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Houston Texans at Cleveland Browns

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 10 · Huntington Bank Field

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

Houston Texans—Away
Cleveland Browns—Home

Game details

Venue address
100 Alfred Lerner Way, Cleveland, OH 44114, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

Houston Texans 0–4 · Road 0–1 · Streak L4 · Power Index No. 28 · 7 days of rest
Cleveland Browns 3–1 · Home 2–0 · Streak W3 · Power Index No. 17 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · HOU 4 games, CLE 4 games
MetricHOUCLE
Points per game21.020th20.322nd
Points allowed per game27.327th23.819th
Total yards per game343.814th292.523rd
Passing yards per game285.36th213.819th
Rushing yards per game79.030th93.823rd
Turnovers per game0.53rd1.313th
Sacks allowed per game3.025th2.822nd
Penalty yards per game73.326th74.327th

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.

Houston Texans: recent results

  1. L 30–34 vs DAL Week 4
  2. L 17–19 @ IND Week 3
  3. L 6–20 vs CIN Week 2
  4. L 31–36 vs BUF Week 1

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

Houston Texans: season leaders

Passing
C.J. Stroud 1,141 yds
Rushing
David Montgomery 127 yds
Receiving
Dalton Schultz 214 yds

Cleveland Browns: season leaders

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

Houston Texans: injury report

  • Out Aiden Fisher WLB
  • Out Chris Braswell LDE
  • Out Collin Wright LCB
  • Out E.J. Speed SLB
  • Out Febechi Nwaiwu RG
  • Out Noah Whittington
  • Out Sabastian Harsh LDE
  • Questionable Blake Fisher RT

1 more listed.

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

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 Parker Brailsford C
  • Out Taylen Green QB

2 more listed.

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

Head-to-head since 1999

HOU 8 · CLE 7 in 15 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2023 · Wild Card CLE 14, HOU 45
  2. 2023 · Week 16 CLE 36, HOU 22
  3. 2022 · Week 13 CLE 27, HOU 14
  4. 2021 · Week 2 HOU 21, CLE 31
  5. 2020 · Week 10 HOU 7, CLE 10

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

HOU 66.5% · CLE 33.3%

Matchup quality 32.5 / 100

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

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