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9571180 | Then He Kissed Me | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Then%20He%20Kissed%20Me | Then He Kissed Me
"Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)" with Al Jardine on lead vocals and production by Brian Wilson. Beyond title and gender changes, new lyrics were written retelling the story of the Crystals' song from the boyfriend's point of view.
Two years after appearing on the album, in April 1967 the song was ... | 56,500 |
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that we wanted to give our public the best and the best isn't ready yet."
"Then I Kissed Her" charted at number four in the United Kingdom. The B-side of the single was "Mountain of Love", a song off the band's 1965 "Beach Boys' Party!" album.
## Chart performance.
According to contemporary nationa... | 56,501 |
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Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, bass guitar, grand piano, timpani
- Carl Wilson – harmony and backing vocals, 12-string acoustic lead and rhythm guitars
- Dennis Wilson – drums
Session musicians and production staff
- Ron Swallow – tambourine
- Frank Capp – castanets
# Other versions.
- In... | 56,502 |
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Hello for their 1975 album "Keeps Us Off the Streets".
- Kiss on their 1977 album "Love Gun", as "Then She Kissed Me."
- In 1978, Swedish pop-wonder Magnus Uggla made a notorious recording in Swedish titled "Å, han kysste mej" (Lit, "Oh, he kissed me") on the album "Vittring".
- In 1980, the Icelan... | 56,503 |
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with Meera Syal and actress Rita Wolf, which was produced by Grammy Award Winner Biddu. Country-rock singer Juice Newton released her own version of the song on her 1989 album "Ain't Gonna Cry".
- In 1993, by Polish thrash metal band Acid Drinkers on their album Vile Vicious Vision
- In 1995, the Sp... | 56,504 |
9571180 | Then He Kissed Me | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Then%20He%20Kissed%20Me | Then He Kissed Me
recorded the song live several times in 1975 (as "Then She Kissed Me") and revisited it again 33 years later by opening his August 23, 2008 concert in St. Louis, MO with it. Springsteen also played the song as a request during the encore at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL on September 13, 2009.... | 56,505 |
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Camu Tao reuses the song's signature line in his song "Death" from his album King of Hearts (Camu Tao album).
- Russ Abbott sings his parody of the hit "And Then She Kicked Me".
- St Vincent covered the song as "She Kissed Me" on the 2018 EP "Universal Love - Wedding Songs Reimagined".
# Use in oth... | 56,506 |
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as Elisabeth Shue dances and lip-syncs the song. It is also heard at the end of the film during the last scene and over part of the end credits.
It was used in a scene from "The Simpsons" 2006 episode "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play".
The song inspired "The Sun" front-page headline "And Then He ... | 56,507 |
9571180 | Then He Kissed Me | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Then%20He%20Kissed%20Me | Then He Kissed Me
d Homer Turn a Couple Play".
The song inspired "The Sun" front-page headline "And Then He Kissed Her" on 30 July 1981, the day after the marriage of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.
The song was parodied in the South Park episode "Holiday Special".
In 2018, in the episode of the seventeenth se... | 56,508 |
9571356 | Tanjung Harapan Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tanjung%20Harapan%20Airport | Tanjung Harapan Airport
Tanjung Harapan Airport
Tanjung Harapan Airport is an airport in Tanjung Selor, North Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Kalimantan, also known as Borneo.
# Airlines and destinations.
The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:
# Runway extension.
In 2015, c... | 56,509 |
9571356 | Tanjung Harapan Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tanjung%20Harapan%20Airport | Tanjung Harapan Airport
mantan, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Kalimantan, also known as Borneo.
# Airlines and destinations.
The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:
# Runway extension.
In 2015, current 1,200 meters runway will be extends to 1,600 meters to accommodate ATR-72 from curre... | 56,510 |
9571393 | Lake of the Woods School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake%20of%20the%20Woods%20School | Lake of the Woods School
Lake of the Woods School
Lake of the Woods School is a public high school located in Baudette, Minnesota.
# External links.
- Lake of the Woods School | 56,511 |
9571211 | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Pitt,%202nd%20Baron%20Camelford | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford
Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford
Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford (19 February 1775 – 10 March 1804) was a British peer, naval officer and wastrel, best known for bedevilling George Vancouver during and after the latter's great voyage of exploration.
