2018 Houston Cougars football team

2018 Houston Cougars football
Conference American Athletic Conference
Division West Division
2018 record 5–1 (2–0 AAC)
Head coach Major Applewhite (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Kendal Briles (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Mark D'Onofrio (2nd season)
Home stadium TDECU Stadium
(Capacity: 40,000)
2018 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
No. 10 UCF  3 –0     6 –0  
No. 20 Cincinnati  2 –0     6 –0  
No. 21 South Florida  2 –0     6 –0  
Temple  2 –0     3 –3  
East Carolina  0 –2     2 –3  
Connecticut  0 –3     1 –5  
West Division
Houston  1 –0     4 –1  
SMU  1 –1     2 –4  
Tulane  1 –1     2 –4  
Navy  1 –2     2 –4  
Memphis  1 –2     4 –2  
Tulsa  0 –3     1 –5  
Championship: December 1, 2018
As of October 15, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2018 Houston Cougars football team represents the University of Houston in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars play their home games at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas, and compete in the West Division of the American Athletic Conference. They are led by second-year head coach Major Applewhite.

Previous season

The Cougars finished the 2017 season 7–5, 5–3 in AAC play to finish in second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Hawaii Bowl where they lost to Fresno State.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Lott Trophy[1] Ed Oliver DT JR
Rimington Trophy[2] Will Noble C SR
Chuck Bednarik Award[3] Ed Oliver DT JR
Maxwell Award[4] Ed Oliver DT JR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy[5] Ed Oliver DT JR
Outland Trophy[6] Will Noble C SR
Ed Oliver DT JR
Ray Guy Award[7] Dane Roy P JR
Wuerffel Trophy[8] Mulbah Car RB JR
Walter Camp Award[9] Ed Oliver DT JR
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award[10] D’Eriq King QB JR

AAC media poll

The AAC media poll was released on July 24, 2018, with the Cougars predicted to finish in second place in the AAC West Division.[11]

Media poll (West)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Memphis171 (23)
2Houston146 (4)
3Navy129 (3)
4SMU72
5Tulane68
6Tulsa44

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 111:00 a.m.at Rice*
CBSSNW 45–2726,390
September 811:00 a.m.Arizona*
ABC/ESPN2W 45–1832,534
September 153:00 p.m.at Texas Tech*
FOXL 49–6353,484
September 227:00 p.m.Texas Southern*
  • TDECU Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ESPN3W 70–1429,970
October 47:00 p.m.Tulsa
ESPNW 41–2629,823
October 136:00 p.m.at East Carolina
CBSSNW 42–2029,851
October 202:30 p.m.at Navy
CBSSN
October 27South Florida
  • TDECU Stadium
  • Houston, TX
November 3at SMU
November 10Templedagger
  • TDECU Stadium
  • Houston, TX
November 157:00 p.m.Tulane
  • TDECU Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ESPN
November 23at Memphis
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
Schedule Source:[12]

