Bowl History
See also: List of Houston Cougars bowl gamesHouston has competed in bowl games during seven of the last nine football seasons. Prior to Houston's 2008 Armed Forces Bowl win against Air Force, the Cougars had not won a bowl game since the 1980 Garden State Bowl. This put the Cougars in second place behind the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for the all-time longest bowl-game losing streak. Overall Houston has made 21 bowl appearances during its history, including four Cotton Bowls in which Houston holds a 2-2 record with wins over Nebraska and Maryland. On January 2, 2012, Houston matched up with Penn State of the Big 10 in the TicketCity Bowl and won 30-14.
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