Houston 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 7:48 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
In their 2024 season opener, on August 31, the Houston Cougars will play UNLV. For the full Houston schedule, keep scrolling.
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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-hardest schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season (81).
- Houston is facing the 24th-hardest schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
- Based on their Big 12 opponents’ combined win total last season (56), the Cougars have the 50th-ranked conference schedule in college football.
- Houston will play eight games in 2024 against teams that finished above .500 in 2023 (three of those teams won nine or more games and two of them collected less than four wins).
- The Cougars have eight teams that made a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.
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Houston Stat Insights (2023)
- Despite having a bottom-25 defense that ranked 19th-worst in FBS (423.9 yards allowed per game) last season, the Cougars played better on the other side of the ball, ranking 86th in FBS by averaging 360.2 yards per game.
- With 31.5 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked 26th-worst in FBS last season, Houston had to lean on its 90th-ranked offense (23.7 points per contest) to keep it in games.
- Despite sporting a bottom-25 pass defense last season that ranked 17th-worst in FBS (255.3 passing yards allowed per game), the Cougars played better on offense, ranking 53rd in FBS by averaging 241.5 passing yards per game.
- Houston put up 118.7 rushing yards per game offensively last year (104th in FBS), and it allowed 168.6 rushing yards per game (98th) on the defensive side of the ball.
- The Cougars owned the 90th-ranked third-down offense last year (36.5% third-down percentage), but they were worse defensively, ranking fourth-worst with a 47.9% third-down conversion rate allowed.
- Houston forced 14 total turnovers (105th in FBS) last season and turned it over 15 times (35th in FBS) for a turnover margin of -1, 74th-ranked in college football.
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