1996 Houston Cougars football team
The 1996 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 51st year of season play for Houston and the first season as a member of Conference USA following the breakup of the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Kim Helton. The team split its home games between the Houston Astrodome and Robertson Stadium. The Cougars became inaugural conference champions and were invited to the 1996 Liberty Bowl, their first bowl game since 1988. Houston won their conference for the first time since 1984.
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Conference USA co-champion | |
Liberty Bowl, L 17–30 vs. Syracuse | |
Conference | Conference USA |
1996 record | 7–5 (4–1 C-USA) |
Head coach | Kim Helton |
Home stadium | Houston Astrodome (Capacity: 59,969) |
1996 Conference USA football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Miss + | 4 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston + | 4 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 2 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 2 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 2 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Houston did not play Rice for the first time since 1970.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | Sam Houston State* | W 43–25 | - | |||
September 7 | 7:00 PM | at No. 17 LSU* | L 34–35 | 80,303 | ||
September 14 | 6:00 PM | at Pittsburgh* |
| W 42–35 OT | 27,648 | |
September 21 | 2:30 PM | No. 15 USC* |
| L 9–26 | 21,035 | |
October 5 | at Southwestern Louisiana* | W 31–24 | - | |||
October 12 | 7:00 PM | Memphis |
| W 37–20 | - | |
October 19 | at Cincinnati |
| L 20–31 | - | ||
October 26 | 5:30 PM | No. 9 North Carolina* |
| L 14–42 | 16,850 | |
November 2 | at Tulane |
| W 20–17 | 14,474 | ||
November 9 | No. 20 Southern Miss |
| W 56–49 | - | ||
November 16 | Louisville |
| W 38–7 | - | ||
December 27 | 2:00 PM | vs. No. 23 Syracuse* | ESPN | L 17–30 | 49,163 | |
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Roster
1996 Houston Cougars football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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