AFC South · 2014

Houston Texans

Record

9-7

Net EPA

+0.085est.

Efficiency

How this team plays

Percentile against the teams that played this season, computed from play-by-play.

Offence

Higher is better.

  • EPA / play-0.031
  • Success rate40.7%
  • EPA / dropback+0.046
  • EPA / rush-0.120
  • Explosive rate8.8%
  • CPOE-2.14
  • Third-down rate38.0%
  • Red-zone TD rate52.8%
  • Points / drive1.63
  • Turnover rate2.0%
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Defence

Oriented so that further right is always better.

  • EPA / play allowed-0.115
  • Success rate allowed42.1%
  • EPA / dropback allowed-0.091
  • EPA / rush allowed-0.157
  • Explosive rate allowed7.7%
  • Pressure rate (proxy)21.2%
  • Sack rate5.3%
  • Points / drive allowed1.28
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Offensive EPA / play — league shape-0.031 · 33th %ile
Defensive EPA / play allowed — league shape (left is better)-0.115 · 2th %ile

Form

The shape of the season

Rolling four-week EPA per play. The aggregate hides collapses and surges; this shows them.

4-week rolling EPA/play — up is good for both lines.

  • Offense
  • Defense (prevented)

Betting profile

Against the number

Settled against closing lines. Descriptive, not predictive.

ATS

9-6-1

+3.6 vs line

Home

4-4

Away

5-2-1

As favorite

6-2

As dog

3-4-1

O/U

8-8

-1.3 vs total

Availability

Week 17 injury report

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

Roster

Roster

No roster published for 2014

Roster files begin in 1999 and are published weekly from 2002.

Schedule

16 games

Houston Texans schedule
WkOpponentResult
1vs CommandersW 17-6
2@ RaidersW 30-14
3@ GiantsL 17-30
4vs BillsW 23-17
5@ CowboysL 17-20
6vs ColtsL 28-33
7@ SteelersL 23-30
8@ TitansW 30-16
9vs EaglesL 21-31
11@ BrownsW 23-7
12vs BengalsL 13-22
13vs TitansW 45-21
14@ JaguarsW 27-13
15@ ColtsL 10-17
16vs RavensW 25-13
17vs JaguarsW 23-17