{"id":282725,"date":"2025-10-06T23:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T23:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/282725\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T23:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T23:25:11","slug":"houston-football-homecoming-matchup-set-for-arizona-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/282725\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Football Homecoming Matchup Set For Arizona Matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston football will face the Arizona Wildcats<\/a> on Saturday, Oct 18, at 11 a.m. inside TDECU Stadium and the game will be available to watch on FS1.<\/p>\n

The Cougars will also be 1 of the 5 Big 12 schools that will have their Homecoming matchup in Week 8.<\/p>\n

The two teams will meet for the sixth time ever, and the Cougars seek revenge for last year\u2019s loss to the Wildcats in Arizona.<\/p>\n

\"Arizona<\/p>\n

Oct 4, 2025; Tucson, Arizona, USA; Arizona Wildcats wide receiver Tre Spivey (12) celebrates after a play during the third quarter of the game against the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Arizona Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Aryanna Frank-Imagn Images \/ Aryanna Frank-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Houston has the all-time lead over the Arizona Wildcats in their brief matchup history<\/a> with a 3-2 lead.<\/p>\n

The Cougars are 2-2 when playing Arizona in Tucson, but Houston won its lone game at home against the Wildcats in 2018.<\/p>\n

The two teams first played in 1969 in Tucson, Ariz., and the Cougars prevailed in a 34-17 victory.<\/p>\n

Arziona evened the series against Houston 17 years later in 1986, where the Wildcats blew out Houston in a 37-3 win.<\/p>\n

Houston took back the series lead in 2017 with a narrow 19-16 victory to steal a win from Arizona on the road.<\/p>\n

The following season, the Cougars once again defeated Arizona 45-18 in the two teams’ first matchup in Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n

In their most recent matchup in 2024, Arizona stunned Houston in a 27-3 blowout and won the first Big 12 game against the Cougars.<\/p>\n

Houston and Arizona will match up once again on Oct. 18, and the Cougars will look to remain perfect at home against the Wildcats.<\/p>\n

The Arizona Wildcats are also 4-1 and 1-1 in the Big 12 just like Houston. They are coming off a big 41-13 victory over Oklahoma State and will play No. 18 BYU this Saturday.<\/p>\n

Arizona is led by second-year head coach Brent Brennan<\/a> who has his squad back on track this season after a 4-8 finish last year.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats lost their best player from last year\u2019s roster in wide receiver Tetairoa McMillian<\/a>, who was drafted to the Carolina Panthers with the eighth pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n

\"Noah<\/p>\n

Sep 27, 2025; Ames, Iowa, USA; Arizona Wildcats quarterback Noah Fifita (1) looks to pass against the Iowa State Cyclones during the first half at Jack Trice Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Reese Strickland-Imagn Images \/ Reese Strickland-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

However, Arizona returned junior quarterback Noah Fifita who is one of the most talented passers in the conference.<\/p>\n

So far this season, he has thrown for 1,341 yards and three touchdowns while only throwing three interceptions.<\/p>\n

His top target is senior wide receiver Javin Whatley who has 22 receptions for 316 yards and three touchdowns this season.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats also have a solid run game with senior running back Ismail Mahdi who has 382 rushing yards and a touchdown on the year.<\/p>\n

Arizona\u2019s defense is tough, ranking No. 6 in the country with 2.3 takeaways per game.<\/p>\n

Overall, the Wildcats have a solid team throughout its entire roster and will give Houston a challenge at home in two weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houston football will face the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday, Oct 18, at 11 a.m. inside TDECU Stadium and…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":282726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-282725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-texas","10":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115329809016913697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}