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Dallas Cowboys @ Houston Texans Built from free public data (nflverse schedules + Pro-Football-Reference season stats) · not paid data

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DALLAS COWBOYS
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HOUSTON TEXANS
100 0 100 44 62 VERDICT GRIDEDGE™ SCORES
DAL's offense (14th in rushing) draws HOU's #6 rush defense. HOU rates the 18-point edge.
Using 2026 season-end stats until 2026 has enough games played.

Rushing Matchup

Offense (Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
DAL #14  |  HOU #5
Def
Def
DAL #28  |  HOU #30
Off

Passing Matchup

Offense (Net Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Net Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
DAL #12  |  HOU #12
Def
Def
DAL #31  |  HOU #14
Off

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

O-Line Score (Rush Y/A + Net Pass Y/A rank blend)
DAL 62  |  HOU 38

Last 3 Meetings

2024-11-18
HOU 34–DAL 10
2022-12-11
HOU 23–DAL 27
2018-10-07
DAL 16–HOU 19
HOU −3.0  ·  O/U 48.5  ·  DAL +3.0
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Data sources: team schedules, results & closing spreads from the nflverse nfldata project; season splits and league ranks from Pro-Football-Reference — all free, no paid odds API required.
O-Line Score is a proxy: it blends each team's league rank in Rush Yds/Att and Net Pass Yds/Att, rescaled to 0–100. Offense Edge blends each team's rush + pass ranks against the opponent's matching defensive ranks into one 0–100 favorability score, where 50 is neutral.