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2014 Houston Cougars football team

2014 Houston Cougars football
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Armed Forces Bowl champion
Armed Forces Bowl, W 35–34 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference American Athletic Conference
2014 record 8–5 (5–3 The American)
Head coach Tony Levine (regular season)
David Gibbs (bowl)
Offensive coordinator Travis Bush
Defensive coordinator David Gibbs
Home stadium TDECU Stadium
(Capacity: 40,000)
Seasons
« 2013 2015 »
2014 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#25 Memphis +   7 1         10 3  
Cincinnati +   7 1         9 4  
UCF +   7 1         9 4  
East Carolina   5 3         8 5  
Houston   5 3         8 5  
Temple   4 4         6 6  
South Florida   3 5         4 8  
Tulane   2 6         3 9  
Tulsa   2 6         2 10  
Connecticut   1 7         2 10  
SMU   1 7         1 11  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
UTSA at Houston
1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 7 7 10 3 27
Cougars 0 0 0 7 7
  • Date: August 29
  • Location: TDECU Stadium
    Houston, TX
  • Game start: 8:00 p.m. CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:20
  • Game attendance: 40,755
  • Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C), Cloudy w/ 86% humidity, winds SE at 18 mph
  • Referee: Rodney Burnette
  • TV announcers (ESPNU): Mike Couzens and Charles Arbuckle
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Grambling State at Houston
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 0 0 0 0
Cougars 10 24 6 7 47
  • Date: September 6
  • Location: TDECU Stadium
    Houston, TX
  • Game start: 7:05 p.m. CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:07
  • Game attendance: 30,081
  • Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C), Partly cloudy w/ 76% humidity, winds SSE at 6 mph
  • Referee: Tracy Jones
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Brett Dolan and Pat Hill
Sources:
Houston at BYU
1 2 3 4 Total
UH Cougars 0 15 0 10 25
#25 BYU Cougars 16 7 3 7 33
Sources:

The 2014 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 67th year of season play for Houston. The season was the second for the Cougars as a member of the American Athletic Conference and their first playing in their new stadium, TDECU Stadium in Houston. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in AAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they defeated Pittsburgh.

On December 8, head coach Tony Levine was fired. He finished with a record of 21–17 three seasons. Defensive coordinator David Gibbs led the Cougars in the Armed Forces Bowl.


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