Houston vs. Kansas

Houston and Kansas first met in 1994 and have played 5 times; Kansas leads the series 5–⁠0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Kansas 5–⁠0, and Kansas has won the last 5.

Scheduled 2027 at Houston. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Houston wins
0
Kansas wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
1994
Longest streak
5 Kansas
Current streak
5 Kansas
Last 10 meetings
Kansas 5–⁠0
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1990s0–⁠2
2000s0–⁠1
2020s0–⁠2
Average margin
20.8 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Houston
0–⁠2 Houston’s record at home
At Kansas
1–⁠0 Kansas’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠2 Houston first

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Kansas’s biggest win2005: Kansas 42, Houston 13by 29 points
  2. Upset2022: Kansas 48, Houston 30Kansas had a 19% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Houston and Kansas, 1994 on1300150017001995200020052010201520202025

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

Named most valuable

Jason Swanson Kansas2005
Kevin Kolb Houston2005

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Oct 19, 2024Kansas 42, Houston 14GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium
Sep 17, 2022Kansas 48, Houston 30at Houston
Dec 23, 2005Kansas 42, Houston 13Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth Bowl
Sep 23, 1995Kansas 20, Houston 13at Kansas
Sep 1, 1994Kansas 35, Houston 13at Houston

Every game is listed as played on the field.