{"id":85206,"date":"2026-01-13T04:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/85206\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T04:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:14:19","slug":"texans-vs-steelers-score-live-updates-mike-tomlin-seeks-first-playoff-win-since-2016-as-c-j-stroud-houston-defense-comes-to-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/85206\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans vs. Steelers score, live updates: Mike Tomlin seeks first playoff win since 2016 as C.J. Stroud, Houston defense comes to town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Houston\u2019s largely in control of this game, but is limited to a 7-6 lead thanks to a pair of lost C.J. Stroud fumbles.<\/p>\n<p>Houston\u2019s defense is swarming Pittsburgh and held the Steelers without a third-down conversion in the first half. The Houston run game is the best offensive unit on the field and has 84 yards on 5.4 yards per carry.<\/p>\n<p>But Stroud has lost two fumbles on strip sacks to allow the Steelers to keep things close.<\/p>\n<p>Halftime stats<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Rodgers: 9 of 15, 79 yards, 0 TDs, 0 turnovers, 1 sack, 1 intentional grounding<br \/>Jaylen Warren: 5 carries for 14 yards<br \/>DK Metcalf: 2 catches for 42 yards, 1 drop<\/p>\n<p>C.J. Stroud: 13 or 20, 118 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs, 2 sacks, 2 lost fumbles<br \/>Woody Marks: 11 carries for 59 yards<br \/>Nick Chubb: 4 carries for 23 yards<br \/>Christian Kirk: 5 catches for 58 yards, 1 TD<\/p>\n<p>Team stats<br \/>Steelers offense: 70 yards on 3.9 yards per play<br \/>Texans offense: 112 yards on 5.2 yards per play<\/p>\n<p>Steelers 3rd downs: 0 for 6<br \/>Texans 3rd downs: 7 for 9<\/p>\n<p>Steelers turnovers: 0<br \/>Texans turnovers: 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houston\u2019s largely in control of this game, but is limited to a 7-6 lead thanks to a pair&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3269,4701,42665,8936,6516,7405,19386,73,75,74,1833,5001],"class_list":["post-85206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-afc-north","tag-afc-south","tag-baltimore","tag-houston-texans","tag-mike-tomlin","tag-monday-night-football","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-seattle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}