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11 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS | 1989 HEISMAN TROPHY | 1976 LOMBARDI AWARD | 24 BOWL APPEARANCES | 136 ALL-AMERICANS HOUSTON FOOTBALL Athletics Communications // 3100 Cullen Blvd. // Houston, TX 77204 // www.uhcougars.com Football Contacts: David Bassity // (713) 743- 9409 // [email protected] // Allison McClain // (713) 743-9406 // [email protected] UH COUGAR SCOREBOARD Sept. 3 . .3/3 Oklahoma^........ABC ................11 a.m. The Game At A Glance Sept. 10... Lamar .............ESPN3...........11 a.m. Sept. 15.....at Cincinnati ...........ESPN .............6:30 p.m. Date:....Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016 Sept. 24.....at Texas State..........TBA....................TBA Time: .............11 a.m. CST Sept. 29... UConn .............ESPN.............7 p.m. Location:.............Houston Oct. 8 .......RV/RV at Navy .........CBS Sports Network....2 p.m. Oct. 15 . Tulsa ..............TBA . TBA Venue: .......... NRG Stadium Oct. 22 ......at SMU................TBA ...................TBA Capacity: ............ 71,500 Oct. 29 . UCF................TBA . TBA Nov. 12 ... Tulane (H) ..........TBA . TBA Surface: ........Synthetic Turf Nov. 17 ... 19/23 Louisville .....ESPN.............7 p.m. TV: ..................... ABC #15/13 Houston (0-0, 0-0 The American) #3/3 Oklahoma (0-0,0-0 Big 12) Nov. 25 .....NR/RV at Memphis .....TBA ...................TBA Live Stats:.....UHCougars.com Dec. 3..... The American Champ. ABC or ESPN......11 a.m. COUGARS SOONERS * all times Central … rankings are AP/Coaches Poll (H) - Homecoming | ^ - Advocare Texas Kickoff at NRG Stadium THE COACHES Tom Herman ................................................................HEAD COACH ...............................................................................Bob Stoops HOUSTON COACHING STAFF Cal Lutheran, 1997 ...................................................... ALMA MATER ...............................................................................Iowa, 1983 Tom Herman, Head Coach .......................................2nd Season 13-1 (2nd season) ........................................................RECORD/EXP ...............................................................179-46 (18th season) Todd Orlando, Defensive Coordinator ......................2nd Season Major Applewhite, Offensive Coordinator [B] ..........2nd Season FAST FACTS ON THE SERIES Series Record Overall .......................................................................................................................................Oklahoma leads 2-0 Craig Naivar, Assoc. HC/Co-Def. Coord./Safeties .......2nd Season Series Record at Houston ........................................................................................................................................... No meetings Oscar Giles, Asst. HC/Defensive Line ........................2nd Season Series Record at Oklahoma ............................................................................................................................Oklahoma leads, 1-0 Jason Washington, Special Teams Coord./Corners [B] .2nd Season Series Record at Neutral Site .........................................................................................................................Oklahoma leads, 1-0 Darrell Wyatt, Recruiting Coord./Receivers ............... 1st Season Last Meeting .......................................................................................Oklahoma 63, Houston 13, Sept. 11, 2004, at Norman, Okla. Corby Meekins, Tight Ends [B] .................................2nd Season HITS ON HOUSTON Kenith Pope, Running Backs ....................................2nd Season « The #HTownTakeover opens its second season under Tom Herman Saturday at 11 a.m. as No. 15/13 Houston takes on No. 3/3 Derek Warehime, Offensive Line ..............................2nd Season Oklahoma in the Advocare Texas Kickoff on an ABC national broadcast from NRG Stadium. The game will also air on KPRC 950 AM with [B] - denotes coaches in the press box pregame coverage starting at 10 a.m. « The game is the only opening week game nationally pitting two teams to finish in the top 10 of the final 2015 AP poll as Houston CAPTAINS checked in at No. 8 and Oklahoma at No. 5. The game is one of four opening-week battles between two opponents in the AP Top 25 QB Greg Ward Jr. (Sr.), TE Tyler McCloskey (Sr.), and one of just two with both teams in the top 15. The other features No. 4 Florida State, who Houston defeated 38-24 to end the 2015 DE Cameron Malveaux (Sr.), CB Brandon Wilson (Sr.) season, facing No. 11 Ole Miss Monday night in Orlando. « No. 3 Oklahoma will be Houston’s 10th season-opening opponent ranked in the top 25 and the highest-ranked team in a season TELEVISION (ABC) opener in program history. Houston