American college football season
The 2014 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season . It was the 67th year of season play for Houston. The season was the second for the Cougars as a member of the American Athletic Conference and their first playing in their new stadium, TDECU Stadium in Houston . They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in AAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they defeated Pittsburgh .
On December 8, head coach Tony Levine was fired.[ 1] David Gibbs led the Cougars in the Armed Forces Bowl.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 29 8:00 p.m. UTSA * ESPNU L 7–2740,755 September 6 7:00 p.m. Grambling State * ESPN3 W 47–030,081 September 11 8:00 p.m. at No. 25 BYU * ESPN L 25–3357,630 September 20 7:00 p.m. UNLV * ESPN3 W 47–1423,408 October 2 6:00 p.m. UCF ESPN L 12–1726,685 October 11 6:00 p.m. at Memphis CBSSN W 28–2432,784 October 17 8:00 p.m. Temple ESPNU W 31–1021,471 November 1 3:00 p.m. at USF ESPNews W 27–329,782 November 8 2:30 p.m. Tulane ESPNU L 24–3132,205 November 22 2:00 p.m. Tulsa ESPN3 W 38–2823,572 November 28 11:00 a.m. at SMU CBSSN W 35–915,446 December 6 11:00 a.m. at Cincinnati ESPN L 31–3824,606 January 2 11:00 a.m. vs. Pittsburgh * ESPN W 35–3437,888 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [ 2] [ 3] UTSA at Houston 1 2 3 4 Total • Roadrunners 7 7 10 3 27 Cougars 0 0 0 7 7
Date: August 29Location: TDECU Stadium Houston , TX Game start: 8:00 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:20Game attendance: 40,755Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C), Cloudy w/ 86% humidity, winds SE at 18 mphReferee: Rodney BurnetteTV announcers (ESPNU ): Mike Couzens and Charles Arbuckle
Grambling State at Houston 1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 • Cougars 10 24 6 7 47
Date: September 6Location: TDECU StadiumGame start: 7:05 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:07Game attendance: 30,081Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C), Partly cloudy w/ 76% humidity, winds SSE at 6 mphReferee: Tracy JonesTV announcers (ESPN3 ): Brett Dolan and Pat Hill
Houston at BYU 1 2 3 4 Total UH Cougars 0 15 0 10 25 • #25 BYU Cougars 16 7 3 7 33
Date: September 11Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT Game start: 7:01 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:21Game attendance: 57,630Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C), Clear w/ 34% humidity, winds NW at 5 mphReferee: Todd LaPentaTV announcers (ESPN /BYUtv ): Rece Davis , Jesse Palmer , David Pollack , & Samantha Ponder (ESPN)Dave McCann , Blaine Fowler , Andy Boyce, & Lauren Francom (BYUtv)[ 4]
1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 7 0 7 0 14 Cougars 13 0 17 17 47
1 2 3 4 Total Knights 0 7 10 0 17 Cougars 3 3 0 6 12
1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 0 14 7 7 28 Tigers 7 14 0 3 24
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 3 7 0 0 10 Cougars 10 7 14 0 31
1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 7 0 7 13 27 Bulls 0 0 3 0 3
1 2 3 4 Total Green Wave 7 7 7 10 31 Cougars 7 10 0 7 24
1 2 3 4 Total Golden Hurricane 0 7 14 7 28 Cougars 14 0 14 10 38
1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 7 0 21 7 35 Mustangs 0 9 0 0 9
1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 7 3 7 14 31 Bearcats 7 14 14 3 38
[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 0 6 0 29 35 Panthers 0 17 7 10 34
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