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

1979 Stats

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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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Buffalo Buffalo
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CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
9/19
SCST SCST
@
USF USF
14-63
Fri
9/19
BGSU BGSU
@
LOU LOU
17-40
Fri
9/19
TTU TTU
@
UTAH UTAH
34-10
Fri
9/19
ARK ARK
@
MEM MEM
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Fri
9/19
SMU SMU
@
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
10/11
UNM UNM
@
BSU BSU
9:45 PM
Sat
10/11
ASU ASU
@
UTAH UTAH
10:15 PM
Sat
10/11
SDSU SDSU
@
NEV NEV
10:30 PM
Sun
10/12
USU USU
@
HAW HAW
12:00 AM
Tue
10/14
NMSU NMSU
@
LIB LIB
7:00 PM