The Cincinnati Bearcats’ opponent this Saturday in the AAC title game is a frequent foe of theirs, the Houston Cougars. They have played 7 times as members of the AAC and a total of 27 times overall.
During the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Bearcats and Cougars played 6 times in a row as members of Conference USA.
Houston holds a 15-12 lead in their all-time series. In 2019, Cincinnati outlasted the Cougars in Houston, 38-23. This broke up a two-game winning streak by the Coogs that dated back to 2015 and 2016. In 2016, Houston ripped the Bearcats by a 40-16 mark in the later days of Tommy Tuberville’s fiefdom.