2007 Houston Cougars football team

The 2007 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 62nd year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by fifth-year head football coach, Art Briles. The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston. Competing against the TCU Horned Frogs in the 2007 Texas Bowl, the Cougars fell short, 20–13.

2007 Houston Cougars football
C-USA West Division co-champion
Texas Bowl, L 13–20 vs. TCU
Conference	Conference USA
Division	West
Record	8–5 (6–2 C-USA)
Head coach	Art Briles (5th season; regular season) Chris Thurmond (interim; bowl game)
Co-offensive coordinator	Randy Clements (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Philip Montgomery (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Veer and shoot
Defensive coordinator	Alan Weddell (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Robertson Stadium

2007 Conference USA football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
UCF x$		7	–	1					10	–	4
East Carolina		6	–	2					8	–	5
Memphis		6	–	2					7	–	6
Southern Miss		5	–	3					7	–	6
Marshall		3	–	5					3	–	9
UAB		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
Tulsa xy		6	–	2					10	–	4
Houston x		6	–	2					8	–	5
Tulane		3	–	5					4	–	8
Rice		3	–	5					3	–	9
UTEP		2	–	6					4	–	8
SMU		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: UCF 44, Tulsa 25
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	2:30 pm	at Oregon*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		L 27–48	57,662
September 15	6:00 pm	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA		W 34–10	21,311
September 22	3:30 pm	Colorado State*	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX	CSTV	W 38–27	22,468
September 29	6:00 pm	East Carolina	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX	WITN	L 35–37	20,719
October 6	2:00 pm	at Alabama*	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL		L 24–30	92,138
October 13	2:30 pm	Rice	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	CSTV	W 56–48	26,514
October 20	6:00 pm	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		W 49–10	11,588
October 27	8:00 pm	at UTEP	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX		W 34–31	35,116
November 4	7:00 pm	SMU	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	W 38–28	22,774
November 10	2:00 pm	at Tulsa	Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK (rivalry)		L 7–56	25,428
November 17	2:30 pm	Marshall	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX	WOWK	W 35–28	21,116
November 24	2:30 pm	Texas Southern*	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX		W 59–6	12,139
December 28	7:00 pm	vs. TCU*	Reliant Stadium Houston, TX (Texas Bowl)	NFLN	L 13–20	62,097
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time