| Year: | 2006 |
| Team: | Houston Cougars |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Division: | West |
| Short Conf: | C-USA |
| Record: | 10–4 |
| Conf Record: | 7–1 |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Dc Year: | 1st |
| Champion: | C-USA champion C-USA West Division champion |
| Bowl Result: | L 36–44 vs. South Carolina |
The 2006 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 61st year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by fourth-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. After regular season play where Houston won the C-USA West division, the Cougars defeated the Southern Miss Golden Eagles in the Conference USA Football Championship to become conference champions for the first time since 1996.[1] [2]