# Early life.
Pitt was born at Bo... | 56,512 |
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refused to attend. Instead he decided to join the navy.
In the autumn of 1781, while he was under seven years of age, his name was borne on the books of HMS "Tobago", but he most likely entered the navy, in actuality, some years later.
Pitt was on , under Captain Edward Riou in 1789–9... | 56,513 |
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of the family, Lt. Zachary Mudge, was informally requested to watch over the unruly 16-year-old.
When the expedition reached Tahiti, Pitt was flogged for trying to trade a piece of broken barrel-hoop for the romantic favours of an island woman. Vancouver had given strict orders against... | 56,514 |
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with common seamen.
No-one on the expedition could have known that Pitt had become a member of the House of Lords after his father had died on 19 June 1793, but his subsequent conduct leaves no doubt that he resented being disciplined by the low-born Vancouver. When left the expedition... | 56,515 |
9571211 | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Pitt,%202nd%20Baron%20Camelford | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford
away on the coast of Ceylon. He eventually made his way to Europe.
Meanwhile, Vancouver had completed his expedition and returned to England in 1795. Pitt's allies, including his cousin, Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, treated Vancouver badly enough. However Thomas Pitt took a... | 56,516 |
9571211 | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Pitt,%202nd%20Baron%20Camelford | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford
London street corner. The terms of their legal dispute required both parties to keep the peace, but nothing stopped his civilian brother Charles from interposing and giving Pitt blow after blow until onlookers restrained the attacker. Charges and counter-charges flew in the press, with ... | 56,517 |
9571211 | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Pitt,%202nd%20Baron%20Camelford | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford
in a shabby lieutenant's uniform with buttons turned green with verdigris, topped by an oversized gold-laced hat. In 1798 Lieutenant Peterson transferred away from "Favourite" and was assigned command of HMS "Perdrix" in 1798. Both ships were at dock in Antigua when the young officers q... | 56,518 |
9571211 | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Pitt,%202nd%20Baron%20Camelford | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford
visit to France, a nation with which England was at war. Angered, Pitt quit the Navy and returned to London.
There, Pitt seems not to have moderated his conduct. On 17 May 1799 he was fined for knocking a man down stairs in a quarrel. In January 1802, when he refused to illuminate his ... | 56,519 |
9571211 | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Pitt,%202nd%20Baron%20Camelford | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford
whose favours Pitt was then enjoying but who had previously been Best's mistress. Learning of this, Pitt challenged Best and insulted him. The following morning, they met again at a coffee house and Best asked Pitt to withdraw his remarks based upon their former friendship; he refused, ... | 56,520 |
9571211 | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Pitt,%202nd%20Baron%20Camelford | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford
Pitt's second and the local gardeners carried Pitt to the nearby Little Holland House, where surgeon Simon Nickolson examined him. Pitt had been left paralysed and his chest cavity was filled with blood. He died from his wounds three days later. The then owner of the house, Lord Holland... | 56,521 |
9571211 | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Pitt,%202nd%20Baron%20Camelford | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford
by a quip of the day. His will had directed that his body be buried on the shores of Lake St. Pierre in Switzerland, a place dear to his childhood, but the war delayed this. The body was therefore embalmed and placed in a crypt at St Anne's Church, Soho, whence it disappeared without ex... | 56,522 |
9571211 | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Pitt,%202nd%20Baron%20Camelford | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford
when Pitt was not engaged in some legal battle. Following his death, his wish to leave £1000 to the city of Berne was viewed by one acquaintance as "proof of his madness". When a full-length biography of Pitt was published in 1978, author Nikolai Tolstoy gave it the title "The Half-Mad ... | 56,523 |
9571211 | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Pitt,%202nd%20Baron%20Camelford | Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford
£1000 to the city of Berne was viewed by one acquaintance as "proof of his madness". When a full-length biography of Pitt was published in 1978, author Nikolai Tolstoy gave it the title "The Half-Mad Lord" in reference to this characteristic.
# Ships.
When Camelford died, three whaler... | 56,524 |
9571395 | Crown Mountain (North Shore Mountains) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crown%20Mountain%20(North%20Shore%20Mountains) | Crown Mountain (North Shore Mountains)
Crown Mountain (North Shore Mountains)
Crown Mountain is a mountain located north of North Vancouver, British Columbia in the North Shore Mountains and is visible from most of Vancouver and area.
