Houston 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 6:54 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
The Houston Cougars will play UNLV on August 31, their first game of the 2024 college football schedule — keep scrolling for 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-toughest schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last year (81).
- Houston will face the 24th-toughest schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this season (76).
- In terms of toughness, using their Big 12 opponents’ combined win total last season, the Cougars will be playing the 50th-ranked conference schedule this year.
- Houston’s schedule includes eight games against teams that finished above .500 in 2023 (three against teams with nine or more wins and two against squads that accumulated three or fewer wins).
- The Cougars’ schedule in 2024 features eight returning teams who played in a bowl game.
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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 were forced to rely on their 86th-ranked offense (360.2 yards per contest) to keep them in games last season.
- Houston put up 23.7 points per game on offense last year (90th in FBS), and it surrendered 31.5 points per game (108th) on defense.
- Despite sporting a bottom-25 pass defense last season that ranked 17th-worst in FBS (255.3 passing yards allowed per game), the Cougars had more success on the other side of the ball, ranking 53rd in FBS by putting up 241.5 passing yards per game.
- Houston ranked 104th in run offense (118.7 rushing yards per game) and 98th in run defense (168.6 rushing yards allowed per game) last season.
- The Cougars sported the 90th-ranked third-down offense last season (36.5% third-down percentage), but they were less effective on defense, 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) last season, Houston’s -1 turnover margin ranked 74th in college football.
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