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.
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 is 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. The slate has 4 kickoffs at 7 PM ET or later and a longest road stretch of 2 straight games. Rest-edge context lives in the schedule-quirks explainer; the division picture is in the AFC South preview.
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 | vs Jacksonville Jaguars | — | DIV Neutral (Wembley Stadium) | — |
| 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 the bundled 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 August 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.