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Indianapolis Colts at Cleveland Browns

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 17 · Huntington Bank Field

Latest game updateUpdated
Indianapolis Colts—Away
Cleveland Browns—Home

Game details

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

Matchup preview

Indianapolis Colts 2–3 · Road 1–2 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 25 · 14 days of rest (off a bye)
Cleveland Browns 3–2 · Home 2–0 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 24 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · IND 5 games, CLE 5 games
MetricINDCLE
Points per game24.811th18.627th
Points allowed per game27.628th22.415th
Total yards per game293.824th273.429th
Passing yards per game204.222nd202.023rd
Rushing yards per game100.820th94.221st
Turnovers per game1.622nd1.418th
Sacks allowed per game1.87th3.832nd
Penalty yards per game32.81st65.421st

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.

Indianapolis Colts: recent results

  1. L 22–34 @ PIT Week 5
  2. W 30–13 @ WAS Week 4
  3. W 19–17 vs HOU Week 3
  4. L 30–33 (OT) @ KC Week 2
  5. L 23–41 vs BAL Week 1

Cleveland Browns: recent results

  1. L 12–17 @ NYJ Week 5
  2. W 27–24 vs PIT Week 4
  3. W 21–18 vs CAR Week 3
  4. W 23–19 @ TB Week 2
  5. L 10–34 @ JAX Week 1

Indianapolis Colts: season leaders

Rushing
Jonathan Taylor 398 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Josh Downs 249 yds · 5 g
Sacks
DeForest Buckner 3.5 · 4 g

Cleveland Browns: season leaders

Passing
Deshaun Watson 1,010 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Quinshon Judkins 221 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Denzel Boston 330 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Mason Graham 4.0 · 3 g

Indianapolis Colts: injury report

  • Out Ashton Dulin
  • Out Dalton Tucker LG
  • Out Darius Slayton WR
  • Out Jaylon Carlies WLB
  • Out Riley Leonard QB
  • Questionable Sean McKeon

7 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

7 more listed.

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

Head-to-head since 1999

IND 8 · CLE 3 in 11 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2023 · Week 7 CLE 39, IND 38
  2. 2020 · Week 5 IND 23, CLE 32
  3. 2017 · Week 3 CLE 28, IND 31
  4. 2014 · Week 14 IND 25, CLE 24
  5. 2012 · Week 7 CLE 13, IND 17

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

IND 59.6% · CLE 40.1%

Matchup quality 23.5 / 100

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

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