Houston vs. Villanova

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

1. Houston’s biggest win1974: Houston 35, Villanova 0by 35 points
2. Villanova’s biggest win1951: Villanova 33, Houston 27by 6 points

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.

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  1954 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 23, 1954

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  1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 18, 1956

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Houston vs. Rice47 meetings, Houston 35–⁠12
• Houston vs. Tulsa46 meetings, Houston 26–⁠20
• Houston vs. Texas Tech37 meetings, Houston 18–⁠18–⁠1
• Houston vs. SMU37 meetings, Houston 22–⁠14–⁠1
• Villanova vs. Boston College42 meetings, Villanova 14–⁠27–⁠1
• Villanova vs. Delaware40 meetings, Villanova 26–⁠13–⁠1
• Villanova vs. Detroit Mercy32 meetings, Villanova 18–⁠12–⁠2
• Villanova vs. Temple32 meetings, Villanova 15–⁠16–⁠1