Houston 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 5:40 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

A game against Kansas State on November 2 is what stands out when glancing at the Houston Cougars’ college football schedule in 2024. See below to find dates and times for every game.

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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

  • Based on their opponents’ combined win total last year (81), the Cougars have the 18th-hardest schedule in college football.
  • Taking into account its opponents’ projected win total this year (76), Houston has the 24th-hardest schedule in college football.
  • In terms of difficulty, based on their Big 12 opponents’ combined win total last season, the Cougars will be playing the 50th-ranked conference schedule this year.
  • In 2024, Houston’s schedule will include eight games against teams which finished with winning records a year ago, including three games against teams that had nine or more wins and two games against squads with less than four wins in 2023.
  • The Cougars have eight teams who played in 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 the other side of the ball, ranking 86th in FBS by averaging 360.2 yards per game.
  • Houston averaged 23.7 points per game on offense last year (90th in FBS), and it gave up 31.5 points per game (108th) on the other side of the ball.
  • With 255.3 passing yards allowed per game on defense last season, which ranked 17th-worst in FBS, the Cougars were forced to lean on their 53rd-ranked passing offense (241.5 passing yards per contest) to keep them competitive.
  • Houston averaged 118.7 rushing yards per game offensively last year (104th in FBS), and it surrendered 168.6 rushing yards per game (98th) on the other side of the ball.
  • Despite having a bottom-25 defense on third down that ranked fourth-worst in FBS last season (47.9% third-down percentage), the Cougars put up better results offensively, ranking 90th in FBS by posting a 36.5% third-down conversion rate.
  • 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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