Location: Houston, Texas (1,700,000)
Enrollment: 30,757
Conference: USA
Colors: Scarlet and White
Nickname: Cougars
Home Field: Cougar Field (4,500)
Head Coach: Rayner Noble (Houston, '83)
Noble's Career Record: 55-57 (2 years)
Noble's Record at UH: 55-57 (2 year)
Assistant Coaches: Trip Couch (Southwestern Louisiana, '91),
Todd Whitting (Houston, '95)
1996 Record: 29-28
Conference Record and Finish: 8-15 (tied-6th in SWC)
Lettermen Returning/Lost: 16/4
Starters Returning/Lost: 7/2
Pitchers Returning/Lost: 7/3
Players to Watch: Jason Schreiber (Sr., 1L, .237, 7 HR, 57 RBI,
4-1, 3.76 ERA, 52.2 IP), Dustin Carr (Sr., 3L, .347, 5 HR, 33 RBI),
Bruce Rios (So., 1L, .274, 4 HR, 33 RBI), Danny Crawford (RH, 4-4, 5.27
ERA, 82 IP, 53 K)
Series Record: Texas leads 78-22-2 (Since 1958)
Info taken from the Texas Longhorn 1997 Official Game Program