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Cleveland Browns at New Orleans Saints

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 9 · Caesars Superdome

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

Cleveland Browns—Away
New Orleans Saints—Home

Game details

Venue address
1500 Sugar Bowl Dr., New Orleans, LA 70112, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

Cleveland Browns 3–1 · Road 1–1 · Streak W3 · Power Index No. 17 · 7 days of rest
New Orleans Saints 1–3 · Home 0–2 · Streak L2 · Power Index No. 20 · 14 days of rest (off a bye)
2026 regular season, per game · CLE 4 games, NO 4 games
MetricCLENO
Points per game20.322nd26.310th
Points allowed per game23.819th32.032nd
Total yards per game292.523rd367.09th
Passing yards per game213.819th300.83rd
Rushing yards per game93.823rd88.527th
Turnovers per game1.313th2.026th
Sacks allowed per game2.822nd3.025th
Penalty yards per game74.327th43.34th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Cleveland Browns: recent results

  1. W 27–24 vs PIT Week 4
  2. W 21–18 vs CAR Week 3
  3. W 23–19 @ TB Week 2
  4. L 10–34 @ JAX Week 1

New Orleans Saints: recent results

  1. L 24–45 vs ATL Week 4
  2. L 27–35 vs LV Week 3
  3. W 24–17 @ BAL Week 2
  4. L 30–31 (OT) @ DET Week 1

Cleveland Browns: season leaders

Passing
Deshaun Watson 855 yds
Rushing
Quinshon Judkins 177 yds
Receiving
Denzel Boston 284 yds
Sacks
Mason Graham 4.0

New Orleans Saints: season leaders

Passing
Tyler Shough 1,203 yds
Rushing
Travis Etienne 128 yds
Receiving
Chris Olave 491 yds
Sacks
Chase Young 3.5

Cleveland Browns: injury report

  • Out Carsen Ryan TE
  • Out Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah WLB
  • Out Joe Royer TE
  • Out Mason Graham LDT
  • Out Mike Hall Jr. RDT
  • Out Nathaniel Watson
  • Out Teven Jenkins RG
  • Out Tylan Wallace

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

New Orleans Saints: injury report

  • Out Anfernee Jennings WLB
  • Out Jeremiah Wright RG
  • Out Kaden Elliss LILB
  • Out Mason Tipton
  • Out Nick Saldiveri LG
  • Questionable Alvin Kamara RB
  • Questionable Barion Brown
  • Questionable Christen Miller NT

5 more listed.

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

CLE 4 · NO 4 in 8 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2024 · Week 11 CLE 14, NO 35
  2. 2022 · Week 16 NO 17, CLE 10
  3. 2018 · Week 2 CLE 18, NO 21
  4. 2014 · Week 2 NO 24, CLE 26
  5. 2010 · Week 7 CLE 30, NO 17

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

CLE 29.7% · NO 70.1%

Matchup quality 23.4 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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