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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) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Dan Lounsbury (2nd as DC, 4th overall season) |
Defensive coordinator | Gary Bartel (2nd as DC, 4th overall season) |
Home stadium | Robertson Stadium (Capacity: 32,000) |
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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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The Cougars played both the Pac-10 Conference Champions, UCLA, as well as the SEC Champions and overall National Champions, Tennessee.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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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 | |
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 | |
November 7 | Southern Miss |
| L 15–21 | 16,260 | ||
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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