1967
The Final Four
1968 Final Four: #1 Houston heads to Los Angeles undefeated
No seed* | Midwest Region | Final Record: 31-2 | 1968 Full Bracket (PDF) *Seeding did not begin until the 1978-79 season. Top-ranked and 28-0...
By The Numbers
Is The Current Era As Good As The Late 60s Or PSJ?
The most interesting days to write about, well, anything I guess, are when you sit down with a theme or a story idea in...
Legends
The Cougars will wear Home Whites From The Late-1960s
The Houston Cougars will debut new uniforms tonight, a tribute to the legendary teams of the late 1960s. Here we feature some of those...
Cougar History
Beating Michigan State in 1967 put UH on the map
The University of Houston defeated two-time defending national champ Michigan State, 37-7 on September 23, 1967. It is widely regarded as the game that...
Basketball
Guy V. Lewis Was Undefeated On His Birthday
Today would have been Guy V. Lewis' 99th birthday. The father of Cougar basketball, college basketball on national television, playing in domed stadiums, and...
Beginnings
Remembering Coach Dave Williams
University of Houston legendary UH golf coach Dave Williams is known as the father of college golf. Coach Williams won 16 national titles at...
Cougar History
Video: Golf Coach Dave Williams Discusses His Career
In 1984, Dave Williams sat down for this 30-minute interview with former Abilene Christian VP and Abilene mayor Gary McCaleb. When this was recorded...
Cougar History
OTD: Coogs Upset #3 Kansas In Sweet 16
On this day in 1967, Houston beat third-ranked Kansas, 66-53, at historic Allen Fieldhouse in the Midwest Regional Semifinal. The win pushed the Cougars...
Cougar History
UH Beats #5 Georgia In 1967
On Homecoming in 1967, the Houston Cougars beat #5 Georgia, 15-14, in the Astrodome. At the time, the crowd of 53,356 was the largest...
Cougar History
Happy 75th Birthday, Bo Burris!
Bo Burris is a UH legend and was the first-ever Veer quarterback. We look back at his Cougar career on his 75th birthday:
On...
Beginnings
RIP To The Old Cougar Den
Like many other universities around the country, the University of Houston was severely impacted by World War II. The school lost over half of...
Beginnings
Dave Williams & The AAII In Photos
UH Golf hosts the The All America Intercollegiate Invitational at the Golf Club of Houston. The event has long been considered one of the...
Must Read
Film Study
Cougars struggle to get it together in AAC Championship
Just some random thoughts from the Cincinnati game:
In the championship game era, the Cougars have gone 8-0 in the conference twice (C-USA 2011,...
Film Study
Film study: Coogs have to overcome two shutdown corners
Friday, we wrote about Cincinnati's imposing DL https://gocoogs.com/cincinnati-dl/
Much like Houston, Cincinnati's defense goes through the linebackers. Dana Holgorsen said this week that both teams have...
Film Study
Film study: Cincinnati’s defensive linemen are no joke
Houston and Cincinnati both play elite defense. On Thursday in an interview on ESPNU Radio, Dana Holgorsen said both teams are similar in many...
Cougar History
1989 box scores and Andre Ware’s season stats
These are newspaper box scores, individual stats, and specifically, Andre Ware's stats and NCAA records from the University of Houston's 1989 football season. Andre...
Cougar History
Andre Ware wins the Heisman Trophy
See every box score and game-by-game stats from Andre Ware's 1989 Heisman Trophy winning season.
Today in 1989, the University of Houston's Andre Ware...