1987 Houston Cougars football team

1987 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cougars were led by first-year head coach Jack Pardee and played their home games at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The team competed as members of the Southwest Conference, finishing in seventh.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	Oklahoma State*	Astrodome Houston, TX	Raycom	L 0–35	16,285
September 26	Sam Houston State*	Astrodome Houston, TX		W 38–34	21,705
October 3	Baylor	Astrodome Houston, TX		L 18–30	22,751
October 10	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX		L 17–22	64,415
October 17	at Wyoming*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY		L 35–37	18,011
October 24	at Arkansas	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR		L 17–21	34,820
October 31	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		L 7–35	25,257
November 7	Texas	Astrodome Houston, TX		W 60–40	36,274
November 14	at Temple*	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA		W 37–7	12,780
November 21	Texas Tech	Astrodome Houston, TX		T 10–10	19,295
November 28	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	W 45–21	10,300
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:^[1]

^ "1987 Houston Cougars Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 1, 2018.

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1987 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Texas A&M $	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Arkansas	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
Texas	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Baylor	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
TCU	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Houston	2	–	4	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll