1999 Houston Cougars football | |
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Conference | Conference USA |
Record | 7–4 (3–3 C-USA) |
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Offensive coordinator | Les Koenning (1st season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Dick Bumpas (1st season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Bradley Dale Peveto (1st season) |
Home stadium | Robertson Stadium (Capacity: 32,000) |
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No. 14 Southern Miss $ | 6 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 4 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UAB | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 3 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | 1 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 1 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 0 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1999 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 54th year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by Kim Helton. The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 4 | 7:00 pm | Rice * | W 28–3 | 31,784 | |||
September 11 | 11:30 am | at No. 21 Alabama * | JPS | L 10–37 | 80,110 | [1] | |
September 18 | 7:00 pm | Louisiana–Lafayette * |
| W 45–0 | 15,686 | ||
September 25 | 6:00 pm | at UAB |
| L 10–29 | 28,573 | [2] | |
October 9 | 2:30 pm | Cincinnati |
| W 23–20 | 22,315 | ||
October 16 | 12:30 pm | at North Carolina * | W 20–12 | 38,000 | |||
October 23 | 1:00 pm | at Louisville | L 33–39 | 27,261 | |||
October 30 | 2:30 pm | No. 17 East Carolina |
| FSN | L 3–19 | 14,221 | [3] |
November 6 | 2:30 pm | Tulane |
| W 36–31 | 16,008 | ||
November 13 | 7:00 pm | at LSU * | W 20–7 | 76,671 | |||
November 20 | 12:00 pm | at Army | W 26–14 | 35,526 | |||
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Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
Mike Green | Running back | 7 | 213 | Tennessee Titans |
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