Houston 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 11:14 am Friday, August 9, 2024
On August 31, the Houston Cougars will open their 2024 college football schedule against UNLV. See below for more info.
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2024 Houston Game and TV Schedule
| Opponent | Date/Time | Score/Tickets | TV Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNLV | August 31 | 7:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | Fox Sports 1 (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
| @ Oklahoma | September 7 | 7:45 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | SEC Network (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
| Rice | September 14 | 8:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ESPN+ (Watch this game on ESPN+) |
| @ Cincinnati | September 21 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| Iowa State | September 28 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ TCU | October 4 | 7:30 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | ESPN (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
| @ Kansas | October 19 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| Utah | October 26 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| Kansas State | November 2 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ Arizona | November 15 | 10:15 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | Fox Sports 1 (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
| Baylor | November 23 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ BYU | November 30 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
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Houston 2024 Strength of Schedule
- The Cougars will face the 18th-toughest schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season (81).
- Houston is playing the 24th-hardest schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
- In terms of difficulty, using their Big 12 opponents’ combined win total last season, the Cougars will be facing the 50th-ranked conference schedule this year.
- Houston will play eight games this season against teams that went over .500 in 2023. That schedule includes three teams that had nine or more victories and two squads with less than four wins last year.
- The Cougars will play eight teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.
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Houston Stat Insights (2023)
- With 423.9 yards allowed per game on defense, which ranked 19th-worst in FBS, the Cougars had to lean on their 86th-ranked offense (360.2 yards per contest) to keep them competitive last season.
- Despite sporting a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 26th-worst in FBS last season (31.5 points allowed per game), Houston put up better results offensively, ranking 90th in FBS by averaging 23.7 points per game.
- With 255.3 passing yards allowed per game on defense last season, which ranked 17th-worst in FBS, the Cougars had to rely on their 53rd-ranked passing offense (241.5 passing yards per contest) to keep them in games.
- Houston put up 118.7 rushing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked it 104th in FBS. On defense, it ranked 98th, allowing 168.6 rushing yards per game.
- The Cougars had the 90th-ranked third-down offense last season (36.5% third-down percentage), but they were worse on the other side of the ball, ranking fourth-worst with a 47.9% third-down percentage allowed.
- With 14 forced turnovers (105th in FBS) against 15 turnovers committed (35th in FBS), Houston (-1) owned the 74th-ranked turnover margin in college football last season.
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