American college football season
1988 Houston Cougars football |
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
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Ranking |
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AP | No. 18 |
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Record | 9–3 (5–2 SWC) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive coordinator | John Jenkins (2nd season) |
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Home stadium | Houston Astrodome |
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Seasons |
1988 Southwest Conference football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
No. 12 Arkansas $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | | | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 |
Texas A&M* | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
No. 18 Houston | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 |
Texas Tech | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 |
Baylor | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
Texas | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
TCU | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
Rice | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | | | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 |
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- $ – Conference champion
- *- Ineligible for conference championship and postseason bowl games due to NCAA sanctions.
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1988 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cougars were led by second-year head coach Jack Pardee and played their home games at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The team competed as members of the Southwest Conference, finishing in third. Just two seasons after finishing 1–10 (0–7 SWC), the Cougars finished the season with a 9–3 record and ranked 18th in the final AP Poll. They were invited to the 1988 Aloha Bowl in Honolulu, Hawaii, where they lost to Washington State.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 10 | at Louisiana Tech* | | | | W 60–0 | 18,222 | [1] |
September 17 | at Missouri* | | | | W 31–7 | 36,287 | |
October 1 | at Baylor | | | Raycom | W 27–24 | 34,719 | |
October 8 | Texas A&M | | | | L 16–30 | 42,361 | |
October 15 | Tulsa* | | - Houston Astrodome
- Houston, TX (rivalry)
| | W 82–28 | 14,068 | |
October 22 | No. 13 Arkansas | | - Houston Astrodome
- Houston, TX
| Raycom | L 21–26 | 21,775 | |
October 29 | TCU | | - Houston Astrodome
- Houston, TX
| | W 40–12 | 15,582 | |
November 5 | at Texas | | | Raycom | W 66–15 | 69,600 | |
November 12 | No. 10 Wyoming* | | - Houston Astrodome
- Houston, TX
| ESPN | W 34–10 | 28,947 | |
November 19 | at Texas Tech | No. 17 | | | W 30–29 | 27,204 | |
November 26 | Rice | No. 14 | - Houston Astrodome
- Houston, TX (rivalry)
| Raycom | W 45–14 | 16,923 | |
December 25 | vs. No. 18 Washington State* | No. 14 | | ABC | L 22–24 | 35,132 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1988 Houston Cougars football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | K | 14 | Roman Anderson | Fr | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- John Jenkins – Offensive Coordinator
- Jim Eddy – Defensive Coordinator
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Game summaries
At Texas
Wyoming
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Team players in the NFL
References
- ^ "Houston destroys Louisiana Tech 60–0". Austin American-Statesman. September 11, 1988. Retrieved July 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1988 Houston Cougars Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- ^ "The Houston Cougars may have bagged themselves their first bowl invitation since 1984". UPI. November 13, 1988. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
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