Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 5 | 6:00 PM | Northwestern State* | Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX | W 55–7 | 22,043 | |||
| September 12 | 2:30 PM | at #5 Oklahoma State* | Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK | FSN | W 45–35 | 50,875 | ||
| September 26 | 8:15 PM | Texas Tech* | #17 | Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX | ESPN2 | W 29–28 | 32,114A | |
| October 3 | 8:05 PM | at UTEP | #12 | Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX | L 58–41 | 26,793 | ||
| October 10 | 11:30 AM | at Mississippi State* | Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS | ESPNU | W 31–24 | 48,019 | ||
| October 17 | 2:30 PM | at Tulane | #23 | Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA | CBSCS | W 44–16 | 22,891 | |
| October 24 | 6:30 PM | SMU | #17 | Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX | CBSCS | W 38–15 | 26,889 | |
| October 31 | 12:00 PM | Southern Miss | #15 | Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX | CSS | W 50–43 | 20,125 | |
| November 7 | 6:30 PM | at Tulsa | #13 | H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK | CBSCS | W 46–45 | 20,243 | |
| November 14 | 11:00 AM | at UCF | #13 | Bright House Networks Stadium • Orlando, FL | CBSCS | L 37–32 | 34,437 | |
| November 21 | 12:00 PM | Memphis | #24 | Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX | CSS | W 55–14 | 22,036 | |
| November 28 | 7:00 PM | Rice | #25 | Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX (Bayou Bucket) | CSS | W 73–14 | 28,243 | |
| December 5 | 11:00 AM | at East Carolina | #18 | Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC (C-USA Championship) | ESPN2 | L 38–32 | 33,048 | |
| December 31 | 11:00 AM | vs. Air Force* | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (Armed Forces Bowl) | ESPN | L 47–20 | 41,414 | ||
- ^A Denotes the largest crowd to have watched a football game at Robertson Stadium in its current capacity, and the largest Houston ever hosted on-campus. This was later broken the next season.
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