Sport: | football |
Year: | 2007 |
Team: | Houston Cougars |
Conference: | Conference USA |
Division: | West |
Short Conf: | C-USA |
Record: | 8–5 |
Conf Record: | 6–2 |
Head Coach: | Art Briles |
Hc Year: | 5th |
Hc Games: | regular season |
Head Coach2: | Chris Thurmond |
Hc Games2: | interim; bowl game |
Cooff Coach1: | Randy Clements |
Cooc1 Year: | 1st |
Cooff Coach2: | Philip Montgomery |
Cooc2 Year: | 1st |
Def Coach: | Alan Weddell |
Dc Year: | 2nd |
Off Scheme: | Veer and shoot |
Def Scheme: | 4–3 |
Stadium: | Robertson Stadium |
Champion: | C-USA West Division co-champion |
Bowl: | Texas Bowl |
Bowl Result: | L 13–20 vs. TCU |
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.