The 1998 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 53rd year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by Kim Helton. The team played all its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on campus in Houston, for the first time since 1950.
| 1998 Houston Cougars football | |
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| Conference | Conference USA |
| Record | 3–8 (2–4 C-USA) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Dan Lounsbury (2nd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Multiple |
| Defensive coordinator | Gary Bartel (2nd season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
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| Home stadium | Robertson Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Tulane $ | 6 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 5 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 3 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 5 | 2:30 pm | at California* | L 10–14 | 33,000 | |||
| September 12 | 7:30 pm | Minnesota* | MSC | L 7–14 | 17,540 | ||
| September 19 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 UCLA* |
| FX | L 24–42 | 19,540 | |
| September 26 | 7:00 pm | at No. 4 Tennessee* | PPV | L 7–42 | 106,417 | [1] | |
| October 3 | 7:00 pm | Memphis |
| W 35–14 | 13,140 | ||
| October 10 | Army |
| L 28–38 | 18,480 | |||
| October 24 | at North Texas* | W 31–9 | 13,899 | ||||
| October 31 | 2:30 pm | at East Carolina | FSN | W 34–31 | 26,821 | [2] | |
| November 7 | Southern Miss |
| L 15–21 | 16,260 | [3] | ||
| November 14 | at Cincinnati | L 43–44 | 16,886 | ||||
| November 21 | 2:30 pm | at No. 12 Tulane | FSN | L 20–48 | 26,978 | ||
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References
edit- ↑ "Vols answer questions with win over Houston". The Commercial Appeal. September 27, 1998. Retrieved October 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Houston keeps ECU sliding". The Charlotte Observer. November 1, 1998. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Roberts passes USM to 21–15 victory". Enterprise-Journal. November 8, 1998. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "1998 Houston Cougars Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
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