Houston·American Athletic

2020 — The 2020 Season

Houston's 2020 season (3-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 3-5
Final result Bowl season Lost the New Mexico Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -1.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Tulane 49-31 L vs BYU 26-43 W @ Navy 37-21 L vs UCF 21-44 L @ Cincin 10-38 W vs Sout Flo 56-21 L @ Memphis 27-30 L vs Hawai'i 14-28 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2020.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2020 season's largest margin: Houston 56, South Florida 21. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Houston 10, Cincinnati 38. A 28-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Houston fell to Hawai'i 14-28 in the postseason.

"Eat 'em up"
— Houston fanbase voice · 2020· synthesized
What it meant

2020 is a middle chapter for Houston — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.