# External links.
- "Hiking Crown Mountain". Outdoor Vancouver | 56,525 |
9571403 | Smokey & Miho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smokey%20&%20Miho | Smokey & Miho
Smokey & Miho
Smokey & Miho was a musical group named after lead vocalists Miho Hatori and Smokey Hormel. Hatori collaborated with Hormel after leaving the group Cibo Matto. The group released two EPs and later released a compilation album, "The Two EPs", which was composed of the two previously rele... | 56,526 |
9571450 | Lambertia multiflora | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lambertia%20multiflora | Lambertia multiflora
Lambertia multiflora
Lambertia multiflora, commonly known as many-flowered honeysuckle, is a multi-stemmed shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It grows to between 0.5 and 2.5 metres high and flowers from winter to summer.
There are two varieties:
- "Lambertia multiflor... | 56,527 |
9570822 | Houston Cougars football | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Houston%20Cougars%20football | Houston Cougars football
Houston Cougars football
The Houston Cougars football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents the University of Houston. The team is commonly referred to as "Houston" or "UH" (spoken as "U of H"). The UH football program is a member of the American Athletic Conference W... | 56,528 |
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a Heisman Trophy winner.
# History.
## Early history (1946–1961).
In 1941, Johnny Goyen, then sports editor for "The Cougar", and Jack Valenti, president of the sophomore class, began a petition for an official intercollegiate football team at the university. The next year, the two called a ... | 56,529 |
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the Lone Star Conference, spearheaded by Theron J. Fouts of North Texas and Puny Wilson of Sam Houston State, extended an invitation for Houston to join on October 25, 1945.
In September 1946, the team became a reality after Harry Fouke, UH's first athletic director, hired successful high scho... | 56,530 |
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as head coach for San Angelo High School. During the spring training for the first team, Goyen and Valenti's petition was finally answered, as Coach Wallace arranged a small practice game between Rice and Houston. The meeting was to be at Rice. When the team arrived at the field in their practi... | 56,531 |
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played their first official game against Southwestern Louisiana Institute (later known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) using the Split-T offensive strategy. Although Charlie Manichia, the Cougars' starting quarterback, scored the first touchdown of the game (and in Cougar history),... | 56,532 |
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Houston's second head coach in February 1948. To replace the remainder of Wallace's team that didn't return, Lee turned to junior colleges for the majority of his recruiting. At this time, the University of Houston, along with Texas Tech University, attempted to join the established Southwest C... | 56,533 |
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with an act of vandalism from Houston fans on the campus of The College of William & Mary. William & Mary was the opening game of the season between both schools.
In 1951, the Cougars began playing in the Missouri Valley Conference, moved into Houston Stadium, and made it to their first bowl g... | 56,534 |
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when the Associated Press chose him for the 1952 team. The year after, UH met with the University of Texas at Austin for the first time in football. Such events proved that the team was growing quickly. However, in 1954, Lee retired from coaching after a 37–32–2 overall record. Lee was credited... | 56,535 |
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the first opening victory since 1948. It was during this season that UH attempted to gain a membership to the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Ole Miss, UH's sponsor to the conference, had played the Cougars in their ninth game of the season, and although the Cougars lost, Ole Miss felt the team ... | 56,536 |
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Southwest Conference and Southeastern Conference bids by the Cougars were once again rejected. During the next season, Meek left UH for Southern Methodist University.
Hal Lahar was announced as Houston's next head coach on January 18, 1957. Lahar came from Colgate University, where he had serv... | 56,537 |
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Conference titles again in 1957 and 1959, Lahar left UH in 1961 and headed back to Colgate University.
## Bill Yeoman era (1962–1986).
Under Hall of Fame coach Bill Yeoman, the Cougars compiled a record of 160–108–8. His 160 victories rank 51st on the NCAA all-time list and make him the winni... | 56,538 |
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as head coach.
In 1964, Yeoman broke the color barrier for major Texas football programs when the University of Houston signed San Antonio's Warren McVea to a scholarship. On September 11, 1965, the Cougars played their first nationally televised game on NBC against Tulsa.
For three straight ... | 56,539 |
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I to date to score 100 points in a single game and the last in any NCAA division until Rockford College scored 105 in 2003.
