List of Houston Cougars football seasons
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The Houston Cougars football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents the University of Houston. The team is commonly referred to as "Houston" or "UH" (spoken as "U of H"). Houston has been a member of the Big 12 Conference since 2023. Since the beginning of the 2024 season, the Cougars have been coached by Willie Fritz, the program's 16th head coach. The team played its first season in 1946 and has since won or tied for 11 conference championships and six division championships. The Cougars have played in 30 post-season bowl games with a record of {{nowrap|13–16–1}}.{{cite web|title=Houston Yearly Totals|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/houston/yearly_totals.php|accessdate=2010-11-29|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206104313/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/houston/yearly_totals.php|archivedate=2010-12-06}}{{cite web|title=Houston Historical Data|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/houston/index.php|accessdate=2010-11-29|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204221821/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/houston/index.php|archivedate=2010-12-04}}
{{cite web|title=Houston Championships|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/houston/championships.php|accessdate=2010-11-29|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216072928/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/houston/championships.php|archivedate=2010-02-16}}{{cite web|title=Football Record Book |publisher=Big 12 Conference |url=http://www.big12sports.com//pdf5/134783.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=10410 |accessdate=2010-12-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321173912/http://www.big12sports.com//pdf5/134783.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=10410 |archivedate=2012-03-21 }}
{{cite web|title=Houston Bowl History|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/houston/bowl_history.php|accessdate=2010-11-29|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206104229/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/houston/bowl_history.php|archivedate=2010-12-06}}{{cite web|title=Houston In the Polls|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/houston/in_the_polls.php|accessdate=2010-11-29|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206104235/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/houston/in_the_polls.php|archivedate=2010-12-06}}
Seasons
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Jewell Wallace
| conf = Lone Star Conference
| startyear = 1946
| endyear = 1947
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| year = 1946
| name = Houston
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = 5th
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| year = 1947
| name = Houston
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 7th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Clyde Lee
| conf = Lone Star Conference
| startyear = 1948
| endyear = single
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 1948
| name = Houston
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 4th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Clyde Lee
| conf = Gulf Coast Conference
| startyear = 1949
| endyear = single
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 1949
| name = Houston
| overall = 5–4–1
| conference = 1–2
| confstanding = 3rd
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Clyde Lee
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1950
| endyear = single
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| year = 1950
| name = Houston
| overall = 4–6
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Clyde Lee
| conf = Missouri Valley Conference
| startyear = 1951
| endyear = 1954
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 1951
| name = Houston
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname = Salad
| bowloutcome = W
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| championship = conference
| year = 1952
| name = Houston
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 3–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = 19
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| year = 1953
| name = Houston
| overall = 4–4–1
| conference = 1–2
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| year = 1954
| name = Houston
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 3–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Bill Meek
| conf = Missouri Valley Conference
| startyear = 1955
| endyear = 1956
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| year = 1955
| name = Houston
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = 3rd
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| year = 1956
| name = Houston
| overall = 7–2–1
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Hal Lahar
| conf = Missouri Valley Conference
| startyear = 1957
| endyear = 1959
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| year = 1957
| name = Houston
| overall = 5–4–1
| conference = 3–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| year = 1958
| name = Houston
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| championship = conference
| year = 1959
| name = Houston
| overall = 3–7
| conference = 3–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Hal Lahar
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1960
| endyear = 1961
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| year = 1960
| name = Houston
| overall = 6–4
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| year = 1961
| name = Houston
| overall = 5–4–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Bill Yeoman
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1962
| endyear = 1975
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| year = 1962
| name = Houston
| overall = 7–4
| conference =
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| bowlname = Tangerine
| bowloutcome = W
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| year = 1963
| name = Houston
| overall = 2–8
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| year = 1964
| name = Houston
| overall = 2–6–1
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| year = 1965
| name = Houston
| overall = 4–5–1
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| year = 1966
| name = Houston
| overall = 8–2
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| ranking = 17
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| year = 1967
| name = Houston
| overall = 7–3
| conference =
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| bowlname =Ineligible{{#tag:ref|At this time, Houston was on probation from the NCAA, and therefore was not eligible to compete in any post-season bowl games.|group="n"|name="1967season"}}
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| ranking = 19
| ranking2 =
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| championship =
| year = 1968
| name = Houston
| overall = 6–2–2
| conference =
