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1997 Houston Cougars football
1997 Houston Cougars football
Conference	Conference USA
Record	3–8 (2–4 C-USA)
Head coach	Kim Helton (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Dan Lounsbury (1st as DC, 3rd overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Gary Bartel (1st as DC, 3rd overall season)
Home stadium	Houston Astrodome; (Capacity: 59,969); Robertson Stadium; (Capacity: 22,500)
	Seasons ← 1996 1998 →

1997 Houston Cougars football team

American college football season

The 1997 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 52nd year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by Kim Helton. The team split its home games between the Houston Astrodome and Robertson Stadium for the last season before moving its games exclusively to Robertson Stadium, the 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston.

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"1997 Houston Cougars Schedule and Results".

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	11:30 am	at No. 16 Alabama*	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama	JPS	L 17–42	81,591
September 6	2:30 pm	California*	Houston Astrodome Houston	FSN	L 3–35	37,652
September 13	2:00 pm	Pittsburgh*	Robertson Stadium Houston	FSN	L 24–35	17,611
September 27	6:00 pm	at Minnesota*	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis		W 45–43	36,447
October 4	5:30 pm	at No. 22 UCLA*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSW	L 10–66	38,004
October 18		Cincinnati	Robertson Stadium Houston	FSN	W 41–38 ^2OT	14,457
October 25	2:00 pm	at Louisville	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky		W 36–22	21,432
November 1		at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		L 3–24	20,181
November 8	2:30 pm	East Carolina	Robertson Stadium Houston		L 27–28	17,051
November 15		at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, Mississippi	FSN	L 0–33	20,091
November 22		Tulane	Houston Astrodome Houston	FSN	L 10–44	11,618
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 19 Southern Miss $	6	–	0	9	–	3
Tulane	5	–	1	7	–	4
East Carolina	4	–	2	5	–	6
Cincinnati	2	–	4	8	–	4
Memphis	2	–	4	4	–	7
Houston	2	–	4	3	–	8
Louisville	0	–	6	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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