The Colorado Buffaloes and Houston Cougars have agreed to a home-and-home football series in the middle of the next decade, CU athletic director Rick George announced Friday. Houston will host the first meeting on Sept. 6, 2025, with Colorado hosting the following the year in Boulder on Sept. 12, 2026.
There’s one prior meeting between both schools in the 1971 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston. The No. 7 Buffaloes beat the No. 15 Cougars, 29-17, pushing CU to finish No. 3 in the nation that year. “Nebraska finishing No. 1 and Oklahoma No. 2, it remains the only time in history three teams from the same conference (the Big 8) finished 1-2-3 in the final polls.