Houston Texans

How the Texans play under each referee

Every Texans game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Texans are 83-1-94 (46.6%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Tim Podraza has the most Texans games in this sample (15).

Updated Sep 30, 2026, 12:31 a.m.·2016-2026 (2016-09-02 – 2026-08-21)

Texans record: 83-1-94 (46.6%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (602) exceed 178 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Fred Bryan
+31.2 pts vs team-0.7
Brad Allen
+31.2 pts vs team-2.9
Craig Wrolstad
+28.4 pts vs team-0.2
Tom Stephan
+23.4 pts vs team+0.1
Bruce Stritesky
+20.1 pts vs team-0.2
Jabir Walker
+20.1 pts vs team-0.4
Greg Wilson
+20.1 pts vs team+1.4
Scott Helverson
+15.9 pts vs team-1.0
Greg Bradley
+15.9 pts vs team-1.0
Tony Josselyn
+15.9 pts vs team-0.2
Grantis Bell
+15.9 pts vs team+1.0
Daniel Gallagher
+15.9 pts vs team-0.4
Dominique Pender
+13.4 pts vs team+0.9
Shawn Hochuli
+11.7 pts vs team-1.7
Paul King
+11.7 pts vs team+0.8
Scott Novak
+10.5 pts vs team-1.6
Boris Cheek
+9.0 pts vs team-0.2
James Coleman
+9.0 pts vs team+1.4
Brian Bolinger
+9.0 pts vs team-2.1
Jimmy Buchanan
+9.0 pts vs team+3.3
Clay Martin
+7.2 pts vs team+1.4
Brad Freeman
+6.7 pts vs team+0.6
Land Clark
+6.7 pts vs team-0.1
Patrick Turner
+3.4 pts vs team+0.1
Terrence Miles
+3.4 pts vs team-0.7
Clete Blakeman
+3.4 pts vs team+1.0
Shawn Smith
+3.4 pts vs team+1.3
Alex Kemp
+3.4 pts vs team-0.9
Ronald Torbert
+3.4 pts vs team+0.4
Bill Vinovich
-0.4 pts vs team+1.8
David Meslow
-1.1 pts vs team+0.1
Allen Baynes
-1.1 pts vs team+1.3
Tony Corrente
-2.2 pts vs team+0.2
Sarah Thomas
-2.2 pts vs team-1.0
Dale Shaw
-2.2 pts vs team+0.2
Ryan Dickson
-2.2 pts vs team+0.2
Jerod Phillips
-2.2 pts vs team+1.6
Tim Podraza
-6.6 pts vs team-0.2
John Jenkins
-6.6 pts vs team+0.6
Kent Payne
-10.2 pts vs team+0.8
Mark Pellis
-10.2 pts vs team-0.1
Mearl Robinson
-13.3 pts vs team+0.6
Mark Stewart
-13.3 pts vs team-0.4
Carl Cheffers
-15.8 pts vs team-0.8
Jim Quirk
-16.6 pts vs team+0.0
Carl Johnson
-16.6 pts vs team+2.2
Keith Washington
-16.6 pts vs team+0.1
Todd Prukop
-19.3 pts vs team+0.2
Alan Eck
-21.6 pts vs team+0.1
Derick Bowers
-21.6 pts vs team+0.6
Scott Edwards
-21.6 pts vs team-0.9
Greg Yette
-21.6 pts vs team+1.5
John Hussey
-21.6 pts vs team+1.4
David Oliver
-21.6 pts vs team+0.4
Greg Meyer
-23.5 pts vs team+0.4
Jeff Bergman
-24.4 pts vs team-0.6
Mike Carr
-24.4 pts vs team-0.4
Nathan Jones
-26.6 pts vs team-0.1
Eugene Hall
-28.4 pts vs team-0.6
Jeff Seeman
-34.1 pts vs team-1.1

Close-game proxy

How Houston Texans compares in close-margin games vs the full sample. Based on official box scores.

Close games (≤7 pt margin)

89 of 178 games match this window

Avg combined points
Close-game avg
44
Season avg
44.2
Pressure impact
-0.2
Avg flags
Close-game avg
13
Season avg
12.6
Pressure impact
+0.4
Over rate
Close-game avg
44.9%
Season avg
43.8%
Pressure impact
+1.1 pp

Over benchmark: 44.2 combined points · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 178 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Texans games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Texans went 83-1-94 (46.6%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
Whistle differential: flag differential. A positive number means opponents are flagged more often than the Texans.

Ref×team W-L rebuilt from 2793 ESPN game logs (2016-2026). 4629/5986 ref×team pairs meet the 3+ game matrix gate. Ties are excluded from straight-up W-L. Ref game counts rebuilt from DISTINCT game_id in game logs.