It’s that time of the year again. The 45th Bayou Bucket game is upon us, taking place at Rice Stadium on Saturday night.
With last week’s victory against UTSA, the Cougars’ are looking to continue their winning start to their first Big 12 season before beginning their conference schedule against TCU in Week 3.
Since their first match-up in 1971, Houston is 33-11 against the Owls. The current win streak is held by Houston at seven games, the longest winning streak for Houston in the rivalry’s history. However, with Rice not on the schedule for UH in the future, this rivalry may find itself in another hiatus as it had in the mid-2010s.