Houston vs. UNLV

Houston and UNLV have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1989; Houston leads the series 3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Houston 3–⁠1.

Scheduled 2028 at UNLV. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Houston wins
3
UNLV wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1989
Longest streak
3 Houston
Current streak
1 UNLV
Last 10 meetings
Houston 3–⁠1
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
1980s1–⁠0
1990s1–⁠0
2010s1–⁠0
2020s0–⁠1
Average margin
37.5 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Houston
2–⁠1 Houston’s record at home
At UNLV
0–⁠1 UNLV’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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 UNLV, 1989 on13001500170019901995200020052010201520202025

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

Jackson Woodard UNLV11 tackles, 3 sacks, 4 for loss2024 Defense

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Aug 31, 2024UNLV 27, Houston 7at Houston
Sep 20, 2014Houston 47, UNLV 14at Houston
Sep 8, 199024Houston 37, UNLV 9at Houston
Sep 2, 198921Houston 69, UNLV 0at UNLV

Every game is listed as played on the field.