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Houston Football Team History


Houston Cougars
University of Houston
 Houston, TX
Founded: 1927
Stadium: Robertson Stadium
Capacity: 33,000
Colors: Red, Black & White
Coach:
Conference: Conference USA-West

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls

Houston News
Team Timeline
First Team: 1946  
 
Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
  1952, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1976, 1978, 1979
1984, 2006
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 371-319-15
 Winning Pct. 53.8%
 National Championships 0
 Conference USA Conference Titles 1
 Other Conference Titles 8
 Conference Record 18-6-0
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 213-123-7
 Away Record 149-183-7
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 67
 Winning Seasons (#1) 41
 Losing Seasons (#1)22
 Most Wins in A Season 13 (2011)
 Most Loses in A Season 11 (2001)
 10 Win Seasons 7
 Most Points Scored in a Game 95 (10/21/1989)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 690 (2011)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 66 (10/4/1997)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 468 (2003)
 Largest Margin of Victory 74 (11/16/1968)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 56 (10/4/1997)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 117 (10/25/2003)
 Last Shutout 9/24/2011
 Last Time Shutout 9/23/2000
 Shutouts All-Time 34
 Been Shutout All-Time 30
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 12 (9/3/2011-11/25/2011)
 Longest Losing  15 (10/28/2000-12/1/2001)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 9-11-1
 Rose 0-0-0
 Cotton 2-2-0
 Orange 0-0-0
 Fiesta 0-0-0
 Sugar 0-0-0
 
By the Decade
 2000-09  78-72
 1990-99 42-68-1
 1980-89 57-54-3
 1970-79 80-33-2
 1960-69 55-41-5
 1950-59 53-43-3
 1940-49 6-8-1
 1930-39 -
 1920-29 -
Next Game
 9/1/2012 (Sat)  
 Tex State San Marcos in a Non-Conference Game
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Last Meeting: Houston and Tex State San Marcos have never met in a game.
 
     
 
2012 Season
 Sat., Sep. 1  vs. Tex State San Marcos
 Sat., Sep. 8  vs. Louisiana Tech
 Sat., Sep. 15  @ UCLA
 Sat., Sep. 29  @ Rice
 Sat., Oct. 6  vs. North Texas
 Sat., Oct. 13  vs. Alabama-Birmingham
 Thu., Oct. 18  @ Southern Methodist
 Sat., Oct. 27  vs. Texas-El Paso
 Sat., Nov. 3  @ East Carolina
 Sat., Nov. 10  vs. Tulsa
 Sat., Nov. 17  @ Marshall
 Sat., Nov. 24  vs. Tulane
 
2012 Season Totals
  Record0-0
  Scoring-
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-0
 
2012 Conference USA West Standings
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Houston & Rice have played 38 games.
Houston has won 27 games.
Rice has won 11 games.
with 0 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-8
 10 or more 78-64
 20 or more  77-43
 30 or more 66-18
 40 or more 39-8
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 8-1
 10 or more 70-71
 20 or more 44-69
 30 or more 19-60
 40 or more 6-34
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

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