The 2021 season's largest margin: Houston 45, Grambling 0. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The Ten-Win Year
Houston's 2021 season (11-2) 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
- Clayton TuneQB3,546 passing yards
- Alton McCaskillRB961 rushing yards
- Ta'Zhawn HenryRB524 rushing yards
- Nathaniel DellWR1,329 receiving yards
- Jeremy SingletonWR495 receiving yards
- Christian TrahanTE398 receiving yards
- Donavan MutinLB77 tackles
- Damarion WilliamsCB63 tackles
- Deontay AndersonLB63 tackles
- D'Anthony JonesDL7 sacks
- Logan HallDL6 sacks
- Derek ParishDL5 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Houston 21, Texas Tech 38. A 17-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Houston beat Auburn 17-13 in the postseason.
"Eat 'em up"
2021 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.