The Houston Cougars will play 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

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Houston 2024 Strength of Schedule

• Taking into account their opponents’ combined win total last season (81), the Cougars have the 18th-hardest schedule in college football.
• Houston will have the 24th-toughest schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this season (76).
• The Cougars will have the 50th-ranked conference schedule in college football, based on their Big 12 opponents’ combined win total last season (56).
• Houston’s schedule has eight games against teams with winning records in 2023 (three against teams with nine or more wins and two against squads that 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)

• Despite sporting a bottom-25 defense that ranked 19th-worst in FBS (423.9 yards allowed per game) last season, the Cougars played better on the other side of the ball, ranking 86th in FBS by averaging 360.2 yards per game.
• Houston ranked 90th in scoring offense (23.7 points per game) and 108th in scoring defense (31.5 points allowed per game) last year.
• The Cougars had the 53rd-ranked passing offense last season (241.5 passing yards per game), and they were less effective on defense, ranking 17th-worst with 255.3 passing yards allowed per game.
• Houston totaled 118.7 rushing yards per game on offense last season (104th in FBS), and it allowed 168.6 rushing yards per game (98th) on defense.
• In addition to a 47.9% third-down percentage allowed on defense last season, which ranked fourth-worst in FBS, the Cougars put up a 90th-ranked third-down conversion rate (36.5%) on offense.
• 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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