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Divisional · Sunday 3:00 PM ET · Gillette Stadium

Patriots offensevsTexans defense

Season numbers through Week 22: 21 games for Patriots, 19 for Texans. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

HOU offense NE offense

Box score · every offensive player who touched the ballWeek 20

D.Schultz led the Texans at +4.9 EPA (2 catches for 47). K.Boutte led the Patriots at +6.2 EPA (3 catches for 75).

Texans

Passing	C/A	Yds	TD	INT	Sk	EPA
C.Stroud	20/47	212	1	4	3	-23.5

Rushing	Car	Share	Yds	EPA
W.Marks	14	64%	17	-10.3
N.Chubb	4	18%	14	+2.3
C.Stroud	2	9%	11	+1.2
C.Stover	2	9%	6	+1.1

Receiving	Tgt	Share	Rec	Yds	TD	EPA
X.Hutchinson	13	29%	4	44		-17.3
J.Higgins	10	22%	6	59		+1.6
C.Kirk	6	13%	2	20	1	-2.7
H.Bryant	6	13%	3	21		-0.5
W.Marks	3	7%	2	19		-0.3
C.Stover	3	7%	1	2		-2.0
D.Schultz	2	4%	2	47		+4.9
N.Chubb	1	2%	0	0		-0.6
J.Noel	1	2%	0	0		-0.4

Defense W.Anderson 3 sacks, D.Hunter 2 sacks, J.Ingram 1 INT · Kicking K.Fairbairn 3/3 FG (long 51)

Patriots

Passing	C/A	Yds	TD	INT	Sk	EPA
D.Maye	16/27	179	3	1	5	-8.0

Rushing	Car	Share	Yds	EPA
R.Stevenson	16	50%	70	-1.8
T.Henderson	12	38%	25	-4.5
D.Maye	4	13%	10	-4.5

Receiving	Tgt	Share	Rec	Yds	TD	EPA
S.Diggs	6	23%	4	40	1	+2.5
K.Boutte	5	19%	3	75	1	+6.2
R.Stevenson	4	15%	4	11		-2.3
K.Williams	3	12%	0	0		-3.3
H.Henry	2	8%	1	5		-1.7
T.Henderson	2	8%	1	-2		-2.5
D.Douglas	2	8%	2	36	1	+4.4
A.Hooper	2	8%	1	14		0.0

Defense C.Davis 2 INT, M.Jones 1 INT, C.Woodson 1 INT, K.Chaisson 1 sack

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

Red zone touchdowns

Patriots score a touchdown on 61% of red zone trips (11th). Texans allow 60% (21st).

Opportunity

Deep left is open

Texans are worst against deep left throws, allowing +0.68 EPA per attempt. Patriots send 10% of their throws there.

Watch out

Nowhere to run

Patriots' run game is 27th in EPA per carry (-0.10). Texans allow -0.16 (2nd).

Wash

Yards per play

Call this one even. Patriots gain 6.1 yards per play (3rd). Texans give up 4.7 (2nd), with the league at 5.4.

The series · Texans and Patriots since 1999, and this season's records16 meetings

The Patriots lead the series 12–4 since 1999 (they first met in 2003). This game is the latest meeting.

Texans at home3–4the Texans' record

In New England1–8the Texans' record

Most pointsTexans 41 · Patriots 422024 · 2012

Biggest winTexans by 20 · Patriots by 332024 · 2006

Playoffs0–3the Texans' record

The last 5

2025 · Wk 20 · playoffs	HOU 16 at NE 28
2024 · Wk 6	HOU 41 at NE 21
2021 · Wk 5	NE 25 at HOU 22
2020 · Wk 11	NE 20 at HOU 27
2019 · Wk 13	NE 22 at HOU 28

2025 records

	Texans	Patriots
Overall	12–5	14–3
Division	5–1	5–1
Conference	10–2	9–3
Other conference	2–3	5–0
Home	7–2	6–3
Away	5–3	8–0
Last 5	WWWWW	WLWWW
Streak	Won 9	Won 3
Points a game	23.8 – 17.4	28.8 – 18.8

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 · NE offense against HOU defense

Stat	NE off	HOU def allows	NFL avg
Overall
EPA per play	+0.09#5	-0.16#1	+0.01
Success rate	46%#7	37%#2	44%
Yards per play	6.1#3	4.7#2	5.4
Explosive play rate	12%#4	8%#8	10%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback	+0.17#5	-0.22#1	+0.01
Sack rate	10%#29	9%#6	7%
Running
Run EPA per carry	-0.10#27	-0.16#2	-0.05
Yards per carry	4.3#16	3.5#2	4.3
Money downs
3rd down conversion	41%#13	36%#6	40%
Red zone TD rate	61%#11	60%#21	59%
Targets by position
WR yards per game	160#7	128#10	140
TE yards per game	56#14	43#5	53
TE targets per game	6.4#19	7.0#13	7.3
RB receiving yards per game	36#10	31#18	32

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

Patriots: EPA per throw

Left

Middle

Right

Deep

+0.8610% of throws

+0.615% of throws

+0.759% of throws

Short

+0.2630% of throws

+0.2318% of throws

+0.2528% of throws

Texans: EPA allowed per throw

Left

Middle

Right

Deep

+0.6865 throws

-0.0720 throws

-0.2043 throws

Short

-0.14172 throws

+0.00117 throws

-0.19180 throws

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