The Houston Cougars college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Houston in the Big 12 Conference. Since the establishment of the team in 1946, Houston has appeared in 31 bowl games. The latest bowl occurred on December 27, 2025, when Houston defeated LSU in the 2025 Texas Bowl, which brought the Cougars' overall bowl record to fourteen wins, sixteen losses, and one tie (14–16–1).
Key +General Bowl game record attendance Former bowl game record attendance
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Bowl games + List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach#BowlScoreDateSeasonOpponentStadiumLocationAttendanceBowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38Head coach1Salad Bowl1951Dayton FlyersMontgomery StadiumPhoenix2Tangerine Bowl1962Miami RedskinsTangerine BowlOrlando3Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl1969Auburn TigersAstrodomeHouston4Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl1971Colorado BuffaloesAstrodomeHouston5Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl1973Tulane Green WaveAstrodomeHouston6Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl1974NC State WolfpackAstrodomeHouston7Cotton Bowl Classic1976Maryland TerrapinsCotton BowlDallas8Cotton Bowl Classic1978Notre Dame Fighting IrishCotton BowlDallas9Cotton Bowl Classic1979Nebraska CornhuskersCotton BowlDallas10Garden State Bowl1980Navy MidshipmenGiants StadiumEast Rutherford11Sun Bowl1981Oklahoma SoonersSun Bowl StadiumEl Paso12Cotton Bowl Classic1984Boston College EaglesCotton BowlDallas13Aloha Bowl1988Washington State CougarsAloha StadiumHonolulu14Liberty Bowl1996Syracuse OrangemenLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis15Hawaii Bowl2003Hawaii WarriorsAloha StadiumHonolulu16Fort Worth Bowl2005Kansas JayhawksAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth17Liberty Bowl2006South Carolina GamecocksLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis18Texas Bowl2007TCU Horned FrogsReliant StadiumHouston19Armed Forces Bowl2008Air Force FalconsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth20Armed Forces Bowl2009Air Force FalconsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth21TicketCity Bowl2011Penn State Nittany LionsCotton BowlDallas22BBVA Compass Bowl2013Vanderbilt CommodoresLegion FieldBirmingham23Armed Forces Bowl2014Pittsburgh PanthersAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth24Peach Bowl2015Florida State SeminolesGeorgia DomeAtlanta25Las Vegas Bowl2016San Diego State AztecsSam Boyd StadiumLas VegasMajor Applewhite26Hawaii Bowl2017Fresno State BulldogsAloha StadiumHonolulu27Armed Forces Bowl2018Army Black KnightsAmon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth28New Mexico Bowl2020Hawaii Rainbow WarriorsToyota StadiumFriscoDana Holgorsen29Birmingham Bowl2021Auburn TigersProtective StadiumBirmingham30Independence Bowl2022Louisiana Ragin' CajunsIndependence StadiumShreveport31Texas Bowl2025LSU TigersNRG StadiumHoustonWillie Fritz
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