Houston Cougars

Team History

SEASON	NAME	W	L	T	W%	CONFERENCE	POSTSEASON
2025	Houston Cougars	9	3	0	.750	4th	Won Texas Bowl
2024	Houston Cougars	4	8	0	.333	12th
2023	Houston Cougars	4	8	0	.333	12th
2022	Houston Cougars	7	5	0	.583	4th	Won Independence Bowl
2021	Houston Cougars	11	2	0	.846	2nd	Won Birmingham Bowl
2020	Houston Cougars	3	4	0	.429	7th	Lost New Mexico Bowl
2019	Houston Cougars	4	8	0	.333	9th
2018	Houston Cougars	8	4	0	.667	4th	Lost Armed Forces Bowl
2017	Houston Cougars	7	4	0	.636	4th	Lost Hawai'i Bowl
2016	Houston Cougars	9	3	0	.750	4th	Lost Las Vegas Bowl
2015	Houston Cougars	12	1	0	.923	1st	Won Peach Bowl
2014	Houston Cougars	7	5	0	.583	5th	Won Armed Forces Bowl
2013	Houston Cougars	8	4	0	.667	4th	Lost BBVA Compass Bowl
2012	Houston Cougars	5	7	0	.417
2011	Houston Cougars	12	1	0	.923		Won Ticket City Bowl
2010	Houston Cougars	5	7	0	.417
2009	Houston Cougars	10	3	0	.769		Lost Armed Forces Bowl
2008	Houston Cougars	7	5	0	.583		Won Armed Forces Bowl
2007	Houston Cougars	8	4	0	.667		Lost Texas Bowl
2006	Houston Cougars	10	3	0	.769	1st	Lost Liberty Bowl
2005	Houston Cougars	6	5	0	.545		Lost Fort Worth Bowl
2004	Houston Cougars	3	8	0	.273
2003	Houston Cougars	7	5	0	.583		Lost Hawai'i Bowl
2002	Houston Cougars	5	7	0	.417
2001	Houston Cougars	0	11	0	.000
2000	Houston Cougars	3	8	0	.273
1999	Houston Cougars	7	4	0	.636
1998	Houston Cougars	3	8	0	.273
1997	Houston Cougars	3	8	0	.273
1996	Houston Cougars	7	4	0	.636	1st	Lost Liberty Bowl
1995	Houston Cougars	2	9	0	.182
1994	Houston Cougars	1	10	0	.091
1993	Houston Cougars	1	9	1	.136
1992	Houston Cougars	4	7	0	.364
1991	Houston Cougars	4	7	0	.364
1990	Houston Cougars	10	1	0	.909
1989	Houston Cougars	9	2	0	.818
1988	Houston Cougars	9	2	0	.818		Lost Aloha Bowl
1987	Houston Cougars	4	6	1	.409
1986	Houston Cougars	1	10	0	.091
1985	Houston Cougars	4	7	0	.364
1984	Houston Cougars	7	4	0	.636	1st	Lost Cotton Bowl
1983	Houston Cougars	4	7	0	.364
1982	Houston Cougars	5	5	1	.500
1981	Houston Cougars	7	3	1	.682		Lost Sun Bowl
1980	Houston Cougars	6	5	0	.545		Won Garden State Bowl
1979	Houston Cougars	10	1	0	.909	1st	Won Cotton Bowl
1978	Houston Cougars	9	2	0	.818	1st	Lost Cotton Bowl
1977	Houston Cougars	6	5	0	.545
1976	Houston Cougars	9	2	0	.818	1st	Won Cotton Bowl
1975	Houston Cougars	2	8	0	.200
1974	Houston Cougars	8	3	0	.727		Tied Bluebonnet Bowl
1973	Houston Cougars	10	1	0	.909		Won Bluebonnet Bowl
1972	Houston Cougars	6	4	1	.591
1971	Houston Cougars	9	2	0	.818		Lost Bluebonnet Bowl
1970	Houston Cougars	8	3	0	.727
1969	Houston Cougars	8	2	0	.800		Won Bluebonnet Bowl
1968	Houston Cougars	6	2	2	.700
1967	Houston Cougars	7	3	0	.700
1966	Houston Cougars	8	2	0	.800
1965	Houston Cougars	4	5	1	.450
1964	Houston Cougars	2	6	1	.278
1963	Houston Cougars	2	8	0	.200
1962	Houston Cougars	6	4	0	.600		Won Tangerine Bowl
1961	Houston Cougars	5	4	1	.550
1960	Houston Cougars	6	4	0	.600
1959	Houston Cougars	3	7	0	.300	1st
1958	Houston Cougars	5	4	0	.556
1957	Houston Cougars	5	4	1	.550	1st
1956	Houston Cougars	7	2	1	.750	1st
1955	Houston Cougars	6	4	0	.600
1954	Houston Cougars	5	5	0	.500
1953	Houston Cougars	4	4	1	.500
1952	Houston Cougars	8	2	0	.800
1951	Houston Cougars	5	5	0	.500		Won Salad Bowl
1950	Houston Cougars	4	6	0	.400
1949	Houston Cougars	5	4	1	.550
1948	Houston Cougars	0	2	0	.000
1947	Houston Cougars	0	1	0	.000
1946	Houston Cougars	1	1	0	.500

History


Seasons	80 (1946 to present)
Conference	Big 12
Regular Season	461-373-14 (.552)
Postseason	14-16-1 (.468)
National Championships	0

Franchise Leaders

PASS YDS

17,876

Case Keenum

Case Keenum

RUSH YDS

3,636

Ketric Sanford

Ketric Sanford

REC YDS

4,246

Patrick Edwards

Patrick Edwards

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

Darian Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Trinidad Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

Cam Cook

1,649

Hardy

Ahmad Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Kewan Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

Danny Scudero

1,276

Bell

Skyler Bell

1,264

Young

Wyatt Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

34

Mensah

Darian Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

Caleb Hawkins

24

Lacy

Kewan Lacy

18

Hellums

Cale Hellums

15

Sarratt

Elijah Sarratt

14

Brown

Camden Brown

13

Cooper

Omar Cooper Jr.

QB Rating Leaders

188.0

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

Julian Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Diego Pavia

14.5

Bailey

David Bailey

14.5

Tucker

Nadame Tucker

12.5

Smith

Anthony Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

45.1

42.6

42.0

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.1

11.8

13.3

14.0

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.9

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

47.0

45.0

45.0

43.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 11/14	MICH	@	NW	24-22
Fri 11/14	USF	@	NAVY	38-41
Fri 11/14	SC	@	TAMU	30-31
Fri 11/14	UTEP	@	MOST	24-38
Fri 11/14	NCST	@	MIA	7-41

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 1/19	MIA	@	IND	7:30 PM