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2026 REGULAR SEASON · THROUGH WEEK 6 · TEAM PROFILE

Houston Texans

AFC South

ACCEPTED / GAME
8.0

48 accepted penalties

YARDS / GAME
71.3

428 total accepted yards

FEWEST PENALTIES
25th

Among 32 NFL teams

VS NFL AVERAGE
+0.5/ game

Above league average

PENALTIES RECORDED

Penalty types

Share of accepted penalties across 6 games.

Offensive Holding23%11 accepted
False Start19%9 accepted
Defensive Pass Interference6%3 accepted
Delay of Game6%3 accepted
Face Mask4%2 accepted
WEEK BY WEEK

Penalty rate

Team penalties / game NFL average · 7.5

6 games in this sample. Frequency describes volume, not accuracy.

More statistical splits
VENUE

Home vs. away

Home29Away19
60% of accepted40% of accepted
PLAY CONTEXT

Offense vs. defense

Offense25Defense12
52% of accepted25% of accepted

11 special teams / unknown penalties shown in gray.

GAME LOG · 6 GAMES

Game-by-game results

REFEREE GROUPS

Crews this team has seen

Alex Moore1 games · 7 acceptedAdrian Hill1 games · 9 acceptedRon Torbert1 games · 2 acceptedBrad Allen1 games · 13 acceptedAlex Kemp1 games · 11 acceptedShawn Hochuli1 games · 6 accepted