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HOUSTON -- Two weeks ago, Houston was in the thick of the American West title race. That dream isn’t over yet, but the Cougars have put a major dent in those hopes over the last two weeks.

First, it was losing to SMU on the road in a tremendous letdown. That hangover continued to Saturday against Temple, which ended up being a 59-49 loss to the Owls. Houston spotted Temple 14 points, and eventually couldn’t overcome the deficit.

“Our energy? Disappointed,” Houston coach Major Applewhite said. “We spend a lot of time, dive in this as players and coaches. Our energy is down. Tomorrow, we’re getting ready for Tulane. We have five days to make sure our seniors go out the right way.”  

Quarterback D’Eriq King rebounded with five touchdowns against Temple, but the Cougars still couldn’t get any stops. The Owls had only scored more than 40 points once in 2018, and it came in a loss. Temple scored 24 points in two of the last three weeks; it scored 59 against the Cougars.

Heading into the game, Houston was 4-1 in conference play with an inside track to the conference title game. Now, the Cougars are 4-2 and in a three-way tie for first place in the division with SMU and Tulane. Memphis is right on the cusp of contention at 3-3. The Cougars still have Tulane and Memphis left on the schedule, and already lost the tiebreaker against SMU.

Worse news? Houston has to play three games in 13 days. The Cougars get just five days to prepare for Tulane’s unique run-centric attack on Thursday. Then, it’s only eight days until a Friday matchup against Memphis on the road. Memphis is the second-best opponent Houston will play this season, only behind Texas Tech in the S&P+ rankings.

“We have no idea where this league is going to go, but you can’t be there and be depressed about [losing[,” Applewhite said. “Obviously we’re disappointed in the way we played and coached, no doubt about it, but it’s still two games left and we have to look at the ones ahead of us.”