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Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 13 · Acrisure Stadium · Sunday Night

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

Houston Texans—Away
Pittsburgh Steelers—Home

Game details

Venue address
100 Art Rooney Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

Houston Texans 0–4 · Road 0–1 · Streak L4 · Power Index No. 28 · 7 days of rest
Pittsburgh Steelers 2–2 · Home 2–0 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 16 · 9 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · HOU 4 games, PIT 4 games
MetricHOUPIT
Points per game21.020th19.324th
Points allowed per game27.327th21.814th
Total yards per game343.814th317.817th
Passing yards per game285.36th249.814th
Rushing yards per game79.030th94.822nd
Turnovers per game0.53rd1.522nd
Sacks allowed per game3.025th3.330th
Penalty yards per game73.326th49.510th

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

Pittsburgh Steelers: recent results

  1. L 24–27 @ CLE Week 4
  2. W 30–27 vs CIN Week 3
  3. L 3–20 @ NE Week 2
  4. W 20–13 vs ATL Week 1

Houston Texans: season leaders

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

Pittsburgh Steelers: season leaders

Passing
Aaron Rodgers 999 yds
Rushing
Jaylen Warren 309 yds
Receiving
DK Metcalf 213 yds
Sacks
T.J. Watt 4.5

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

Pittsburgh Steelers: injury report

  • Out Donte Kent
  • Out Jamel Dean RCB
  • Out Max Hurleman
  • Questionable Jalen Ramsey NB
  • Questionable Rico Dowdle

8 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 8. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

HOU 4 · PIT 5 in 9 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Wild Card HOU 30, PIT 6
  2. 2023 · Week 4 PIT 6, HOU 30
  3. 2020 · Week 3 HOU 21, PIT 28
  4. 2017 · Week 16 PIT 34, HOU 6
  5. 2014 · Week 7 HOU 23, PIT 30

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

HOU 53.8% · PIT 45.9%

Matchup quality 42.6 / 100

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

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