2016 Houston Cougars football team

2016 Houston Cougars football
2016 Houston Cougars football
Las Vegas Bowl, L 10–34 vs. San Diego State
Conference	American Athletic Conference
	West Division
Record	9–4 (5–3 The American)
Head coach	Tom Herman (Regular season, 2nd year); Major Applewhite (bowl game);
Offensive coordinator	Major Applewhite (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Todd Orlando (2nd season)
Base defense	3–4
Captain	Cameron Malveaux; Tyler McCloskey; Greg Ward Jr.; Brandon Wilson
Home stadium	TDECU Stadium
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 69th year of season play for Houston. They were led by head coach Tom Herman during the regular season and played their home games at TDECU Stadium in Houston. The Houston Cougars football team is a member of the American Athletic Conference in its West Division. They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in American Athletic play to finish in a tie for third place in the West Division. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they lost to San Diego State.

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Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	40^‡	Commit date
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	11:00 a.m.	vs. No. 3 Oklahoma*	No. 15	NRG Stadium Houston, TX (Texas Kickoff)	ABC	W 33–23	71,016
September 10	11:00 a.m.	Lamar*	No. 6	TDECU Stadium Houston, TX	ASN	W 42–0	39,402
September 15	6:30 p.m.	at Cincinnati	No. 6	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPN	W 40–16	40,015
September 24	6:00 p.m.	at Texas State*	No. 6	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX	ESPNU	W 64–3	33,133
September 29	7:00 p.m.	UConn	No. 6	TDECU Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN	W 42–14	40,873
October 8	2:00 p.m.	at Navy	No. 6	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	L 40–46	34,531
October 15	6:00 p.m.	Tulsa	No. 13	TDECU Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 38–31	38,221
October 22	6:00 p.m.	at SMU	No. 11	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 16–38	32,000
October 29	11:00 a.m.	UCF		TDECU Stadium Houston, TX	ESPNU	W 31–24	35,846
November 12	2:30 p.m.	Tulane		TDECU Stadium Houston, TX	CBSSN	W 30–18	36,552
November 17	8:00 p.m.	No. 5 Louisville*		TDECU Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN	W 36–10	42,822
November 25	11:00 a.m.	at Memphis	No. 20	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	ABC	L 44–48	36,527
December 17	2:30 p.m.	vs. San Diego State*		Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ABC	L 10–34	29,286
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll (and CFP Rankings, after November 1) - Released prior to game All times are in Central time

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Oklahoma	10	7	0	6	23
#15 Houston	3	16	14	0	33

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Lamar	0	0	0	0	0
#6 Houston	14	14	7	7	42

Offseason

2016 American Athletic Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Temple xy$	7	–	1	10	–	4
No. 19 South Florida x	7	–	1	11	–	2
UCF	4	–	4	6	–	7
Cincinnati	1	–	7	4	–	8
UConn	1	–	7	3	–	9
East Carolina	1	–	7	3	–	9
West Division
Navy xy	7	–	1	9	–	5
Tulsa	6	–	2	10	–	3
Memphis	5	–	3	8	–	5
Houston	5	–	3	9	–	4
SMU	3	–	5	5	–	7
Tulane	1	–	7	4	–	8
Championship: Temple 34, Navy 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll