Houston vs. San Diego State

Houston and San Diego State first met in 1972 and have played 3 times; Houston leads the series 2–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Houston 2–⁠1.

Houston wins
2
San Diego State wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1972
Longest streak
2 Houston
Current streak
1 San Diego State
Last 10 meetings
Houston 2–⁠1
Most recent
2016

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1970s2–⁠0
2010s0–⁠1
Average margin
21.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Houston
1–⁠0 Houston’s record at home
At San Diego State
0–⁠1 San Diego State’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Houston first

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Houston and San Diego State, 1972 on13001500170019801990200020102020

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

San Diego State RB Donnel Pumphrey2016

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

Every game

Dec 17, 2016San Diego State 34, Houston 10Sam Boyd StadiumLas Vegas Bowl
Oct 6, 197314Houston 14, San Diego State 9at San Diego State
Oct 14, 1972Houston 49, San Diego State 14at Houston

Every game is listed as played on the field.