2006 Houston Cougars football team

2006 Houston Cougars football

Conference USA Champions Conference USA West Division Champions
C-USA Championship, W 34-20 vs. Southern Miss
Liberty Bowl, L 36–44 vs. South Carolina
Conference	Conference USA West
2006 record	10–4 (8–1 C-USA)
Head coach	Art Briles
Offensive coordinator	Randy Clements and Philip Montgomery
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Alan Weddell
Home stadium	Robertson Stadium (Capacity: 32,000)

2006 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Southern Miss x		6	–	2		9	–	5
East Carolina		5	–	3		7	–	6
Marshall		4	–	4		5	–	7
UCF		3	–	5		4	–	8
UAB		2	–	6		3	–	9
Memphis		1	–	7		2	–	10
West Division
Houston x$		7	–	1		10	–	4
Rice		6	–	2		7	–	6
Tulsa		5	–	3		8	–	5
SMU		4	–	4		6	–	6
UTEP		3	–	5		5	–	7
Tulane		2	–	6		4	–	8
Championship: Houston 34, Southern Miss 20
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 61st year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by fourth year head football coach, Art Briles. The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston. After regular season play where Houston won the C-USA West division, the Cougars defeated the Southern Miss Golden Eagles in the Conference USA Football Championship to become conference champions for the first time since 1996.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	8:00 PM	at Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX (Bayou Bucket Classic)	CSTV	W 31–30	23,352
September 9	6:00 PM	Tulane	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX		W 45–7	16,506
September 16	6:00 PM	Grambling State*	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX		W 42–22	27,302
September 23	8:00 PM	Oklahoma State*	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX	CSTV	W 34–25	28,260
September 30	5:00 PM	at Miami*	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL	ESPN2	L 13–14	36,107
October 7	6:00 PM	Louisiana–Lafayette*	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX		L 28–31	17,543
October 14	6:00 PM	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS		L 27–31	32,317
October 21	6:00 PM	UTEP	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX		W 34–17	18,154
October 28	2:30 PM	UCF	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX	CSTV	W 51–31	13,242
November 4	2:30 PM	Tulsa	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX	CSTV	W 27–10	22,452
November 11	2:00 PM	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX (Rivalry)		W 37–27	20,350
November 18	1:00 PM	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN		W 23–20 ^OT	20,344
December 1	7:00 PM	Southern Miss	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX (C-USA Championship)	ESPN	W 34–20	31,818
December 29	3:30 PM	vs. South Carolina*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	ESPN	L 36–44	56,103
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. All times are in Central Time.

Game summaries

Rice

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Houston	14	0	3	14	31
Rice	0	27	3	0	30

Date: September 2
Location: Rice Stadium, Houston, Texas
Game start: 9:00 p.m. EST

Scoring summary

Q1	12:20	HOU	Jeron Harvey 6 yard pass from Kevin Kolb (T.J. Lawrence kick)	HOU 7–0

Q1	2:25	HOU	Jackie Battle 7 yard run (T.J. Lawrence kick)	HOU 14–0

Q2	14:47	RICE	Jarrett Dillard 13 yard pass from Chase Clement (Luke Juist kick)	HOU 14–7

Q2	10:42	RICE	Quinton Smith 80 yard pass from Chase Clement (Luke Juist kick)	Tie 14–14

Q2	6:40	RICE	Quinton Smith 7 yard run (Luke Juist kick)	RICE 21–14

Q2	:21	RICE	Quinton Smith 1 yard run (kick blocked)	RICE 27–14

Q3	6:19	RICE	Luke Juist 44 yard field goal	RICE 30–14

Q3	2:04	HOU	T.J. Lawrence 20 yard field goal	RICE 30–17

Q4	13:41	HOU	Vincent Marshall 8 yard pass from Kevin Kolb (T.J. Lawrence kick)	RICE 30–24

Q4	10:28	HOU	Anthony Alridge 8 yard pass from Kevin Kolb (T.J. Lawrence kick)	HOU 31–30

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References

↑ "2009 Houston Cougars Media Guide: All-Time Series Game-By-Game" (PDF). Retrieved October 20, 2009.
↑ "Houston 2006 Schedule/Results". ESPN. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
↑ ESPN

Houston Cougars football

Venues	Robertson Stadium (1946–1950, 1998–2012) Astrodome (1965–1997) Rice Stadium (1951–1964) Reliant Stadium (2013) BBVA Compass Stadium (2013) TDECU Stadium (2014–present)

Bowls and rivalries	Bowl games Rice: Bayou Bucket Classic SMU Tulsa

Culture & lore	Shasta "Cougar Fight Song" Spirit of Houston Frontiersmen The Comeback Victory

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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