Army vs. Houston

Army and Houston first met in 1998 and have played 8 times; Houston leads the series 5–⁠3. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Houston 5–⁠3.

Army wins
3
Houston wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
1998
Longest streak
3 Houston
Current streak
1 Army
Last 10 meetings
Houston 5–⁠3
Most recent
2018

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1990s1–⁠1
2000s1–⁠4
2010s1–⁠0
Average margin
17.6 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
1–⁠2 Army’s record at home
At Houston
3–⁠1 Houston’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Army first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win2018: Army 70, Houston 14by 56 points
  2. Houston’s biggest win2003: Houston 34, Army 14by 20 points

Coach against coach

YearsArmySeriesHouston
2000–⁠2002Todd Berry1–⁠2Dana Dimel

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Army’s side (Berry 1–⁠2 against Dimel). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Houston, 1998 on130015001700200020052010201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Anthony Evans Houston34 carries, 282 yards, 2 TD2004 Rushing
Kelvin Hopkins Jr. Army11 carries, 170 yards, 5 TD2018 Rushing

Named most valuable

Kelvin Hopkins Army2018
Romello Brooker Houston2018

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Dec 22, 201822Army 70, Houston 14Amon G. Carter StadiumArmed Forces Bowl
Sep 18, 2004Houston 35, Army 21at Houston
Nov 15, 2003Houston 34, Army 14at Army
Oct 19, 2002Houston 56, Army 42at Houston
Oct 6, 2001Army 28, Houston 14at Army
Sep 16, 2000Houston 31, Army 30at Houston
Nov 20, 1999Houston 26, Army 14at Army
Oct 10, 1998Army 38, Houston 28at Houston

Every game is listed as played on the field.