2015 Houston Cougars football team
The 2015 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 68th year of season play for Houston. The team was led by first-year head coach Tom Herman and played its home games at TDECU Stadium in Houston. The Houston Cougars football team is a member of the American Athletic Conference in its West Division. They finished the season 13–1, 7–1 in American Athletic play to win a share of the West Division title. Due to their head to head win over Navy, they represented the West Division in the inaugural American Athletic Championship Game where they defeated Temple to become American Athletic Conference champions. As the highest ranked team from the "Group of five", they received an automatic bid to a New Year's Six bowl. They were invited to the Peach Bowl where they defeated Florida State.Schedule
Game summaries
Tennessee Tech
at Louisville
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 7–8 | 2013 | UL, 20–13 |
Texas State
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 1–4 | 2012 | TSU, 30–13 |
at Tulsa
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 21–18 | 2014 | UH, 38–28 |
SMU
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 19–10–1 | 2014 | UH, 35–9 |
at Tulane
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 14–5 | 2014 | TULANE, 31–24 |
at UCF
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 1–5 | 2014 | UCF, 17–12 |
Vanderbilt
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 0–1 | 01/04/2014 | VANDY, 41–24 |
Cincinnati
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 13–10 | 2014 | CINCY, 38–31 |
Memphis
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 14–9 | 2014 | UH, 28–24 |
at UConn
Navy
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 1–0 | 1980 | UH, 35–0 |
Temple (The American Championship)
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 4–0 | 2014 | UH, 31–10 |
vs. Florida State (Peach Bowl)
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
| 12–2–2 | 1978 | UH, 27–21 |
Rankings
