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List of Houston Cougars baseball seasons

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Schroeder Park, home of Houston Cougars baseball

This is a list of Houston Cougars baseball seasons. The Houston Cougars baseball program is a college baseball team that represents the University of Houston in the Big 12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Houston has played their home games at Schroeder Park (previously known as Cougar Field) in Houston since 1995.

The Cougars have won 11 conference regular season championships, 8 conference tournaments, and have played in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 22 times, advancing to the College World Series on 2 occasions.

Season results

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National Champions College World Series berth NCAA tournament berth Conference Tournament champions Conference Regular Season champions
Season Head coach Conference Season results Tournament results Final poll[1][A 1]
Overall Conference/Division Conference Postseason[A 2] BA CB/D1B Coaches
Wins Losses Ties % Wins Losses Ties % Finish
Houston Cougars
1947 Ned Thompson Independent 1 5 0 .167
1948 Dalton Albert Lone Star Conference 4 7 1 .375 2 6 0 .250 ?
1949 Bill Lutz Independent 7 9 0 .438
1950 Lovette Hill Gulf Coast Conference 10 6 0 .625 4 0 0 1.00 1st
1951 Missouri Valley Conference 16 9 0 .666 7 1 0 .875 1st (West) 1st District 5 playoffs
1952 11 6 0 .647 6 1 0 .857 1st (South) 2nd
1953 15 11 0 .577 6 2 0 .750 1st 1st College World Series
1954 12 10 0 .545 4 5 0 .444 3rd
1955 6 13 0 .316 3 5 0 .375 5th
1956 14 10 0 .583 5 4 0 .555 4th
1957 6 11 1 .361 4 3 0 .571 3rd
1958 11 13 0 .458 6 3 0 .666 1st (West) 2nd District 6 playoffs
1959 7 14 0 .333 5 4 0 .556 1st (West) 2nd
1960 12 11 0 .522 6 1 0 .857 1st (West) 1st District 6 playoffs
1961 Independent 4 11 0 .267
1962 16 6 0 .727
1963 4 15 0 .211
1964 16 13 0 .552
1965 12 14 0 .462
1966 18 11 1 .617 District 6 playoffs
1967 21 11 0 .656 College World Series Runner-up 2
1968 14 15 1 .483
1969 15 23 0 .395
1970 19 17 0 .528
1971 24 15 0 .615
1972 25 23 1 .520
1973 Southwest Conference 15 16 1 .484 9 11 0 .450 5th
1974 20 21 0 .488 10 13 0 .435 6th
1975 Rolan Walton 18 25 0 .419 8 16 0 .333 8th
1976 31 15 0 .674 16 8 0 .667 3rd
1977 27 17 1 .611 11 12 1 .479 6th DNQ
1978 30 21 0 .588 14 10 0 .583 4th 2nd 13
1979 27 17 0 .614 11 13 0 .458 5th DNQ
1980 17 28 1 .380 6 17 1 .271 9th DNQ
1981 32 20 1 .613 11 9 1 .548 3rd 3rd
1982 42 14 2 .741 13 6 0 .684 2nd 2nd West II Regional 19 21
1983 43 15 0 .741 13 8 0 .619 3rd 3rd
1984 32 23 0 .582 6 15 0 .286 7th DNQ
1985 44 17 0 .721 12 9 0 .571 4th 3rd Central Regional 22 22
1986 35 23 0 .603 8 13 0 .381 5th DNQ
1987 Bragg Stockton 40 24 1 .623 11 10 0 .524 4th 3rd Central Regional 14
1988 33 22 3 .595 6 14 0 .300 7th DNQ
1989 43 17 0 .717 9 12 0 .429 4th 4th
1990 44 23 0 .657 12 9 0 .571 3rd 2nd South I Regional 21 24
1991 37 19 0 .661 10 11 0 .476 6th DNQ
1992 25 28 0 .472 13 21 0 .382 7th DNQ
1993 31 24 0 .564 3 15 0 .167 7th DNQ
1994 30 26 0 .536 4 14 0 .222 7th DNQ
1995 Rayner Noble 26 29 0 .473 6 18 0 .250 7th DNQ
1996 29 28 0 .509 9 15 0 .375 T–6th 7th
1997 Conference USA 40 23 0 .635 19 8 0 .704 2nd 1st South I Regional
1998 34 25 0 .576 21 6 0 .778 2nd Second Round
1999 40 24 0 .625 20 7 0 .741 1st 2nd Houston Regional 24 24
2000 48 18 0 .727 21 4 0 .840 1st 1st Houston Super Regional 11 13 12
2001 29 30 0 .492 20 7 0 .741 2nd First Round Houston Regional
2002 48 17 0 .738 22 7 0 .758 1st 2nd Austin Super Regional 10 10 10
2003 37 30 0 .552 18 12 0 .600 4th Second Round Houston Super Regional 22 16 24
2004 30 29 0 .508 19 11 0 .633 T–4th Semifinals
2005 29 30 0 .492 16 13 0 .552 5th Semifinals
2006 39 22 0 .639 18 6 0 .750 2nd 2nd Norman Regional 24 21 24
2007 28 28 0 .500 12 12 0 .500 T–4th First Round
2008 42 24 0 .636 14 10 0 .583 4th 1st College Station Regional
2009 27 31 0 .466 13 11 0 .542 T–3rd Semifinals
2010 25 32 0 .446 11 13 0 .458 T–5th 6th
2011 Todd Whitting 27 32 0 .458 12 12 0 .500 T–4th 2nd
2012 18 35 1 .343 5 18 1 .229 8th 4th (Division A)
2013 36 22 0 .621 13 11 0 .542 T–5th 3rd (Division B)
2014 American Athletic Conference 48 18 0 .727 14 9 0 .609 T–3rd 1st Austin Super Regional 11 11 11
2015 43 20 0 .683 16 8 0 .667 1st 2nd Houston Regional 18 23
2016 36 23 0 .610 11 12 0 .478 5th 2nd
2017 42 21 0 .667 15 9 0 .625 T–1st 1st Houston Regional 22 24
2018 38 25 0 .603 16 8 0 .667 1st Semifinals Chapel Hill Regional 25
2019 32 24 0 .571 12 12 0 .500 T–4th First Round
2020 6 9 0 .400 0 0 0 Canceled
2021 19 34 0 .358 7 21 0 .250 7th First Round
2022 37 24 0 .607 13 11 0 .542 3rd 2nd
2023 36 23 0 .610 17 6 0 .739 2nd Semifinals
2024 Big 12 Conference 26 28 0 .481 7 21 0 .250 12th DNQ
Total
2,011 1,522 16 .569

Notes

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  1. ^ Collegiate Baseball began team rankings in 1959 and ceased after 2023. They were replaced by the D1Baseball (D1B) poll.
  2. ^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship began in 1947.

References

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  1. ^ NCAA Records, pp. 38–44

Works cited

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  • "Football Bowl Subdivision Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.