Most college football teams are pretty pleased with the result when their offense drops 63 points in a single game, while their starting quarterback eclipses 500 yards and fires seven touchdowns. Not Houston. The Cougars are fresh off a bizarre 77-63 shootout loss at SMU, which shattered the record for highest scoring FBS regulation game ever. The defensive nightmare snapped Houston’s three-game win streak, forcing Dana Holgorsen’s squad to wait another week for bowl eligibility.
Temple joins the likes of the Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia Eagles as teams from the City of Brotherly Love to stroll into Houston in early November.