The Browns will open the NFL’s wild-card weekend.
Cleveland will face the Texans at 4:30 p.m., Jan. 13 in Houston in an AFC wild-card game, the NFL announced Jan. 7 during “Sunday Night Football.” It’s the first game of a five-game wild-card slate Jan. 13 to Jan. 15.
The game will be televised locally on WKYC-TV 3. It is a rematch of a Christmas Eve game won by the Browns, 36-22.
The Browns enter at 11-6 following a Week 18 loss to the Bengals in which they rested most of their key players. The Texas are 10-7 and won the AFC South by beating the Colts, coupled with a Jacksonville loss to the Titans.
NFL wild card schedule
Saturday, Jan. 13
Browns at Houston, 4:30 p.m., WKYC
Miami at Kansas City, 8 p.m., Peacock
Sunday, Jan. 14
Pittsburgh at Buffalo: 1 p.m., WOIO
Green Bay at Dallas, 4:30 p.m., WJW
L.A. Rams at Detroit, 8 p.m., WKYC
Monday, Jan. 15
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m, WEWS, ESPN
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