2018 Houston Cougars football | |
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AAC West Division co-champion | |
Armed Forces Bowl, L 14–70 vs. Army | |
Conference | American Athletic Conference |
West Division | |
Record | 8–5 (5–3 American) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Kendal Briles (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Hurry-up, no-huddle spread |
Defensive coordinator | Mark D'Onofrio (2nd season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | TDECU Stadium |
Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 11 UCF x$ | 8 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 7 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 Cincinnati | 6 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UConn | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis xy | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston x | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane x | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: UCF 56, Memphis 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars played their home games at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas, and competed in the West Division of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Major Applewhite. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in AAC play to finish in a three-way tie for the West Division championship. After tiebreakers, they did not represent the West Division in the AAC Championship Game. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they lost to Army by a score of 14–70, in the process tying records for the most points given up (70) and the largest margin-of-loss (56) in NCAA bowl game history. [1]
On December 30, Houston fired Applewhite after 2 seasons. [2]
Listed in the order that they were released
Award | Player | Position | Year |
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Lott Trophy [3] | Ed Oliver | DT | JR |
Rimington Trophy [4] | Will Noble | C | SR |
Chuck Bednarik Award [5] | Ed Oliver | DT | JR |
Maxwell Award [6] | Ed Oliver | DT | JR |
Bronko Nagurski Trophy [7] | Ed Oliver | DT | JR |
Outland Trophy [8] | Will Noble | C | SR |
Ed Oliver | DT | JR | |
Ray Guy Award [9] | Dane Roy | P | JR |
Wuerffel Trophy [10] | Mulbah Car | RB | JR |
Walter Camp Award [11] | Ed Oliver | DT | JR |
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award [12] | D'Eriq King | QB | JR |
The AAC media poll was released on July 24, 2018, with the Cougars predicted to finish in second place in the AAC West Division. [13]
Media poll (West) | ||
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Memphis | 171 (23) |
2 | Houston | 146 (4) |
3 | Navy | 129 (3) |
4 | SMU | 72 |
5 | Tulane | 68 |
6 | Tulsa | 44 |
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 11:00 a.m. | at Rice * | CBSSN Ben Holden, Jay Feely, Tina Cervasio | W 45–27 | 26,390 | |
September 8 | 11:00 a.m. | Arizona * |
| ABC/ESPN2 Steve Levy, Todd McShay, Paul Carcaterra | W 45–18 | 32,534 |
September 15 | 3:00 p.m. | at Texas Tech * | Fox Business Network/FOX Joe Davis, Brady Quinn, Bruce Feldman | L 49–63 | 53,484 | |
September 22 | 7:00 p.m. | Texas Southern * |
| ESPN3 Joel Meyers, Forrest Conoly | W 70–14 | 29,970 |
October 4 | 7:00 p.m. | Tulsa |
| ESPN Dave Flemming, Greg McElroy, Laura Rutledge | W 41–26 | 29,823 |
October 13 | 6:00 p.m. | at East Carolina | CBSSN Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous | W 42–20 | 29,851 | |
October 20 | 2:30 p.m. | at Navy | CBSSN John Sadak, Randy Cross, Sheehan Stanwick Burch | W 49–36 | 33,924 | |
October 27 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 21 South Florida |
| ABC/ESPN2 Mark Neely, John Congemi, Alex Chappell | W 57–36 | 31,631 |
November 3 | 6:00 p.m. | at SMU | ESPNU/ESPNews Mike Couzens, Kirk Morrison, Alyssa Lang | L 31–45 | 23,654 | |
November 10 | 6:00 p.m. | Temple ![]() |
| CBSSN Dave Ryan, Randy Cross | L 49–59 | 30,862 |
November 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Tulane |
| ESPN Dave Flemming, Jordan Rodgers, Laura Rutledge | W 48–17 | 24,209 |
November 23 | 11:00 a.m. | at Memphis | ABC Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman | L 31–52 | 27,790 | |
December 22 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Army * | ESPN Chris Cotter, Emmanuel Acho, Jim Mora, Quint Kessenich | L 14–70 | 44,738 | |
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Offense
| Defense
| Special teams
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Roster |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cougars | 3 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
Owls | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
Cougars | 21 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cougars | 21 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 49 |
Red Raiders | 14 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 63 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Tigers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Cougars | 14 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 70 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Golden Hurricane | 13 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
Cougars | 7 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 41 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cougars | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
Pirates | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cougars | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 49 |
Midshipmen | 10 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 36 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 21 Bulls | 0 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 36 |
Cougars | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 57 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 17 Cougars | 0 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 31 |
Mustangs | 10 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Owls | 14 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 59 |
Cougars | 7 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 49 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Green Wave | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 17 |
Cougars | 14 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 48 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cougars | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
Tigers | 3 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 52 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cougars | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
No. 22 Black Knights | 14 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 70 |
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
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1 | 9 | Ed Oliver | DT | Buffalo Bills |
4 | 129 | Isaiah Johnson | CB | Oakland Raiders |
6 | 200 | Emeke Egbule | LB | Los Angeles Chargers |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
AP | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 17 | RV | — | RV | — | — |
Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 17 | RV | — | — | — | |
CFP | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |