Houston Cougars football

Houston Cougars football
2024 Houston Cougars football team
First season	1946
Athletic director	Chris Pezman
Head coach	Willie Fritz 1st season, 0–0 (–)
Stadium	TDECU Stadium (capacity: 40,000)
Field	John O'Quinn Field
Year built	2014
Field surface	Artificial
Location	Houston, Texas, United States
NCAA division	Division I FBS
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Past conferences	Lone Star (1946–1948) Gulf Coast (1949–1950) Missouri Valley (1951–1959) Independent (1960–1975) Southwest (1976–1995) C-USA (1996–2012) The American (2013–2022)
All-time record	472–394–15 (.544)
Bowl record	13–16–1 (.450)
Conference titles	11
Division titles	6
Rivalries	Rice (rivalry) Texas Tech (rivalry) Tulsa (rivalry)
Heisman winners	Andre Ware – 1989
Consensus All-Americans	10
Colors	Scarlet and white[1]
Fight song	Cougar Fight Song
Mascot	Shasta
Marching band	Spirit of Houston
Website	uhcougars.com

The Houston Cougars football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents the University of Houston. The team is commonly referred to as "Houston" or "UH" (spoken as "U of H"). The UH football program is a member of the Big 12 Conference. Since the 2014 season, the Cougars have played their home games on campus at TDECU Stadium, which was built on the site formerly occupied by Robertson Stadium, where they played home games from 1941 to 1950 and from 1997 to 2012. Over the history of the program, the Cougars have won eleven conference championships and have had several players elected to the College Football Hall of Fame, including a Heisman Trophy winner.