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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 0–4 · Road 0–2 · Streak L4 · Power Index No. 32
Houston Texans 0–4 · Home 0–3 · Streak L4 · Power Index No. 28
2026 regular season, per game · TEN 4 games, HOU 4 games
MetricTENHOU
Points per game13.831st21.020th
Points allowed per game20.89th27.327th
Total yards per game261.332nd343.814th
Passing yards per game181.529th285.36th
Rushing yards per game89.026th79.030th
Turnovers per game1.313th0.53rd
Sacks allowed per game1.55th3.025th
Penalty yards per game41.33rd73.326th

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.

Tennessee Titans: recent results

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

Tennessee Titans: season leaders

Passing
Cam Ward 726 yds
Rushing
Tony Pollard 221 yds
Receiving
Carnell Tate 268 yds

Houston Texans: season leaders

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

Tennessee Titans: injury report

  • Out Amani Hooker SS
  • Questionable Carnell Tate WR
  • Questionable David Martin-Robinson TE

9 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 8. 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

TEN 24 · HOU 24 in 48 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 11 HOU 16, TEN 13
  2. 2025 · Week 4 TEN 0, HOU 26
  3. 2024 · Week 18 HOU 23, TEN 14
  4. 2024 · Week 12 TEN 32, HOU 27
  5. 2023 · Week 17 TEN 3, HOU 26

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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