List of Houston Cougars football seasons
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 American Athletic Conference since 2013. Since the beginning of the 2019 season, the Cougars have been coached by Dana Holgorsen, the program's 15th 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 28 post-season bowl games with a record of 11–16–1.
Seasons
| Conference champions† | Division champions‡ | Bowl game berth^ | Shared standing T |
| Season | Head Coach[1] | Conference[2] | Season results[1][3][4] | Bowl games[5] | Final ranking[6] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final standings | Wins | Losses | Ties[A 1] | AP Poll | Coaches' Poll | ||||||
| Conference | Division[A 2] | ||||||||||
| Houston Cougars | |||||||||||
| 1946 | Jewell Wallace | Lone Star | 5th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | N/A | ||
| 1947 | Lone Star | 7th | 3 | 8 | 0 | — | — | N/A | |||
| 1948 | Clyde Lee | Lone Star | 4th | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | — | N/A | ||
| 1949 | Gulf Coast | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | N/A | |||
| 1950 | Independent | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1951 | Missouri Valley | T–2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | Won Salad Bowl against Dayton Flyers, 26–21^ | — | — | |||
| 1952 | Missouri Valley† | 1st | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | |||
| 1953 | Missouri Valley | T–3rd | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | |||
| 1954 | Missouri Valley | 2nd | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | |||
| 1955 | Bill Meek | Missouri Valley | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | ||
| 1956 | Missouri Valley† | 1st | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | |||
| 1957 | Harold Lahar | Missouri Valley† | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| 1958 | Missouri Valley | T–3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | |||
| 1959 | Missouri Valley† | T–1st | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | |||
| 1960 | Independent | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1961 | Independent | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1962 | Bill Yeoman | Independent | 7 | 4 | 0 | Won Tangerine Bowl against Miami Redskins, 49–21^ | — | — | |||
| 1963 | Independent | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1964 | Independent | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1965 | Independent | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1966 | Independent | 8 | 2 | 0 | Ineligible[8] | — | 17 | ||||
| 1967 | Independent | 7 | 3 | 0 | Ineligible[8] | — | 19 | ||||
| 1968 | Independent | 6 | 2 | 2 | Ineligible[8] | 18 | 20 | ||||
| 1969 | Independent | 9 | 2 | 0 | Won Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl against Auburn Tigers, 36–7^ | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 1970 | Independent | 8 | 3 | 0 | — | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 1971 | Independent | 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl to Colorado Buffaloes, 29–17^ | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 1972 | Independent | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1973 | Independent | 11 | 1 | 0 | Won Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl against Tulane Green Wave, 36–7^ | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 1974 | Independent | 8 | 3 | 1 | Tied Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl with NC State Wolfpack, 31–31^ | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 1975 | Independent | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1976 | Southwest† | T–1st | 10 | 2 | 0 | Won Cotton Bowl Classic against Maryland Terrapins, 30–21^ | 4 | 4 | |||
| 1977 | Southwest | T–4th | 6 | 5 | 0 | Ineligible[9] | — | — | |||
| 1978 | Southwest† | 1st | 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost Cotton Bowl Classic to Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 35–34^ | 10 | 11 | |||
| 1979 | Southwest† | T–1st | 11 | 1 | 0 | Won Cotton Bowl Classic against Nebraska Cornhuskers, 17–14^ | 5 | 5 | |||
| 1980 | Southwest | T–2nd | 7 | 5 | 0 | Won Garden State Bowl against Navy Midshipmen, 35–0^ | — | — | |||
| 1981 | Southwest | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost Sun Bowl to Oklahoma Sooners, 40–14^ | — | — | |||
