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

• According to 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 year (76).
• 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’s schedule features eight games against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (three against teams with nine or more victories and two against squads that notched less than four 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)

• The Cougars owned the 86th-ranked offense last season (360.2 yards per game), and they were worse defensively, ranking 19th-worst with 423.9 yards allowed per game.
• Houston put up 23.7 points per game offensively last year (90th in FBS), and it allowed 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.
• Houston totaled 118.7 rushing yards per game on offense last season (104th in FBS), and it surrendered 168.6 rushing yards per game (98th) on the defensive side of the ball.
• In addition to a 47.9% third-down conversion rate allowed on defense last season, which ranked fourth-worst in FBS, the Cougars put up a 90th-ranked third-down percentage (36.5%) on offense.
• With 14 forced turnovers (105th in FBS) against 15 turnovers committed (35th in FBS) last season, Houston’s -1 turnover margin ranked 74th in college football.

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