The 1998 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season.

It was the 53rd year of season play for Houston.

The team was coached by Kim Helton.

The team played all its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston, for the first time since 1950.

This college football 1990s season article is a stub.