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| bowlname =Ineligible{{#tag:ref|At this time, Houston was on probation from the NCAA, and therefore was not eligible to compete in any post-season bowl games.|group="n"|name="1968season"}}
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| ranking = 20
| ranking2 = 18
}}
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| championship =
| year = 1969
| name = Houston
| overall = 9–2
| conference =
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| bowlname = Astro-Bluebonnet
| bowloutcome = W
| ranking = 16
| ranking2 = 12
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| championship =
| year = 1970
| name = Houston
| overall = 8–3
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| ranking = 13
| ranking2 = 19
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| year = 1971
| name = Houston
| overall = 9–3
| conference =
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| bowlname = Astro-Bluebonnet
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking = 14
| ranking2 = 17
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| year = 1972
| name = Houston
| overall = 6–4–1
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| championship =
| year = 1973
| name = Houston
| overall = 11–1
| conference =
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| bowlname = Astro-Bluebonnet
| bowloutcome = W
| ranking = 13
| ranking2 = 9
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| year = 1974
| name = Houston
| overall = 8–3–1
| conference =
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| bowlname = Astro-Bluebonnet
| bowloutcome = T
| ranking = 11
| ranking2 = 19
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| year = 1975
| name = Houston
| overall = 2–8
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Bill Yeoman
| conf = Southwest Conference
| startyear = 1976
| endyear = 1986
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1976
| name = Houston
| overall = 10–2
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = Cotton
| bowloutcome = W
| ranking = 4
| ranking2 = 4
}}
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| year = 1977
| name = Houston
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname = Ineligible{{#tag:ref|Houston was put on probation during this season for recruiting violations and was unable to compete in any bowl games.|group="n"|name="1977season"}}
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1978
| name = Houston
| overall = 9–3
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Cotton
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking = 11
| ranking2 = 10
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1979
| name = Houston
| overall = 11–1
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = Cotton
| bowloutcome = W
| ranking = 5
| ranking2 = 5
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| year = 1980
| name = Houston
| overall = 7–5
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname = Garden State
| bowloutcome = W
| ranking =
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| year = 1981
| name = Houston
| overall = 7–4–1
| conference = 5–2–1
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname = Sun
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking =
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| year = 1982
| name = Houston
| overall = 5–5–1
| conference = 4–3–1
| confstanding = 4th
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| year = 1983
| name = Houston
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = 7th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1984
| name = Houston
| overall = 7–5
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = Cotton
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking =
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1985
| name = Houston
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = 6th
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| championship =
| year = 1986
| name = Houston
| overall = 1–10
| conference = 0–8
| confstanding = 9th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Jack Pardee
| conf = Southwest Conference
| startyear = 1987
| endyear = 1989
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 1987
| name = Houston
| overall = 4–6–1
| conference = 2–4–1
| confstanding = 7th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 1988
| name = Houston
| overall = 9–3
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname = Aloha
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking =
| ranking2 = 18
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 1989
| name = Houston
| overall = 9–2
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname = Ineligible{{#tag:ref|Under probation by the NCAA from rules violated in prior seasons, Houston was disallowed from participating in a bowl game, television appearances, and the Coaches Poll.|group="n"|name="1989season"}}
| bowloutcome =
| ranking2 = 14
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = John Jenkins
| conf = Southwest Conference
| startyear = 1990
| endyear = 1992
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 1990
| name = Houston
| overall = 10–1
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = Ineligible{{#tag:ref|Due to NCAA sanctions, Houston was ineligible to be invited to a bowl game and was banned from being ranked in the Coaches Poll.|group="n"|name="1990season"}}
| bowloutcome =
| ranking2 = 10
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 1991
| name = Houston
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = 7th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 1992
| name = Houston
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = 7th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Kim Helton
| conf = Southwest Conference
| startyear = 1993
| endyear = 1995
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 1993
| name = Houston
| overall = 1–9–1
| conference = 1–5–1
| confstanding = T–7th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 1994
| name = Houston
| overall = 1–10
| conference = 1–6
| confstanding = 6th
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| year = 1995
| name = Houston
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = 5th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Kim Helton
| conf = Conference USA
| startyear = 1996
| endyear = 1999
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| championship = conference
| year = 1996
| name = Houston
| overall = 7–5
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = Liberty
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking =
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 1997
| name = Houston
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = T–4th
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| year = 1998
| name = Houston
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = T–5th
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| year = 1999
| name = Houston
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 6th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Dana Dimel
