Houston 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 7:45 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
The Houston Cougars will face UNLV in their 2024 season opener, on August 31. 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 are facing the 18th-hardest schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total from last year).
- Taking into account its opponents’ projected win total this year (76), Houston has the 24th-hardest schedule in college football.
- According to their Big 12 opponents’ combined win total last season (56), the Cougars have the 50th-ranked conference schedule in college football.
- Houston has a schedule that includes 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 picked up less than four wins).
- The Cougars have eight games scheduled against teams that made a bowl game last year.
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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.
- Houston compiled 23.7 points per game on offense last season (90th in FBS), and it ranked 108th on the other side of the ball with 31.5 points allowed per game.
- 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 offensively, ranking 53rd in FBS by averaging 241.5 passing yards per game.
- On offense, Houston ranked 104th in FBS last season with 118.7 rushing yards per game. Meanwhile, it ranked 98th in rushing yards allowed per contest (168.6).
- The Cougars sported the 90th-ranked third-down offense last year (36.5% third-down percentage), but they were less effective on defense, ranking fourth-worst with a 47.9% third-down percentage 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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