2013 · Week 14 · Division

Final

Texans

Houston

QB Case Keenum

20·27

Jaguars

Jacksonville

QB Chad Henne

EverBank Field · outdoors · grass · 72°F · wind 7mph

Closing spread

HOU -3

Total

43.5

Model margin

+2.5est.

JAX perspective

Push chance

7.0%est.

the line sits on a key number

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Texans

Jaguars

Win probability

  • Jaguars
  • Texans

How each play moved the game.

Jaguars winsTexans wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Texansedge mapJaguars
  • -0.109EPA / play-0.156
  • 40.7%Success rate38.3%
  • -0.116EPA / dropback-0.143
  • -0.099EPA / rush-0.181
  • 8.7%Explosive rate6.6%
  • -3.08CPOE-4.13
  • 36.4%Third-down rate31.0%
  • 45.4%Red-zone TD rate42.0%
  • 1.07Points / drive1.03
  • 2.7%Turnover rate2.5%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

HOU lead 33–16 since 1999

HOU have won 2 straight. Meetings average 42.3 points. JAX are 20-28-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W6HOU @ JAX34–31HOU
2025 · W10JAX @ HOU29–36HOU
2025 · W3HOU @ JAX10–17JAX
2024 · W13HOU @ JAX23–20HOU
2024 · W4JAX @ HOU20–24HOU
2023 · W12JAX @ HOU24–21JAX
2023 · W3HOU @ JAX37–17HOU
2022 · W17JAX @ HOU31–3JAX

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultHOU–JAX
JAXQ1 15:001475Touchdown0–7
HOUQ1 8:48524Punt0–7
JAXQ1 6:39415Punt0–7
HOUQ1 4:34820Punt0–7
JAXQ1 0:11548Touchdown0–14
HOUQ2 13:41617Punt0–14
JAXQ2 10:1130Punt0–14
HOUQ2 8:501494Touchdown7–14
JAXQ2 1:5348Punt7–14
HOUQ2 1:2029Turnover7–14
JAXQ2 0:54617Field goal7–17
HOUQ2 0:0300End of half7–17
HOUQ3 15:00623Punt7–17
JAXQ3 12:0637Punt7–17
HOUQ3 9:49430Field goal10–17
JAXQ3 8:29771Touchdown10–24
HOUQ3 6:1234Punt10–24
JAXQ3 5:1832Punt10–24
HOUQ3 4:10776Touchdown17–24
JAXQ3 1:08314Punt17–24
HOUQ4 14:521160Field goal20–24
JAXQ4 11:31423Punt20–24
HOUQ4 9:221467Turnover on downs20–24
JAXQ4 3:3751Punt20–24
HOUQ4 2:2120Turnover20–24
JAXQ4 2:0830Field goal20–27
HOUQ4 0:251-18End of half20–27

Box score

Individual performances

Texans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Matt Schaub17/2919811
Case Keenum16/2915911

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ben Tate14533.80
Case Keenum11313.00
Dennis Johnson3103.30
Matt Schaub177.00

Jaguars

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Chad Henne12/2711720
Ace Sanders1/12110

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Maurice Jones-Drew141037.40
Chad Henne4338.30
Jordan Todman7142.00
Ace Sanders100.00
Denard Robinson2-1-0.50

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Marcedes Lewis24421
Ace Sanders35260
Jordan Todman12211
Maurice Jones-Drew23200
Mike Brown37160
Cecil Shorts27131

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line -34.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%

Positive margins favour Jaguars; negative favour Texans.

Half-point at risk

6.99%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

55.6%

Expected total

43.4est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.03
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment-0.06
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.45