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Wild Card · Monday 8:00 PM ET · Acrisure Stadium

Texans offensevsSteelers defense

Season numbers through Week 22: 19 games for Texans, 18 for Steelers. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

HOU offense PIT offense

Box score · every offensive player who touched the ballWeek 19

C.Kirk led the Texans at +13.5 EPA (8 catches for 144). A.Thielen led the Steelers at +3.6 EPA (2 catches for 25).

Texans

Passing	C/A	Yds	TD	INT	Sk	EPA
C.Stroud	21/32	250	1	1	3	+0.4

Rushing	Car	Share	Yds	TD	EPA
W.Marks	19	61%	112	1	+4.0
N.Chubb	10	32%	48		+2.7
C.Stroud	1	3%	0		-1.4
C.Stover	1	3%	4		+0.1

Receiving	Tgt	Share	Rec	Yds	TD	EPA
C.Kirk	9	28%	8	144	1	+13.5
N.Collins	7	22%	3	21		-1.7
X.Hutchinson	4	13%	2	21		-2.8
D.Schultz	4	13%	3	12		+0.3
J.Higgins	4	13%	3	39		+2.0
C.Stover	2	6%	2	13		+0.7
W.Marks	1	3%	0	0		-0.2
J.Noel	1	3%	0	0		-0.3

Defense S.Rankins 1.5 sacks, C.Bullock 1 INT, D.Hunter 1 sack, W.Anderson 0.5 sacks · Kicking K.Fairbairn 1/1 FG (long 51)

Steelers

Passing	C/A	Yds	TD	INT	Sk	EPA
A.Rodgers	17/33	146		1	4	-26.6
M.Rudolph	1/1	2				+1.3

Rushing	Car	Share	Yds	TD	EPA
J.Warren	12	67%	43		-3.7
K.Gainwell	6	33%	20		-1.4

Receiving	Tgt	Share	Rec	Yds	EPA
K.Gainwell	6	19%	4	26	-3.9
C.III	6	19%	3	8	-1.6
D.Metcalf	5	16%	2	42	+0.3
M.Valdes-Scantling	5	16%	3	26	-1.8
J.Smith	3	10%	2	-1	-1.5
P.Freiermuth	3	10%	1	18	-4.8
A.Thielen	2	6%	2	25	+3.6
J.Warren	1	3%	1	4	-0.4

Defense B.Echols 1 INT, J.Sawyer 1 sack, K.Benton 1 sack, D.Harmon 1 sack · Kicking C.Boswell 2/2 FG (long 35)

Each player's line for this game counted from the play-by-play, since nflverse's weekly stats for it haven't posted yet; they replace these lines with the next build once they do. The percentage beside his name is his share of the offense's snaps. Share is his part of the team's carries or targets in this game. Defense lists sacks and interceptions; kicking lists field goals.

Keys to the game · from the season numbers, not this game alone4 reads

Biggest edge

Wideouts feast

Steelers give up 167 yards a game to wide receivers (29th), against a league average of 140. Texans' wide receivers produce 160 (8th).

Opportunity

Deep middle is open

Steelers are worst against deep middle throws, allowing +1.12 EPA per attempt. Texans send 3% of their throws there. That is a small part of their offense so far.

Watch out

Field goals, not touchdowns

Texans score a touchdown on 46% of red zone trips (30th). Steelers allow 54% (7th).

Wash

EPA per play

Call this one even. Texans average -0.03 EPA per play (24th). Steelers allow +0.02 (18th). League average is +0.01.

The series · Texans and Steelers since 1999, and this season's records9 meetings

The Steelers lead the series 5–4 since 1999 (they first met in 2002). The Texans have won the last 2. This game is the latest meeting.

Texans at home2–2the Texans' record

In Pittsburgh2–3the Texans' record

Most pointsTexans 30 · Steelers 382023 · 2008

Biggest winTexans by 24 · Steelers by 282023 · 2017

Playoffs1–0the Texans' record

The last 5

2025 · Wk 19 · playoffs	HOU 30 at PIT 6
2023 · Wk 4	PIT 6 at HOU 30
2020 · Wk 3	HOU 21 at PIT 28
2017 · Wk 16	PIT 34 at HOU 6
2014 · Wk 7	HOU 23 at PIT 30

2025 records

	Texans	Steelers
Overall	12–5	10–7
Division	5–1	4–2
Conference	10–2	8–4
Other conference	2–3	2–3
Home	7–2	6–3
Away	5–3	4–4
Last 5	WWWWW	WWWLW
Streak	Won 9	Won 1
Points a game	23.8 – 17.4	23.4 – 22.8

Every meeting since 1999, regular season and playoffs, from nflverse's game list, which starts in 1999; the all-time series goes back further. Franchises that moved count as one team (the Raiders, Chargers and Rams). Home and away are from the Texans' side. Records are this regular season.

Head to head · HOU offense against PIT defense

Stat	HOU off	PIT def allows	NFL avg
Overall
EPA per play	-0.03#24	+0.02#18	+0.01
Success rate	41%#28	44%#15	44%
Yards per play	5.1#25	5.6#19	5.4
Explosive play rate	8%#25	9%#15	10%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback	+0.00#16	+0.03#17	+0.01
Sack rate	5%#9	7%#10	7%
Running
Run EPA per carry	-0.11#30	-0.01#26	-0.05
Yards per carry	3.8#28	4.3#19	4.3
Money downs
3rd down conversion	40%#18	44%#28	40%
Red zone TD rate	46%#30	54%#7	59%
Targets by position
WR yards per game	160#8	167#29	140
TE yards per game	51#16	64#28	53
TE targets per game	7.7#11	8.3#28	7.3
RB receiving yards per game	21#29	30#16	32

Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Texans: EPA per throw

Left

Middle

Right

Deep

+0.416% of throws

+0.183% of throws

+0.038% of throws

Short

+0.0031% of throws

+0.4016% of throws

+0.0335% of throws

Steelers: EPA allowed per throw

Left

Middle

Right

Deep

+0.4137 throws

+1.1225 throws

+1.1234 throws

Short

+0.02199 throws

+0.16170 throws

+0.04175 throws

Green gains more than expected, red loses value. Cells with fewer than 5 throws are grayed out.