Houston-Texas football rivalry

Houston–Texas football rivalry

Houston Cougars Texas Longhorns
First meeting	October 3, 1953 Texas 28, Houston 7
Latest meeting	September 21, 2002 Texas 41, Houston 11
Statistics
Meetings total	25
All-time series	Texas leads, 16–7–2
Largest victory	Houston, 66–15 (1988)
Longest win streak	Texas, 7 (1992–present)
Current win streak	Texas, 7 (1992–present)

The Houston–Texas football rivalry was an American college football rivalry between the University of Houston Cougars and the University of Texas Longhorns. The two schools were historically the two largest Texas public universities in the 1960s and 1970s. The rivalry became dormant after the breakup of the Southwest Conference and the two schools’ relocation to different conferences. Texas currently leads the series 16–7–2.

Series history

The two schools first met in 1953 in Austin, Texas. The Cougars’ live mascot, Shasta I, lost a toe in a cage door on the way to the game and the Longhorn fans reportedly mocked their opponents’ mascot by holding their hands down with the ring finger bent inwards under the thumb. Texas won the game 28–7. Fifteen years later, in the schools’ second meeting, the No. 11 Cougars held the No. 4 ranked Longhorns to a 20–20 tie, having adopted the Texas fans’ mocking hand gesture as an official hand sign, with the hand held upwards. The next meeting between the two schools came in 1976, eight years later, when the Cougars played their first season in the Southwest Conference. The No. 19 ranked Cougars shut out the No. 20 ranked Longhorns in front of the Longhorns’ 77,809 fans, the largest crowd in Memorial Stadium attendance at the time, 30–0. It would be legendary coach Darrell Royal's last season at the helm of the Longhorns coaching staff. The rivalry largely ended after the Longhorns joined the Big 12 Conference in 1996 and the Cougars joined Conference USA that same year. The two schools have not played since 2002.

Currently, both schools make up two of the three Texas universities with the highest enrollment.

There are no future games between the two schools scheduled at this time.

Game results

Houston and Texas have met 25 times in football. Texas is tied for Houston's 8th most played football opponent, and Houston is Texas’ 10th most played opponent.

Houston victories

Texas victories

Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	1953	Austin, TX	#17 Texas	28–7
2	1968	Austin, TX	Tie	20–20
3	1976	Austin, TX	#19 Houston	30–0
4	1977	Houston, TX	#1 Texas	35–21
5	1978	Austin, TX	#8 Houston	10–7
6	1979	Houston, TX	#8 Texas	21–13
7	1980	Austin, TX	Texas	15–13
8	1981	Houston, TX	Tie	14–14
9	1982	Austin, TX	Texas	50–0
10	1983	Houston, TX	#2 Texas	9–3
11	1984	Austin, TX	Houston	29–15
12	1985	Houston, TX	Texas	34–24
13	1986	Austin, TX	Texas	30–10

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
14	1987	Houston, TX	Houston	60–40
15	1988	Austin, TX	Houston	66–15
16	1989	Houston, TX	#15 Houston	47–9
17	1990	Austin, TX	#14 Texas	45–24
18	1991	Houston, TX	Houston	23–14
19	1992	Austin, TX	Texas	45–38
20	1993	Houston, TX	Texas	34–16
21	1994	Austin, TX	Texas	48–13
22	1995	Houston, TX	#11 Texas	52–20
23	2000	Austin, TX	#15 Texas	48–0
24	2001	Houston, TX	#5 Texas	53–26
25	2002	Austin, TX	#3 Texas	41–11
Series: Texas leads 16–7–2

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

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