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Houston Texans at Washington Commanders

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 14 · Northwest Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

Houston Texans—Away
Washington Commanders—Home

Game details

Venue address
1600 Ring Road, Landover, MD 20785, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

Houston Texans 1–4 · Road 1–1 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 22 · 7 days of rest
Washington Commanders 1–3–1 · Home 1–1–1 · Streak T1 · Power Index No. 29 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game
MetricHOUWAS
Points per game (HOU 5 games, WAS 5 games)22.018th23.016th
Points allowed per game (HOU 5 games, WAS 5 games)22.414th29.830th
Total yards per game (HOU 5 games, WAS 4 games)340.814th314.820th
Passing yards per game (HOU 5 games, WAS 4 games)280.45th196.525th
Rushing yards per game (HOU 5 games, WAS 4 games)79.031st124.011th
Turnovers per game (HOU 5 games, WAS 4 games)0.42nd0.53rd
Sacks allowed per game (HOU 5 games, WAS 4 games)2.824th1.33rd
Penalty yards per game (HOU 5 games, WAS 4 games)77.629th56.012th

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. 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

Washington Commanders: recent results

  1. T 27–27 vs NYG Week 5
  2. L 13–30 vs IND Week 4
  3. W 33–31 vs SEA Week 3
  4. L 20–37 @ DAL Week 2
  5. L 22–24 @ PHI Week 1

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

Washington Commanders: season leaders

Passing
Marcus Mariota 340 yds · 3 g
Rushing
Jacory Croskey-Merritt 157 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Stefon Diggs 170 yds · 4 g
Sacks
K'Lavon Chaisson 1.5 · 3 g

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 Nate Thomas LT
  • Out Noah Whittington

4 more listed.

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

Washington Commanders: injury report

  • Out Charles Omenihu RDE
  • Out Marcus Mariota QB
  • Out Nick Cross SS
  • Out Percy Butler FS
  • Out Stefon Diggs WR
  • Out Tanoa Togiai
  • Out Tyler Owens SS

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

Head-to-head since 1999

HOU 3 · WAS 3 in 6 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2022 · Week 11 WAS 23, HOU 10
  2. 2018 · Week 11 HOU 23, WAS 21
  3. 2014 · Week 1 WAS 6, HOU 17
  4. 2010 · Week 2 HOU 30, WAS 27 (OT)
  5. 2006 · Week 3 WAS 31, HOU 15

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

HOU 50.6% · WAS 49.0%

Matchup quality 49.3 / 100

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

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