Prior to joining the Big 12, Colorado had only played Houston once in football, with the Buffs defeating the Cougars in the 1971 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl in the old Astrodome.
A year before that game, in April, 1970, Houston, a/k/a “Space City”, endured the near disaster of the Apollo 13 mission. “Houston, we have a problem”, became an instant quotable quote, which was later immortalized in the Ron Howard/Tom Hanks film.
Fifty-five years later, on a steamy night in September, 2025, it wasn’t Houston which left TDECU Stadium with a problem, it was the visitors.
The Houston Cougars, 4-8 in 2024, dominated Colorado in every phase, settling for a 36-20 victory … a score which could have been even more lopsided if the Houston offense hadn’t settled for field goals in five of its eight scoring drives.
For a CU team coming off of a 9-4 season, including wins in seven of nine Big 12 conference games in 2024, to be mauled on both sides of the ball by a team which had as many issues as they did coming in … Colorado has a problem.
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