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Houston Cougars Head-to-Head Results

Seasons: 76 (1949 to 2024)

Record (W-L-T): 464-380-15

Adjusted Record (W-L-T): 464-380-14

Conferences: Big 12, American, CUSA, SWC, MVC, Ind

Conf. Championships: 11

Bowl Record: 30 Bowls, 13-16-1, .450 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 12 Times (Preseason), 15 Times (Final), 203 Weeks (Total)

Ranked in CFP Rankings: 2 Times (Final), 11 Weeks (Total)

Heisman Winners: Andre Ware (1989)

Stadium: TDECU Stadium (cap. 40,000)

Location: Houston, Texas

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Major Opponents

101 Teams

Major Opponents Table
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
1	Air Force	2008	2009	3	1	2	0	.333	82	106	-24	27.3	35.3	-8.0
2	Alabama	1959	2007	10	0	10	0	.000	108	242	-134	10.8	24.2	-13.4
3	Alabama-Birmingham	1999	2012	9	5	4	0	.556	317	231	86	35.2	25.7	9.6
4	Arizona	1969	2024	5	3	2	0	.600	104	115	-11	20.8	23.0	-2.2
5	Arizona State	1952	1990	9	4	5	0	.444	205	206	-1	22.8	22.9	-0.1
6	Arkansas	1952	1991	18	6	12	0	.333	306	442	-136	17.0	24.6	-7.6
7	Army	1998	2018	8	5	3	0	.625	238	257	-19	29.8	32.1	-2.4
8	Auburn	1956	2021	7	2	5	0	.286	74	138	-64	10.6	19.7	-9.1
9	Baylor	1950	2023	29	14	14	1	.500	588	647	-59	20.3	22.3	-2.0
10	Boston College	1961	1984	3	1	2	0	.333	49	59	-10	16.3	19.7	-3.3
11	Brigham Young	2013	2020	3	0	3	0	.000	97	123	-26	32.3	41.0	-8.7
12	California	1997	1998	2	0	2	0	.000	13	49	-36	6.5	24.5	-18.0
13	Central Florida	2005	2023	11	3	8	0	.273	324	324	0	29.5	29.5	0.0
14	Cincinnati	1957	2024	30	15	15	0	.500	737	717	20	24.6	23.9	0.7
15	Colorado	1971	1971	1	0	1	0	.000	17	29	-12	17.0	29.0	-12.0
16	Colorado State	1972	2008	4	3	1	0	.750	139	88	51	34.8	22.0	12.8
17	Connecticut	2015	2021	4	3	1	0	.750	128	68	60	32.0	17.0	15.0
18	Detroit Mercy	1951	1963	7	7	0	0	1.000	211	77	134	30.1	11.0	19.1
19	East Carolina	1997	2022	16	9	7	0	.563	552	455	97	34.5	28.4	6.1
20	Florida	1969	1995	4	1	3	0	.250	83	163	-80	20.8	40.8	-20.0
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
21	Florida State	1960	2015	17	13	2	2	.824	428	266	162	25.2	15.6	9.5
22	Fresno State	2017	2017	1	0	1	0	.000	27	33	-6	27.0	33.0	-6.0
23	Georgia	1967	2001	4	2	1	1	.625	63	83	-20	15.8	20.8	-5.0
24	Hardin-Simmons	1949	1951	3	1	1	1	.500	75	68	7	25.0	22.7	2.3
25	Hawaii	2003	2020	2	0	2	0	.000	62	82	-20	31.0	41.0	-10.0
26	Idaho	1967	1968	2	2	0	0	1.000	154	9	145	77.0	4.5	72.5
27	Illinois	1991	1992	2	1	1	0	.500	41	64	-23	20.5	32.0	-11.5
