List of Houston Cougars bowl games explained

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 30 bowl games. The latest bowl occurred on December 23, 2022, when Houston defeated Louisiana in the 2022 Independence Bowl, which brought the Cougars' overall bowl record to thirteen wins, sixteen losses, and one tie (13–16–1).

Key

General

	Bowl game record attendance
	Former bowl game record attendance

Results

W	Win
L	Loss
T	Tie

Bowl games

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Bowl	Score	Date	Season	Opponent	Stadium	Location	Attendance^[1]	Head coach
1	Salad Bowl			1951	Dayton Flyers	Montgomery Stadium	Phoenix
2	Tangerine Bowl			1962	Miami Redskins	Tangerine Bowl	Orlando
3	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl			1969	Auburn Tigers	Astrodome	Houston
4	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl			1971	Colorado Buffaloes	Astrodome	Houston
5	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl			1973	Tulane Green Wave	Astrodome	Houston
6	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl			1974	NC State Wolfpack	Astrodome	Houston
7	Cotton Bowl Classic			1976	Maryland Terrapins	Cotton Bowl	Dallas
8	Cotton Bowl Classic			1978	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Cotton Bowl	Dallas
9	Cotton Bowl Classic			1979	Nebraska Cornhuskers	Cotton Bowl	Dallas
10	Garden State Bowl			1980	Navy Midshipmen	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford
11	Sun Bowl			1981	Oklahoma Sooners	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso
12	Cotton Bowl Classic			1984	Boston College Eagles	Cotton Bowl	Dallas
13	Aloha Bowl			1988	Washington State Cougars	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu
14	Liberty Bowl			1996	Syracuse Orangemen	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Memphis
15	Hawaiʻi Bowl			2003	Hawaii Warriors	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu
16	Fort Worth Bowl			2005	Kansas Jayhawks	Amon G. Carter Stadium	Fort Worth
17	Liberty Bowl			2006	South Carolina Gamecocks	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Memphis
18	Texas Bowl			2007	TCU Horned Frogs	Reliant Stadium	Houston
19	Armed Forces Bowl			2008	Air Force Falcons	Amon G. Carter Stadium	Fort Worth
20	Armed Forces Bowl			2009	Air Force Falcons	Amon G. Carter Stadium	Fort Worth
21	TicketCity Bowl			2011	Penn State Nittany Lions	Cotton Bowl	Dallas
22	BBVA Compass Bowl			2013	Vanderbilt Commodores	Legion Field	Birmingham
23	Armed Forces Bowl			2014	Pittsburgh Panthers	Amon G. Carter Stadium	Fort Worth
24	Peach Bowl			2015	Florida State Seminoles	Georgia Dome	Atlanta
25	Las Vegas Bowl			2016	San Diego State Aztecs	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas		Major Applewhite
26	Hawaiʻi Bowl			2017	Fresno State Bulldogs	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu
27	Armed Forces Bowl			2018	Army Black Knights	Amon G. Carter Stadium	Fort Worth
28	New Mexico Bowl			2020	Hawaii Rainbow Warriors	Toyota Stadium	Frisco		Dana Holgorsen
29	Birmingham Bowl			2021	Auburn Tigers	Protective Stadium	Birmingham
30	Independence Bowl			2022	Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	Independence Stadium	Shreveport

Notes

1. Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38

References

General

• Web site: Bowl/All-Star Game Records . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) . 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records . NCAA.org . December 13, 2011 . PDF.

Specific