The first Friday night of October was slated to be a benchmark examination for Houston. The Cougars, pegged as underdogs in a road trip to Tulsa, passed their first true road trip of the season with flying colors. Houston inflicted a lopsided 45-10 result on its conference rival to win four consecutive games for the first time in the Dana Holgorsen era — tying the prohighest win total since he was hired in 2019.
Houston pummeled Tulsa in all three phases of the game, but the defense’s dominance stood above the rest. The Cougars picked off Tulsa quarterback Davis Brin on three occasions and limited him to a XX completion percentage.