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Houston Texans at Cleveland Browns

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 10 · Huntington Bank Field

Dated schedule recordUpdated

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

Houston Texans—Away
Cleveland Browns—Home

Matchup preview

Houston Texans 0–3 · Road 0–1 · Streak L3 · Power Index No. 27 · 7 days of rest
Cleveland Browns 3–1 · Home 2–0 · Streak W3 · Power Index No. 19 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · HOU 3 games, CLE 4 games
MetricHOUCLE
Points per game18.026th20.320th
Points allowed per game25.020th23.818th
Total yards per game326.014th292.527th
Passing yards per game264.78th213.819th
Rushing yards per game84.729th93.824th
Turnovers per game0.75th1.315th
Sacks allowed per game3.329th2.824th
Penalty yards per game67.723rd74.329th

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 17–19 @ IND Week 3
  2. L 6–20 vs CIN Week 2
  3. L 31–36 vs BUF Week 1

Cleveland Browns: recent results

  1. W 27–24 vs PIT Week 4
  2. W 21–18 vs CAR Week 3
  3. W 23–19 @ TB Week 2
  4. L 10–34 @ JAX Week 1

Houston Texans: season leaders

Passing
C.J. Stroud 794 yds · 3 g
Rushing
David Montgomery 103 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Dalton Schultz 205 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Will Anderson Jr. 4.0 · 3 g

Cleveland Browns: season leaders

Passing
Deshaun Watson 855 yds · 4 g
Rushing
Quinshon Judkins 177 yds · 4 g
Receiving
Denzel Boston 284 yds · 4 g
Sacks
Mason Graham 4.0 · 3 g

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

Cleveland Browns: injury report

  • Out Carsen Ryan TE
  • Out Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah WLB
  • Out Joe Royer TE
  • Out Mason Graham LDT
  • Out Mike Hall Jr. RDT
  • Out Nathaniel Watson
  • Out Teven Jenkins RG
  • Out Tylan Wallace

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

Head-to-head since 1999

HOU 8 · CLE 7 in 15 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2023 · Wild Card CLE 14, HOU 45
  2. 2023 · Week 16 CLE 36, HOU 22
  3. 2022 · Week 13 CLE 27, HOU 14
  4. 2021 · Week 2 HOU 21, CLE 31
  5. 2020 · Week 10 HOU 7, CLE 10

Full series history

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

Game notes

Win probability

HOU 66.5% · CLE 33.3%

Matchup quality 32.5 / 100

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

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