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Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 11 · Reliant Stadium · Thursday Night

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

Indianapolis Colts—Away
Houston Texans—Home

Matchup preview

Indianapolis Colts 2–2 · Road 1–1 · Streak W2 · Power Index No. 24 · 4 days of rest
Houston Texans 0–4 · Home 0–3 · Streak L4 · Power Index No. 28 · 4 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · IND 4 games, HOU 4 games
MetricINDHOU
Points per game25.513th21.020th
Points allowed per game26.022nd27.327th
Total yards per game284.325th343.814th
Passing yards per game188.527th285.36th
Rushing yards per game109.514th79.030th
Turnovers per game2.026th0.53rd
Sacks allowed per game2.013th3.025th
Penalty yards per game26.31st73.326th

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

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

Indianapolis Colts: season leaders

Passing
Daniel Jones 754 yds
Rushing
Jonathan Taylor 353 yds
Receiving
Josh Downs 202 yds

Houston Texans: season leaders

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

Indianapolis Colts: injury report

  • Out Ashton Dulin
  • Out Darius Slayton WR
  • Out Jaylon Carlies WLB
  • Questionable Charvarius Ward RCB
  • Questionable Keenan Allen WR
  • Questionable Sean McKeon

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

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

Head-to-head since 1999

IND 34 · HOU 15 · 1 tie in 50 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2026 · Week 3 HOU 17, IND 19
  2. 2025 · Week 18 IND 30, HOU 38
  3. 2025 · Week 13 HOU 20, IND 16
  4. 2024 · Week 8 IND 20, HOU 23
  5. 2024 · Week 1 HOU 29, IND 27

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

IND 38.1% · HOU 61.6%

Matchup quality 50.0 / 100

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

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