of the Century was a historic National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) game between the Houston Cougars and the UCLA Bruins played on January 20, 1968, at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. It was the first NCAA regular season game broadcast nationwide in prime time. It established college basketball as a sports commodity on television and paved the way for the modern "March Madness" television coverage.

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Sun Jan 19, 2025: On this day, January 19, 1974, Notre Dame ended UCLA's 88-game winning streak.

Sat Jan 20, 2024: On this day, January 20, 1968, the Houston Cougars upset the UCLA Bruins, ending UCLA's 47-game winning streak.

[brush]

1. I believe it was an 88-game winning streak.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. That was the one in 1974. I got that one yesterday. And good afternoon. NT

[brush]

5. You're right. I was Notre Dame. I forgot about the 47-game streak ended by Houston an Elvin Hayes.

[chicoescuela]

4. wasn't the 88 game streak ended by Notre Dame when Bill Walton was playing for UCLA?

[chicoescuela]

2. I remember watching this game on the old black and white TV as a nine year old with my dad.

Being a west coast kid, I was rooting for UCLA. This was a huge TV event in 1968. The networks have oversaturated us with
"big" games today and nothing seems as special as this one was.

[Henry203]

6. I watched both games.

The Astrodome game was the first nationally syndicated game. The 88 game win streak was at Notre Dame with Adrian Dantley.