List of Houston Cougars football seasons

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The Houston Cougars football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents the University of Houston. The team is commonly referred to as "Houston" or "UH" (spoken as "U of H"). Houston has been a member of the Big 12 Conference since 2023. Since the beginning of the 2024 season, the Cougars have been coached by Willie Fritz, the program's 16th head coach. The team played its first season in 1946 and has since won or tied for 11 conference championships and six division championships. The Cougars have played in 30 post-season bowl games with a record of 13–16–1. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Seasons

YearCoachOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs Coaches#AP°
Jewell Wallace (Lone Star Conference)(1946–1947)
1946 Houston 4–61–45th
1947 Houston 3–80–67th
Clyde Lee (Lone Star Conference)(1948)
1948 Houston 5–63–34th
Clyde Lee(Gulf Coast Conference)(1949)
1949 Houston 5–4–11–23rd
Clyde Lee(Independent)(1950)
1950 Houston 4–6
Clyde Lee(Missouri Valley Conference)(1951–1954)
1951 Houston 6–52–24thW Salad
1952 Houston 8–23–01st19
1953 Houston 4–4–11–2T–3rd
1954 Houston 5–53–12nd
Bill Meek (Missouri Valley Conference)(1955–1956)
1955 Houston 6–42–23rd
1956 Houston 7–2–14–01st
Hal Lahar (Missouri Valley Conference)(1957–1959)
1957 Houston 5–4–13–01st
1958 Houston 5–42–2T–2nd
1959 Houston 3–73–1T–1st
Hal Lahar(Independent)(1960–1961)
1960 Houston 6–4
1961 Houston 5–4–1
Bill Yeoman (Independent)(1962–1975)
1962 Houston 7–4W Tangerine
1963 Houston 2–8
1964 Houston 2–6–1
1965 Houston 4–5–1
1966 Houston 8–217
1967 Houston 7–3Ineligible [n 1] 19
1968 Houston 6–2–2Ineligible [n 2] 2018
1969 Houston 9–2W Astro-Bluebonnet 1612
1970 Houston 8–31319
1971 Houston 9–3L Astro-Bluebonnet 1417
1972 Houston 6–4–1
1973 Houston 11–1W Astro-Bluebonnet 139
1974 Houston 8–3–1T Astro-Bluebonnet 1119
1975 Houston 2–8
Bill Yeoman(Southwest Conference)(1976–1986)
1976 Houston 10–27–1T–1stW Cotton 44
1977 Houston 6–54–4T–4thIneligible [n 3]
1978 Houston 9–37–11stL Cotton 1110
1979 Houston 11–17–1T–1stW Cotton 55
1980 Houston 7–55–3T–2ndW Garden State
1981 Houston 7–4–15–2–13rdL Sun
1982 Houston 5–5–14–3–14th
1983 Houston 4–73–57th
1984 Houston 7–56–2T–1stL Cotton
1985 Houston 4–73–56th
1986 Houston 1–100–89th
Jack Pardee (Southwest Conference)(1987–1989)
1987 Houston 4–6–12–4–17th
1988 Houston 9–35–22ndL Aloha 18
1989 Houston 9–25–22ndIneligible [n 4] [n 4] 14
John Jenkins (Southwest Conference)(1990–1992)
1990 Houston 10–17–12ndIneligible [n 5] [n 5] 10
1991 Houston 4–73–57th
1992 Houston 4–72–57th
Kim Helton (Southwest Conference)(1993–1995)
1993 Houston 1–9–11–5–1T–7th
1994 Houston 1–101–66th
1995 Houston 2–92–55th
Kim Helton(Conference USA)(1996–1999)
1996 Houston 7–54–1T–1stL Liberty
1997 Houston 3–82–4T–4th
1998 Houston 3–82–4T–5th
1999 Houston 7–43–36th
Dana Dimel (Conference USA)(2000–2002)
2000 Houston 3–82–5T–7th
2001 Houston 0–110–710th
2002 Houston 5–73–58th
Art Briles (Conference USA)(2003–2007)
2003 Houston 7–64–4T–6thL Hawai'i
2004 Houston 3–83–5T–5th
2005 Houston 6–64–4T–3rd (West)L Fort Worth
2006 Houston 10–47–11st (West)L Liberty
2007 Houston [n 6] 8–5 [n 6] 6–2T–1st (West)L Texas
Kevin Sumlin (Conference USA)(2008–2011)
2008 Houston 8–56–23rd (West)W Armed Forces
2009 Houston 10–46–2T–1st (West)L Armed Forces
2010 Houston 5–74–43rd (West)
2011 Houston [n 7] 13–1 [n 7] 8–01st (West)W TicketCity 1418
Tony Levine (Conference USA)(2012)
2012 Houston 5–74–4T–3rd (West)
Tony Levine(American Athletic Conference)(2013–2014)
2013 Houston 8–55–34thL BBVA Compass
2014 Houston [n 8] 8–5 [n 8] 5–3T–4thW Armed Forces
Tom Herman (American Athletic Conference)(2015–2016)
2015 Houston 13–17–1T–1st (West)W Peach †88
2016 Houston [n 9] 9–4 [n 9] 5–3T–3rd (West)L Las Vegas
Major Applewhite (American Athletic Conference)(2017–2018)
2017 Houston 7–55–32nd (West)L Hawai'i
2018 Houston 8–55–3T–1st (West)L Armed Forces
Dana Holgorsen (American Athletic Conference)(2019–2022)
2019 Houston 4–82–6T–5th (West)
2020 Houston 3–53–36thL New Mexico
2021 Houston 12–28–0T–1stW Birmingham 1717
2022 Houston 8–55–3T–4thW Independence
Dana Holgorsen(Big 12 Conference)(2023)
2023 Houston 4–82–7
Willie Fritz (Big 12 Conference)(2024–present)
2024 Houston 0–00–0
Total:472–394–15
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

Notes

  1. ↑ At this time, Houston was on probation from the NCAA, and therefore was not eligible to compete in any post-season bowl games.
  2. ↑ At this time, Houston was on probation from the NCAA, and therefore was not eligible to compete in any post-season bowl games.
  3. ↑ Houston was put on probation during this season for recruiting violations and was unable to compete in any bowl games.
  4. 1 2 Under probation by the NCAA from rules violated in prior seasons, Houston was disallowed from participating in a bowl game, television appearances, and the Coaches Poll.
  5. 1 2 Due to NCAA sanctions, Houston was ineligible to be invited to a bowl game and was banned from being ranked in the Coaches Poll.
  6. 1 2 After Briles resigned to accept the head coaching job at Baylor, Chris Thurmond served as interim head coach for the 2007 Texas Bowl.
  7. 1 2 Sumlin left for Texas A&M University following the regular season. Tony Levine served as interim head coach for the Cougars in the TicketCity Bowl.
  8. 1 2 David Gibbs coached the 2015 Armed Forces Bowl after Levine was fired.
  9. 1 2 Herman left for Texas after the regular season; new head coach Major Applewhite coached the Cougars against San Diego State in the Las Vegas Bowl.

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