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"We worked really closely with Nike and all our partners to not just re-do our uniforms and have merchandise but put them throughout the city." - @EddieNunezAD
Spreading the good word.
Houston Footballโs commemorative uniform unveiling recorded 246.6 million earned media potential reach from 125 media sourcesย across 35 different states.*
* Aug. 31 โ 9 a.m. โ 9 p.m. (Sprout Social)
For fans tuning into @UHCougarFB vs. Tulane (6 p.m. CT kickoff): @espn will cut into tonightโs coverage for live look-ins to at-bats for Aaron Judge, who is in pursuit of breaking Roger Marisโs single-season AL home run record.
Houston sophomore quarterback Zeon Chriss (11 of 11 passing) became the first signal caller in Houston history to record a perfect completion percentage with a minimum of 10 attempts.
Under first year head coach Willie Fritz, @UHCougarFB has defeated preseason Big 12 favorite Utah and preseason projected runner-up Kansas State in consecutive weeks.
Friday marked @UHCougarFB Head Coach Willie Fritzโs 249th career victory and first @Big12Conference win.
Fritzโs 210 NCAA wins rank fifth nationally among active FBS head coaches.
Weโve hit 1,000 followers! ๐
In appreciation of your support of the Coogs weโre giving away:
- Ed Oliver bobblehead
- 2012 TicketCity Bowl Guide
- 2015 Armed Forces Bowl Guide
RT for shot to win. Winner must pick up at TDECU Stadium Media Will Call (Gate 4) pregame Saturday.
Did you know: For 50+ years, the @UHouston system has partnered with NASA, including creating a campus in Clear Lake adjacent to Johnson Space Center in 1961 to meet a vital demand for trained engineers, physicists and mathematicians to join the U.S. space program.
.@UHouston student ticket claims have surpassed 6,000, with nearly 500 claimed in the last 24 hours.
@UHCougarFB opens its season at 6:05 p.m., Saturday, inside TDECU Stadium vs. UNLV.
Student seating is available in Sections 134, 136-140 and 239-242.
"At the end of the day, I think Houston is the team. In 13 of their last 16 wins, they're holding teams in the 60's. That's just not even modern basketball to do that." - @LegsESPN
Houston senior kicker Jack Martinโs go-ahead, game-winning field goal as time expired was the first for a Cougar since Matt Hoganโs game-winning 51-yard field goal at Tulsa on Nov. 7, 2009.