Houston vs. South Carolina
Houston and South Carolina first met in 1973 and have played 3 times; Houston leads the series 2–1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Houston 2–1. Share
- Houston wins
- 2
- South Carolina wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1973
- Longest streak
- 2 Houston
- Current streak
- 1 South Carolina
- Last 10 meetings
- Houston 2–1
- Most recent
- 2006
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 8.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Houston
- 1–0 Houston’s record at home
- At South Carolina
- 0–1 South Carolina’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
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
| Vincent Marshall Houston | 9 catches, 201 yards, 2 TD | 2006 Receiving |
Named most valuable
| Blake Mitchell South Carolina | 2006 |
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 29, 2006 | South Carolina 44, Houston 36 | Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium | Liberty Bowl | |
| Oct 5, 1974 | Houston 24, South Carolina 14 | at South Carolina | ||
| Sep 21, 1973 | 16Houston 27, South Carolina 19 | at Houston |
Every game is listed as played on the field.