List of Houston Cougars bowl games

Houston defeated Air Force in the 2008 Armed Forces Bowl, to end their eight bowl game losing streak.^[1]

The Houston Cougars college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Houston in the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Since the establishment of the team in 1946, Houston has appeared in 24 bowl games. The latest bowl occurred on December 31, 2015, when Houston defeated Florida State in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, which brought the Cougars' overall bowl record to eleven wins, twelve losses, and one tie (11–12–1).

Key

General Bowl game record attendance Former bowl game record attendance

Results W Win L Loss T Tie

Bowl games

List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach^{[A 1]}

#	Bowl	Score[A 2]	Date	Season[A 3]	Opponent[A 4]	Stadium	Location	Attendance[2]	Head coach
1	Salad Bowl	W 26–21	January 1, 1952	1951	Dayton Flyers	Montgomery Stadium	Phoenix	17,000	Lee, ClydeClyde Lee
2	Tangerine Bowl	W 49–21	December 22, 1962	1962	Miami Redskins	Tangerine Bowl	Orlando	7,500	Yeoman, BillBill Yeoman
3	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	W 37–7	December 31, 1969	1969	Auburn Tigers	Astrodome	Houston	55,203	Yeoman, BillBill Yeoman
4	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	L 29–17	December 31, 1971	1971	Colorado Buffaloes	Astrodome	Houston	54,720	Yeoman, BillBill Yeoman
5	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	W 47–7	December 29, 1973	1973	Tulane Green Wave	Astrodome	Houston	44,358	Yeoman, BillBill Yeoman
6	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	T 31–31	December 23, 1974	1974	NC State Wolfpack	Astrodome	Houston	35,122	Yeoman, BillBill Yeoman
7	Cotton Bowl Classic	W 30–21	January 1, 1977	1976	Maryland Terrapins	Cotton Bowl	Dallas	54,500	Yeoman, BillBill Yeoman
8	Cotton Bowl Classic	L 35–34	January 1, 1979	1978	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Cotton Bowl	Dallas	76,601	Yeoman, BillBill Yeoman
9	Cotton Bowl Classic	W 17–14	January 1, 1980	1979	Nebraska Cornhuskers	Cotton Bowl	Dallas	72,032	Yeoman, BillBill Yeoman
10	Garden State Bowl	W 35–0	December 14, 1980	1980	Navy Midshipmen	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford	41,417	Yeoman, BillBill Yeoman
11	Sun Bowl	L 40–14	December 26, 1981	1981	Oklahoma Sooners	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso	33,816	Yeoman, BillBill Yeoman
12	Cotton Bowl Classic	L 45–28	January 1, 1985	1984	Boston College Eagles	Cotton Bowl	Dallas	56,522	Yeoman, BillBill Yeoman
13	Aloha Bowl	L 24–22	December 25, 1988	1988	Washington State Cougars	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu	35,132	Pardee, JackJack Pardee
14	Liberty Bowl	L 30–17	December 27, 1996	1996	Syracuse Orangemen	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Memphis	49,163	Helton, KimKim Helton
15	Hawaiʻi Bowl	L 54–48	December 25, 2003	2003	Hawaii Warriors	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu	29,005	Briles, ArtArt Briles
16	Fort Worth Bowl	L 42–13	December 23, 2005	2005	Kansas Jayhawks	Amon G. Carter Stadium	Fort Worth	33,505	Briles, ArtArt Briles
17	Liberty Bowl	L 44–36	December 29, 2006	2006	South Carolina Gamecocks	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Memphis	56,103	Briles, ArtArt Briles
18	Texas Bowl	L 20–13	December 28, 2007	2007	TCU Horned Frogs	Reliant Stadium	Houston	62,097	Thurmond, ChrisChris Thurmond[A 5]
19	Armed Forces Bowl	W 34–28	December 31, 2008	2008	Air Force Falcons	Amon G. Carter Stadium	Fort Worth	41,127	Sumlin, KevinKevin Sumlin
20	Armed Forces Bowl	L 47–20	December 31, 2009	2009	Air Force Falcons	Amon G. Carter Stadium	Fort Worth	41,414	Sumlin, KevinKevin Sumlin
21	TicketCity Bowl	W 30–14	January 2, 2012	2011	Penn State Nittany Lions	Cotton Bowl	Dallas	46,817	Levine, TonyTony Levine
22	BBVA Compass Bowl	L 41–24	January 4, 2014	2013	Vanderbilt Commodores	Legion Field	Birmingham	42,717	Levine, TonyTony Levine
23	Armed Forces Bowl	W 35–34	January 2, 2015	2014	Pittsburgh Panthers	Amon G. Carter Stadium	Fort Worth	37,888	Gibbs, DavidDavid Gibbs[A 6]
24	Peach Bowl	W 38–24	December 31, 2015	2015	Florida State Seminoles	Georgia Dome	Atlanta	71,007	Herman, TomTom Herman

Notes

1. Statistics correct as of 2015–16 NCAA football bowl games.
2. Results are sortable first by whether the result was a Houston win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
3. Links to the season article for the Houston team that competed in the bowl for that year.
4. Links to the season article for the opponent that Houston competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.
5. Chris Thurmond served as interim head coach for the 2007 Texas Bowl after Art Briles resigned his position to take the head coach position with the Baylor Bears.^[3]
6. David Gibbs served as interim head coach for the 2015 Armed Forces Bowl after Tony Levine was fired from his position as head coach.^[4]

References

General

• National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 13, 2011.

Specific

1. "Houston gets first bowl win since 1980". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 31, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
2. Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38
3. "Thurmond named interim coach after Briles bolts for Baylor". ESPN.com. Associated Press. November 28, 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
4. Cooper, Nakia (December 8, 2014). "Tony Levine relieved of UH head coaching duties; David Gibbs to serve as interim". KPRC-TV. Retrieved January 2, 2015.