The 1997 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 52nd year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by Kim Helton. The team split its home games between the Houston Astrodome and Robertson Stadium for the last season before moving its games exclusively to Robertson Stadium, the 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston.
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| Conference | Conference USA |
| Record | 3–8 (2–4 C-USA) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Dan Lounsbury (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Gary Bartel (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Houston Astrodome, Robertson Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Southern Miss $ | 6 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 5 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 2 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 30 | 11:30 am | at No. 16 Alabama* | JPS | L 17–42 | 81,591 | [1] | |
| September 6 | 2:30 pm | California* | FSN | L 3–35 | 37,652 | ||
| September 13 | 2:00 pm | Pittsburgh* |
| FSN | L 24–35 | 17,611 | |
| September 27 | 6:00 pm | at Minnesota* | W 45–43 | 36,447 | |||
| October 4 | 5:30 pm | at No. 22 UCLA* | FSW | L 10–66 | 38,004 | ||
| October 18 | Cincinnati |
| FSN | W 41–38 2OT | 14,457 | ||
| October 25 | 2:00 pm | at Louisville | W 36–22 | 21,432 | |||
| November 1 | at Memphis | L 3–24 | 20,181 | ||||
| November 8 | 2:30 pm | East Carolina |
| L 27–28 | 17,051 | [2] | |
| November 15 | at Southern Miss | FSN | L 0–33 | 20,091 | [3] | ||
| November 22 | Tulane |
| FSN | L 10–44 | 11,618 | [4] | |
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References
edit- ^ "Tide's DuBose era off and throwing". The Anniston Star. August 31, 1997. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pirates corral Cougars". Rocky Mount Telegram. November 9, 1997. Retrieved March 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southern Miss secures Liberty bid". The Commercial Appeal. November 16, 1997. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "King catapults Tulane to demolition of Houston". The Daily Advertiser. November 23, 1997. Retrieved February 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1997 Houston Cougars Schedule and Results".
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