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The 2018 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Cougars played their home games at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas , and competed in the West Division of the American Athletic Conference . They were led by second-year head coach Major Applewhite . They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in AAC play to finish in a three-way tie for the West Division championship. After tiebreakers, they did not represent the West Division in the AAC Championship Game . They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they lost to Army by a score of 14–70, in the process tying records for the most points given up (70) and the largest margin-of-loss (56) in NCAA bowl game history.[1]
On December 30, Houston fired Applewhite after 2 seasons.[2]
Preseason [ edit ]
Award watch lists [ edit ]
Listed in the order that they were released
AAC media poll [ edit ]
The AAC media poll was released on July 24, 2018, with the Cougars predicted to finish in second place in the AAC West Division.[13]
Media poll (West)
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Memphis
171 (23)
2
Houston
146 (4)
3
Navy
129 (3)
4
SMU
72
5
Tulane
68
6
Tulsa
44
Schedule [ edit ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 11:00 a.m. at Rice * CBSSN W 45–2726,390
September 8 11:00 a.m. Arizona * ABC/ESPN2 W 45–1832,534
September 15 3:00 p.m. at Texas Tech * FOX L 49–6353,484
September 22 7:00 p.m. Texas Southern * ESPN3 W 70–1429,970
7:00 p.m. Tulsa ESPN W 41–2629,823
October 13 6:00 p.m. at East Carolina CBSSN W 42–2029,851
October 20 2:30 p.m. at Navy CBSSN W 49–3633,924
October 27 2:30 p.m. No. 21 South Florida ABC/ESPN2 W 57–3631,631
November 3 6:00 p.m. at SMU ESPNU L 31–4523,654
November 10 6:00 p.m. Temple CBSSN L 49–5930,862
7:00 p.m. Tulane ESPN W 48–1724,209
11:00 a.m. at Memphis ABC L 31–5227,790
December 22 2:30 p.m. vs. Army * ESPN L 14–7044,738
Schedule Source: [14]
Game summaries [ edit ]
At Rice [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
3
14
14
14
45
Owls
7
17
3
0
27
[15]
Arizona [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
0
10
8
18
Cougars
21
10
7
7
45
[16]
At Texas Tech [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
21
7
14
7
49
Red Raiders
14
21
14
14
63
Texas Southern [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
0
7
7
14
Cougars
14
28
7
21
70
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Hurricane
13
0
10
3
26
Cougars
7
10
0
24
41
At East Carolina [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
14
7
7
14
42
Pirates
0
3
3
14
20
At Navy [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
7
14
14
14
49
Midshipmen
10
14
0
12
36
South Florida [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 21 Bulls
0
21
15
0
36
Cougars
14
14
15
14
57
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 17 Cougars
0
14
3
14
31
Mustangs
10
21
7
7
45
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
14
14
21
10
59
Cougars
7
7
21
14
49
1
2
3
4
Total
Green Wave
6
3
0
8
17
Cougars
14
17
10
7
48
At Memphis [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
7
14
10
0
31
Tigers
3
14
14
21
52
Vs. Army (Armed Forces Bowl) [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
0
7
0
7
14
No. 22 Black Knights
14
28
14
14
70
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ]
Rankings [ edit ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP RV RV RV — — — — RV RV RV 17 RV — RV — — Coaches RV RV RV RV — — — RV RV RV 17 RV — — — CFP Not released — — — — — Not released
References [ edit ]
^ "Army West Point dominates en route to 70-14 victory" . Armed Forces Bowl . Retrieved December 28, 2018 .
^ Sallee, Barrett. "Houston fires coach Major Applewhite after just two seasons with the Cougars" . cbssports.com . Retrieved December 30, 2018 .
^ "2018 Watch List | Lott IMPACT Trophy | Honoring College Football's Defensive Best" . lottimpacttrophy.org . Retrieved July 17, 2018 .
^ "Rimington Trophy Press Release" . May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018 .
^ "2018 Bednarik Award Watch List" . July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018 .
^ "2018 Maxwell Award Watch List" . July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018 .
^ "2018 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List" . July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018 .
^ "22018 OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST UNVEILED" . July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018 .
^ "Ray Guy Award preseason watch list unveiled" . July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018 .
^ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List" . July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018 .
^ Carbone, Al (July 27, 2018). "Walter Camp Football Foundation Announces 2018 Player of the Year Preseason "Watch List" " . Retrieved July 30, 2018 .
^ "2018 Nominations The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award" (PDF) . August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018 .
^ "UCF Tabbed as Favorite in 2018 Preseason Media Poll" . TheAmerican.org . Retrieved July 24, 2018 .
^ "2018 Houston Cougars Football Schedule" . FB Schedules. Retrieved April 27, 2018 .
^ "Houston vs. Rice - Game Summary - September 1, 2018" . ESPN . Retrieved September 8, 2018 .
^ "Arizona vs. Houston - Game Summary - September 8, 2018" . ESPN . Retrieved September 8, 2018 .
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