DOWN X DOWN › week 18 › Titans at Texans
Updated Nov 4, 9:34 AM ET
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Week 18 · Sunday 1:00 PM ET · Reliant Stadium

HOUvsTEN

Texans offensevsTitans defense

Season numbers through Week 8: 7 games for Texans, 8 for Titans. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

TEN offenseHOU offense
Keys to the game · where this matchup tilts, from the season numbers4 reads
01
Biggest edge

Wideouts feast

Titans give up 195 yards a game to wide receivers (30th), against a league average of 147. Texans' wide receivers produce 180 (6th).

02
Opportunity

Deep left is open

Titans are worst against deep left throws, allowing +0.65 EPA per attempt. Texans send 5% of their throws there. That is a small part of their offense so far.

03
Watch out

Ground game stalls

Texans average 3.4 yards per carry (29th). Titans allow 4.1 (17th).

04
Wash

EPA per play

Call this one even. Texans average +0.02 EPA per play (13th). Titans allow +0.07 (25th). League average is +0.00.

Players to watch

TEN Titans

1Cam WardQB · 155/248 · 1483 yds · 6 TD · 5 INTEPA per dropback -0.07 · 29th20Tony PollardRB · 133 car · 595 yds · 6 TD · 14 recEPA per touch -0.1614Carnell TateWR · 34 rec · 413 yds · 1 TD · 51 tgtEPA per target +0.204Wan'Dale RobinsonWR · 35 rec · 262 yds · 3 TD · 50 tgtEPA per target -0.0137Amani HookerStrong Safety · 51 tackles · 5 INT · 6 PD5 INT · 1st in the NFL57Jacob MartinLeft Defensive End · 11 tackles · 6.5 sacks · 2 PD6.5 sacks · T-5th in the NFL

HOU Texans

7C.J. StroudQB · 160/247 · 1867 yds · 11 TD · 1 INTEPA per dropback +0.12 · 15th4Woody MarksRB · 77 car · 271 yds · 2 TD · 14 recEPA per touch -0.1486Dalton SchultzTE · 33 rec · 322 yds · 0 TD · 43 tgtEPA per target +0.23 · 22nd19Xavier HutchinsonWR · 21 rec · 258 yds · 1 TD · 40 tgtEPA per target -0.0451Will Anderson Jr.Left Defensive End · 31 tackles · 7.5 sacks · 1 PD7.5 sacks · T-1st in the NFL55Danielle HunterRight Defensive End · 17 tackles · 4 sacks · 4 PD4 sacks · T-23rd in the NFL
The series · Titans and Texans since 1999, and this season's records49 meetings

The Texans lead the series 25–24 since 1999 (they first met in 2002). They have won the last 4. Oct 11, 2026, at Nissan Stadium: the Texans won 26–3. Cam Ward started at quarterback for the Titans and C.J. Stroud for the Texans; Robert Saleh and DeMeco Ryans coached.

Titans at home12–13the Titans' record
In Houston12–12the Titans' record
Most pointsTitans 42 · Texans 572020 · 2017
Biggest winTitans by 21 · Texans by 432003 · 2017

The last 5

2026 · Wk 5HOU 26 at TEN 3
2025 · Wk 11HOU 16 at TEN 13
2025 · Wk 4TEN 0 at HOU 26
2024 · Wk 18HOU 23 at TEN 14
2024 · Wk 12TEN 32 at HOU 27

2026 records

TitansTexans
Overall1–72–5
Division1–12–1
Conference1–52–3
Other conference0–20–2
Home0–40–4
Away1–32–1
Last 5LLWLLLLWWL
StreakLost 2Lost 1
Points a game18.0 – 24.923.6 – 24.3

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 Titans' side. Records are this regular season.

The lineups · Texans offense against the Titans defenseDepth charts
Titans defense · 4-3 DTexans offense · 3WR 1TE79Ersery66Rutledge63Brown69Ingram77Brown86Schultz7Stroud4Marks12Collins19Hutchinson18Harrison11Johnson90Thomas91Franklin-Myers57Martin33Gray53Hill50Barton18Flott25Williams26Harris37Hooker23Winston

Texans offense · 3WR 1TE

  • QBC.J. Stroud#7 · 160/247 · 1867 yds · 11 TD · 1 INT
  • RBWoody Marks#4 · 77 car · 271 yds · 2 TD · 14 rec
  • WRNico Collins#12 · 24 rec · 329 yds · 3 TD · 35 tgt
  • WRMarvin Harrison Jr.#18 · 9 rec · 125 yds · 2 TD · 21 tgt
  • WRXavier Hutchinson#19 · 21 rec · 258 yds · 1 TD · 40 tgt
  • TEDalton Schultz#86 · 33 rec · 322 yds · 0 TD · 43 tgt
  • LTAireontae Ersery#79
  • LGKeylan Rutledge#66
  • CEvan Brown#63
  • RGEd Ingram#69
  • RTTrent Brown#77

Titans defense · Base 4-3 D

  • RDEJermaine Johnson II#11 · 20 tackles · 3 sacks
  • RDTSolomon Thomas#90 · 12 tackles
  • LDTJohn Franklin-Myers#91 · 15 tackles · 1.5 sacks · 1 PD
  • LDEJacob Martin#57 · 11 tackles · 6.5 sacks · 2 PD
  • WLBCedric Gray#33 · 35 tackles · 0.5 sacks
  • MLBAnthony Hill Jr.#53 · 82 tackles · 3 PD
  • SLBCody Barton#50 · 34 tackles · 1 PD
  • RCBCor'Dale Flott#18 · 26 tackles · 2 INT · 3 PD
  • LCBJoshua Williams#25 · 14 tackles · 2 PD
  • NBMarcus Harris#26 · 35 tackles · 0.5 sacks · 1 INT · 2 PD
  • SSAmani Hooker#37 · 51 tackles · 5 INT · 6 PD
  • FSKevin Winston Jr.#23 · 51 tackles

Starters from each team's current depth chart (nflverse, from ESPN), drawn in the offense's base three-receiver set against the defense's base front. The nickel back, the extra defensive back most teams use against three receivers, is drawn lighter. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. The toggle at the top flips which offense is drawn.

Head to head · HOU offense against TEN defense
StatHOU HOU offFavors HOU · Favors TENTEN TEN def allowsNFL avg
Overall
EPA per play
+0.02#13
+0.07#25+0.00
Success rate
42%#17
47%#2944%
Yards per play
5.6#10
5.9#265.4
Explosive play rate
10%#12
10%#259%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback
+0.11#13
+0.18#28+0.03
Sack rate
6%#11
7%#147%
Running
Run EPA per carry
-0.15#25
-0.07#20-0.08
Yards per carry
3.4#29
4.1#174.1
Money downs
3rd down conversion
38%#24
44%#2441%
Red zone TD rate
58%#20
67%#2261%
Targets by position
WR yards per game
180#6
195#30147
TE yards per game
65#8
43#655
TE targets per game
9.0#5
7.0#137.6
RB receiving yards per game
21#26
35#2132
Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Texans: EPA per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.035% of throws
+1.305% of throws
+0.2511% of throws
Short
-0.0122% of throws
+0.2723% of throws
+0.2434% of throws

Titans: EPA allowed per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.6516 throws
+1.106 throws
+0.3933 throws
Short
+0.3586 throws
+0.4246 throws
+0.0284 throws

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