28	Iowa State	2024	2024	1	0	1	0	.000	0	20	-20	0.0	20.0	-20.0
29	Kansas	1994	2024	5	0	5	0	.000	83	187	-104	16.6	37.4	-20.8
30	Kansas State	2023	2024	2	1	1	0	.500	24	60	-36	12.0	30.0	-18.0
31	Kentucky	1965	1966	2	2	0	0	1.000	94	39	55	47.0	19.5	27.5
32	Lamar	1975	1975	1	1	0	0	1.000	20	3	17	20.0	3.0	17.0
33	Louisiana	1992	2022	7	6	1	0	.857	247	109	138	35.3	15.6	19.7
34	Louisiana State	1996	2000	3	1	2	0	.333	67	70	-3	22.3	23.3	-1.0
35	Louisiana Tech	1988	2012	6	3	3	0	.500	231	144	87	38.5	24.0	14.5
36	Louisville	1962	2016	15	8	7	0	.533	437	425	12	29.1	28.3	0.8
37	Marshall	2007	2012	4	2	2	0	.500	162	137	25	40.5	34.3	6.3
38	Maryland	1976	1976	1	1	0	0	1.000	30	21	9	30.0	21.0	9.0
39	Memphis	1963	2022	31	17	14	0	.548	842	805	37	27.2	26.0	1.2
40	Miami (FL)	1957	2006	18	7	11	0	.389	313	393	-80	17.4	21.8	-4.4
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
41	Miami (OH)	1962	1984	2	2	0	0	1.000	79	38	41	39.5	19.0	20.5
42	Michigan	1992	2003	3	0	3	0	.000	31	153	-122	10.3	51.0	-40.7
43	Michigan State	1967	1967	1	1	0	0	1.000	37	7	30	37.0	7.0	30.0
44	Minnesota	1997	1998	2	1	1	0	.500	52	57	-5	26.0	28.5	-2.5
45	Mississippi	1952	1970	18	3	15	0	.167	157	431	-274	8.7	23.9	-15.2
46	Mississippi State	1956	2010	16	9	7	0	.563	369	279	90	23.1	17.4	5.6
47	Missouri	1988	1994	2	1	1	0	.500	31	23	8	15.5	11.5	4.0
48	Montana	1955	1955	1	1	0	0	1.000	54	12	42	54.0	12.0	42.0
49	Navy	1980	2022	9	7	2	0	.778	344	244	100	38.2	27.1	11.1
50	Nebraska	1979	1979	1	1	0	0	1.000	17	14	3	17.0	14.0	3.0
51	Nevada-Las Vegas	1989	2024	4	3	1	0	.750	160	50	110	40.0	12.5	27.5
52	New Mexico	1972	1981	2	2	0	0	1.000	54	24	30	27.0	12.0	15.0
53	North Carolina	1996	1999	2	1	1	0	.500	34	54	-20	17.0	27.0	-10.0
54	North Carolina State	1967	1974	3	1	1	1	.500	71	60	11	23.7	20.0	3.7
55	North Texas	1958	2019	9	6	3	0	.667	246	156	90	27.3	17.3	10.0
56	Notre Dame	1978	1978	1	0	1	0	.000	34	35	-1	34.0	35.0	-1.0
57	Ohio State	1994	1994	1	0	1	0	.000	0	52	-52	0.0	52.0	-52.0
58	Oklahoma	1981	2024	5	1	4	0	.200	103	191	-88	20.6	38.2	-17.6
59	Oklahoma State	1951	2023	21	10	10	1	.500	411	401	10	19.6	19.1	0.5
60	Oregon	1983	2007	3	0	3	0	.000	65	101	-36	21.7	33.7	-12.0
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
61	Oregon State	1960	1970	3	2	1	0	.667	62	57	5	20.7	19.0	1.7
62	Penn State	1964	2011	3	1	2	0	.333	51	69	-18	17.0	23.0	-6.0
63	Pittsburgh	1996	2014	3	2	1	0	.667	101	104	-3	33.7	34.7	-1.0
64	Rice	1971	2024	46	34	12	0	.739	1596	937	659	34.7	20.4	14.3
