It was the 61st year of season play for Houston.

The team was coached by fourth-year head football coach, Art Briles.

The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston.

After regular season play where Houston won the C-USA West division, the Cougars defeated the Southern Miss Golden Eagles in the Conference USA Football Championship to become conference champions for the first time since 1996.

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