On August 31, the Houston Cougars will open their 2024 college football schedule against UNLV. See below for more info.

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2024 Houston Game and TV Schedule

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Houston 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Cougars are playing the 18th-hardest schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total last year).
• Taking into account its opponents’ projected win total this season (76), Houston has the 24th-hardest schedule in college football.
• The Cougars will have the 50th-ranked conference schedule in college football, based on their Big 12 opponents’ combined win total last year (56).
• Houston has eight games scheduled against teams that put up winning records in 2023, including three teams that had nine or more wins and two with less than four wins last year.
• The Cougars will play eight games against teams who played in a bowl in 2023 bowl.

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Houston Stat Insights (2023)

• The Cougars sported the 86th-ranked offense last year (360.2 yards per game), and they were less effective defensively, ranking 19th-worst with 423.9 yards allowed per game.
• Houston had the 90th-ranked scoring offense last year (23.7 points per game), and it was less effective defensively, ranking 26th-worst with 31.5 points allowed per game.
• With 255.3 passing yards allowed per game on defense last season, which ranked 17th-worst in FBS, the Cougars had to lean on their 53rd-ranked passing offense (241.5 passing yards per contest) to keep them in games.
• Houston averaged 118.7 rushing yards per game offensively last year (104th in FBS), and it allowed 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 had more success on the other side of the ball, ranking 90th in FBS by posting a 36.5% third-down percentage.
• Houston ranked 74th in college football with a -1 turnover margin last season after forcing 14 turnovers (105th in FBS) and committing 15 (35th in FBS).

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