He guided the Cougars to four Southwest Conference Championships—1976, 1978, 1979, and 1984—and a 6–4–1 record in bowl games including Cotton Bowl Classic victories over ... | 56,540 |
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I into Division I-A and Division I-AA with Houston being a part of the former (now known as Division I FBS).
However, his career was not without controversy. In 1986, allegations surfaced regarding illegal recruiting inducements and extra benefits for his players. Due in part to these revelati... | 56,541 |
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sixth head coach. Pardee was a former NFL All-Pro linebacker who had previously held head coaching positions with the Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins and the USFL's Houston Gamblers. Pardee brought with him the Run & Shoot offense and a young offensive coordinator named John Jenkins. The Run... | 56,542 |
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season saw great improvement in all aspects of team play with the Cougars posting a 9–3 mark, ultimately finishing 2nd in the Southwest Conference standings. The team played in the Aloha Bowl but fell 24–22 to Washington State. The Cougars' offense was led by quarterback Andre Ware, who had bee... | 56,543 |
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at the time. The program was placed on probation for five years, banned from playing in bowl games for two years, and kicked off live television during the 1989 season. However, the most damaging penalty in the long run was a reduction to 15 scholarships for the 1989 season. Draconian as these ... | 56,544 |
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Ware continued his dramatic development as a passer and posted unprecedented passing statistics en route to winning the 1989 Heisman Trophy. Ware passed for 4,299 yards and threw 44 touchdown passes on the season. He posted one of his finest performances with 475 yards passing in the Cougars' 4... | 56,545 |
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UH had been the most successful period in Cougar football since the late 1970s. The program enjoyed consistent success on the field, and helped to usher in the explosion of passing offense in college football. The Cougars' prolific offense and Andre Ware's Heisman Trophy raised the program to a... | 56,546 |
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by many the brains behind the high-powered Run & Shoot offense. Jenkins' offensive system reached its pinnacle in the 1990 season.
Led by new quarterback David Klingler, the Cougars' offense put up even more eye-popping numbers in the 1990 season than they had a year before. Klingler set a rec... | 56,547 |
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contention following a late-season loss to the No. 14 Texas Longhorns. The Cougars finished the 1990 season with a 10–1 record and a No. 10 national ranking, again good for only 2nd in the conference standings. Klingler finished 3rd in Heisman balloting behind BYU's Ty Detmer and Notre Dame's R... | 56,548 |
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the end of an era. In a game nationally televised on ESPN that had been billed as an intersectional meeting of powers, the Cougars faced the Miami Hurricanes at the Orange Bowl. Miami blitzed early and often, keeping the Cougars' high-powered offense from getting any momentum. The Cougars not o... | 56,549 |
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the season, Klingler was selected No. 6 overall in the 1992 NFL draft, while defensive end Glenn Cadrez was picked No. 154 overall by the New York Jets. The 1991 season marked the start of what would be a decade-long fall from the successes of the late 1980s. From 1991 to 2004, the Cougars woul... | 56,550 |
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performance and his propensity to "run up the score" in an unsportsmanlike manner against weaker opponents. The '92 season ended with the Cougars finishing 4–7 yet again.
The controversial Jenkins resigned under pressure on April 17, 1993 after a group of departing players including Trey Hoope... | 56,551 |
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he only won a total of eight games overall and five games in Southwest Conference play. In the chaos surrounding the sudden resignation of Jenkins, Houston athletic director Bill Carr hired Los Angeles Raiders offensive line coach Kim Helton to become the eighth head coach in the history of the... | 56,552 |
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Where Jenkins believed in the primacy of passing offense above all else, Helton preached a hard-nosed brand of football centered on fundamentals that was a throwback to the 1970s.
Despite returning all 11 starters on offense for the 1993 season, Helton discarded the high-powered Run & Shoot of... | 56,553 |
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limits. In Helton's first three seasons (1993–95), the Cougars limped to a combined 4–28–1 record for a winning percentage of just .125, including an 0–12 mark in nonconference play.
Helton eschewed the program's long-time reliance on local talent and instead began heavily recruiting junior co... | 56,554 |
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Houston-area talent.
