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Oklahoma football: A Houston history primer

OU opens its 2019 season Sunday night against Houston. The Cougars are only one state away, but their history with the Sooners and Cowboys is limited. Two regular-season games and one bowl against OU. Twenty games against OSU, but only six since 1969 and just three since 1987.

Here’s a primer on Houston U. football history:

Conference championships: 11. UofH won four Missouri Valley titles in the 1950s, three of them outright. The Cougars won four Southwest Conference titles from 1976-84, but only 1978 was outright. Houston won two Conference USA titles, sharing in 1996 and winning outright in 2006.