University of Houston Athletics
Conference Opponents Announced for 2020, 2021
11/18/2019 12:02:00 PM | Football
Two-year scheduling model begins in 2020
HOUSTON – The American Athletic Conference announced on Monday a two-year scheduling model that will be in place for the 2020 and 2021 season.
The 2020 season will be the first for The American with 11 football-playing institutions. The 2020 and 2021 schedules will include eight conference games - four home games and four road contests - for each team in each season. Each team will face the other 10 teams at least once in the two-year cycle.
The American will not have a divisional format for its 2020 and 2021 football seasons. The conference will determine the procedures for determining the participants in the American Athletic Conference Football Championship at a later date.
Houston's conference opponents for the 2020 and 2021 seasons are below:
HOUSTON AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HOME AND AWAY SCHEDULE
2020
Home: UCF, USF, Tulane, Tulsa
Away: Cincinnati, Memphis, Navy, SMU
- (will not play ECU, Temple)
2021
Home: ECU, Memphis, Navy, SMU
Away: USF, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa
- (will not play UCF, Cincinnati)
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The 2020 season will be the first for The American with 11 football-playing institutions. The 2020 and 2021 schedules will include eight conference games - four home games and four road contests - for each team in each season. Each team will face the other 10 teams at least once in the two-year cycle.
The American will not have a divisional format for its 2020 and 2021 football seasons. The conference will determine the procedures for determining the participants in the American Athletic Conference Football Championship at a later date.
Houston's conference opponents for the 2020 and 2021 seasons are below:
HOUSTON AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HOME AND AWAY SCHEDULE
2020
Home: UCF, USF, Tulane, Tulsa
Away: Cincinnati, Memphis, Navy, SMU
- (will not play ECU, Temple)
2021
Home: ECU, Memphis, Navy, SMU
Away: USF, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa
- (will not play UCF, Cincinnati)
STAY CONNECTED
Follow Houston Football on Twitter and Instagram at @UHCougarFB, and "Like" Houston Cougar Football on Facebook.
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