2023 Houston Cougars football team

The 2023 Houston Cougars football team will represent University of Houston in the Big 12 Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars are expected to be led by Dana Holgorsen in his fifth season as their head coach. The Cougars play their home games at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas.

2023 Houston Cougars football
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorEman Naghavi (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDoug Belk (3rd, 5th overall season)
Home stadiumTDECU Stadium
(Capacity: 40,000)
2023 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Baylor  0 0   0 0  
BYU  0 0   0 0  
Cincinnati  0 0   0 0  
Houston  0 0   0 0  
Iowa State  0 0   0 0  
Kansas  0 0   0 0  
Kansas State  0 0   0 0  
Oklahoma  0 0   0 0  
Oklahoma State  0 0   0 0  
TCU  0 0   0 0  
Texas  0 0   0 0  
Texas Tech  0 0   0 0  
UCF  0 0   0 0  
West Virginia  0 0   0 0  
Championship: December 2023
  • $ Conference champion
  • y Championship game participant
As of May 17, 2023
Rankings from AP Poll

In September 2021, Cincinnati, BYU, Houston, and UCF accepted bids to join the Big 12.[1] On June 10, the American Athletic Conference and the three American Athletic Conference schools schools set to depart from the league (Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF) announced that they had reached a buyout agreement with the conference that will allow those schools to join the Big 12 Conference in 2023.[2] BYU had previously operated as an independent prior to accepting a membership invitation to join the Big 12 conference.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Four Cougars were selected in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Player Position Team Round Pick
Nathaniel Dell WR Houston Texans 3 69
Clayton Tune QB Arizona Cardinals 5 139
Derek Parish FB/DE Jacksonville Jaguars 7 240
Gervarrius Owens S New York Giants 7 254

Outgoing

Player Position Destination
Joshua Atkins OL Hawaii
Holman Edwards QB Southern Miss
Rafal Szymanski DE Northwestern State
Theron Stroops CB Unknown
Demarcus Griffin-Taylor CB Louisiana Tech
Derek Bowman OL USF
Carlton Guidry WR Unknown
Ugonna Nnanna OL Virginia
Khiyon Wafer WR Unknown
Trevor Helburg K Unknown
Carson Walker OL Unknown
Almarion Crim OL Unknown
Cody Jackson WR Tarleton State
Mark Wilson CB Unknown
Jamel Starks RB Unknown
Mannie Nunnery S Florida
Trevonte Sylvester OT California
Chayse Todd OL Texas State
Lance Robinson OT Unknown
Abdul-Lateef Audu CB Unknown
Alton McCaskill RB Colorado

Incoming

Player Position Previous School
Jack Martin P Alabama
Aubrey Smith LB Colorado
Malik Fleming CB East Carolina
Shamar Hobdy-Lee OT FIU
Jalen Hunt DT Michigan State
Juwon Gaston S NEMCC
Adari Haulcy S New Mexico
David Ugwoegbu LB Oklahoma
Stephon Johnson WR Oklahoma State
Brandon Mack DE Ole Miss
Jaylen Garth OL Texas
Ish Harris LB Texas A&M
Brian George CB Texas A&M
Isaiah Hamilton CB Texas Southern
Donovan Smith QB Texas Tech
Mike O’Laughlin TE West Virginia
David Ndukwe OL Western Kentucky
Joshua Cobbs WR Wyoming

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Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 2UTSA*
September 9at Rice*
September 16TCU
  • TDECU Stadium
  • Houston, TX
September 23Sam Houston*
  • TDECU Stadium
  • Houston, TX
September 30at Texas Tech
October 12West Virginia
  • TDECU Stadium
  • Houston, TX
October 21Texas
  • TDECU Stadium
  • Houston, TX
October 28at Kansas State
November 4at Baylor
November 11Cincinnati
  • TDECU Stadium
  • Houston, TX
November 18Oklahoma State
  • TDECU Stadium
  • Houston, TX
November 25at UCF
  • *Non-conference game

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    References

    1. "Big 12 Conference Adds Four New Members". Big12Sports.com. Big 12 Conference. September 10, 2021.
    2. "American Announces Agreements With UCF, Cincinnati and Houston on Departure" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
    3. "2023 Houston Football Transfer Portal". ON3.
    4. "Houston Cougars 2023 College Football Transfer Portal". 247Sports.
    5. "2023 Houston Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
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