Roster

2018 Houston Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 1 Bryson Smith  Fr
WR 2 Keith Corbin Jr
QB 3 Clayton Tune Fr
QB 4 D'Eriq King Jr
WR 5 Marquez Stevenson So
WR 6 Kinte Hatton Sr
WR 9 Courtney Lark Jr
WR 10 Jeremy Singleton  Fr
QB 12 Quinten Dormady Sr
QB 14 Ike Ogbogu  Fr
WR 15 Raelon Singleton Sr
WR 17 Terry Mark Jr
WR 19 Julon Williams Fr
RB 21 Patrick Carr Jr
RB 22 Terence Williams Sr
RB 23 Chandler Smith So
RB 25 Kelan Walker Fr
WR 26 Ja'Kori Morgan Fr
WR 27 Henry Thomas Fr
RB 28 Josh Burrell Jr
WR 30 Timon Nolan Jr
RB 32 Kevrin Justice Jr
RB 34 Mulbah Car Jr
WR 36 James Homan Sr
WR 37 Payton Pardee Jr
WR 39 Andrew Segovia Jr
TE 45 Spencer Wells Fr
OL 52 Braylon Jones Jr
OL 53 Hayden Mark So
OL 56 Dixie Wooten III  Fr
OL 60 Kordell Snyder So
OL 62 Jarrid Williams Jr
OL 64 Dennis Bardwell So
OL 65 Bo Alexander Jr
OL 66 Cole Miller So
OL 69 Will Noble Sr
OL 70 Jordan Boatman  Fr
OL 71 Max Banes Fr
OL 72 Mason Denley Sr
OL 73 Kameron Lewis Fr
OL 74 Josh Jones Jr
OL 75 Jack Freeman Fr
OL 76 Kameron Eloph Jr
OL 77 Keenan Murphy So
WR 80 Colton Cerday Jr
WR 81 Tre'von Bradley Fr
TE 82 Romello Brooker Sr
WR 83 Peyton Sawyer Fr
WR 84 Cole McGowan So
TE 85 Christian Trahan Fr
TE 86 Payton Haslam Sr
TE 87 Sid Turnbull-Frazier Jr
TE 88 Shane Creamer  Fr
TE 89 Parker Eichenberger  Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 1 Garrett Davis Sr
DB 2 Deontay Anderson So
DB 3 Grant Stuard So
LB 4 Leroy Godfrey Jr
LB 5 Darrion Owens Sr
DB 6 Khari Dotson Sr
LB 8 Emeke Egbule Sr
CB 9 Nick Watkins Sr
DT 10 Ed Oliver Jr
LB 12 David Anenih So
CB 13 Joeal Williams Sr
CB 14 Isaiah Johnson Sr
CB 16 Ka'Darian Smith Jr
CB 18 Alexander Myres Sr
CB 19 Javian Smith So
LB 20 Roman Brown Sr
DB 21 Gleson Sprewell So
LB 22 Austin Robinson Sr
DE 23 Willie Smith III Fr
LB 24 Donavan Mutin Fr
DB 25 D. J. Small So
LB 26 Elijah Gooden So
LB 27 Amaud Willis-Dalton Fr
DB 29 Darius Gilbert Jr
LB 30 Alexander Duke  Fr
LB 31 Derek Parish  Fr
DB 33 Garrison Vaughn Fr
DB 35 Johnathan Phenix Fr
CB 36 Zaire Taylor Fr
LB 37 Zamar Kirven Fr
DB 39 Shaun Lewis  Fr
LB 40 Jordan Carmouche So
DB 41 Bradley Mbu Jr
LB 43 Dekalen Goodson Fr
LB 45 Jordan Milburn Jr
LB 46 Melvin Larkins Fr
DB 48 Torrey Richardson Fr
DT 50 Aymiel Fleming Jr
DL 51 Tariq Freeny So
DE 52 Jerard Carter Sr
LB 59 Jacob Daulong  Fr
DL 80 Noah Jones  Fr
DE 90 Zach Vaughan Sr
DE 91 Tahj Brown Fr
DL 92 Logan Hall Fr
DL 94 Isaiah Chambers So
DL 98 Payton Turner So
DL 99 Blake Young Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 38 Dane Roy Jr
K 42 Caden Novikoff Sr
LS 44 Anthony Cantu Jr
K 47 Dalton Witherspoon So
LS 97 Nick Wildberger Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

at Rice

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 3 14 14 14 45
Owls 7 17 3 0 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–11 2017 W, 38–3

[13]

Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 0 10 8 18
Cougars 21 10 7 7 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 2017 W, 19–16

[14]

at Texas Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 21 7 14 7 49
Red Raiders 14 21 14 14 63
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–12–1 2017 L, 24–27

Texas Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 0 7 7 14
Cougars 14 28 7 21 70
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2007 W, 59–6

Tulsa

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Hurricane 13 0 10 3 26
Cougars 7 10 0 24 41
Overall record Last meeting Result
23–19 2017 L, 17–45

at East Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 14 7 7 14 42
Pirates 0 3 3 14 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–7 2017 W, 52–27

at Navy

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0
Midshipmen 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 2017 W, 24–14

South Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 0
Cougars 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2017 W, 28–24

at SMU

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0
Mustangs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–11–1 2017 W, 35–22

Temple

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0
Cougars 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–0 2017 W, 20–13

Tulane

1 2 3 4 Total
Green Wave 0
Cougars 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–6 2017 L, 17–20

at Memphis

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–11 2017 L, 38–42

References

  1. ↑ "2018 Watch List | Lott IMPACT Trophy | Honoring College Football's Defensive Best". lottimpacttrophy.org. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  2. ↑ "Rimington Trophy Press Release". May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ "2018 Bednarik Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  4. ↑ "2018 Maxwell Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  5. ↑ "2018 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  6. ↑ "22018 OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST UNVEILED". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Ray Guy Award preseason watch list unveiled". July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  9. ↑ Carbone, Al (July 27, 2018). "Walter Camp Football Foundation Announces 2018 Player of the Year Preseason "Watch List"". Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  10. ↑ "2018 Nominations The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award" (PDF). August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  11. ↑ "UCF Tabbed as Favorite in 2018 Preseason Media Poll". TheAmerican.org. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "2018 Houston Cougars Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Houston vs. Rice - Game Summary - September 1, 2018". ESPN. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Arizona vs. Houston - Game Summary - September 8, 2018". ESPN. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
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