The Houston Cougars will play UNLV on August 31, their first game of the 2024 college football schedule — see below for the complete slate.

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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).
• Using their Big 12 opponents’ combined win total last season, the Cougars will be playing the 50th-ranked conference schedule in terms of difficulty.
• In 2024, Houston’s schedule will see eight games against teams which ended the season 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’ schedule in 2024 includes eight returning teams who played in a bowl game.

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Houston Stat Insights (2023)

• With 423.9 yards allowed per game on defense, which ranked 19th-worst in FBS, the Cougars had to lean on their 86th-ranked offense (360.2 yards per contest) to keep them competitive last season.
• Houston sported the 90th-ranked scoring offense last season (23.7 points per game), and it was worse on the other side of the ball, ranking 26th-worst with 31.5 points allowed per game.
• The Cougars owned the 53rd-ranked passing offense last season (241.5 passing yards per game), and they were less effective on the other side of the ball, ranking 17th-worst with 255.3 passing yards allowed per game.
• Houston ranked 104th in run offense (118.7 rushing yards per game) and 98th in run defense (168.6 rushing yards allowed per game) last season.
• The Cougars had the 90th-ranked third-down offense last year (36.5% third-down conversion rate), but they were worse defensively, ranking fourth-worst with a 47.9% third-down percentage allowed.
• 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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