UH Athletics communications Chris Burkhalter, Assoc. AD/Communications email: [email protected] cell: 713-775-1542 Jeff Conrad, Director of Athletics Communications HouSTon FooTBAll email: [email protected] 3100 Cullen Blvd. • Suite 2008 • Houston, TX 77204-6002 • 713-743-9404 (P) • 713-743-9411 (F) • www.UHCougars.com cell: 713-557-3841 GAME 14 • AIR FORCE • Dec. 31, 2009 HOUSTON COUGARS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2009 #25/RV Houston “Title Defense In Store For #25 Game #14 Schedule & Results Date: Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009 (10-3 • 6-2 C-USA) Kickoff: 11 am (CST) Cougars As They Face Air Force in Location: Fort Worth, Texas 9/5 NORTHWESTERN STATE W, 55-7 9/12 at #5/#6 Oklahoma State (FSN) W, 45-35 Stadium: Amon G. Carter (Grass) 9/26 TEXAS TECH (ESPN2) W, 29-28 Armed Forces Bowl” Capacity: 46,000 10/3 * at UTEP L, 41-58 10/10 at Mississippi State (ESPN U) W, 31-24 10/17 * at Tulane (CBS College Sports) W, 44-16 10/24 * SMU (CBS College Sports) W, 38-15 10/31 * SOUTHERN MISS (CSS) W, 50-43 11/7 * at Tulsa (CBS College Sports) W, 46-45 11/14 * at UCF (CBS College Sports) L,32-37 vs. 11/21 * MEMPHIS (CSS) W, 55-14 11/28 * RICE (CSS) W, 73-14 12/5 & vs. East Carolina (ESPN 2) L, 32-38 12/31 ^vs. Air Force (ESPN) 11 a.m. #25/RV Houston Cougars ...................................................................... Air Force Falcons 10-3 Overall; 6-2 C-USA West ..............................................................................................................................................7-5 Overall; 5-3 Mountain West * – C-USA game. & –Conference USA Championhip Game, Greenville, N.C. 365-327-15 All-Time (64th year) ......................................................................................................................................327-274-13 All-Time (54th year) ^–Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, Texas Head Coach Kevin Sumlin ..............................................................................................................................................................Head Coach Troy Calhoun Purdue 1988 ....................................................................................................................................................................................Air Force Academy 1989 HOUSTON COACHING STAFF Second year at UH and Overall, 18-8 .....................................................................................................................Third year at Air Force and Overall, 24-14 Kevin Sumlin, 2nd Year at Houston ..........................................Head Coach B.J. Anderson, 1st Year ........................................................Offensive Line Houston, Texas ...................................................................................... LOCATION ......................................................................... Colorado Springs, Colo. (B) Leon Burtnett, 2nd Year ....................................................Linebackers 1927 ...................................................................................................... FOUNDED ..................................................................................................... 1955 Dana Holgorsen, 2nd Year .................Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks 36,098 ................................................................................................ENROLLMENT ................................................................................................. 4,400 Jim Jeffcoat, 2nd Year ......................................................... Defensive Line Cougars ................................................................................................ NICKNAME .................................................................................................Falcons Tony Levine, 2nd Year ..Special Teams Coordinator/Wide Receivers/Tight Ends Red, White and Navy Trim .......................................................................COLORS ....................................................................................... Blue and White (B) Clarence McKinney, 2nd Year ........................................Running Backs Dr. Renu Khator ....................................................................................PRESIDENT ..................................................................... Lt. Gen. Michael C. Gould Jason Phillips, 7th Year ..............Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers Mack Rhoades ...........................................................................DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS .......................................................................... Dr. Hans Mueh John Skladany, 2nd Year ............................Defensive Coordinator/Safeties (B) Zac Spavital, 2nd Year .......................................................Cornerbacks Larry Jackson, 4th Year ........................................Strength & Conditioning (B) Kliff Kingsbury, 2nd Year ..............................Quality Control – Offense Fast Facts on the Series (B) Wesley Nurse, 2nd Year ........Quality Control – Defense/Special Teams Series Record Overall ..........................................................................................................................................................................Series tied 1-1 (B) Jake Spavital, 1st Year ............................Graduate Assistant – Offense Series Record in Colorado Springs .....................................................................................................................................................................N/A (B) Calvin Thibodeaux, 2nd Year ..................Graduate Assistant – Defense Series Record at Robertson Stadium ................................................................................................................................................................N/A First Meeting ....................................................................................Sept. 13, 2008; Air Force 31, Houston 28 (Gerald J. Ford Stadium; Dallas, Texas) (B) – working from the coaches’ booth Last Meeting ...........................................................................Dec. 31, 2008; Houston 34, Air Force 28 (Amon G. Carter Stadium; Fort Worth, Texas) Last Meeting at Amon G. Carter Stadium .................................................................................................Dec. 31, 2008; Houston 34, Air Force 28 2009 AIR FORCE Schedule & Results (7-5 • 5-3 Mountain West) THE SERIES • Third meeting between the two schools. 9/5 NICHOLLS STATE W, 72-0 • Third meeting between the two schools in the last 16 months. 9/12 at Minnesota L, 13-20 9/19 * at New Mexico W, 37-13 • All three meetings have been held on neutral fields. 9/26 * SAN DIEGO STATE W, 26-14 • First meeting was originally scheduled for Robertson Stadium on the Houston campus but was forced to relocate to the SMU campus when Hurricane 10/3 at Navy L, 13-16 (OT) Ike threatened the upper Texas coast. 10/10 * TCU L, 17-20 • This is the 12th time Houston has faced one of the three United States service 10/17 * WYOMING W, 10-0 academies. ON THE AIR 10/24 * at Utah L, 16-23 (OT) • UH is 6-2 versus Army and 1-0 against Navy. 10/31 * at Colorado State W, 34-16 • Houston is 8-10-1 all-time in bowl games. Radio 11/7 ARMY W, 35-7 • The Cougars’ 34-28 win over Air Force last season was the Cougars’ first bowl win 10 am (CST) 11/14 * UNLV W, 45-17 since 1980. Tom Franklin, pxp 11/21 * at BYU L, 21-38 • With this bowl invite, the Cougars will have been to a school-record five straight bowl 12/31 ^ vs. Houston (ESPN) 10 a.m. games...also the sixth bowl game in seven seasons. Ted Pardee, analyst • UH head coach Kevin Sumlin is 1-0 in bowl games. Chuck Brown, sideline * – Mountain West Conference game; All times Mountain; ^–Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, Texas Television UH Opponents IN THE POST-SEASON 11 am (CST) Oklahoma State vs. Ole Miss (Cotton Bowl, Jan. 2); Texas Tech vs. Michigan Dave LaMont, pxp State (Alamo Bowl, Jan. 2); SMU vs. Nevada (Hawaii Bowl, Dec. 24); J.C. Pearson, analyst Southern Miss vs. Middle Tennessee (New Orleans Bowl, Dec. 20); UCF vs. Rutgers (St. Petersburg Bowl, Dec. 19); East Carolina vs. Arkansas (Liberty Cara Capuano, sideline Bowl, Jan. 2) 1 www.UHCougars.com MEDIA INFORMATION Houston/ISP Radio Network The Pulse with Kevin Sumlin Radio Show C-USA Coaches Teleconference Wednesday, September 2 (Chili’s Too, UH University Center) Conference USA coaches will be featured on a teleconference City Affiliate Frequency Wednesday, September 9 (Bubba’s) from 1-2:30 p.m. Central during the 2009 season. The call will Beaumont KLVI-AM 560 Wednesday, September 16 (Ragin Cajun, Sugarland) be held on Mondays, with the first call scheduled for August Corpus Christi KOPY-AM 1070 Wednesday, September 23 (Chili’s Too) 31. (There will NOT be a call on Sept. 28, Oct. 12, Oct. Houston KBME-AM 790 Wednesday, September 30 (Chili’s Too) 26 or Nov. 9.) The call in number is (719) 457-2716 and Lufkin KSML-AM 1260 Wednesday, October 7 (Bubba’s) passcode is 8766724, and a playback of the teleconference Stephenville KSTV-FM 93.1 Wednesday, October 14 (Ragin Cajun, on Richmond) is available beginning at 5 pm CDT each Monday by dialing Waco KBW-AM 1010 Wednesday, October 21 (Chili’s Too) (402) 220-1009 with a replay passcode of 5064894. A tenta- Wednesday, October 28 (Bubba’s) tive schedule is listed below. Athletics Communications Staff Wednesday, November 4 (Ragin Cajun on Westheimer) Associate A.D./Football SID: Chris