1997 Houston Cougars football
ConferenceConference USA
Record3–8 (2–4 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDan Lounsbury (1st as DC, 3rd overall season)
Defensive coordinatorGary Bartel (1st as DC, 3rd overall season)
Home stadiumHouston Astrodome
(Capacity: 59,969)
Robertson Stadium
(Capacity: 22,500)
Seasons
← 1996
1998 →
1997 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 19 Southern Miss $   6 – 0     9 – 3  
Tulane   5 – 1     7 – 4  
East Carolina   4 – 2     5 – 6  
Cincinnati   2 – 4     8 – 4  
Memphis   2 – 4     4 – 7  
Houston   2 – 4     3 – 8  
Louisville   0 – 6     1 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 52nd year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by Kim Helton. The team split its home games between the Houston Astrodome and Robertson Stadium for the last season before moving its games exclusively to Robertson Stadium, the 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3011:30 amat No. 16 Alabama*
JPSL 17–4281,591
September 62:30 pmCalifornia*
FSNL 3–3537,652
September 132:00 pmPittsburgh*
FSNL 24–3517,611
September 276:00 pmat Minnesota*
W 45–4336,447
October 45:30 pmat No. 22 UCLA*
FSWL 10–6638,004
October 18Cincinnati
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston
FSNW 41–38 2OT14,457
October 252:00 pmat Louisville
W 36–2221,432
November 1at Memphis
L 3–2420,181
November 82:30 pmEast Carolina
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston
L 27–2817,051
November 15at Southern Miss
FSNL 0–3320,091
November 22Tulane
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston
FSNL 10–4411,618
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "1997 Houston Cougars Schedule and Results".


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