Texans vs. Lions | In numbers

It’s a BIG game on Sunday night, but again, when the Texans (or any NFL team for that matter) play a SMALL game, let me know.

Either way, there’s something special about performing on NBC’s Sunday Night. So let’s dive into the numbers for this matchup against the Lions.

2 – This is the Texans’ second SNF game and second home game this season. The Texans beat the Bears 19–13 in Week 2.

2. They are also the second NFC North team the Texans will face on Sunday night at NRG Stadium.

15. This will be the Texans’ 15th Sunday Night Football contest, home and away, in team history. The first was, well, the first game ever, a 19-10 win over Team North.

36. The Lions RB tandem of David Montgomery and Jameer Gibbs played 20 games as teammates and scored a whopping 36 goals. Montgomery scored 19 points and Gibbs had 17 touchdowns. Since 1991, no RB group has scored more than 15 goals each; That’s how historic what Montgomery and Gibbs are doing is.

83.8 – Through the last five games, Lions QB Jared Goff is the hottest QB in the NFL. In his last five games, he’s completing nearly 84% of his passes, which leads the league.

0 – Goff is also undefeated on the road in 2024.

0 — Texas QB C.J. Stroud hasn’t lost a home game he’s started since the second week of the 2023 season, including a 4-0 start in 2024.