1998 Houston Cougars football team

1998 Houston Cougars football
ConferenceConference USA
Record3–8 (2–4 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDan Lounsbury (2nd as DC, 4th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorGary Bartel (2nd as DC, 4th overall season)
Home stadiumRobertson Stadium
(Capacity: 32,000)
Seasons
← 1997
1999 →
1998 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 7 Tulane $   6 – 0     12 – 0  
Southern Miss   5 – 1     7 – 5  
Louisville   4 – 2     7 – 5  
East Carolina   3 – 3     6 – 5  
Army   2 – 4     3 – 8  
Houston   2 – 4     3 – 8  
Memphis   1 – 5     2 – 9  
Cincinnati   1 – 5     2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 53rd year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by Kim Helton. The team played all its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston, for the first time since 1950.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 52:30 pmat California*
L 10–1433,000
September 127:30 pmMinnesota*
MSCL 7–1417,540
September 192:30 pmNo. 4 UCLA*
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
FXL 24–4219,540
September 267:00 pmat No. 4 Tennessee*
PPVL 7–42106,417[1]
October 37:00 pmMemphis
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 35–1413,140
October 10Army
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 28–3818,480
October 24at North Texas*
W 31–913,899
October 312:30 pmat East Carolina
FSNW 34–3126,821[2]
November 7Southern Miss
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 15–2116,260[3]
November 14at Cincinnati
L 43–4416,886
November 212:30 pmat No. 12 Tulane
FSNL 20–4826,978
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

  1. ^ "Vols answer questions with win over Houston". The Commercial Appeal. September 27, 1998. Retrieved October 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Houston keeps ECU sliding". The Charlotte Observer. November 1, 1998. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Roberts passes USM to 21–15 victory". Enterprise-Journal. November 8, 1998. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "1998 Houston Cougars Schedule and Results".


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