Houston Cougars

The Houston Cougars were 10-1 in 1979. They emerged victorious over the Nebraska Cornhuskers, 17 to 14, in the Cotton Bowl.

Scores & Schedules

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Tue 1/1	vs	NEB	W 17-14
Sat 12/1	@	RICE	W 63-0
Sat 11/24	vs	TTU	W 14-10
Sat 11/10	vs	TEX	L 13-21
Sat 11/3	@	TCU	W 21-10

Team Leaders

PASS YDS

737

Brown

Brown

RUSH YDS

1,063

Clark

Clark

REC YDS

275

Jurgajtis

Jurgajtis

1979 SWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Houston	7-1	11-1
1	Arkansas	7-1	10-2
	Texas	6-2	9-3
	Baylor	5-3	8-4
	Texas A&M	4-4	6-5

1979 Stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	11	278	4,285	808	5.3	3,257	653	5.0	1,028	155	6.6
Team Rank		27th	20th	37th	23rd	7th	9th	8th	118th	124th	57th
Opponent	11	121	2,786		4.0	1,697	509	3.3	1,089	180	6.1
Opponent Rank		11th	17th		26th	34th	40th	37th	12th	8th	51st
Net		+157	+1,499	+808	+1.3	+1,560	+144	+1.7	-61	-25	+0.6
Net Rank		16th	13th	37th	14th	9th	16th	11th	72nd	86th	48th

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Pass Yards Leaders

4,326

McCord

Kyle McCord

4,123

Ward

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3,926

Sanders

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Rush Yards Leaders

2,706

Jeanty

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1,660

Hampton

Omarion Hampton

1,658

Daily

Bryson Daily

Rec Yards Leaders

1,382

Nash

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1,341

Fannin

Harold Fannin Jr.

1,319

McMillan

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Pass TD Leaders

36

Klubnik

Cade Klubnik

36

Ward

Cam Ward

35

Sanders

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Rush TD Leaders

33

Daily

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30

Jeanty

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25

Stewart

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16

Nash

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14

Hunter

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13

Williams

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QB Rating Leaders

177.6

Dart

Jaxson Dart

176.0

Rourke

Kurtis Rourke

173.5

Howard

Will Howard

17.0

Green

Mike Green

16.0

Powell-Ryland

Antwaun Powell-Ryland

15.5

Ezeiruaku

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CFB 2024 Rankings

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37.5

Opp PPG Rankings

11.4

13.3

13.8

13.9

15.6

15.9

Total Yards Rankings

538.3

520.3

488.7

484.3

474.3

467.7

Rush Yards Rankings

301.5

258.7

253.6

251.1

249.7

248.1

Pass Yards Rankings

363.1

359.3

342.5

327.2

325.3

322.8

58.0

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41.0

41.0

CFB 2024 Division Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona State	11	2	.846
2	BYU	10	2	.833

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	12	1	.923
2	UNLV	11	3	.786

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Marshall	10	3	.769
2	Louisiana	10	3	.769

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	12	1	.923
2	UConn	8	4	.667

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	11	3	.786
2	Miami (OH)	8	5	.615

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon	13	0	1.000
2	Penn State	12	2	.857

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	7	.417
2	Washington State	8	4	.667

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	SMU	11	3	.786
2	Clemson	10	4	.714

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	11	2	.846
2	Texas	12	2	.857

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Army	11	2	.846
2	Tulane	9	5	.643

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
2	Western Kentucky	8	6	.571

CFB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 12/22	NIU	@	FRES	28-20
Sun 12/22	CCAR	@	UTSA	15-44
Fri 12/20	TENN	@	OSU	17-42
Fri 12/20	CLEM	@	TEX	24-38
Fri 12/20	SMU	@	PSU	10-38

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 1/4	BUFF	@	LIB	11:00 AM
Fri 1/3	MINN	@	VT	7:30 PM
Fri 1/3	UNT	@	TXST	4:00 PM
Thu 1/2	DUKE	@	MISS	7:30 PM
Wed 1/1	ND	@	UGA	8:45 PM