houston cougars most points per game in a season

The Houston Cougars scored their most points per game in a season in 1989, with 53.5 per game.

	TEAM	PPG	SEASON	GP	PASS TD	RUSH TD	RET TD	TD	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY	PTS
1	Houston	53.5	1989	11	55	15			23	66			589
2	Houston	49.3	2011	14	51	28		93			1	0	690
3	Houston	46.5	1990	11	54	9			19	58			511
4	Houston	43.9	2018	13	45	29	4	78	8	75	2	0	571
5	Houston	42.5	1968	10	19	36							425
6	Houston	42.2	2009	14	42	20		77			1	0	591
7	Houston	41.1	1988	11	38	16			19	51			452
8	Houston	40.6	2008	13	39	22		71			2	0	528
9	Houston	40.4	2015	14	22	46	7	75	13	75	0	1	566
10	Houston	38.6	1969	10	21	32							386
11	Houston	37.7	2010	12	28	17		59			1	0	452
12	Houston	36.1	2022	13	40	17	4	61	14	55	3	0	469
13	Houston	35.9	2021	14	32	27	6	65	16	62	0	1	502
14	Houston	35.8	2016	13	24	29	6	59	16	56	0	4	466
15	Houston	34.5	2007	13	23	25		59			1	0	449
16	Houston	34.5	2003	13	26	31	1	58	14	56	1	0	448
17	Houston	34.4	1992	11	36	12			9	41			378
18	Houston	33.5	1966	10	23	21			2	41			335
19	Houston	33.2	2013	13	30	19	5	54	17	52	1	1	431
20	Houston	33.0	2006	14	25	24		60			1	0	462
21	Houston	32.4	2012	12	27	18		47			1	0	389
22	Houston	32.2	1967	10	12	29							322
23	Houston	32.1	1991	11	33	11			10	39			353
24	Houston	31.3	1996	11	22	21			11	37			344
25	Houston	30.7	2019	12	19	20	6	45	20	40	2	0	368

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More Houston Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,705

Weigman

RUSH

977

Connors

REC

966

Thomas

Team Rankings

PPG

28.3

70th

OPP PPG

21.8

44th

RUSH YDS/G

175.7

52nd

PASS YDS/G

215.3

103rd

2025 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	BYU	8-1	12-2
3	Utah	7-2	11-2
4	Houston	6-3	10-3
5	Arizona	6-3	9-4
6	Arizona State	6-3	8-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	ORST	@	HOU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/12	SOU	@	HOU	7:00 PM
Fri 9/18	HOU	@	TTU	8:00 PM
Sat 9/26	HOU	@	GASO	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	UCF	@	HOU	1:00 PM

Last Game

LSU

0 - 1

Final

Houston

1 - 0

Sat 27 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167