Year: | 2018 |
Team: | Houston Cougars |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
Short Conf: | American |
Division: | West Division |
Record: | 8–5 |
Conf Record: | 5–3 |
Head Coach: | Major Applewhite |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Off Coach: | Kendal Briles |
Oc Year: | 1st |
Off Scheme: | Hurry-up, no-huddle spread |
Def Coach: | Mark D'Onofrio |
Dc Year: | 2nd |
Def Scheme: | 4–3 |
Stadium: | TDECU Stadium |
Champion: | AAC West Division co-champion |
Bowl: | Armed Forces Bowl |
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]
Listed in the order that they were released
Lott Trophy[3] | Ed Oliver | DT | JR | |
Rimington Trophy[4] | Will Noble | C | SR | |
Chuck Bednarik Award[5] | Ed Oliver | DT | JR | |
Maxwell Award[6] | Ed Oliver | DT | JR | |
Bronko Nagurski Trophy[7] | Ed Oliver | DT | JR | |
Outland Trophy[8] | Will Noble | C | SR | |
Ed Oliver | DT | JR | ||
Ray Guy Award[9] | Dane Roy | P | JR | |
Wuerffel Trophy[10] | Mulbah Car | RB | JR | |
Walter Camp Award[11] | Ed Oliver | DT | JR | |
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award[12] | D'Eriq King | QB | JR |
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) | |||
1 | Memphis | 171 (23) | |
2 | Houston | 146 (4) | |
3 | Navy | 129 (3) | |
4 | SMU | 72 | |
5 | Tulane | 68 | |
6 | Tulsa | 44 |
Schedule Source:[14]
See also: 2018 Rice Owls football team.
[15]See also: 2018 Arizona Wildcats football team.
[16]See also: 2018 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team.
See also: 2018 Texas Southern Tigers football team.
See also: 2018 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team and Houston–Tulsa football rivalry.
See also: 2018 East Carolina Pirates football team.
See also: 2018 Navy Midshipmen football team.
See also: 2018 South Florida Bulls football team.
See also: 2018 SMU Mustangs football team.
See also: 2018 Temple Owls football team.
See also: 2018 Tulane Green Wave football team.
See also: 2018 Memphis Tigers football team.
See also: 2018 Army Black Knights football team and 2018 Armed Forces Bowl.
See also: 2019 NFL draft.
1 | 9 | DT | Buffalo Bills | ||
4 | 129 | CB | Oakland Raiders | ||
6 | 200 | LB | Los Angeles Chargers |