1999 Houston Cougars football
ConferenceConference USA
Record7–4 (3–3 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLes Koenning (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorDick Bumpas (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorBradley Dale Peveto (1st season)
Home stadiumRobertson Stadium
(Capacity: 32,000)
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 14 Southern Miss $   6 – 0     9 – 3  
East Carolina   4 – 2     9 – 3  
Louisville   4 – 2     7 – 5  
UAB   4 – 2     5 – 6  
Memphis   4 – 2     5 – 6  
Houston   3 – 3     7 – 4  
Army   1 – 5     3 – 8  
Tulane   1 – 5     3 – 8  
Cincinnati   0 – 6     3 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 54th year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by Kim Helton. The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 47:00 pmRice*
W 28–331,784
September 1111:30 amat No. 21 Alabama*
JPSL 10–3780,110[1]
September 187:00 pmLouisiana–Lafayette*
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 45–015,686
September 256:00 pmat UAB
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
L 10–2928,573[2]
October 92:30 pmCincinnatidagger
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 23–2022,315
October 1612:30 pmat North Carolina*
W 20–1238,000
October 231:00 pmat Louisville
L 33–3927,261
October 302:30 pmNo. 17 East Carolina
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
FSNL 3–1914,221[3]
November 62:30 pmTulane
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 36–3116,008
November 137:00 pmat LSU*
W 20–776,671
November 2012:00 pmat Army
W 26–1435,526
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster

1999 Houston Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 1 Joffrey Reynolds  Fr
RB 2 Mike Green Sr
QB 11 Bubba Teague Fr
QB 13 Brian Thiebaud  Jr
WR 14 Damien Montgomery Jr
QB 15 Tyson Helton Sr
QB 16 Jason McKinley  Jr
OT 71 Josh Lovelady  Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
S 19 Micah Malone Sr
DB 20 Alvin Lee Jr
CB 35 William Fields Sr
S 46 David Williams  Jr
DT 90 Adriano Belli Sr
DL 91 Nikia Adderston Jr
DT 92 Mike Knepper Sr
LB 93 Jason Hoelscher  Jr
DT 94 Kevin Payne So
DE 95 Grover Thompson Jr
DT 96 Robin Tremblay  So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2000-09-02

Team players in the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Mike Green Running back 7 213 Tennessee Titans

References

  1. ^ Gayle, Tim (September 12, 1999). "Secret weapon, UA's Jones takes over on offense". The Montgomery Advertiser. p. C1. Retrieved August 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "UAB drops Houston for C-USA win". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 26, 1999. Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "East Carolina turns back Houston 19–3 in game of blocked kicks". The Courier-Journal. October 31, 1999. Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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