| conf = Conference USA
| startyear = 2000
| endyear = 2002
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| year = 2000
| name = Houston
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = T–7th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 2001
| name = Houston
| overall = 0–11
| conference = 0–7
| confstanding = 10th
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| year = 2002
| name = Houston
| overall = 5–7
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = 8th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Art Briles
| conf = Conference USA
| startyear = 2003
| endyear = 2007
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 2003
| name = Houston
| overall = 7–6
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname = Hawai'i
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking =
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| year = 2004
| name = Houston
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = T–5th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 2005
| name = Houston
| overall = 6–6
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–3rd (West)
| bowlname = Fort Worth
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking =
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| championship = conference
| year = 2006
| name = Houston
| overall = 10–4
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 1st (West)
| bowlname = Liberty
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking =
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| championship = division
| year = 2007
| name = Houston{{#tag:ref|After Briles resigned to accept the head coaching job at Baylor, Chris Thurmond served as interim head coach for the 2007 Texas Bowl.|group="n"|name="2007season"}}
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = T–1st (West)
| bowlname = Texas
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking =
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Kevin Sumlin
| conf = Conference USA
| startyear = 2008
| endyear = 2011
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| year = 2008
| name = Houston
| overall = 8–5
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = 3rd {{Small|(West)}}
| bowlname = Armed Forces
| bowloutcome = W
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| year = 2009
| name = Houston
| overall = 10–4
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = T–1st {{Small|(West)}}
| bowlname = Armed Forces
| bowloutcome = L
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 2010
| name = Houston
| overall = 5–7
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = 3rd {{Small|(West)}}
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| championship = division
| year = 2011
| name = Houston{{#tag:ref|Sumlin left for Texas A&M University following the regular season. Tony Levine served as interim head coach for the Cougars in the TicketCity Bowl.|group=n|name=2011season}}
| conference = 8–0
| confstanding = 1st {{Small|(West)}}
| bowlname = TicketCity
| bowloutcome = W
| ranking = 14
| ranking2 = 18
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Tony Levine
| conf = Conference USA
| startyear = 2012
| endyear = 2012
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| year = 2012
| name = Houston
| overall = 5–7
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–3rd (West)
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Tony Levine
| conf = American Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2013
| endyear = 2014
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| championship =
| year = 2013
| name = Houston
| overall = 8–5
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname = BBVA Compass
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking =
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| year = 2014
| name = Houston{{#tag:ref|David Gibbs coached the 2015 Armed Forces Bowl after Levine was fired.|group=n|name=2014season}}
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname = Armed Forces
| bowloutcome = W
| ranking =
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
|name = Tom Herman
|conf = American Athletic Conference
|startyear = 2015
|endyear = 2016
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|championship = conference
|year = 2015
|name = Houston
|overall = 13–1
|conference = 7–1
|confstanding = T–1st (West)
|bowlname = Peach
|bowloutcome = W
|bcsbowl = yes
|ranking = 8
|ranking2 = 8
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|year = 2016
|name = Houston{{#tag:ref|Herman left for Texas after the regular season; new head coach Major Applewhite coached the Cougars against San Diego State in the Las Vegas Bowl.|group=n|name=2016season}}
|conference = 5–3
|confstanding = T–3rd (West)
|bowlname = Las Vegas
|bowloutcome = L
|bcsbowl =
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Major Applewhite
| conf = American Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2017
| endyear = 2018
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| championship =
| year = 2017
| name = Houston
| overall = 7–5
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = 2nd (West)
| bowlname = Hawai'i
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
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| championship = division
| year = 2018
| name = Houston
| overall = 8–5
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = T–1st (West)
| bowlname = Armed Forces
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Dana Holgorsen
| conf = American Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2019
| endyear = 2022
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| year = 2019
| name = Houston
| overall = 4–8
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–5th (West)
| bowlname =
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| year = 2020
| name = Houston
| overall = 3–5
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname = New Mexico
| bowloutcome = L
}}
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| championship = division
| year = 2021
| name = Houston
| overall = 12–2
| conference = 8–0
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = Birmingham
| bowloutcome = W
| ranking = 17
| ranking2 = 17
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| year = 2022
| name = Houston
| overall = 8–5
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname = Independence
| bowloutcome = W
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Dana Holgorsen
| conf = Big 12 Conference
| startyear = 2023
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 2023
| name = Houston
| overall = 4–8
| conference = 2–7
| confstanding = T–11th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Willie Fritz
| conf = Big 12 Conference
| startyear = 2024
| endyear =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 2024
| name = Houston
| overall = 4–8
| conference = 3–6
| confstanding = T–11th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 476–402–15
| bowls = 13–16–1
| poll = two
| polltype =
| polltype2 =
| extrafootnotes =
}}
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