#18 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	14	690	8,387	1,102	7.6	2,086	420	5.0	6,301	682	9.2	393	115	258	258	85	699
Team Rank		1st	1st	1st	2nd	49th	90th	22nd	1st	1st	4th	1st	46th	1st	1st	85th	77th
Opponent	14	314	5,324		5.1	2,402	576	4.2	2,922	469	6.2	279	132	131	131	88	729
Opponent Rank		53rd	93rd		36th	96th	115th	64th	66th	102nd	13th	95th	101st	67th	67th	19th	29th
Net		+376	+3,063	+1,102	+2.5	-316	-156	+0.8	+3,379	+213	+3.0	+114	-17	+127	+127	-3	-30
Net Rank		1st	2nd	1st	2nd	77th	113th	34th	1st	2nd	5th	3rd	79th	1st	1st	50th	46th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Case Keenum C. Keenum	14	428	603	71.0	43.1	5,631	9.3	402.2	48	5	174.0	8.0	0.8
Cotton Turner C. Turner	9	50	77	64.9	8.6	652	8.5	72.4	6	1	159.2	7.8	1.3
Crawford Jones C. Jones	3	1	2	50.0	0.7	18	9.0	6.0	0	0	125.6	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Michael Hayes M. Hayes	13	138	10.6	727	5.3	55.9	11	182	1,210
Charles Sims C. Sims	13	110	8.5	821	7.5	63.2	9	161	1,396
Case Keenum C. Keenum	14	57	4.1	35	0.6	2.5	3
Bryce Beall B. Beall	10	53	5.3	311	5.9	31.1	7	62	418
Braxton Welford B. Welford	12	21	1.8	83	4.0	6.9	1	25	104
Cotton Turner C. Turner	9	11	1.2	69	6.3	7.7	2
Randall Hollimon R. Hollimon	4	9	2.3	38	4.2	9.5	0
Tyron Carrier T. Carrier	14	3	0.2	15	5.0	1.1	0	99	973
Crawford Jones C. Jones	3	3	1.0	13	4.3	4.3	0	3	13
Patrick Edwards P. Edwards	14	2	0.1	6	3.0	0.4	0	91	1,758

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Tyron Carrier T. Carrier	14	96	6.9	958	10.0	68.4	5	99	973
Patrick Edwards P. Edwards	14	89	6.4	1,752	19.7	125.1	20	91	1,758
Justin Johnson J. Johnson	14	87	6.2	1,229	14.1	87.8	12
Charles Sims C. Sims	13	51	3.9	575	11.3	44.2	4	161	1,396
Michael Hayes M. Hayes	13	44	3.4	483	11.0	37.2	4	182	1,210
E.J. Smith	10	29	2.9	310	10.7	31.0	2
Ronnie Williams R. Williams	8	16	2.0	138	8.6	17.3	1
Dewayne Peace D. Peace	6	13	2.2	105	8.1	17.5	0
Gino Collins G. Collins	7	12	1.7	201	16.8	28.7	1	12	201
Daniel Spencer D. Spencer	9	12	1.3	171	14.3	19.0	2
Bryce Beall B. Beall	10	9	0.9	107	11.9	10.7	0	62	418
Darian Lazard D. Lazard	7	8	1.1	72	9.0	10.3	0
Mark Roberts M. Roberts	6	6	1.0	136	22.7	22.7	0
Braxton Welford B. Welford	12	4	0.3	21	5.3	1.8	0	25	104
Isaiah Sweeney I. Sweeney	4	2	0.5	28	14.0	7.0	1
Marcus Williams M. Williams	1	2	2.0	11	5.5	11.0	0
Chance Blackmon C. Blackmon	2	1	0.5	27	27.0	13.5	1	1	27

