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Houston Texans at Philadelphia Eagles

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 16 · Lincoln Financial Field · Thursday Night

Latest game updateUpdated
Houston Texans—Away
Philadelphia Eagles—Home

Game details

Location
Philadelphia

Matchup preview

Houston Texans 0–4 · Road 0–1 · Streak L4 · Power Index No. 28 · 4 days of rest
Philadelphia Eagles 2–2 · Home 1–1 · Streak L2 · Power Index No. 25 · 5 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · HOU 4 games, PHI 4 games
MetricHOUPHI
Points per game21.020th18.826th
Points allowed per game27.327th23.317th
Total yards per game343.814th269.829th
Passing yards per game285.36th178.330th
Rushing yards per game79.030th109.015th
Turnovers per game0.53rd1.313th
Sacks allowed per game3.025th3.025th
Penalty yards per game73.326th48.39th

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

Philadelphia Eagles: recent results

  1. L 20–24 vs LAR Week 4
  2. L 7–27 @ CHI Week 3
  3. W 24–20 @ TEN Week 2
  4. W 24–22 vs WAS Week 1

Houston Texans: season leaders

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

Philadelphia Eagles: season leaders

Passing
Jalen Hurts 713 yds
Rushing
Saquon Barkley 182 yds
Receiving
DeVonta Smith 235 yds
Sacks
Nolan Smith 2.0

Houston Texans: injury report

  • Out E.J. Speed SLB
  • Out Noah Whittington
  • Questionable Aireontae Ersery LT
  • Questionable Blake Fisher RT
  • Questionable Ed Ingram RG
  • Questionable Kayden McDonald LDT
  • Questionable M.J. Stewart FS
  • Questionable Treyvhon Saunders

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

Philadelphia Eagles: injury report

  • Out DeVonta Smith WR
  • Out Drew Kendall C
  • Out Hollywood Brown WR
  • Out Jonathan Greenard SLB
  • Out Marcus Epps SS
  • Out Saquon Barkley RB
  • Out Tucker Large SS
  • Out Uar Bernard

2 more listed.

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

Head-to-head since 1999

HOU 0 · PHI 6 in 6 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2022 · Week 9 PHI 29, HOU 17
  2. 2018 · Week 16 HOU 30, PHI 32
  3. 2014 · Week 9 PHI 31, HOU 21
  4. 2010 · Week 13 HOU 24, PHI 34
  5. 2006 · Week 1 PHI 24, HOU 10

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

HOU 42.3% · PHI 57.4%

Matchup quality 62.7 / 100

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

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