(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Cougars Primary Logo Cougars Alternate Logo Cougars Wordmark Logo The official school colors of the University of Houston are scarlet red and albino white, and the mascot is a cougar named Shasta. Houston’s traditional rival has been Rice with whom the Cougars shared a conference for thirty-three non-consecutive years (see also Houston–Rice rivalry). Houston has …