Houston Cougars football
Bowl games

Houston Cougars football

Section Title: Bowl games
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Season	Coach	Bowl	Opponent	Result

1951	Clyde Lee	Salad Bowl	Dayton	W 26–21

1962	Bill Yeoman	Tangerine Bowl	Miami	W 49–21

1969	Bill Yeoman	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	Auburn	W 37–7

1971	Bill Yeoman	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	Colorado	L 17–29

1973	Bill Yeoman	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	Tulane	W 47–7

1974	Bill Yeoman	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	NC State	T 31–31

1976	Bill Yeoman	Cotton Bowl Classic	Maryland	W 30–21

1978	Bill Yeoman	Cotton Bowl Classic	Notre Dame	L 34–35

1979	Bill Yeoman	Cotton Bowl Classic	Nebraska	W 17–14

1980	Bill Yeoman	Garden State Bowl	Navy	W 35–0

1981	Bill Yeoman	Sun Bowl	Oklahoma	L 14–40

1984	Bill Yeoman	Cotton Bowl Classic	Boston College	L 28–45

1988	Jack Pardee	Aloha Bowl	Washington State	L 22–24

1996	Kim Helton	Liberty Bowl	Syracuse	L 17–30

2003	Art Briles	Hawaii Bowl	Hawaii	L 48–54

2005	Art Briles	Fort Worth Bowl	Kansas	L 13–42

2006	Art Briles	Liberty Bowl	South Carolina	L 36–44

2007	Chris Thurmond	Texas Bowl	TCU	L 13–20

2008	Kevin Sumlin	Armed Forces Bowl	Air Force	W 34–28

2009	Kevin Sumlin	Armed Forces Bowl	Air Force	L 20–47

2011	Tony Levine	TicketCity Bowl	Penn State	W 30–14

2013	Tony Levine	BBVA Compass Bowl	Vanderbilt	L 24–41

2014	David Gibbs	Armed Forces Bowl	Pittsburgh	W 35–34

2015	Tom Herman	Peach Bowl	Florida State	W 38–24

2016	Major Applewhite	Las Vegas Bowl	San Diego State	L 10–34

2017	Major Applewhite	Hawaii Bowl	Fresno State	L 27–33

2018	Major Applewhite	Armed Forces Bowl	Army	L 14–70

Sentence(s)

Prior to Houston's 2008 Armed Forces Bowl win against Air Force, the Cougars had won a bowl game at the 1980 Garden State Bowl.

final_sentence: Prior to Houston's 2008 Armed Forces Bowl win against Air Force, the Cougars had won a bowl game at the 1980 Garden State Bowl.