University of Houston Athletics
Cougars Travel To West Point To Do Battle With Army
10/1/2001 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 1, 2001
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Houston Cougars ...................................................................... Army Black Knights
0-3 Overall, 0-1 C-USA .......................................................... 0-3 Overall, 0-2 C-USA
308-273-15 All-Time (56th year) .......................... 618-377-51 All-Time (111th year)
Head Coach Dana Dimel ...................................................... Head Coach Todd Berry
Kansas State 1986 ...................................................................................... Tulsa, 1983
2nd year at UH, 3-11/5th year Overall, 26-23 ............ 2nd year at Army, 1-13 & Overall, 25-37
The Coaches - Dana Dimel heads into his second season as the head coach of the University of Houston program. In a year of adjustment in 2000, Dimel posted a 3-8 record with his young Cougars. Dimel arrived in Houston after three years as the head football coach at Wyoming, where he posted a 23-12 mark and was one of only 10 current Division I-A head coaches to have won at least seven games in those three years. Dimel spent almost 10 seasons at his alma mater, Kansas State, as he had a hand in developing the Wildcat program into one of the more dominant teams of the past de-cade. Army's Todd Berry continues to change the Army program in his second year at the storied football program. Arriving last year, Berry immediately changed the Black Knights offensive philosophy from a triple-option attack to a one-back, multiple offensive set. Berry was quite successful with his offensive scheme while the head coach at Division I-AA's Illinois State, taking the Redbirds to two consecutive trips to the I-AA playoffs. He also has coached at East Carolina, Southeast Missouri State and Mississippi State.
FAST FACTS ON THE SERIES
- Series Record Overall ....................................................................... Houston leads 2-1
- UH Series Record at West Point ...................................................... Houston leads 1-0
- First Meeting .................... October 10, 1998, Army 38, UH 28 at Robertson Stadium
- Last Meeting ................. September 16, 2000, UH 31, Army 30 at Robertson Stadium
- Last Meeting at West Point .............................. November 20, 1999, UH 26, Army 14
Series Notes -Even though this series in barely three years old, all three previous Hous-ton- Army clashes have been exciting games to watch. Last season the Cougars needed a last-second blocked field goal by Emile White to thwart the Black Knights' comeback attempt. The previous season at West Point UH jumped out to a big lead behind the legs of Mike Green and Ketric Sanford, only to hold off another late Army rush. In the first meeting Army's triple option ran the Cougars into the ground at Robertson Stadium.
RADIO & TELEVISION INFORMATION
Cougars on the Radio This week's game versus Army will be broadcast on KBME AM, 790, beginning with the pregame show 15 minutes prior to kickoff. The "Voice of the Cougars", Craig Ackerman, handles play-by-play du-ties, while former All-Southwest Conference center, Chuck Brown, will provide the color analysis.
All Cougar football games can be heard on the internet by logging onto the UH website at UHCougars.com.
Cougar Country Recap Catch all the Cougar highlights on Tuesday nights at 10:30 p.m. on the Cougar Country Recap on KUHT-TV, Channel 8. Houston-Army Television No Television this week. Dana Dimel on the Radio
Coach Dimel will be live every Wednesday morning on KILT begin-ning at 8:10 a.m. with the 610 Morning Crew. Dimel also will spend Thursday afternoons with Matt Jackson at 2:10 p.m. on KILT. Fi-nally, Dimel will make guest appearances on "KTRH SportsBeat" from 7:30-8 p.m. on Thursday nights during the season.
