The Houston Cougars college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Houston in the Big 12 Conference. Since the establishment of the team in 1946, Houston has appeared in 30 bowl games. The latest bowl occurred on December 23, 2022, when Houston defeated Louisiana in the 2022 Independence Bowl, which brought the Cougars' overall bowl record to thirteen wins, sixteen losses, and one tie (13–16–1).
Key
General
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Bowl game record attendance
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Former bowl game record attendance
Results
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Win
L
Loss
T
Tie
Bowl games
List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach[A 1]
^Results are sortable first by whether the result was a Houston win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
^Links to the season article for the Houston team that competed in the bowl for that year.
^Links to the season article for the opponent that Houston competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.
^Chris Thurmond served as interim head coach for the 2007 Texas Bowl after Art Briles resigned his position to take the head coach position with the Baylor Bears.[3]
^David Gibbs served as interim head coach for the 2015 Armed Forces Bowl after Tony Levine was fired from his position as head coach.[4]
References
General
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
Specific
^"Houston gets first bowl win since 1980". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 31, 2008. Archived from the original on February 24, 2009. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
^"Thurmond named interim coach after Briles bolts for Baylor". ESPN.com. Associated Press. November 28, 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
^Cooper, Nakia (December 8, 2014). "Tony Levine relieved of UH head coaching duties; David Gibbs to serve as interim". KPRC-TV. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2015.