In 1994, four schools from the Southwest Conference announced they would join the members of the Big Eight Conference to form what would become the Big 12 Conference. Houston, along with TCU, SMU, and Rice, would not be invited to join the new conference. After over 80 yea... | 56,555 |
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a share of the inaugural C-USA title, their first "official" conference title of any sort in 13 years. UH won that season's pivotal game against Southern Miss 56–49 in overtime. As part of a new trend, the game was played at on-campus Robertson Stadium rather than at their long-time home, the A... | 56,556 |
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the winning season, Helton was dismissed as head coach after the season. In his seven years at UH, Helton had compiled a 24–53 overall record.
The decade of the 1990s had not been a good one for UH football. Since the almost magical 10–1 season of 1990 in which they held a No. 3 ranking into N... | 56,557 |
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Clearly, significant change was needed for the program to break out of its cycle of apathy. In a move to alleviate the financial burden of paying rent to the Astrodome's operators, Athletic Director Chet Gladchuk began a drive to renovate Robertson Stadium to modern standards and move all home ... | 56,558 |
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vitality into the program on the field, UH hired the successful 37-year-old head coach of Wyoming, Dana Dimel, to take over the program in late 1999.
## Dana Dimel era (2000–2002).
After coaching at Kansas State as an assistant under the legendary Bill Snyder, Dana Dimel was selected as the 9... | 56,559 |
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that the Cougars had featured during the successful Pardee/Jenkins years.
In the 2000 season, the Cougars opened with a 3–4 stretch, but didn't win another game for the remainder of the season as they finished 3–8. During the off-season, Dimel brought in one of the program's best-rated recruit... | 56,560 |
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in Conference USA. The class featured a number of players who would form the nucleus of future winning teams, players such as Jackie Battle, Willie Gaston, Will Gulley and Roshawn Pope.
The Cougars fared better in the 2002 season, but new athletic director Dave Maggard made it clear that he ex... | 56,561 |
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which was good for only 8th best in Conference USA. Despite landing some highly rated recruits, the Dimel era featured tremendous disappointment. Dimel had an 8–26 record in three years.
## Art Briles era (2003–2007).
Seeking a sense of stability in the coaching staff, Athletic Director Dave ... | 56,562 |
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coach at Stephenville High School of Stephenville, Texas, where he led the team to multiple state titles running his unique version of the spread offense. Briles became the 10th head coach in Cougar football history, and the first former UH player to hold the position.
Briles inherited a progr... | 56,563 |
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triple overtime on Christmas Day, 2003.
After a successful inaugural season under Briles, the Cougars fell back to 3–8 in 2004. Briles guided the Cougars to a 6–6 season in 2005 and an appearance in the Fort Worth Bowl. The Cougars' hopes for a winning season were ended in a 42–13 bowl-game ro... | 56,564 |
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conference title overall. The Cougars finished the season with a loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks in the Liberty Bowl that gave them a final won–loss record of 10–4.
In 2007, the Cougars went 8–4 and finished second in the Conference USA West Division to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. In late... | 56,565 |
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game which the Cougars lost to TCU, 20–13.
Despite the rancor surrounding the departure of Art Briles, his coaching tenure had been the most successful at UH since Jack Pardee departed for the NFL almost 20 years before. Briles had recruited well and coached his teams to on-field success, comp... | 56,566 |
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and talk began of expanding Robertson Stadium beyond its current capacity. It is not too much to say that Art Briles brought the program to heights it had not seen since the 1980s.
## Kevin Sumlin era (2008–2011).
On December 14, 2007, Kevin Sumlin, a co-offensive coordinator for the Oklahoma... | 56,567 |
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at Robertson Stadium. Topping Bill Meek's record, he scored the most points in Cougar history for a coaching debut.
Sumlin's first season in 2008 began with a rocky start as Houston lost consecutive games to Oklahoma State, Air Force, and Colorado State but rebounded to finish with a promising... | 56,568 |
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of the 2008 season Coach Kevin Sumlin named sophomore Case Keenum as the starting quarterback for the Cougars and implemented a high-octane pass-based offense. Keenum would throw for over 5,000 yards that season. In 2008, under Coach Sumlin, Houston ended its twenty-eight-year bowl game losing ... | 56,569 |
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then-#5 Oklahoma State, the Cougars were ranked (No. 21 in the AP Top 25) for the first time since September 17, 1991. In the following game, in front of a sold-out crowd at Robertson Stadium, Houston would pull out yet another exciting win, this time over Texas Tech 29–28 following a furious f... | 56,570 |
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Bowl. The Cougars continued to be nationally ranked throughout the majority of the 2009 season, reaching No. 12 in the major polls before losing their final two games. There was great promise as Houston was ranked to begin the 2010 season, having not seen a preseason ranking since the early 199... | 56,571 |
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for the 2011 season.
