The 2018 season's largest margin: Houston 70, Texas Southern 14. A 56-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2018 — The Winning Chapter
Houston's 2018 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- D'Eriq KingQB2,982 passing yards
- Clayton TuneQB795 passing yards
- Patrick CarrRB868 rushing yards
- Mulbah CarRB325 rushing yards
- Terence WilliamsRB252 rushing yards
- Marquez StevensonWR1,019 receiving yards
- Keith CorbinWR684 receiving yards
- Courtney LarkWR539 receiving yards
- Austin RobinsonS128 tackles
- Roman BrownLB113 tackles
- Gleson SprewellS81 tackles
- Isaiah ChambersDL4.5 sacks
- David AnenihDL4 sacks
- Ed OliverDT3 sacks
Season leaders, 2018.
The season's deepest loss: Houston 14, Army 70. A 56-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Houston fell to Army 14-70 in the postseason.
"Eat 'em up"
2018 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.