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New York Giants at Houston Texans

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 7 · Reliant Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

New York Giants—Away
Houston Texans—Home

Matchup preview

New York Giants 3–1–1 · Road 0–1–1 · Streak T1 · Power Index No. 17 · 7 days of rest
Houston Texans 1–4 · Home 0–3 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 22 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game
MetricNYGHOU
Points per game (NYG 5 games, HOU 5 games)21.820th22.018th
Points allowed per game (NYG 5 games, HOU 5 games)21.210th22.414th
Total yards per game (NYG 4 games, HOU 5 games)283.326th340.814th
Passing yards per game (NYG 4 games, HOU 5 games)182.330th280.45th
Rushing yards per game (NYG 4 games, HOU 5 games)110.515th79.031st
Turnovers per game (NYG 4 games, HOU 5 games)1.317th0.42nd
Sacks allowed per game (NYG 4 games, HOU 5 games)2.824th2.824th
Penalty yards per game (NYG 4 games, HOU 5 games)66.521st77.629th

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.

New York Giants: recent results

  1. T 27–27 @ WAS Week 5
  2. W 36–24 vs ARI Week 4
  3. W 12–7 vs TEN Week 3
  4. L 6–28 @ LAR Week 2
  5. W 28–20 vs DAL Week 1

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

New York Giants: season leaders

Passing
Jameis Winston 479 yds · 3 g
Rushing
Cam Skattebo 235 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Malik Nabers 208 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Tremaine Edmunds 1.0 · 4 g

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

New York Giants: injury report

  • Out Bobby Jamison-Travis LDE
  • Out Devin Singletary
  • Out J.C. Davis LT
  • Out Jake Haener QB
  • Out Jason Pinnock FS
  • Out Nikko Reed NB
  • Questionable Colton Hood LCB
  • Questionable DJ James

2 more listed.

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

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 Marvin Harrison Jr. WR
  • Out Nate Thomas LT

5 more listed.

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

Head-to-head since 1999

NYG 5 · HOU 1 in 6 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2022 · Week 10 HOU 16, NYG 24
  2. 2018 · Week 3 NYG 27, HOU 22
  3. 2014 · Week 3 HOU 17, NYG 30
  4. 2010 · Week 5 NYG 34, HOU 10
  5. 2006 · Week 9 HOU 10, NYG 14

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

NYG 18.8% · HOU 81.1%

Matchup quality 42.3 / 100

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

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