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Marcus McGraw M. McGraw	14	67	74	141	15		1	24	24	0
Derrick Mathews D. Mathews	14	55	51	106	10		3	27	9	1
Sammy Brown S. Brown	13	56	37	93	30	13.5
Phillip Steward P. Steward	14	32	45	77	8		6	61	10.2	0
Kent Brooks K. Brooks	14	39	36	75	0
D.J. Hayden	11	52	14	66	8		2	58	29	1
Nick Saenz N. Saenz	12	35	21	56	2		3	2	0.7	0
Eric Braswell E. Braswell	13	19	28	47	4
Zachary McMillian Z. McMillian	13			44	1		1	0	0	0
Colton Valencia C. Valencia	10	22	18	40	2		0	0		0
David Hunter D. Hunter	11	14	25	39	5
Everett Daniels E. Daniels	11	20	18	38	4		0	0		0
Thomas Bates T. Bates	10	22	14	36	1		2	2	1	0
Kelvin King K. King	13			26	4		1	69	69	0
Dominic Miller D. Miller	11	7	18	25	2
Chevy Bennett C. Bennett	9			25	1
Lloyd Allen L. Allen	10	11	12	23	4
Jeffery Lewis J. Lewis	12	11	10	21	0		1	0	0	0
Zeke Riser Z. Riser	10	7	10	17	2
Braxton Welford B. Welford	12	10	5	15	0
George Bamfo G. Bamfo	7	9	6	15	4	3.0	0	0		0
Daniel Spencer D. Spencer	9	4	8	12	0
Jacky Candy J. Candy	4	3	5	8	0
Austin Wilson A. Wilson	6	5	2	7	0		0	0		0
Brannon Beasley B. Beasley	5			7	0
William Moore W. Moore	6			7	0
Radermon Scypion R. Scypion	4	1	4	5	0	0.5	0	0		0
Michael Hayes M. Hayes	13			5	0
Damian Payne D. Payne	7			5	0
Ameen Behbahani A. Behbahani	5			4	0
Joey Mbu J. Mbu	4			4	1
Kris Johnston K. Johnston	4			3	0
Isaiah Sweeney I. Sweeney	4			3	0
Bryce Beall B. Beall	10	2	0	2	0
Justin Johnson J. Johnson	14	2	0	2	0
Chris Cermin C. Cermin	3			2	0
Brandon Hartson B. Hartson	3			2	0
Jordan Mannisto J. Mannisto	3			2	0
John McIntyre J. McIntyre	3			2	0
Shane Ros S. Ros	3			2	0
Randall Hollimon R. Hollimon	4	1	0	1	0
Desmond Pulliam D. Pulliam	1	1	0	1	0
Kevin Wilson K. Wilson	1	1	0	1	0
Patrick Edwards P. Edwards	14			1	0
James Jones J. Jones	2			1	0
Dewayne Peace D. Peace	6			1	0
Mark Roberts M. Roberts	6			1	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	RET	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Matt Hogan M. Hogan	14				0	13	91	0	130
Patrick Edwards P. Edwards	14	0	20		21			0	126
Michael Hayes M. Hayes	13	11	4		15			0	90
Charles Sims C. Sims	13	9	4		13			0	78
Justin Johnson J. Johnson	14		12		12			0	72
Bryce Beall B. Beall	10	7	0		7			0	42
Tyron Carrier T. Carrier	14	0	5		6			0	36
Case Keenum C. Keenum	14	3			3			1	20
E.J. Smith	10		2		2			0	12
Daniel Spencer D. Spencer	9		2		2			0	12
Cotton Turner C. Turner	9	2			2			0	12
Chance Blackmon C. Blackmon	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6
Gino Collins G. Collins	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6
D.J. Hayden	11				1			0	6
Derrick Mathews D. Mathews	14				1			0	6
Marcus McGraw M. McGraw	14				1			0	6
Damian Payne D. Payne	7				1			0	6
Isaiah Sweeney I. Sweeney	4		1		1			0	6
Chris Thompson C. Thompson	2				1			0	6
Braxton Welford B. Welford	12	1	0		1			0	6
Ronnie Williams R. Williams	8		1		1			0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Tyron Carrier T. Carrier	14	30	756	25.2	1
Patrick Edwards P. Edwards	14					15	210	14.0	1
Damian Payne D. Payne	7					5	108	21.6	1
Kent Brooks K. Brooks	14	1	9	9.0	0	4	-1	-0.3	0
Jeffery Lewis J. Lewis	12	3	41	13.7	0
Justin Johnson J. Johnson	14	2	32	16.0	0
Isaiah Sweeney I. Sweeney	4	1	23	23.0	0
Mark Roberts M. Roberts	6	1	16	16.0	0
Darian Lazard D. Lazard	7	1	15	15.0	0
Michael Hayes M. Hayes	13	1	13	13.0	0
Austin Lunsford A. Lunsford	2	1	1	1.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Matt Hogan M. Hogan	14	13	17	76.5						91	92	98.9	130

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Richie Leone R. Leone	14	51	2,103	41.2

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200