1998 Houston Cougars football team

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
Conference	Conference USA
1998 record	3–8 (2–4 C-USA)
Head coach	Kim Helton
Home stadium	Robertson Stadium (Capacity: 32,000)

1998 Conference USA football standings
	Conf							Overall
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
Cincinnati		1	–	5					2	–	9
Memphis		1	–	5					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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
September 5	2:30 PM	at California*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California		L 10–14	33,000
September 12	7:30 PM	at Minnesota*	Robertson Stadium Houston		L 7–14	17,540
September 19	2:30 PM	No. 4 UCLA*	Robertson Stadium Houston	FX	L 24–42	19,540
September 26	7:00 PM	at No. 4 Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	PPV	L 7–42	106,417
October 3	7:00 PM	Memphis	Robertson Stadium Houston		W 35–14	13,140
October 10		Army	Robertson Stadium Houston		L 28–38	-
October 24		at North Texas*	Fouts Field Denton, Texas		W 31–9	-
October 31	2:30 PM	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, North Carolina	FSN	W 34–31	26,821
November 7		Southern Miss	Robertson Stadium Houston		L 15–21	-
November 14		at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, Ohio		L 43–44	-
November 21	2:30 PM	at No. 12 Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans	FSN	L 20–48	26,978
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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References

1. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/houston/1998-schedule.html