Kevin Sumlin led the Cougars to a national ranking at some point during each of the three consecutive seasons from 2009 to 2011. In 2011, after compiling a 12–0 record and reaching No. 6 in the BCS rankings, Houston was on the verge of becoming a so-called BCS buster, need... | 56,572 |
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new head coach of Texas A&M University on December 10, 2011. The Kevin Sumlin era saw Houston return to prominence behind the arm of the NCAA's all-time leading passer, Case Keenum, and an air-raid offense designed by Offensive Coordinator Dana Holgerson. As with Briles, under Coach Sumlin Hous... | 56,573 |
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Houston head coach in history, but this success was tempered by the Cougars' twice falling in the C-USA Championship game. Despite tremendous success, Sumlin's departure before completing the 2011 season, like Art Briles's in 2007, left many Houston fans with a bitter taste that was amplified b... | 56,574 |
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coach for the 2012 TicketCity Bowl in which the Cougars defeated Penn State 30–14. Following a ten-day coaching search during which eight candidates were considered, Levine was promoted to permanent head coach of the University of Houston football team. In his initial press conference, Levine i... | 56,575 |
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for many years. While Houston had long been an offensive juggernaut, defense had also been a staple of Houston teams under Houston coach Bill Yeoman's so-called "Mad Dog" defenses. Houston announced that it would break ground in December 2012 on a new state-of-the-art football stadium.
In Levi... | 56,576 |
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game as a Division I FBS team. In the fallout of the loss, coach Mike Nesbitt resigned his position as offensive coordinator for the Cougars. Assistant coach Travis Bush assumed play-calling duties for the Cougars for the rest of the season. The Cougars would finish the season at 5–7, miss out ... | 56,577 |
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second year and the Cougars began play in a new conference, the American Athletic Conference. Changes were made to the coaching staff, mainly at the coordinator positions as the Cougars were forced to play off campus at Reliant Stadium and BBVA Compass Stadium while the new stadium was built. D... | 56,578 |
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41–24. After the season, Doug Meacham left the program, making way for Travis Bush to take over as offensive coordinator. The Houston Cougars returned to campus and their new stadium, TDECU Stadium, for the 2014 season.
The 2014 season would be a disaster in the eyes of the Cougar faithful. Th... | 56,579 |
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and the standout defense of Gibbs. Despite the turnaround, Levine would not be able to recover from the backlash of the home opener against UTSA, and on December 8, 2014, Levine was fired after three seasons of presiding over the Cougars. The Cougars were invited to play in the Armed Forces Bow... | 56,580 |
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December 15, 2014, to replace Levine, after winning the Broyles Award as the nation's top assistant coach while serving under Urban Meyer at Ohio State. Herman led the Cougars in his first season as head coach to its first conference championship since 2006 by beating rival Temple in the inaugu... | 56,581 |
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of America First-Year Coach of the Year and the American Athletic Conference Co-Coach of the Year. In Herman's first semester at Houston, the Houston Cougars Football program set the mark for most hours passed per student-athlete in a spring semester with an average of 13.5 hours per student-at... | 56,582 |
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earning national recognition and prospects of competing in the 2016 College Football Playoffs, until losing to the SMU Mustangs in early October. The Cougars ended the regular season 9–3, with a second signature win over the fifth-ranked Louisville Cardinals in mid-November. On November 26, 201... | 56,583 |
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offensive coordinator under Herman. He was given a five-year contract. Applewhite made his Houston coaching debut in the Las Vegas Bowl with a skeleton staff, which the Cougars lost to the San Diego State Aztecs by a score of 34–10. Houston finished the 2016 season with a 9–4 record.
