Houston Cougars

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	11	230	4,287	820	5.2	1,521	466	3.3	2,766	354	7.8	233	103	107	107	85	666
Team Rank		98th	57th	57th	64th	82nd	43rd	98th	41st	59th	29th	49th	46th	62nd	62nd	88th	72nd
Opponent	11	354	4,392		6.0	2,116	448	4.7	2,276	288	7.9	221	107	104	104	74	682
Opponent Rank		98th	72nd		103rd	96th	64th	101st	36th	21st	100th	60th	82nd	51st	51st	67th	45th
Net		-124	-105	+820	-0.7	-595	+18	-1.5	+490	+66	-0.1	+12	-4	+3	+3	+11	-16
Net Rank		106th	65th	57th	102nd	99th	49th	108th	29th	18th	67th	43rd	64th	55th	55th	92nd	58th

Player Stats

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Kevin Kolb K. Kolb	11	198	353	56.1	32.1	2,766	7.8	251.5	11	6	128.8	3.1	1.7
	Kendal Briles K. Briles	6	0	1	0.0	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Anthony Evans A. Evans	8	153	19.1	788	5.2	98.5	4	155	828
Kevin Kolb K. Kolb	11	118	10.7	51	0.4	4.6	5
Ryan Gilbert R. Gilbert	9	84	9.3	332	4.0	36.9	3	100	510
Jackie Battle J. Battle	5	49	9.8	209	4.3	41.8	2
Harold Taylor H. Taylor	7	23	3.3	115	5.0	16.4	0	39	281
Kendal Briles K. Briles	6	10	1.7	17	1.7	2.8	1	35	328
Carl Francis C. Francis	7	9	1.3	27	3.0	3.9	0
Vincent Marshall V. Marshall	11	8	0.7	8	1.0	0.7	0	69	1,048
Matt Schirmer M. Schirmer	4	4	1.0	12	3.0	3.0	0	5	24
Blade Bassler B. Bassler	6	2	0.3	-3	-1.5	-0.5	0	9	98
Perry McDaniel P. McDaniel	9	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	20	179

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Vincent Marshall V. Marshall	11	61	5.5	1,040	17.0	94.5	5	69	1,048
Kendal Briles K. Briles	6	25	4.2	311	12.4	51.8	0	35	328
Perry McDaniel P. McDaniel	9	19	2.1	176	9.3	19.6	0	20	179
Donnie Avery D. Avery	11	18	1.6	293	16.3	26.6	2
Ryan Gilbert R. Gilbert	9	16	1.8	178	11.1	19.8	2	100	510
Harold Taylor H. Taylor	7	16	2.3	166	10.4	23.7	1	39	281
Leonard Gibson L. Gibson	7	15	2.1	219	14.6	31.3	0
Stephen Cucci S. Cucci	7	12	1.7	155	12.9	22.1	0
Blade Bassler B. Bassler	6	7	1.2	101	14.4	16.8	1	9	98
Mark Hopkins M. Hopkins	5	5	1.0	66	13.2	13.2	0
Anthony Evans A. Evans	8	2	0.3	40	20.0	5.0	0	155	828
Matt Schirmer M. Schirmer	4	1	0.3	12	12.0	3.0	0	5	24
Josh Hairston J. Hairston	1	1	1.0	9	9.0	9.0	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Will Gulley W. Gulley	2	4	48	12	0
Willie Gaston W. Gaston	2	3	93	31	1
Rocky Schwartz R. Schwartz	5	3	0	0	0
Stanford Routt S. Routt	5	2	37	18.5	0
Tristen Robertson T. Robertson	1	1	1	1	0
Lance Everson L. Everson	1	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Dustin Bell D. Bell	11			0	13	21	0	60
Kevin Kolb K. Kolb	11	5		5			1	32
Ryan Gilbert R. Gilbert	9	3	2	5			0	30
Vincent Marshall V. Marshall	11	0	5	5			0	30
Anthony Evans A. Evans	8	4	0	4			0	24
Donnie Avery D. Avery	11		2	2			0	12
Jackie Battle J. Battle	5	2		2			0	12
Blade Bassler B. Bassler	6	0	1	1			0	6
Kendal Briles K. Briles	6	1	0	1			0	6
Willie Gaston W. Gaston	2			1			0	6
Wade Koehl W. Koehl	1			1			0	6
Harold Taylor H. Taylor	7	0	1	1			0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Donnie Avery D. Avery	11	18	343	19.1	0	3	28	9.3	0
Harold Taylor H. Taylor	7	14	316	22.6	0
Mialon Collins M. Collins	6					10	76	7.6	0
Ryan Gilbert R. Gilbert	9	5	108	21.6	0
Stanford Routt S. Routt	5	3	36	12.0	0
Jackie Battle J. Battle	5	2	29	14.5	0
Kenyada Tatum K. Tatum	1					2	2	1.0	0
Rocky Schwartz R. Schwartz	5					2	0	0.0	0
John McGilvray J. McGilvray	1	1	9	9.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Dustin Bell D. Bell	11	13	22	59.1						21	24	87.5	60

Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG
Justin Laird J. Laird	7	28	1,115	39.8
Dustin Bell D. Bell	11	20	708	35.4
J.J. Wyatt	2	4	127	31.8

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333