Check this page regularly to help you adjust your plans and make game days run as smoothly as possible. If you are a Cougar football fan who is looking for information on where to park on game day, please consult the football fan guide and the game day parking map. Football fans wanting to buy game day parking in advance can do so here.

2025 Home Schedule
Aug. 28 (Thursday), 7 p.m., vs. Stephen F. Austin
Sept. 12 (Friday), 6:30 p.m., vs. Colorado
Oct. 4 (Saturday), TBD, vs. Texas Tech
Oct. 18 (Saturday), TBD, vs. Arizona
Nov. 1 (Saturday), TBD, vs. West Virginia
Nov. 22 (Saturday), TBD, vs. TCU

The first Cougar football home game of the season at TDECU Stadium takes place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28.  Please make sure you understand where you can and cannot park if coming to campus that day, as streets, parking lots and garages will be impacted:

ZONE A

• Lot 16D will transition to reserved donor parking for game day beginning at 3 p.m.
• After this time, valid UH permit holders will no longer be permitted to enter Lot 16D.
• To avoid the football game day traffic, permit holders are strongly encouraged to move their vehicles out of 16D before 3 p.m.
• All other Zone A lots will convert to pay-by-phone game day parking starting at 3 p.m.
• After these lots convert to pay-by-phone parking, valid UH parking permit holders may still park in them without having to pay the game day fee.

ZONE B

• Zone B permit holders may enter Zone B with their vehicle until 3 p.m.
• After 3 p.m., entry to Zone B will not be permitted for permit holders.
• To avoid the football game day traffic, permit holders are strongly encouraged to move their vehicles out of Zone B before 3 p.m.

ZONES C & D

• Permit holders for Zones C and D will have normal access to their lots throughout the day.
• Beginning at 3 p.m., many lots in these zones will be used for game day pay-by-phone parking.
• After these lots convert to pay-by-phone parking, valid UH parking permit holders may still park in them without having to pay the game day fee.

ZONE E

• Zone E will convert to reserved donor parking for game day at 3 p.m.
• After 3 p.m., valid UH parking permit holders may still enter the Zone E lots, but they must present the QR code from their digital Cougar Card via the UH Go app to the parking attendant.

ZONE F

• All vehicles in Zone F (Lots 12A and 15C) must be moved out by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 27.
• Vehicles left in these lots after midnight will be ticketed and towed to the Elgin Street Garage.
• Valid UH parking permit holders will not be allowed to park in Zone F at any time on Thursday, Aug. 28.

PARKING GARAGES

• The visitor parking section of the Stadium Garage will close to visitors at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.
• The Stadium Garage will convert to football game day parking at 3 p.m. Thursday.
• No permit holders -- including Stadium Premium -- will be allowed entry into the Stadium Garage after 3 p.m.
• The Elgin Street Garage will convert to game day paid parking at 3 p.m. Permit holders for this garage will not be allowed to enter once the conversion takes place.
• The East Garage and University Gateway Garage will be available all day as alternative parking locations for displaced permit holders.
• Physical or digital Cougar Card, or registered toll tag, will be needed for entry.
• The two Welcome Center Garages will not be used for game day parking. Welcome Center Garage permit holders may continue to park in them as usual.

WHERE PERMIT HOLDERS CAN PARK THURSDAY, AUG. 28

• If you have a valid UH parking permit for a parking garage or zone that is not being used for game day parking, you should park in your normal location.

If you have a valid UH parking permit that is being impacted by game day parking, you may park in the following areas and not have to pay any game day fees:

Any time on Thursday

• Zone E
• East Garage
• University Gateway Garage

After 3 p.m.

• Any $30 pay-by-phone football parking lot marked in teal on the game day football map
• Important: Do not park in teal lots that charge $50. Valid UH permits are only valid in the $30 pay-by-phone lots.

To access the East Garage and University Gateway Garage, you must either:

• Tap your physical Cougar Card
• Scan the QR code from your digital Cougar Card in the UH Go app
• Use a registered toll tag

This map shows where the garages are located.

CULLEN BOULEVARD TO CLOSE

• Cullen Boulevard will be closed to vehicular traffic between Holman Street and Cougar Place Boulevard starting at 2 p.m.

LIMITED SHUTTLE SERVICE

• The Cougar Line North Route will stop running at 1 p.m. Thursday.
• The Cougar Line PGH/Zone E Route will stop running at 1 p.m.
• The Cougar Line Student Center/Zone D Route will operate on its normal schedule.
• The Cougar Line Sugar Land Route will operate on its normal schedule.
• There will be no Cougar Ride service.