| 1982 | Southwest | 4th | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | |||
| 1983 | Southwest | 4th | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | |||
| 1984 | Southwest† | T–1st | 7 | 5 | 0 | Lost Cotton Bowl Classic to Boston College Eagles, 45–28^ | — | — | |||
| 1985 | Southwest | 5th | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | |||
| 1986 | Southwest | 7th | 1 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | |||
| 1987 | Jack Pardee | Southwest | 7th | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| 1988 | Southwest | 2nd | 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost Aloha Bowl to Washington State Cougars, 24–22^ | 18 | — | |||
| 1989 | Southwest | Ineligible[10] | 9 | 2 | 0 | Ineligible[10] | 14 | 14 | |||
| 1990 | John Jenkins | Southwest | Ineligible[10] | 10 | 1 | 0 | Ineligible[10] | 10 | 12 | ||
| 1991 | Southwest | 7th | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | |||
| 1992 | Southwest | T–6th | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | |||
| 1993 | Kim Helton | Southwest | T–7th | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| 1994 | Southwest | 6th | 1 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | |||
| 1995 | Southwest | 6th | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | |||
| 1996 | C-USA† | T–1st | 7 | 5 | Lost Liberty Bowl to Syracuse Orange, 30–17^ | — | — | ||||
| 1997 | C-USA | T–4th | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1998 | C-USA | T–5th | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | C-USA | 6th | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | Dana Dimel | C-USA | T–7th | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | |||
| 2001 | C-USA | 10th | 0 | 11 | — | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | C-USA | 8th | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | Art Briles | C-USA | T–6th | 7 | 6 | Lost Hawai'i Bowl to Hawaii Warriors, 54–48^ | — | — | |||
| 2004 | C-USA | T–6th | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | C-USA | — | T–3rd | 6 | 6 | Lost Fort Worth Bowl to Kansas Jayhawks, 42–13^ | — | — | |||
| 2006 | C-USA†‡ | 1st | 1st | 10 | 4 | Lost Liberty Bowl to South Carolina Gamecocks, 44–36^ | — | — | |||
| 2007 | C-USA‡ | — | T–1st | 8 | 5 | Lost Texas Bowl to TCU Horned Frogs, 20–13^ | — | — | |||
| 2008 | Kevin Sumlin | C-USA | — | 3rd | 8 | 5 | Won Armed Forces Bowl against Air Force Falcons, 34–28^ | — | — | ||
| 2009 | C-USA‡ | — | T–1st | 10 | 4 | Lost Armed Forces Bowl to Air Force Falcons, 47–20^ | — | — | |||
| 2010 | C-USA | — | 3rd | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | |||
| 2011 | C-USA‡ | — | 1st | 13 | 1 | Won TicketCity Bowl against Penn State Nittany Lions, 30–14^ | 18 | 14 | |||
| 2012 | Tony Levine | C-USA | — | 3rd | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | ||
| 2013 | The American | 4th | 8 | 5 | Lost BBVA Compass Bowl to Vanderbilt Commodores, 41–24^ | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | The American | T–4th | 8 | 5 | Won Armed Forces Bowl against Pittsburgh Panthers, 35–34^ | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | Tom Herman | The American†‡ | 1st | T–1st | 13 | 1 | Won Peach Bowl against Florida State Seminoles, 38–24^ | 8 | 8 | ||
| 2016 | The American | — | T–3rd | 9 | 4 | Lost Las Vegas Bowl to San Diego State Aztecs, 34–10^ | — | — | |||
| 2017 | Major Applewhite | The American | — | 2nd | 7 | 5 | Lost Hawaii Bowl to Fresno State Bulldogs, 33–27^ | — | — | ||
| 2018 | The American | — | T–1st | 8 | 5 | Lost Armed Forces Bowl to Army Black Knights, 70–14^ | — | — | |||
| 2019 | Dana Holgorsen | The American | — | T-5th | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | ||
| 2020 | The American | 6th | — | 3 | 5 | Lost New Mexico Bowl to Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, 28–14^ | — | — | |||
| Total | 437 | 363 | 14 | (includes only regular season games) | |||||||
| 11 | 16 | 1 | (includes only bowl games; 28 appearances) | ||||||||
| 448 | 379 | 15 | (all games) | ||||||||
Notes
- Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[7]
- Since 2005, Conference USA has been divided into two divisions, East and West; division winners selected as representatives that advanced to the Conference USA Football Championship Game determined the conference champion.
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