65	Rutgers	2013	2013	1	1	0	0	1.000	49	14	35	49.0	14.0	35.0
66	Saint Louis	1949	1949	1	1	0	0	1.000	35	0	35	35.0	0.0	35.0
67	Sam Houston	2023	2023	1	1	0	0	1.000	38	7	31	38.0	7.0	31.0
68	San Diego State	1972	2016	3	2	1	0	.667	73	57	16	24.3	19.0	5.3
69	San Jose State	1971	1971	1	1	0	0	1.000	34	20	14	34.0	20.0	14.0
70	South Carolina	1973	2006	3	2	1	0	.667	87	77	10	29.0	25.7	3.3
71	South Florida	2001	2022	9	7	2	0	.778	319	253	66	35.4	28.1	7.3
72	Southern California	1993	1996	3	0	3	0	.000	26	120	-94	8.7	40.0	-31.3
73	Southern Methodist	1975	2022	37	22	14	1	.608	1222	994	228	33.0	26.9	6.2
74	Southern Mississippi	1996	2011	13	4	9	0	.308	334	459	-125	25.7	35.3	-9.6
75	Syracuse	1970	1996	2	1	1	0	.500	59	45	14	29.5	22.5	7.0
76	Tampa	1966	1966	1	1	0	0	1.000	48	9	39	48.0	9.0	39.0
77	TCU	1976	2024	27	14	13	0	.519	810	708	102	30.0	26.2	3.8
78	Temple	1987	2022	9	8	1	0	.889	328	166	162	36.4	18.4	18.0
79	Tennessee	1953	1998	3	1	2	0	.333	48	78	-30	16.0	26.0	-10.0
80	Texas	1953	2023	26	7	17	2	.308	562	753	-191	21.6	29.0	-7.3
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
81	Texas A&M	1952	1995	34	12	19	3	.397	483	635	-152	14.2	18.7	-4.5
82	Texas State	2012	2016	3	2	1	0	.667	136	47	89	45.3	15.7	29.7
83	Texas Tech	1951	2023	35	18	16	1	.529	827	944	-117	23.6	27.0	-3.3
84	Tulane	1968	2022	27	19	8	0	.704	952	603	349	35.3	22.3	12.9
85	Tulsa	1950	2022	46	26	20	0	.565	1380	1053	327	30.0	22.9	7.1
86	UCLA	1977	2012	7	3	4	0	.429	132	239	-107	18.9	34.1	-15.3
87	Utah	1966	2024	5	5	0	0	1.000	169	85	84	33.8	17.0	16.8
88	Utah State	1981	1981	1	1	0	0	1.000	35	7	28	35.0	7.0	28.0
89	UTEP	2005	2012	8	6	2	0	.750	340	288	52	42.5	36.0	6.5
90	UTSA	2013	2023	4	3	1	0	.750	120	104	16	30.0	26.0	4.0
91	Vanderbilt	2013	2015	2	1	1	0	.500	58	41	17	29.0	20.5	8.5
92	Villanova	1951	1974	6	5	1	0	.833	184	76	108	30.7	12.7	18.0
93	Virginia Tech	1971	1975	5	3	1	1	.700	214	129	85	42.8	25.8	17.0
94	Wake Forest	1967	1970	2	2	0	0	1.000	76	8	68	38.0	4.0	34.0
95	Washington	1984	1985	2	0	2	0	.000	19	64	-45	9.5	32.0	-22.5
96	Washington State	1959	2019	4	1	3	0	.250	85	94	-9	21.3	23.5	-2.3
97	West Texas A&M	1949	1979	3	3	0	0	1.000	113	30	83	37.7	10.0	27.7
98	West Virginia	2023	2023	1	1	0	0	1.000	41	39	2	41.0	39.0	2.0
99	Wichita State	1949	1959	9	6	3	0	.667	240	96	144	26.7	10.7	16.0
100	William & Mary	1949	1950	2	1	1	0	.500	49	32	17	24.5	16.0	8.5
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
101	Wyoming	1952	1988	7	6	1	0	.857	219	75	144	31.3	10.7	20.6

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