Houston Cougars football
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| First season | 1946 | ||
| Athletic director | Hunter Yurachek | ||
| Head coach |
Major Applewhite 1st year, 0–1 (.000) |
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| Stadium | TDECU Stadium | ||
| Year built | 2014 | ||
| Seating capacity | 40,000 | ||
| Field surface | Artificial | ||
| Location | Houston, Texas | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | The American | ||
| Division | West | ||
| Past conferences |
C-USA (1996–2012) Southwest (1976–1995) I-A Independent (1960–1975) Missouri Valley (1951–1959) Gulf Coast (1949–1950) Lone Star (1946–1948) |
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| All-time record | 426–356–15 (.544) | ||
| Bowl record | 11–13–1 (.460) | ||
| Conference titles |
Missouri Valley: 4 Southwest: 4 Conference USA: 2 American: 1 |
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| Heisman winners | 1 | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 7 | ||
| Colors | Scarlet and Albino |
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| Fight song | Cougar Fight Song | ||
| Mascot | Shasta | ||
| Marching band | Spirit of Houston | ||
| Rivals |
Rice Owls SMU Mustangs Historic: Texas Longhorns Texas A&M Aggies |
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| Website | UHCougars.com | ||
The Houston Cougars football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents the University of Houston. The team is commonly referred to as "Houston" or "UH" (spoken as "U of H"). The UH football program is a member of the American Athletic Conference West Division. Since the 2014 season, the Cougars have played their home games on campus at TDECU Stadium, which was built on the site formerly occupied by Robertson Stadium, where they played home games from 1941 to 1950 and from 1997 to 2012. Over the history of the program, the Cougars have won eleven conference championships and have had several players elected to the College Football Hall of Fame, including a Heisman Trophy winner.
In 1941, Johnny Goyen, then sports editor for The Cougar, and Jack Valenti, president of the sophomore class, began a petition for an official intercollegiate football team at the university. The next year, the two called a student body meeting to organize another petition. This petition's purpose was to challenge Rice Institute (later known as Rice University) to a football game. The Rice Owls were an established program, having played since 1919 as a member of the Southwest Conference.
In August 1945, the University of Houston announced that the school would field a football team for the first time. Following the announcement, the Lone Star Conference, spearheaded by Theron J. Fouts of North Texas and Puny Wilson of Sam Houston State, extended an invitation for Houston to join on October 25, 1945.
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