Houston 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 4:46 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Houston Cougars’ college football schedule for 2024 includes meeting Kansas State on November 2. Keep scrolling to check out the full slate.

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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 year (81).
  • According to its opponents’ projected win total this season (76), Houston has the 24th-toughest schedule in college football.
  • The Cougars are facing the 50th-ranked conference schedule this season (based on their Big 12 opponents’ combined win total last year).
  • Houston’s schedule features eight games against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (three against teams with nine or more victories and two against squads that picked up less than four wins).
  • The Cougars have eight teams who made a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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Houston Stat Insights (2023)

  • Despite sporting a bottom-25 defense that ranked 19th-worst in FBS (423.9 yards allowed per game) last season, the Cougars put up better results on offense, ranking 86th in FBS by totaling 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.
  • The Cougars owned the 53rd-ranked passing offense last year (241.5 passing yards per game), and they were worse on the other side of the ball, ranking 17th-worst with 255.3 passing yards allowed per game.
  • Houston compiled 118.7 rushing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked it 104th in FBS. On the other side of the ball, it ranked 98th, allowing 168.6 rushing yards per game.
  • The Cougars had the 90th-ranked third-down offense last year (36.5% third-down conversion rate), but they were worse defensively, ranking fourth-worst with a 47.9% third-down conversion rate allowed.
  • Houston owned the 74th-ranked turnover margin in college football last season at -1, forcing 14 turnovers (105th in FBS) while turning it over 15 times (35th in FBS).

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