enters the season ranked in the AP Top 25 for the 11th time in program history and is 8-3 in its Dave Pasch .................................play-by-play previous ranked openers including its previous opener vs. a ranked opponent, No. 11 UCLA in 1977, a 17-13 win in the Astrodome. Greg McElroy.................................... analyst « No. 3 Oklahoma is the highest-ranked team Houston has faced since falling 63-13 at No. 2 Oklahoma on Sept. 11, 2004. Tom Luginbill ...................................sideline « The game will feature two of the most successful teams from 2015 as Oklahoma led the nation in average margin of victory with * - Houston is 17-11-2 on ABC 21.5 points per win and Houston ranked fifth at 19.7 points. « Houston enters the season after claiming its 11th conference championship in program history, winning the inaugural American RADIO (KPRC 950 AM) Athletic Conference Championship game over Temple, and its 24th bowl appearance, a 38-24 win over No. 9/8 Florida State in the Kevin Eschenfelder...........................play-by-play Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Ted Pardee ..................................... analyst « Houston enters 2016 as one of just three programs nationally with at least 13 wins on two different occasions over the last five years, Jeremy Branham ................................sideline joining Alabama and Florida State in accomplishing the feat. Matt “Dynamo” Thomas ...................... pregame host « Named the FWAA First Year Coach of the Year and a Bear Bryant Award finalist, Tom Herman capped off his rookie season with a 38-24 Houston win over No. 9 Florida State in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. He became just the fourth coach in NCAA history with at least * - Streamed live on the Houston Cougars Gameday App 13 wins in his first season, joining Boise State’s Chris Petersen (2006), Penn’s George Woodruff (1892) and Yale’s Walter Camp (1888), and just the fifth to win the first 10 games of his career. ON THE WEB « Houston was one of just two schools nationally to play at least four ranked opponents last season and remain undefeated in the Official Site ..............................UHCougars.com matchups with three of Houston’s wins over ranked opponents coming by double-digits, the fourth-best total in the nation. Twitter......................... UHCougars / UHCougarFB « Houston was one of eight teams nationally with at least four wins against ranked opponents, and was third nationally with seven Facebook........HoustonAthletics / HoustonCougarFootball wins of 21 points or more as 10 wins were double-digit wins including its 38-24 win over No. 9 Florida State. Houston ranked fifth YouTube ................................... UHAthletics nationally with an average margin of victory of 19.7 points per game. Instagram ..................HoustonCougars / UHCougarFB « The program ranked eighth nationally in rushing defense, allowing just 108.9 yards per game, while ranking 13th in rushing offense with an average of 235.8 yards per game. Houston was the only team in the nation to rank in the top 13 in both categories. « Ranking 10th in scoring offense (40.4 points per game) and 20th in scoring defense (20.7 points per game), Houston was the only program in the nation to rank in the top 10 in scoring offense and the top 25 in scoring defense. « The Cougars own the longest winning streak by a non-power 5 team against power 5 opponents with four consecutive wins over the last two seasons. Houston owns wins over Florida State, Vanderbilt, Louisville and Pitt in its last four power 5 matchups. UHCougarFB // #HTownTakeover 1 HoustonCougarFootball 11 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS | 1989 HEISMAN TROPHY | 1976 LOMBARDI AWARD | 24 BOWL APPEARANCES | 136 ALL-AMERICANS UH COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday^ Thursday- David Bassity* Associate Athletics Director Players and Coaches Media luncheon Players and Coaches Coaches available Saturday E-mail [email protected] available post practice (11:05 a.m.), Carl Lewis available post practice post practice No availability Jeff Conrad Director of Communications Estimated time: 6:30 p.m. Auditorium. Estimated time: 6:30 p.m. Estimated time: 6:30 p.m. E-mail [email protected] Allison McClain* Assoc. Communications Dir. E-mail [email protected] Roman Petrowski Asst. Communications Dir. E-mail [email protected] Kyle Rogers Asst. Communications Dir. E-mail [email protected] Willi Anderson Communications Assistant [email protected] ^Coach Herman’s radio show is on Wednesdays and he is not available after practice that evening. * denotes football contacts Office Phone 713-743-9404 WEEKLY MEDIA LUNCHEON Press Box 713-743-0550 Each Monday during the season Houston hosts a media luncheon at the Carl Lewis Auditorium at the Athletics/Alumni