The Houston Cougars and Oregon State Beavers will clash on Saturday, September 5, 2026 at TDECU Stadium.<\/p>\n
Looking for college football tickets? Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n When: Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 12 p.m. ET Stop missing games and start streaming college football right now on ESPN+.<\/a><\/p>\n Houston Offensive Insights<\/p>\n Houston racked up 29.1 points per game last season, comparable to the 29.4 per matchup Oregon State allowed. Last year, Conner Weigman compiled 2,711 passing yards with 25 passing touchdowns, nine interceptions and a 65.1% completion percentage. Rep your favorite players with officially licensed gear. Head to Fanatics<\/a> to find jerseys, shirts, hats, and much more.<\/p>\n Oregon State Schedule<\/p>\n Catch college football action all year long on Fubo.<\/a><\/p>\n Oregon State Offensive Insights<\/p>\n Houston allowed 22.8 points per game last year, 4.6 more than the 18.2 Oregon State scored. In 12 games last season, Anthony Hankerson rushed for 1,086 yards and nine touchdowns while averaging 4.4 yards per carry. College football tickets are available now on Vivid Seats<\/a>, Ticketmaster<\/a> and StubHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Cougars and Oregon State Beavers will clash on Saturday, September 5, 2026 at TDECU Stadium. Looking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[298,9889,300,56,2742,58,57,9891,9890,9892,2744],"class_list":["post-409028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-college","tag-ds-sports","tag-football","tag-houston","tag-houston-cougars","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-men","tag-ncaaf","tag-ncaafb-preview","tag-oregon-state-beavers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLocation: TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas
\nTV: ESPN
\nTickets: Get tickets from StubHub<\/a>, Vivid Seats<\/a> or Ticketmaster<\/a>
\nHouston Schedule<\/p>\n
\nWhen the Cougars recorded more than 29.4 points, they were 6-1 last year.
\nThe Cougars collected only 14.7 more yards per game (394.5) than the Beavers allowed per contest (379.8) last year.
\nIn games where Houston amassed more than 394.5 yards last season, the team was 7-2 overall.
\nTop Houston Players (2025)<\/p>\n
\nAs part of the ground game, Dean Connors ran for 977 yards and six touchdowns, averaging 4.9 YPC.
\nLast season Amare Thomas reeled in 66 balls (on 99 targets) for 972 yards and 12 touchdowns.
\nAs a key cog in the passing attack, Tanner Koziol racked up 727 receiving yards and six TDs on 74 catches.
\nOver 13 games, Eddie Walls III helped spur the defense with 45 tackles, 7.0 TFL, and seven sacks.<\/p>\n
\nWhen they went over what the Cougars gave up last season (22.8 points per game), the Beavers were 1-3.
\nThe Cougars’ defense surrendered 347.8 yards per game last year, just 2.0 yards fewer than the 349.8 the Beavers’ offense gained.
\nIn contests where the Oregon State offense totaled more than Houston’s average yard allowance last year (347.8), the team was 1-4.
\nTop Oregon State Players (2025)<\/p>\n
\nMaalik Murphy played 12 games last year, and piled up 1,805 passing yards, nine TDs, eight INTs with a 58.1% completion percentage.
\nLast season Trent Walker reeled in 68 balls via 109 targets for 823 yards and found the end zone two times.
\nDavid Wells Jr. got 74 targets last season and turned them into 44 catches (4.0 per game) for 466 yards and four scores.
\nLast year Skyler Thomas recorded 49 tackles and one interception in 12 games played.<\/p>\n