The 2017 ... | 56,584 |
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instead opened on the road against Arizona winning in a low scoring game, 19–16. Low scoring would be a theme for the Cougars in 2017, as they struggled to continue the offensive output that the Cougars had historically been known for as a program. Coach Applewhite and staff struggled to find a... | 56,585 |
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Tulsa and Tulane. The Cougars earned a bowl bid to the 2017 Hawai'i Bowl, where they lost to the resurgent Fresno State Bulldogs, 33–27. Coach Brian Johnson left his position as Offensive Coordinator after the regular season. In the end, Coach Applewhite's first season as a head coach left fans... | 56,586 |
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named head coach following the firing of Major Applewhite. He was given a five-year contract.
# Conference affiliations.
The Houston Cougars' football program started the same year as its basketball program in 1946. The Cougars played in the Lone Star Conference for their first few seasons th... | 56,587 |
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independent) and five bowl appearances. In 1976, the Cougars began to play in their first athletic conference since 1959 when they joined the now-defunct Southwest Conference. The Cougars became the only Texas university to ever win a pre-existing conference in their first year, doing so that s... | 56,588 |
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BCS bowl. The invitation was motivated by the departures of Syracuse and Pittsburgh from the Big East to the Atlantic Coast Conference and was part of an effort by the Big East to shore up its strength in football. The Board of Regents of the University of Houston voted to authorize Houston Pre... | 56,589 |
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after selling the Big East name to the non-football conference, announced that it would operate as the American Athletic Conference after the split.
- Lone Star (1946–1948)
- Gulf Coast (1949–1950)
- Missouri Valley (1951–1959)
- Independent (1960–1975)
- Southwest (1976–1995)
- C-USA (19... | 56,590 |
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0–1 (2007)
- Kevin Sumlin, 35–17 (2008–11)
- Tony Levine, 21–17 (2011–14)
- David Gibbs, 1–0 (2014)
- Tom Herman, 22–4 (2015–16)
- Major Applewhite, 15–11 (2016–18)
- Dana Holgorsen, 0–0 (2019–present)
# Bowl games.
Houston has participated in 27 bowl games, with the Cougars garnering a... | 56,591 |
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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 Ten in the TicketCity Bowl and won 30–14. The 2015 Armed Forces Bowl (January) victory over Pittsburgh fea... | 56,592 |
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championships. From 1960 to 1975, the Cougars were not eligible for a conference championship as they were not affiliated with any conference.
† Co-champions
# Top 25 finishes.
The Houston Cougars have finished in the AP Poll and Coaches' Poll seventeen times in the program's history, with t... | 56,593 |
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• Jeppesen Stadium • Robertson Stadium.
From the program's inception until the end of the 1950 season, the Cougars played their home games in the Houston Public School Stadium, which would later be renamed to Jeppesen Stadium, and eventually Robertson Stadium in 1980 until its demolition. Howe... | 56,594 |
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Dynamo.
## Houston Stadium • Rice Stadium.
In 1951, Houston Stadium, later known as Rice Stadium, a stadium subsidized by the city of Houston, opened. Until 1964, the Cougars played their home games at Rice Stadium along with Rice University. During this time, President John F. Kennedy gave h... | 56,595 |
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remains the team's longest serving home stadium.
## Reliant Stadium • NRG Stadium.
While TDECU Stadium was under construction during the 2013 season, the Cougars played five of their seven home games at Reliant Stadium (now known as NRG Stadium). The other two home games in 2013 were played a... | 56,596 |
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moved in for the 2014 season. The cost to build the stadium was $128 million. It was built upon the former Robertson Stadium site.
# Rivalries.
Rice is considered to be Houston's biggest rival, and is one of the most intense crosstown rivalries in college football. SMU is Houston's only confe... | 56,597 |
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through the 2018 season.
# Individual awards.
## National award winners.
Heisman Trophy winners
- Andre Ware, 1989
Davey O'Brien Quarterback Award
- Andre Ware, 1989
Sammy Baugh Trophy
- David Klingler, 1990
- Case Keenum, 2009 & 2011
Lombardi Award
- Wilson Whitley, 1976
Earl Campb... | 56,598 |
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with an interlocking UH logo. However, they switched from adidas to Nike in 2008 and then in 2011 began rolling out alternate uniform designs. For the 2011 homecoming, Houston wore a "throwback" uniform against Marshall to honor the Bill Yeoman era during the Golden Age of Houston football. The... | 56,599 |
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