Houston Texans

How the Texans play under each referee

Every Texans game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Texans are 83-1-92 (47.2%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 7:26 p.m.·2016-2026 (2016-09-02 – 2026-01-18)

Texans record: 83-1-92 (47.2%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (572) exceed 176 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Fred Bryan
+30.6 pts vs team-0.7
Brad Allen
+30.6 pts vs team-2.9
Craig Wrolstad
+27.8 pts vs team-0.2
Tom Stephan
+22.8 pts vs team+0.1
Bruce Stritesky
+19.5 pts vs team-0.2
Jabir Walker
+19.5 pts vs team-0.4
Greg Wilson
+19.5 pts vs team+1.4
Dominique Pender
+19.5 pts vs team+0.6
Paul King
+16.4 pts vs team+1.4
Scott Helverson
+15.3 pts vs team-1.0
Tony Josselyn
+15.3 pts vs team-0.2
Daniel Gallagher
+15.3 pts vs team-0.4
Shawn Hochuli
+11.1 pts vs team-1.7
Scott Novak
+9.9 pts vs team-1.6
Boris Cheek
+8.4 pts vs team-0.2
James Coleman
+8.4 pts vs team+1.4
Brian Bolinger
+8.4 pts vs team-2.1
Jimmy Buchanan
+8.4 pts vs team+3.3
Clay Martin
+6.6 pts vs team+1.4
Brad Freeman
+6.1 pts vs team+0.6
Land Clark
+6.1 pts vs team-0.1
Patrick Turner
+2.8 pts vs team+0.1
Terrence Miles
+2.8 pts vs team-0.7
Clete Blakeman
+2.8 pts vs team+1.0
Shawn Smith
+2.8 pts vs team+1.3
Alex Kemp
+2.8 pts vs team-0.9
Ronald Torbert
+2.8 pts vs team+0.4
Dale Shaw
+2.8 pts vs team+0.9
Bill Vinovich
-1.0 pts vs team+1.8
David Meslow
-1.7 pts vs team+0.1
Allen Baynes
-1.7 pts vs team+1.3
Tony Corrente
-2.8 pts vs team+0.2
Sarah Thomas
-2.8 pts vs team-1.0
Ryan Dickson
-2.8 pts vs team+0.2
Jerod Phillips
-2.8 pts vs team+1.6
Tim Podraza
-7.2 pts vs team-0.2
John Jenkins
-7.2 pts vs team+0.6
Kent Payne
-10.8 pts vs team+0.8
Mark Pellis
-10.8 pts vs team-0.1
Carl Cheffers
-13.9 pts vs team-1.2
Mearl Robinson
-13.9 pts vs team+0.6
Mark Stewart
-13.9 pts vs team-0.4
Jim Quirk
-17.2 pts vs team+0.0
Carl Johnson
-17.2 pts vs team+2.2
Keith Washington
-17.2 pts vs team+0.1
Todd Prukop
-19.9 pts vs team+0.2
Alan Eck
-19.9 pts vs team+0.5
Derick Bowers
-22.2 pts vs team+0.6
Scott Edwards
-22.2 pts vs team-0.9
Greg Yette
-22.2 pts vs team+1.5
John Hussey
-22.2 pts vs team+1.4
Greg Meyer
-24.1 pts vs team+0.4
Jeff Bergman
-25.0 pts vs team-0.6
Mike Carr
-25.0 pts vs team-0.4
Nathan Jones
-25.0 pts vs team-0.6
Eugene Hall
-29.0 pts vs team-0.6
Jeff Seeman
-34.7 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)

88 of 176 games match this window

Avg combined points
Close-game avg
44
Season avg
44.3
Pressure impact
-0.3
Avg flags
Close-game avg
13
Season avg
12.6
Pressure impact
+0.4
Over rate
Close-game avg
45.5%
Season avg
44.3%
Pressure impact
+1.2 pp

Over benchmark: 44.3 combined points · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 176 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 83-1-92 (47.2%) 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 2761 ESPN game logs (2016-2026). 4604/5940 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.