The complete 2026 slate with rest edges and schedule context, the 2025 ledger, and the franchise record since 1999 — every number computed from the bundled nflverse game log.
By C. B. Zakarian · Updated July 29, 2026
The Houston Texans enter 2026 off a 12–5 season. Their 2026 opponents went a combined 136–151–2 in 2025 (a .474 strength of schedule, 26 of 32 — the naive prior-year method, whose real forecast error we measured here). The calendar hands them a net rest differential of +8 days (7 of 32), with week 9 (+7), week 12 (+3); the bye falls in week 8, they play 2 Thursday games, and 2 of their final four games are divisional. Rest-edge context lives in the schedule-quirks explainer.
Results fill in automatically as the bundled nflverse game log updates; until a game is played its result column shows a dash.
| Wk | Date | Opponent | Rest edge | Notes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 13 | vs Buffalo Bills | — | — | — |
| 2 | Sep 20 | vs Cincinnati Bengals | — | — | — |
| 3 | Sep 27 | at Indianapolis Colts | — | DIV | — |
| 4 | Oct 4 | vs Dallas Cowboys | — | — | — |
| 5 | Oct 11 | at Tennessee Titans | — | DIV | — |
| 6 | Oct 18 | at Jacksonville Jaguars | — | DIV | — |
| 7 | Oct 25 | vs New York Giants | — | — | — |
| 9 | Nov 8 | at Los Angeles Chargers | +7 | — | — |
| 10 | Nov 15 | at Cleveland Browns | — | — | — |
| 11 | Nov 19 | vs Indianapolis Colts | — | DIV Thu | — |
| 12 | Nov 29 | vs Baltimore Ravens | +3 | — | — |
| 13 | Dec 6 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | -2 | — | — |
| 14 | Dec 13 | at Washington Commanders | — | — | — |
| 15 | Dec 20 | vs Jacksonville Jaguars | +1 | DIV | — |
| 16 | Dec 24 | at Philadelphia Eagles | -1 | Thu | — |
| 17 | Jan 4 | at Green Bay Packers | +1 | Mon | — |
| 18 | Jan 10 | vs Tennessee Titans | -1 | DIV | — |
Final record 12–5, 404 points scored against 295 allowed (+109). Home 7–2, road 5–3. One-score games (decided by 8 or fewer): 7–5 — the split most likely to regress either way, per the Pythagorean explainer.
Across the 24 seasons in our game log the franchise is 174–214–1 (.449). Best season in the window: 2012 (12–4); leanest: 2005 (2–14). Franchise moves are joined under the current code (HOU), so older seasons include predecessor cities where applicable.
Sources: nflverse public game log bundled at data/games.csv (schedule, rest, and results; retrieved July 2026 — in-season updates refresh this page's results column). No projections, no invented numbers: this page reports the schedule and the record, and links the analysis.