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Tennessee Titans at Houston Texans

Scheduled · Kickoff to be confirmed

2026 Regular season · Week 18 · Reliant Stadium

Latest game updateUpdated
Tennessee Titans—Away
Houston Texans—Home

Game details

Location
Houston

Matchup preview

Tennessee Titans 0–5 · Road 0–2 · Streak L5 · Power Index No. 32
Houston Texans 1–4 · Home 0–3 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 22
2026 regular season, per game · TEN 5 games, HOU 5 games
MetricTENHOU
Points per game11.632nd22.018th
Points allowed per game21.811th22.415th
Total yards per game246.432nd340.813th
Passing yards per game179.231st280.45th
Rushing yards per game82.627th79.031st
Turnovers per game1.418th0.42nd
Sacks allowed per game2.011th2.825th
Penalty yards per game49.68th77.630th

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.

Tennessee Titans: recent results

  1. L 3–26 vs HOU Week 5
  2. L 18–24 @ BAL Week 4
  3. L 7–12 @ NYG Week 3
  4. L 20–24 vs PHI Week 2
  5. L 10–23 vs NYJ Week 1

Houston Texans: recent results

  1. W 26–3 @ TEN Week 5
  2. L 30–34 vs DAL Week 4
  3. L 17–19 @ IND Week 3
  4. L 6–20 vs CIN Week 2
  5. L 31–36 vs BUF Week 1

Tennessee Titans: season leaders

Passing
Cam Ward 896 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Tony Pollard 273 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Carnell Tate 274 yds · 5 g
Sacks
Jeffery Simmons 2.0 · 5 g

Houston Texans: season leaders

Passing
C.J. Stroud 1,402 yds · 5 g
Rushing
Woody Marks 149 yds · 5 g
Receiving
Nico Collins 249 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Will Anderson Jr. 7.5 · 5 g

Tennessee Titans: injury report

  • Out Amani Hooker SS
  • Out Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson RT
  • Out David Martin-Robinson TE
  • Out Jackie Marshall LDT
  • Out Jaylon Jones RCB
  • Out Michael Carter RB
  • Out Nicholas Singleton RB
  • Questionable Cor'Dale Flott LCB

1 more listed.

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

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 Marlin Klein TE
  • Out Marvin Harrison Jr. WR
  • Out Nate Thomas LT

5 more listed.

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

Head-to-head since 1999

TEN 24 · HOU 25 in 49 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2026 · Week 5 HOU 26, TEN 3
  2. 2025 · Week 11 HOU 16, TEN 13
  3. 2025 · Week 4 TEN 0, HOU 26
  4. 2024 · Week 18 HOU 23, TEN 14
  5. 2024 · Week 12 TEN 32, HOU 27

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

TEN 27.9% · HOU 71.9%

Matchup quality 32.7 / 100

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

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