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

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2024 Houston Game and TV Schedule

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Houston 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Cougars will face the 18th-hardest schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season (81).
• Houston will have the 24th-hardest schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this season (76).
• In terms of difficulty, based on their Big 12 opponents’ combined win total last season, the Cougars will be facing the 50th-ranked conference schedule this year.
• Houston’s schedule includes eight games against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (three against teams with nine or more victories and two against squads that picked up three or fewer wins).
• The Cougars will have eight games against teams who played in a bowl in 2023 bowl.

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Houston Stat Insights (2023)

• Despite having a bottom-25 defense that ranked 19th-worst in FBS (423.9 yards allowed per game) last season, the Cougars had more success offensively, ranking 86th in FBS by averaging 360.2 yards per game.
• Houston put up 23.7 points per game offensively last season (90th in FBS), and it surrendered 31.5 points per game (108th) on defense.
• 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.
• 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).
• Despite sporting a bottom-25 defense on third down that ranked fourth-worst in FBS last season (47.9% third-down conversion rate), the Cougars played better offensively, ranking 90th in FBS by posting a 36.5% third-down percentage.
• 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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