The Houston Cougars will travel in Conference USA action as they face the Rice Owls in a week five NCAA college football game on Saturday afternoon.
Kick off time from Rice is set for 3:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by FSN.
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The point spread in this college football game came out with the road team Houston Cougars a -7 ½ point favorite with an over under of 73 ½ points.
Early money from the bettors has come on the home underdog as Houston is now favored by -6 ½ points. The over under has moved up to a current line of 74 points.
Houston Cougars money line bettors will lay -290 odds with the home underdog Rice Owls bringing back +245 odds to post the straight up win with the points not needed on their side.
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In their meeting last season it was Houston with the 73-34 home win against the Rice Owls as a -27 ½ point betting favorite. The total soared over 73 points.
Houston enters playoff off a bye week. The Cougars are 0-3 on this season after a week three 37-6 road defeat to the UCLA Bruins as a +17 ½ point underdog. The game went under 75 points.
The Cougars posted 388 yards of offense with 139 yards coming on the ground for nearly 7 ½ yards a carry. The team turned it over six times and took five away from UCLA.
Quarterback David Piland completed 28 of 60 passes for 249 yards and five interceptions. Kenneth Farrow rushed it 13 times for 74 yards. Dewayne Peace caught ten passes for 103 yards.
Houston allowed the UCLA Bruins 567 yards of offense with 247 yards rushing for 4 ½ yards a carry.
The Rice Owls are 1-3 on the season after dropping a 54-51 home decision to the Marshall Thundering Herd last week in overtime as a +3 point underdog. The game flew over the total of 71 points.
Rice totaled 647 yards of offense with 301 yards rushing for 6 yards a carry.
Quarterback Taylor McHargue completed 21 of 36 passes for 314 yards with three touchdowns. McHargue led the team in rushing with 17 carries for 153 yards and a touchdown. Turner Peterson on 16 carries ran for 76 yards and a touchdown. Sam McGuffie caught four passes for 109 yards and two touchdowns.
Rice Owls allowed the Thundering Herd 593 yards of offense with 334 yards coming from their ground attack for over 6 ½ yards a carry.
CFB Trend: Houston Cougars are 0-3 ATS this season.
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